1. أنا ساعةُ الرجل العتيدِ

    أنا ساعةُ البأسِ الشديدِ

    I am the hour of the stalwart man.

    I am the hour of fierce combat.

  2. أنا ساعةُ الموت المشر

    رف كلَّ ذي فعلٍ مجيدِ

    I am the hour of death that ennobles

    all who perform glorious deeds.

  3. بطَلي يُحطَّمُ قيدَهُ

    رمزاً لتحطيم القيودِ

    My hero shatters his fetter,

    a symbol of shattering fetters.

  4. زاحمتُ مَنْ قَبْلي لأْس

    بقَها إلى شَرَفِ الخلود

    I vied with the one before me, to outstrip

    her in reaching the honor of immortality.

  5. وقَدحتُ في مُهجِ الشبا

    بِ شرارةَ العزمِ الوطيد

    And in the hearts of youth I struck

    a spark of steadfast resolve.

  6. هيهاتَ يُخدَعُ بالوعودِ

    وأن يُخدَّرَ بالعهود

    Never shall he be deceived by promises,

    nor drugged by pledges.

  7. قسماً بروحِ محمدٍ

    تَلْقى الردى حُلْوَ الورودِ

    I swear by Muhammad’s soul,

    which finds death sweet to approach;

  8. قسماً بأُمَّكَ عند مو

    تِكَ وهي تهتف بالنَّشيد

    I swear by your mother at your death,

    as she chants the anthem,

  9. وترى العزاءَ عَنْ ابنِها

    في صيتِهِ الحسنِ البعيدِ

    and finds solace for the loss of her son

    in his good name, spreading far:

  10. ما نال مَنْ خدمَ البلادَ

    أَجلَّ من أجْرِ الشهيدِ

    No one who served the country has gained

    anything nobler than a martyr’s reward.