كَفْكِفْ دموعَكَ ليس ين

كَفْكِفْ دموعَكَ ليس ين

فَعُكَ البكاءُ ولا العويل

فَعُكَ البكاءُ ولا العويل

Wipe away your tears; you gain no

Curb your tears, crying and wailing will not avail

benefit from weeping or wailing.

Rise up and do not complain of fate, only the indolent complain

وانهضْ ولا تشكُ الزما

وانهضْ ولا تشكُ الزما

نَ فما شكا إلاَّ الكسول

نَ فما شكا إلاَّ الكسول

Rise, and do not complain of the

Take the path of determination, and do not say "How is the path?"

times; none complains but the idle.

No one with hope who strives goes astray

واسلكُ بهمَّتِكَ السَّبي

واسلكُ بهمَّتِكَ السَّبي

لَ ولا تقلْ كيف السَّبيلُ

لَ ولا تقلْ كيف السَّبيلُ

And, with your resolve, follow the

Not at all, no one with a noble goal fails

path; do not ask, 'How do I find the way?'

You have wasted your life in wandering and sorrow

ما ضَلَّ ذو أملٍ سَعى

ما ضَلَّ ذو أملٍ سَعى

يوماً وحكمتهُ الدَّليلُ

يوماً وحكمتهُ الدَّليلُ

No hopeful person who strives goes astray

And sat with folded arms saying time has fought me

even once, with wisdom as his guide.

Why didn't you take on the burden yourself then? Who will take it on?

كلاَّ ولا خاب امرؤٌ

كلاَّ ولا خاب امرؤٌ

يوماً ومقصْدهُ نبيلُ

يوماً ومقصْدهُ نبيلُ

No indeed, nor does any person fail

How much you blamed the country's ills while you are one of its illnesses

even once, when his purpose is noble.

Misfortune is its ailment, did you look for its symptoms?

أْفنَيْتَ يا مسكيُن عُم

أْفنَيْتَ يا مسكيُن عُم

رَكَ بالتَّاوُّهِ والحزَنْ

رَكَ بالتَّاوُّهِ والحزَنْ

You have squandered, poor wretch, your

O you who wield the axe to destroy it atop its ruins

life in sighing and sorrow.

Sit down, you are not the one to work for its revival

وقعدتَ مكتوفَ اليديْ

وقعدتَ مكتوفَ اليديْ

ن تقولُ حاربني الزَّمنْ

ن تقولُ حاربني الزَّمنْ

And you sat with your hands bound,

And look with your bleary eyes that toil in its ponds

saying, 'Time has waged war on me.'

A country bought and sold, may the country revive

ما لمْ تقمْ بالعبئِ أن

ما لمْ تقمْ بالعبئِ أن

تَ فَمَنْ يقوم به إذن

تَ فَمَنْ يقوم به إذن

If you do not shoulder the burden

Had you wanted its good you'd have given your blood as its price

yourself, then who will shoulder it?

And bandaged its wounds if you were one of the wise

كم قلتَ أمراض البلا

كم قلتَ أمراض البلا

د وأنتَ من أمراضها

د وأنتَ من أمراضها

How often you spoke of the country's ailments,

Pessimism has become inherent in your talk

while you yourself are one of its ailments.

Like the crow croaking omens, making the world hear its cawing

والشؤم علتها فهل

والشؤم علتها فهل

فتشت عن أعراضها

فتشت عن أعراضها

And ill fortune is its malady; have you

That is the truth, and the sick at heart are wounded by the truth

searched for its symptoms?

A hope's glimmer beckons, so take this glimmer as your guide

يا مَنْ حملْتتَ الفأْسَ ته

يا مَنْ حملْتتَ الفأْسَ ته

دِمها على أنْقاضِها

دِمها على أنْقاضِها

O you who took up the axe to

Your livelihood would not have narrowed had you strived for it

demolish it upon its own ruins:

Even if you did not complain of its narrowness

أُقعدْ فما أنتَ الذي

أُقعدْ فما أنتَ الذي

يَسْعى إلى إنهاضها

يَسْعى إلى إنهاضها

Sit down; you are not the one

But you imagined debility so imagination made the body sick

who strives to raise it up.

And thought you had weakened, so weakness crept into the bone

وانظرْ بعينيْك الذئا

وانظرْ بعينيْك الذئا

ب تعُبُّ في أحواضها

ب تعُبُّ في أحواضها

And see with your own eyes the wolves

God, then God again! How fine concord and agreement are

drinking deeply from its pools.

Blessed conference, united without discord or conflict

وطنٌ يُباعُ ويُشترى

وطنٌ يُباعُ ويُشترى

وتصيحُ فليحيَ الوطنْ

وتصيحُ فليحيَ الوطنْ

A homeland is being sold and bought,

How many hearts have softened in it that were not soft before

and you cry, 'Long live the homeland!'

Today, thanks to you, my homeland drinks the cup of joy untroubled

لو كنتَ تبغي خيْرَهُ

لو كنتَ تبغي خيْرَهُ

لبذلتَ من دمِك الثمنْ

لبذلتَ من دمِك الثمنْ

Had you sought its good,

Pay the troublemakers no mind, you see their faces contorted

you would have paid the price in your blood.

There must be a contemptible group that delights in sedition

ولقمتَ تضْمِدُ جرحهُ

ولقمتَ تضْمِدُ جرحهُ

لو كنتَ من أهلِ الفطنْ

لو كنتَ من أهلِ الفطنْ

And you would have risen to dress its wound,

Those souls nourished from childhood on that milk

had you been among the discerning.

Raised on love of wrangling, and that rancor nursed them

أضحى التشاؤُمُ في حدي

أضحى التشاؤُمُ في حدي

ثك بالغريزَةِ والسَّليقهْ

ثك بالغريزَةِ والسَّليقهْ

Pessimism in your speech has become

Pay the alarmists no heed, their steeds are insignificant

a matter of instinct and second nature.

Love of appearing better than people stems from arrogance

مِثل الغرابِ نَعى الدّياَ

مِثل الغرابِ نَعى الدّياَ

ر وأسْمَعَ الدّنيا نعيقَهْ

ر وأسْمَعَ الدّنيا نعيقَهْ

Like the raven that proclaimed the dwellings' death

What is not a merit that adorns you, appearing is corruption

and made the world hear its croaking.

Walk with God's eye, that great hope

تِلكَ الحقيقةُ والمريضُ

تِلكَ الحقيقةُ والمريضُ

القلبِ تجرُحهُ الحقيقةْ

القلبِ تجرُحهُ الحقيقةْ

That is the truth, and one sick

Walk on, hearts have been purified, blessed are those hearts

at heart is wounded by the truth.

Walk on, your way is the best way for your country's good

أملٌ يلوحُ بريقهُ

أملٌ يلوحُ بريقهُ

فَاستَهْدِ يا هذا بَريقَهْ

فَاستَهْدِ يا هذا بَريقَهْ

Hope's gleam shines forth;

Cement affection, concord, and optimism as one

so let its gleam guide you, you there.

Have no fear if building relies on virtue and leans on it

ما ضاقَ عيشك لو سعي

ما ضاقَ عيشك لو سعي

ت له ولوْ لمْ تشْكُ ضِيقَهْ

ت له ولوْ لمْ تشْكُ ضِيقَهْ

Your livelihood would not have been meager had you worked

Hail the youth and say, greetings, you are tomorrow's hope

for it, and had you not complained of its scarcity.

Your resolutions are firm to rebuff the transgressing wicked

لكِنْ تَوَهَّمْتَ السَّقا

لكِنْ تَوَهَّمْتَ السَّقا

م فأسقمَ الوهْمُ البدنْ

م فأسقمَ الوهْمُ البدنْ

But you imagined illness,

And God has extended a hand for you that rises over the strongest hand

and delusion made the body ill.

My homeland, I send the youth to you like fresh flowers

وظننْتَ أنَّكَ قَدْ وَهَن

وظننْتَ أنَّكَ قَدْ وَهَن

ت فَدَبَّ في العظم الوهنْ

ت فَدَبَّ في العظم الوهنْ

And you thought that you had grown weak,

There must come a fruit one day, though not yet in bud

so weakness crept into your bones.

Its basil is proper knowledge and its spirit good morals

اللهَ ثم أللهَ ما أْح

اللهَ ثم أللهَ ما أْح

لى التَّضاُمنَ و الوفاقا

لى التَّضاُمنَ و الوفاقا

God, and again God! How

My homeland, my heart is mortgaged, homeland, in love of you

sweet are solidarity and concord!

It will not settle, and if you obtain what you want of it, it will settle

بوركْتَ مَؤتْمراً تأَّل

بوركْتَ مَؤتْمراً تأَّل

لف لا نزاعَ ولا شقاقا

لف لا نزاعَ ولا شقاقا

Blessed are you, a congress joined

in harmony, with neither dispute nor discord.

كْم مِنْ فؤادٍ راقَ في

كْم مِنْ فؤادٍ راقَ في

ه ولم يكنْ مِنْ قبلُ راقا

ه ولم يكنْ مِنْ قبلُ راقا

How many a heart found serenity within

it, though never serene before!

اليومَ يشربُ موطني

اليومَ يشربُ موطني

كأسَ الهناءِ لكمْ دهاقا

كأسَ الهناءِ لكمْ دهاقا

Today my homeland drinks

a brimming cup of happiness for you.

لا تعبأوا بمشاغبي

لا تعبأوا بمشاغبي

ن ترون أوْجههَم صِفاقاً

ن ترون أوْجههَم صِفاقاً

Pay no heed to troublemakers

whose faces you see as brazen.

لا بُدَّ من فِئةٍ أُجِل

لا بُدَّ من فِئةٍ أُجِل

لكُمُ تَلَذُّ لها الفِتَنْ

لكُمُ تَلَذُّ لها الفِتَنْ

There is bound to be a faction—with

due respect to you—that delights in strife.

تلك النفوسُ مِنَ الُّطفو

تلك النفوسُ مِنَ الُّطفو

لة أُرْضعَتْ ذاكَ اللَّبنْ

لة أُرْضعَتْ ذاكَ اللَّبنْ

Those souls, from

childhood, were suckled on that milk.

نَشأت على حُبِّ الخِصا

نَشأت على حُبِّ الخِصا

م وبات يَرعْاها الضَّغَنْ

م وبات يَرعْاها الضَّغَنْ

They grew up loving

quarrels, and rancor came to nurture them.

لا تَحْفِلوا بالمرْجفي

لا تَحْفِلوا بالمرْجفي

ن فإنَّ مَطْيَهمْ حقيرُ

ن فإنَّ مَطْيَهمْ حقيرُ

Pay no heed to the alarm-mongers,

for their mount is contemptible.

حُبُّ الظهورِ على ظهو

حُبُّ الظهورِ على ظهو

ر الناسِ مَنْشَأُه الغرورُ

ر الناسِ مَنْشَأُه الغرورُ

The love of prominence on the

backs of others springs from conceit.

ما لمْ يكنْ فَضْلٌ يَزي

ما لمْ يكنْ فَضْلٌ يَزي

نك فالظُّورُ هو الفجورُ

نك فالظُّورُ هو الفجورُ

Unless there is merit to adorn

you, prominence is wickedness.

سيروا بعيْن اللهِ أنتمْ

سيروا بعيْن اللهِ أنتمْ

ذلكَ الأّملُ الكبيرُ

ذلكَ الأّملُ الكبيرُ

Go forward under God's watchful eye; you are

that great hope.

سيروا فقدْ صَفَت الصُّدورُ

سيروا فقدْ صَفَت الصُّدورُ

تباركَتْ تلكَ الصُّدورُ

تباركَتْ تلكَ الصُّدورُ

Go forward, for hearts have become pure;

blessed are those hearts.

سيروا فَسُنَّتكُمْ لخْي

سيروا فَسُنَّتكُمْ لخْي

ر بلادكُمْ خَيْرُ السُّنَنْ

ر بلادكُمْ خَيْرُ السُّنَنْ

Go forward; your way, for the good

of your country, is the best of ways.

شدُّوا المودَّة والتآَ

شدُّوا المودَّة والتآَ

لف والتَّفاؤُلَ في قَرَنْ

لف والتَّفاؤُلَ في قَرَنْ

Bind affection and harmony

and optimism with a single cord.

لا خوْفَ إنْ قامَ البِنا

لا خوْفَ إنْ قامَ البِنا

ء على الفضيلةِ وارتكنْ

ء على الفضيلةِ وارتكنْ

There is no fear if the building rises

upon virtue and rests on it.

حيَّ الشبابَ وقُلْ سلا

حيَّ الشبابَ وقُلْ سلا

ما إنَّكُمْ أَملُ الغَدِ

ما إنَّكُمْ أَملُ الغَدِ

Greet the young, and say,

'Peace! You are the hope of tomorrow.'

صَحَّتْ عزائمكُمْ على

صَحَّتْ عزائمكُمْ على

دْفعِ الأَثيمِ المعْتدي

دْفعِ الأَثيمِ المعْتدي

Your resolves are firm to

repel the sinful aggressor.

واللهُ مَدَّ لكُمْ يداً

واللهُ مَدَّ لكُمْ يداً

تَعْلو على أقوى يدِ

تَعْلو على أقوى يدِ

And God has extended to you a hand

that rises above the strongest hand.

وطني أزُفُّ لكَ الشَّبا

وطني أزُفُّ لكَ الشَّبا

ب كأَّنهُ الزَّهَرُ النَّدي

ب كأَّنهُ الزَّهَرُ النَّدي

My homeland, I usher youth to you,

as though it were a dewy blossom.

لا بُدَّ مِن ثَمرٍ لهُ

لا بُدَّ مِن ثَمرٍ لهُ

يُوْماً وإنْ لمْ يَعْقِدِ

يُوْماً وإنْ لمْ يَعْقِدِ

It is bound to bear fruit

one day, even if none has yet set.

ريْحانُهُ العِلمُ الصَّحي

ريْحانُهُ العِلمُ الصَّحي

ح وروُحهُ الخلْقُ الحسنْ

ح وروُحهُ الخلْقُ الحسنْ

Its fragrance is sound

knowledge, and its spirit is good character.

وطَني وإنَّ القَلْبَ يا

وطَني وإنَّ القَلْبَ يا

وَطني بِحبَّكَ مُرْتَهَنْ

وَطني بِحبَّكَ مُرْتَهَنْ

My homeland! Indeed the heart, O

my homeland, is bound by love for you.

لا يَطمَئِنَّ فَإنْ ظَفِرْ

لا يَطمَئِنَّ فَإنْ ظَفِرْ

ت بما يُريدُ لكَ اطمأنْ

ت بما يُريدُ لكَ اطمأنْ

It finds no peace; but if you attain

what it wishes for you, it will find peace.