من كان في المجد المُؤثَّل راغباً

من كان في المجد المُؤثَّل راغباً

فَلْيَطَّلبْه بهمّة البارودي

فَلْيَطَّلبْه بهمّة البارودي

Whoever aspires to firmly rooted glory,

Whoever aspires for glorious acclaim

let him seek it with al-Barudi's resolve—

Let him seek it with Baroudi's determination

فخري الذي ابتكر المفاخر وأغتدى

فخري الذي ابتكر المفاخر وأغتدى

منهنّ مفتخراً بكلّ جديد

منهنّ مفتخراً بكلّ جديد

Fakhri, who pioneered glorious deeds and set out early,

My pride Fakhrī who innovated prides and donned

proud of every new one among them.

Of them becoming proud of each novelty

وأبى سوى غُرِّ المَساعي إذ سعى

وأبى سوى غُرِّ المَساعي إذ سعى

مُتشبِّثاً منها بكل مُفيد

مُتشبِّثاً منها بكل مُفيد

And he accepted only the noblest endeavors when he strove,

And refused but the shooting of endeavors when he strove

holding fast to all that was useful among them.

Clinging to each of them as beneficial

وبنى له بدمشق مجداً طارفاً

وبنى له بدمشق مجداً طارفاً

من بعد مجد في دمشق تَليد

من بعد مجد في دمشق تَليد

And in Damascus he built himself a newly won glory,

And built for himself in Damascus a lofty glory

following an ancestral glory in Damascus.

After the glory in Damascus being old

أن كان محمود الفِعال فإنه

أن كان محمود الفِعال فإنه

ورِث المكارم عن أب محمود

ورِث المكارم عن أب محمود

If his deeds are praiseworthy, it is because he

If Mahmoud is the doer of deeds, he

inherited noble virtues from his father, Mahmud.

Inherited the generosities from a praiseworthy father

نفع البلاد بماله وبسَعْيِه

نفع البلاد بماله وبسَعْيِه

وبحسن رأيٍ في الأمور سديد

وبحسن رأيٍ في الأمور سديد

He benefited the land with his wealth and his efforts,

He benefited the countries with his money and effort

and with fine judgment, sound in its affairs.

And with good opinion in matters most just

ورأى الشَتات بها فقام مُوَحِّداً

ورأى الشَتات بها فقام مُوَحِّداً

فيها المساعيَ أيّما توحيد

فيها المساعيَ أيّما توحيد

He saw disunity there and rose to unite

And saw the discord in them so he stood unifying

its endeavors in the fullest unity.

In them the endeavors however unification

ودعا الرجال بها فألَّف شِركةً

ودعا الرجال بها فألَّف شِركةً

ترمي إلى غرض أغرَّ حميد

ترمي إلى غرض أغرَّ حميد

He summoned its men and formed a company

And called upon the men in them so he reconciled a company

aimed at a noble, praiseworthy goal.

That aspires to a purpose most noble

تغني البلاد بسعيها عن غيرها

تغني البلاد بسعيها عن غيرها

وتُعيد عهد ثرائها المفقود

وتُعيد عهد ثرائها المفقود

Through its efforts it makes the land independent of others

It enriches the countries with its effort over others

and restores the age of its lost prosperity.

And brings back the era of its lost wealth

وتقوم بالعمل المفيد لأهلها

وتقوم بالعمل المفيد لأهلها

من نسج أردِيَة لهم وبُرود

من نسج أردِيَة لهم وبُرود

It undertakes work beneficial to its people,

And undertakes the useful work for its people

weaving robes and striped cloaks for them,

Of weaving gowns and cloaks for them

حتى تكون عن الأجانب في غِنىً

حتى تكون عن الأجانب في غِنىً

وتعيش غير أسيرة التقليد

وتعيش غير أسيرة التقليد

so that it might have no need of foreigners

Until it becomes of foreigners in no need

and live without being captive to imitation.

And lives not prisoner of imitation

أو ما ترى أهل البلاد تقيّدوا

أو ما ترى أهل البلاد تقيّدوا

للغرب من حاجاتهم بقُيود

للغرب من حاجاتهم بقُيود

Or do you not see the people of the land bound

Or what do you see the countrymen restricted

to the West by the chains of their needs?

To the West of their needs with shackles

الغرب يكسوهم ملابس هم بها

الغرب يكسوهم ملابس هم بها

يَعرَوْن من مال لهم ونُقود

يَعرَوْن من مال لهم ونُقود

The West clothes them in garments through which they

The West dresses them with clothes they with which

are stripped of their wealth and cash.

Bare of money for them and coins

وتراه يَسْلَخهم بمصنوعاته

وتراه يَسْلَخهم بمصنوعاته

سلخ الشياه فهم بغير جلود

سلخ الشياه فهم بغير جلود

And you see it flaying them with its manufactures,

And you see it skin them with its manufactures

as sheep are flayed, leaving them without skins.

Skinning the sheep and they without hides

هذي سفائنهم تروح وتغتدي

هذي سفائنهم تروح وتغتدي

ببضائع لم تُحص بالتعديد

ببضائع لم تُحص بالتعديد

These ships of theirs go out at evening and at dawn,

These are their ships that come and attack

with merchandise beyond all counting.

With goods not counted in numbering

فكأنما هي لامتصاص دمائنا

فكأنما هي لامتصاص دمائنا

بعض المحاجم أو كبعض الدود

بعض المحاجم أو كبعض الدود

So it is as though, to suck our blood, they were

As if they are for sucking our blood

so many bloodletting cups, or like so many worms.

Some conquerors or like some worms

حتى متى نَشْقى ليَسْعَد غيرنا

حتى متى نَشْقى ليَسْعَد غيرنا

ونُذلِّل القُربى لعِزّ بعيد

ونُذلِّل القُربى لعِزّ بعيد

How long must we suffer so that others may prosper,

Until when do we suffer for others to be happy

and abase our kin to exalt someone far away,

And humiliate the relatives for distant glory

ونُجانب الوطنيّ من أشيائنا

ونُجانب الوطنيّ من أشيائنا

ولو أنّه من أحسن الموجود

ولو أنّه من أحسن الموجود

and shun the home-produced among our goods,

And boycott the national from our things

even when it is among the best available?

Even if it is of the best existing

أن البلاد لتشتكي من أهلها

أن البلاد لتشتكي من أهلها

وتقول قول الرازح المجهود

وتقول قول الرازح المجهود

Indeed, the land complains of its people,

That the countries complain of their people

speaking like one weighed down and exhausted:

And say the saying of the overburdened distressed

يا سادة الأوطان لستم سادةً

يا سادة الأوطان لستم سادةً

ما عِشتم من فقركم كعبيد

ما عِشتم من فقركم كعبيد

O masters of your homelands, you are not masters

Oh masters of the homelands, you are no masters

so long as, through poverty, you live like slaves.

Having lived in your poverty like slaves

أفسيّد من عاش وهو لغيره

أفسيّد من عاش وهو لغيره

في حاجة بل ذاك عيش مَسود

في حاجة بل ذاك عيش مَسود

Is he a master who lives dependent on another

Is master whoever lived for others

for his needs? No, that is a subject's life.

Needy, but that is life blackened

أن السيادة تستدير مع الغنى

أن السيادة تستدير مع الغنى

في حالتَيْ عدم له ووجود

في حالتَيْ عدم له ووجود

Indeed, sovereignty turns with wealth,

That sovereignty goes hand in hand with riches

whether wealth is absent or present.

In both states of absence and existence

لا يستقلّ بسيفه الشعب الذي

لا يستقلّ بسيفه الشعب الذي

لا يستقلّ بنقده المنقود

لا يستقلّ بنقده المنقود

A people cannot be independent through its sword

A people cannot be independent with its sword if

if it is not independent in the money it pays out.

It cannot be independent with its minted coin

من كان مَحلول العُرا في ماله

من كان مَحلول العُرا في ماله

وجب انحلال لوائه المعقود

وجب انحلال لوائه المعقود

He whose wealth has its binding ties loosened

Whoever's glory is reliant on his money

must see his firmly bound banner come undone.

His hoisted banner must slip

يا قومنا أنتم كغارس كرمة

يا قومنا أنتم كغارس كرمة

وسواه منها قاطف العُنقود

وسواه منها قاطف العُنقود

O our people, you are like one who plants a vine,

Oh our people, you are like one planting a vine

while another plucks its cluster of grapes.

And others from it pluck the clusters

كم تزرعون بأرضكم ولغيركم

كم تزرعون بأرضكم ولغيركم

مما زرعتم حَبّ كل حَصيد

مما زرعتم حَبّ كل حَصيد

How much you sow in your land, yet others receive

How much you plant in your land and for others

the grain of every harvest from what you have sown!

Of what you planted a grain of every crop

فتبصّروا يا قوم في أحوالكم

فتبصّروا يا قوم في أحوالكم

وتنبَّهوا من غفلة ورقود

وتنبَّهوا من غفلة ورقود

So look closely, my people, at your circumstances,

So reflect, oh people, on your state

and awaken from heedlessness and slumber.

And wake from heedlessness and slumber

من شاء منكم أن يُعزَّ بلاده

من شاء منكم أن يُعزَّ بلاده

فَلْيَسْعَ سعيَ مُعزّها البارودي

فَلْيَسْعَ سعيَ مُعزّها البارودي

Whoever among you wishes to exalt his country,

Whoever among you wants his country honored

let him strive like al-Barudi, who exalts it.

Let him make the effort of its honorer Baroudi