1. للهِ دَرُّكِ من وليدِ

    في عيد مولِده السعيدِ

    God bless you for such a newborn,

    on his happy birthday.

  2. حَيَّتْْهُ ممطرةُ الدَّمار

    بمثل قاصفةِ الرُّعود

    A shower of destruction greeted him

    with the like of crashing thunder.

  3. وأظَله من كل قاذفةٍ

    غرابٌ من حديد

    And from every bomber he was overshadowed

    by a crow of iron.

  4. ومشى بهذا المَهدْ ما

    يحدو المهودَ إلى اللُحود

    And with this cradle walked that which

    drives cradles onward to graves.

  5. يا أختَ امسِ المالىءِ

    الدنيا بجبارٍ عنيد

    O sister of yesterday, which filled

    the world with a defiant giant,

  6. أسدَى وقد جَحَدَ الخلودَ

    يداً ترِفُّ على الخُلود

    who offered, though he denied immortality,

    a hand that flutters over immortality.

  7. أومَى الى زُمرَ المناقِب

    من طَريف او تَليد

    He gestured toward the hosts of virtues,

    whether newly acquired or inherited of old,

  8. من كلِّ شاك ما استَباح

    له المؤرّخُ من حدُود

    each complaining of what was allowed

    it by the historian as its bounds.

  9. فاتَتهْ رازحةُ الخُطى

    تَشكو من الجَهد الجهيد

    They passed him by, their steps weighed down,

    complaining of exhausting toil.

  10. يبدو على شَمَمٍ وإيثارٍ

    وإقدامٍ وجُود

    Upon lofty pride and selflessness appears,

    and upon courage and generosity,

  11. جُرْحٌ بليغٌ في الفؤاد

    ولطمةٌ فوقَ الخدود

    a grievous wound within the heart,

    and a slap across the cheeks.

  12. فأقرَّها في أي أنصِبِةٍ

    ومصطَلحٍ وطيد

    Then in what allotted ranks can you place them,

    and what firmly established terms,

  13. من هذه الأرواحِ

    ثائرةٌ على ضَنْك الجلود

    among these spirits,

    rebelling against the confines of skin,

  14. مما يُحشِّده نضالُك

    للفضيلة من جُنودُ

    among those your struggle musters

    as soldiers for virtue,

  15. من هذه الأشلاء نافحةُ

    الأريج على الصَعيد

    among these torn limbs, wafting

    fragrance across the earth,

  16. بالأُمِّ هاويةٌ على البَعل

    الكريم على الوَليد

    with the mother fallen upon the husband,

    the noble one, upon the newborn?

  17. إنّا قرأنا فيكِ

    معنى لفظِ تاريخٍ مجيد

    We have read in you

    the meaning of the phrase 'a glorious history.'

  18. فضلتِ " أمسِ " على " غدٍ "

    وطغى " القديم " على " الجديد "

    You set 'yesterday' above 'tomorrow,'

    and 'the old' overwhelmed 'the new.'

  19. يا أختَ مُحترِس الحَمام

    وامَّ مقتنص الأُسود

    O sister of the keeper of doves,

    and mother of the hunter of lions,

  20. فوُزي بعُقْبى ما وُعِدتِ

    فقد صَبْرتِ على الوعيد

    so claim the reward you were promised,

    for you have endured the threats.

  21. ولقد صَبَرت على التي

    يَعيَا بها صَبْرُ الجَليد

    And you have endured that which

    exhausts the patience of the steadfast.

  22. فلقد صَبَرت على رِباح

    الموت تَعصِفُ بالحصيد

    For you have endured the winds

    of death, raging through the harvest;

  23. وعلى جحيمٍ منك عَبَّأ

    ما تَخَيرَّ من وَقود

    and an inferno that gathered from you

    whatever fuel it chose;

  24. وعلى – امرَّ من الجحيم

    شَماتة النِمَر الحقود

    and—more bitter than the inferno—

    the gloating of the vindictive leopard.

  25. صُغتِ السُدودَ من الصدور

    ترُدُّ عادية السدود

    You forged barriers from breasts,

    repelling the onslaught of barriers.

  26. ومشيتِ انتِ الى الردى

    فاخذتِ منه بالوريد

    And you yourself walked toward death,

    then seized it by the jugular.

  27. بَليَ باشدَّ منه

    شكيمةً يومَ الوُرود

    It was tried by one stronger than itself

    in resolve, on the day of arrival.

  28. عودي فقد حَنَّ العرينُ

    لعودة الأسَد الطريد

    Return, for the lair has yearned

    for the return of the banished lion.

  29. عودي كواسطةِ الجُمان

    تَعود للعِقد الفريد

    Return like the central pearl

    returning to the matchless necklace.

  30. عودي نشيداً خالداً

    ولأنتِ ملهمةُ النشيد

    Return as an immortal anthem,

    and you are indeed the anthem's muse.