ياO " اندونوسُIndonesia " إنif استماتَfought to the death بَنوكِyour sons
يا " اندونوسُ " إن استماتَ بَنوكِ
فالحربُthen war أمُّكِyour mother والكفاحُand struggle ابوكِyour father
فالحربُ أمُّكِ والكفاحُ ابوكِ
O Indonesia, if your sons fight to the death,
O Indonesia, if your children are steadfast
then war is your mother and struggle your father.
Then war is their mother, and struggle their father
ولديكِand you have تاريخٌa history علىupon صَفَحاتِهits pages
ولديكِ تاريخٌ على صَفَحاتِه
أرَجٌa fragrance يضُوعُwafts منfrom الدمthe blood المسفوكspilled
أرَجٌ يضُوعُ من الدم المسفوك
And you have a history upon whose pages
You have a history, on its pages
a fragrance wafts from spilled blood.
A fragrance diffuses, from spilled blood
وكأنَّand as though منfrom ألَقِthe radiance الضُحىthe forenoon ورفيفِهand its shimmer
وكأنَّ من ألَقِ الضُحى ورفيفِه
نُوراًa light يُشِعُّshines عليهupon it منfrom واديكyour valley
نُوراً يُشِعُّ عليه من واديك
And it is as though, from the forenoon’s radiance and shimmer,
As if from the radiance of dawn and its murmur
a light shines upon it from your valley.
A light shines upon it, from your valleys
ياO " بنتَdaughter " ثانيةِsecond الجنانthe paradises بماwith what اشتَهتْdesired
يا " بنتَ " ثانيةِ الجنان بما اشتَهتْ
نَفْسٌa soul ، وماand what رَمَتِcast الطبيعةُnature فيكinto you
نَفْسٌ ، وما رَمَتِ الطبيعةُ فيك
O daughter of a second paradise, with all that is desired
O Java, the second of Edens, with what
by a soul, and all that nature has cast into you,
A soul desires, and what nature has poured into you
وبماand with what تسيلُflow ظهورُهاits surfaces وبطونُهاand its depths
وبما تسيلُ ظهورُها وبطونُها
بالتِبْرِwith gold منof متذوِّبٍmolten وسَبيكand cast into ingots
بالتِبْرِ من متذوِّبٍ وسَبيك
and with its surfaces and depths flowing
With what flows down its hills and valleys
with gold, molten and cast in ingots,
Of melted tin and alloy
بالحاشِدwith the dense growth الملتَفِّentwined منكof you إذاwhen دَجىdarkens
بالحاشِد الملتَفِّ منك إذا دَجى
والضاحكِand the laughing العُريانِbare منof " ضاحيكyour sunlit land "
والضاحكِ العُريانِ من " ضاحيك "
with your dense, entwined growth when it darkens,
With the rugged, twisted around you at dusk
and the laughing, bare reaches of your sunlit land—
And the naked, laughing from your shores
فاءتspread back علىover المستعمرينَthe colonizers ظلالُهاits shadows
فاءت على المستعمرينَ ظلالُها
وعلىand over مليكاتٍqueens لهمof theirs ومُلوكand kings
وعلى مليكاتٍ لهم ومُلوك
its shadows have spread back over the colonizers,
Its shadows have come upon the colonists
and over their queens and kings.
And their queens and kings
ياO بنتَdaughter ذاكthat وand " أمَّmother " كلِّevery مغرِّفone scooping
يا بنتَ ذاك و " أمَّ " كلِّ مغرِّف
فيin بُؤسهhis misery ومُجوَّعٍand one starved صُعلوكa pauper
في بُؤسه ومُجوَّعٍ صُعلوك
O daughter of all that, and mother of every man scooping
O mother of each grabber
amid his misery, and every starving pauper;
Wretched in his misery and enslaved urchin
ياO أمَّmother كلِّevery مُشرَّدٍone driven away عنfrom أهلهhis family
يا أمَّ كلِّ مُشرَّدٍ عن أهله
وُهِبَwas granted الجنانَparadise وعاشand lived كالمملوكlike a slave
وُهِبَ الجنانَ وعاش كالمملوك
O mother of everyone driven from his family,
O mother of each outcast from his people
who was granted paradise and lived like a slave;
Who was granted heavens and lived like a slave
بمنfor whom " الجهادُthe struggle " يَليقis fitting انif لمnot ينتظِمْtake shape
بمن " الجهادُ " يَليق ان لم ينتظِمْ
تاجاًas a crown تَليقare fitting بهfor it رؤوسُthe heads ذَويكyour people
تاجاً تَليق به رؤوسُ ذَويك
Whom does the struggle befit, if it does not take shape
To whom does jihad befit if not ordered
as a crown befitting the heads of your people?
A crown befitting the heads of your people
فيin كلevery قَبرgrave منamong قُبوركyour graves طائفٌa wandering spirit
في كل قَبر من قُبورك طائفٌ
يمشيwalks إليكtoward you ، وصارخٌand a crier يدعوكcalls you
يمشي إليك ، وصارخٌ يدعوك
In every grave among your graves is a wandering spirit,
In each of your graves is a specter
walking toward you, and a crier calling you,
Walking to you, and a screamer calling you
ليشُُدَّto bind حاضرَكyour present المضمَّخَsteeped بالدِماin blood
ليشُُدَّ حاضرَك المضمَّخَ بالدِما
بالموَجعِto the aching الأسيانِthe sorrowful منof ماضيكyour past
بالموَجعِ الأسيانِ من ماضيك
to bind your present, steeped in blood,
To bolster your present bloodied
to the aching, sorrowful part of your past.
With the painful lamenting of your past
ومنand from الطبيعةِnature عنon behalf of بنيكِyour sons مُدافعٌa defender
ومن الطبيعةِ عن بنيكِ مُدافعٌ
أنthat يأخذواthey may take منكfrom you الذيwhat تُعطيكshe gives you
أن يأخذوا منك الذي تُعطيك
And from nature comes a defender of your sons,
And from nature defending your children
that they may take from you what she gives you.
To take from you what you give them
تأبىrefuses المروءةُhonor انthat تُزقَّيyou feed by mouth غيرَهمothers than them
تأبى المروءةُ ان تُزقَّي غيرَهم
اذwhile يُحرَمونthey are denied مُجاجةًa mouthful منfrom فيكyour mouth
اذ يُحرَمون مُجاجةً من فيك
Honor forbids you to feed others from your mouth,
Manliness refuses to be torn by others
while they are denied even a mouthful from your mouth.
When they are deprived of craving from you
ياO " اندنوسُIndonesia " ! وفيand among الخلائقِcreated beings شركةpartnership
يا " اندنوسُ " ! وفي الخلائقِ شركة
لاشيءَnothing غيرexcept اللهGod دونَwithout شريكa partner
لاشيءَ غير الله دونَ شريك
O Indonesia! Among created beings there is partnership:
O Indonesia! And for creatures is partnership
nothing but God is without a partner.
Nothing but Allah without partner
اصلَوْكِthey made you burn ماwhat الشرقُthe East اصطَلىwas scorched بجحيمهِin its hellfire
اصلَوْكِ ما الشرقُ اصطَلى بجحيمهِ
وبميسَمand with a branding iron منof ذُلِّهits humiliation وَسَموكthey branded you
وبميسَم من ذُلِّه وَسَموك
They made you burn in the same hellfire that scorched the East,
They parched you with the inferno of the East
and branded you with a branding iron of its humiliation.
And a branding iron of its humiliation branded you
وسَقَوكand they made you drink منfrom كأسٍa cup سُقيناwe were made to drink مثلَهاone like it
وسَقَوك من كأسٍ سُقينا مثلَها
ولقدand indeed يكونmay be ارقَّgentler منwhoever يسقيكmakes you drink
ولقد يكون ارقَّ من يسقيك
And they made you drink from a cup like the one we were made to drink;
And gave you to drink from a cup we drank the like
and whoever makes you drink may indeed be gentler.
And it may be more bitter than yours
وكذاكand likewise أنتِyou وقدand already تمخَّضَhas labored نقمةًvengeance
وكذاك أنتِ وقد تمخَّضَ نقمةً
تتمخضِّينَyou labor in childbirth علىupon القَناthe spears المَشبوكinterlocked
تتمخضِّينَ على القَنا المَشبوك
And you likewise, as the East has labored to bring forth vengeance,
And so are you, and hatred has given birth
are in labor upon interlocked spears.
You give birth to the knotted rope
Sol 6.1