1. حضَنَ " التاجُ " بنيه فتعالَى

    وتعالى " حارسُ التاج " جَلالا

    The Crown embraced its sons and rose high,

    and the guardian of the Crown rose in majesty.

  2. وتعالت أُمةٌ لم تنحرفْ

    عن مدى الحقِّ ولا زاغَت ضَلالا

    And a nation rose that had not deviated

    from the bounds of justice, nor strayed into error.

  3. أُمةٌ تكرهُ من مستعمِرٍ

    فَرْضَه النصرَ ! وتأبى الانخِذالا

    A nation that detests, from a colonizer,

    his imposition of victory, and refuses defeat.

  4. اوطأت أقدامَها " عارمَة "

    حسَكَ الجور ، وشاءَته انتِعالا

    Fierce and surging, it made its feet tread

    the thorns of tyranny, choosing them as footwear.

  5. وتخطَّت جمرَة الغيضِ إلى

    " وقدةِ " المَوتِ فزادتها اشتِعالا

    And it crossed the ember of wrath toward

    the blaze of death, which made it burn more fiercely.

  6. ومشَت " للهُلْك " تدري أنّه

    يسألُ الرّوح عن الدنيا زَوالا

    And it walked toward destruction, knowing that it

    asks the soul to depart this world.

  7. عرفَت أنَّ الذينَ استفرَشوا

    حُلَلَ الديباجِ غَنْجاً ودَلالا

    It knew that those who used as bedding

    robes of brocade, in coquetry and indulgence,

  8. نَعمت أظفارُهُمْ من " رقةٍ "

    فهي لا تَقوَى عن اللحم انفِصالا

    whose fingernails softened from such delicacy

    that they could not bear separation from flesh,

  9. ثم شاءوا المجدَ فيما يُقتَنَى

    حِلْيةً تُضفي على البيتِ جَمالا

    then desired glory as something to acquire,

    an ornament lending beauty to the house—

  10. كتَبَ الدهرُ على أبوابِهمْ

    هَهنا يرقُد من عافوا النِضالا

    Time wrote upon their doors:

    'Here lie those who shunned struggle.

  11. ههنا يرقُدُ من ظَلّوا على

    هامِشِ " التاريخ " كَلاًّ وعِيالا

    Here lie those who remained on

    the margins of history, a burden and dependents.'

  12. والذين استنزَفوا طاقاتِهم

    في المشقّات هُم كانوا الرجالا

    But those who drained their energies

    in hardships—they were the men.

  13. حضَنَ التاجُ بنيهِ حضنْةَ الليث

    لا يبغي عن " الشِبل " انفِصالا

    The Crown embraced its sons with a lion's embrace,

    unwilling to part from its cub.

  14. وتحدَّى من تحدَّى معلناً

    أنه يَقبل في الحق النِزالا

    And it challenged whoever challenged it, declaring

    that it would accept combat in the cause of right.

  15. وانبرَتْ كفٌّ هي البُرْهُ مشَى

    فشفَى من " مُزمن " داءً عُضالا

    And a hand came forward—[healing] that walked—

    and healed a chronic, intractable disease.

  16. تمسَحُ الدمعةَ سالتْ حرّةً

    فوق جُرحٍ فاحَ بالعِطر وسالا

    It wipes away the tear that flowed freely

    over a wound that wafted perfume and flowed.

  17. ورَمى نَسْرُ قُرَيشٍ فوقَهم

    من جَناحَيه الحبيبَيْن ظِلالا

    And the eagle of Quraysh cast above them

    shadows from its two beloved wings.

  18. يَسْتجِمُّ المجدُ في أفيائها

    مُتعَباً لاقى من الجَهد كَلالا

    Glory rests in their shade,

    weary, having suffered exhaustion from striving.

  19. يا حُماةَ الطُهرِ في مُعترَكٍ

    زَحَمَ الطُهْرَ به الرجسُ فمالا

    O guardians of purity in a battleground

    where defilement crowded purity until it bent,

  20. كرفيفِ الزَّهر في رَيْعانه

    لم تُدنِّسْه يدُ الجاني ابتذالا

    like the fluttering of flowers in their prime,

    untarnished by the offender's degrading hand.

  21. نَسَلوا من كل حَدْب ، نسوةً

    ورجالا ، وَجنوباً ، وشَمالا

    They streamed forth from every hill, women

    and men, southward and northward.

  22. يا شباباً صَبَغوا الأرضَ دماً

    كان في " وجنة " سِفر المجدِ خالا

    O young men who stained the earth with blood

    that was a beauty spot on the cheek of glory's book,

  23. مَنَحَ الباغي هواناً وصغى

    وحَبَا الأمّةَ زهوا واختِيالا

    granting the oppressor humiliation and abasement,

    and bestowing pride and stateliness on the nation.

  24. أكثِروا من دَمكمْ تَستَكثِروا

    من فمِ التاريخ مجداً وابتهالا

    Give more of your blood, and you will gain more

    glory and supplication from the mouth of history.

  25. فهو ظَمآنُ إلى أمثالِهِ

    لا دماءٌ خَثَرت فهي كُسالى

    For it thirsts for blood like yours,

    not blood that has thickened and grown sluggish.

  26. واكتُبوها صفحةً إن ذُكِرت

    كنتُمُ الأمثال فيها والمِثالا

    And write it as a page that, whenever recalled,

    has you as its exemplars and its model.

  27. ليلةٌ ألقَتْ اليكم ثِقْلَها !

    وليالٍ سَوف تأتيكم " حَبالى " !

    A night has cast its weight upon you!

    And pregnant nights will yet come to you!

  28. واختِموا عهد َ " زعامات " عَفَتْ

    كاذباتٍ لفَقوهُنَّ انتحالا

    And end the era of faded leaderships,

    false ones they fabricated by imposture,

  29. جامعاتٍ – كلَّ ما لا يلتَقي

    من نَقيضَيْن – شَناراً واحتِفالا

    combining all that cannot meet:

    two opposites—disgrace and celebration—

  30. من حُطام لُمَّ من كلِّ خَنا

    وادعاءٍ صارخٍ قيلاً وقالا

    from wreckage gathered from every obscenity

    and brazen pretension, hearsay and gossip,

  31. وَمُدِلّين بأن قد قَرَنوا !

    بالخَنا جاهاً وبـ " الحُظِوةِ " مالا

    and swaggerers boasting that they had coupled

    prestige with depravity, and wealth with favor.

  32. قِف بأحداث الضّحايا لا تُسِلْ

    فوقها دَمعاً ولا تَبكِ ارتجالا

    Stand at the victims' [graves]; do not shed

    tears over them, nor weep impulsively.

  33. لا تُذِلْ عهدَ " الرجولات " التي

    تكرهُ الضَعْفَ . وتأبى الانحِلالا

    Do not abase the legacy of those manly deeds

    that hate weakness and refuse disintegration.

  34. وتَلقَّفْ من ثَراها شَمّةَ

    تملأُ المنخِرَ عِزا وجلالا

    And catch from their earth a breath of scent

    that fills the nostril with honor and majesty.

  35. وَضَعِ " الإِكليل " زَهْراً يانعاً

    فوقَ زهرٍ من ضمير يَتلالا

    And lay the wreath as flourishing flowers

    upon flowers of a conscience that gleams.

  36. ثم خَفِّضْ من جَناحيك بها

    ثم أبلغْها إذا شِئتَ " مقالاً " !

    Then lower your two wings beside them,

    then, if you wish, address these words to them:

  37. أيُّّها الثاوونَ في جَولاتكم

    طِبْتُمُ مَثوى ً وعُطّرتُمْ مجالا

    'O you who rest amid your battles,

    blessed be your resting place, and perfumed your field.

  38. كلُّنا نحسُدُكم أن نِلْتُمُ

    شَرَفَ الفُرصةِ – من قبلُ – اهتبالا

    We all envy you for having attained

    the honor of seizing the opportunity beforehand.

  39. كلُّنا نمشي على آثارِكمْ

    بالضَحيّات خفافاً وثِقالا

    We all walk in your footsteps,

    with sacrifices, lightly and heavily laden.

  40. كلُّلنا ممتَثِلٌ من وَحيكم

    ما يُريد الوَطنُ الحُرُّ امتِثالا

    Each of us, inspired by you, obeys

    what the free homeland demands of obedience.

  41. فإذا شِئْتُم مَشَيْناها ونىً

    وإذا شئتم مشيناها عِجالا

    So, if you wish, we will walk it languidly,

    and if you wish, we will walk it swiftly.

  42. وإذا شِئتُم صَبغْناها دماً

    صبغةً تُؤْذِنُ بالحال " انتقالا "

    And if you wish, we will stain it with blood,

    a staining that heralds a change of state.'

  43. يا حفيظَ العهدِ للوادي ويا

    أمَلَ الوادي فُتُوّاً واقتبالا

    O keeper of the valley's covenant, and O

    hope of the valley in youth and fresh vigor,

  44. وصليبَ العُود يَأبَى غمزةً

    ورفيعَ الرأس يأبَى أنْ يُطالا

    and sturdy of stock, refusing to yield to pressure,

    and lofty of head, refusing anyone's reach,

  45. هُرِعَ الشعب إلى مُنقذِه

    مُلقِياً في الساحة الكبرى الرّجالا

    the people rushed to their rescuer,

    casting men into the great arena.

  46. كَذَبَ المُلقون في رُوعِكُمُ

    أنَّه يطلُبُ أمراً لن يُنالا!

    Those who planted in your minds the claim lied:

    that the people seek something unattainable!

  47. قل لأولاءِ الذين استأثَروا

    بالملذّاتِ وبالحكمِ احتيالا

    Tell those who monopolized

    pleasures and government through deceit,

  48. والذين اختَلقُوا أنّهُمُ

    وحدَهُمْ مدُّوا إلى العرشِ حبالا!

    and those who fabricated the claim that

    they alone stretched ropes to the throne:

  49. كم وكم ثاوٍ بجُحْرٍ مُظلمٍ

    وحريبٍ يأكلُ الماءُ الزلالا

    how many, how many dwell in a dark burrow,

    or, dispossessed, feed on clear water,

  50. كان أصفى نيةً في حُبّكم

    من مُدِلّينَ نِفاقاً وافتِعالا

    yet were purer in their intent of loving you

    than swaggerers in hypocrisy and pretense.

  51. والذين افتَخروا أنَّهم

    يَلبَسون " الشعب " ما شاؤا نِعالا

    And those who boasted that

    they wear the people as sandals however they wish,

  52. والذين استَنْفَروا من حولهم

    زُمراً عبَّأها الشرُّ رِعالا

    and those who mobilized around them

    bands that evil marshaled in troops,

  53. ليسُدَّ " السوطُ " مَجْرَى فكرةِ

    وتُعيقَ " النارُ " قَولاً أنْ يُقالا

    so the whip might block the course of a thought,

    and fire prevent a word from being spoken—

  54. قلْ لهم : لَسْتُم رفاقي فانفِروا

    إنَّ هذا الشعبَ لا يَبغِى مُحالا!

    tell them: 'You are not my comrades; be gone!

    These people seek nothing impossible.

  55. إنه يَشجُبُ من حُكّامه

    خُطةَ العَسف ويأبى الاغتِلالا

    They condemn in their rulers

    the policy of oppression, and refuse subjugation.

  56. ويريدُ العَدْل في أحكامه

    والمساواةَ وان عزَّتْ مَنالا

    And they want justice in the judgments passed upon them,

    and equality, however hard it is to attain.

  57. لا " يُقالُ " الشعبُ لكنْ طغمةٌ

    تسترقُّ الشَعبَ أولى أن تُقالا

    It is not the people who are to be dismissed, but a clique

    that enslaves the people is more deserving of dismissal.'