مَضَتْ نَأْبَى لَهَا ذَمَّاً

مَضَتْ نَأْبَى لَهَا ذَمَّاً

كَمَا نَأْبَى لَهَا حَمْدَا

كَمَا نَأْبَى لَهَا حَمْدَا

It has passed; we refuse to condemn it,

It has passed, we refuse to blame it

just as we refuse to praise it.

Just as we refuse to praise it

أَسَاءَتْ فِي أوَائِلِهَا

أَسَاءَتْ فِي أوَائِلِهَا

وَسَاءَ خِتَامُهَا جِدَّا

وَسَاءَ خِتَامُهَا جِدَّا

It did ill at its beginning,

It began badly

and its ending was very bad.

And its end was very bad

فَيَا سَنَةً عَدَدْنَا مِنْ

فَيَا سَنَةً عَدَدْنَا مِنْ

أسَى سَعَاتِهَا عَدَّا

أسَى سَعَاتِهَا عَدَّا

So, O year, we counted, out of

So oh year, we counted

grief, your hours one by one.

The hours of its sorrow

شَفِيعُكِ يَوْمُ مَسْعَدَةٍ

شَفِيعُكِ يَوْمُ مَسْعَدَةٍ

زَهَا شَمْساً عَلاَ جَدَّا

زَهَا شَمْساً عَلاَ جَدَّا

Your intercessor is a day of happiness,

Its intercessor on the day of happiness

radiant as a sun, exalted in glory,

Is the sun rising high

حَبَانَا مِلْءَ دُنْيَانَا

حَبَانَا مِلْءَ دُنْيَانَا

وَمِلْءَ زَمَانِهَا سَعْدَا

وَمِلْءَ زَمَانِهَا سَعْدَا

that gave us, enough to fill our world

It has deprived us of the joys of our life

and all its time, good fortune,

And the joys of its time

إِذَا مَا أَرَّخُوكِ غَداً

إِذَا مَا أَرَّخُوكِ غَداً

لِبَدْءِ حَيَاتِنَا عَهْدَا

لِبَدْءِ حَيَاتِنَا عَهْدَا

when tomorrow they chronicle you

When they date you tomorrow

as an epoch marking the start of our life—

As the start of our life

أَقَالَ عِثَارَ أُمَّتنَا

أَقَالَ عِثَارَ أُمَّتنَا

وأَبْدَلَ ذُلَّنَا مَجْدَا

وأَبْدَلَ ذُلَّنَا مَجْدَا

one that raised our nation from its fall

May it ease the shame of our nation

and changed our humiliation into glory.

And replace our humiliation with glory

فَلاَ رِقٌّ وَلاَ ظُلمٌ

فَلاَ رِقٌّ وَلاَ ظُلمٌ

وَلاَ مَوْلَى وَلاَ عَبْدا

وَلاَ مَوْلَى وَلاَ عَبْدا

So there is no slavery and no oppression,

So there is no anxiety or injustice

neither master nor slave.

No master and no slave

تَسَاوَيْنَا تَآخَيْنَا

تَسَاوَيْنَا تَآخَيْنَا

وَعَادَ عَدَاؤُنَا وُدَّا

وَعَادَ عَدَاؤُنَا وُدَّا

We became equals; we became brothers,

We became equal and fraternal

and our enmity turned to affection.

And our enmity turned to affection

وَأَصْبَحْنَا بَنِي عُثْمَانَ

وَأَصْبَحْنَا بَنِي عُثْمَانَ

شِيبَ الْقَوْمِ وَالْمُرْدَا

شِيبَ الْقَوْمِ وَالْمُرْدَا

And we became sons of Osman,

And we became the sons of Othman

gray-haired elders and beardless youths.

The old and the young

لَنَا وَطَنٌ بِأَنْفُسِنَا

لَنَا وَطَنٌ بِأَنْفُسِنَا

وَأَنْفَسِ مَالِنَا يُفْدَى

وَأَنْفَسِ مَالِنَا يُفْدَى

We have a homeland that, with our lives

We have a homeland in ourselves

and our most precious wealth, is ransomed.

And in our souls that can be sacrificed

نَدِينُ عَلَى تَشْعُّبنَا

نَدِينُ عَلَى تَشْعُّبنَا

بِهِ دِيناً لَنَا فَرْدَا

بِهِ دِيناً لَنَا فَرْدَا

Despite our divisions, we profess

We owe our variety of branches

it as our one and only faith.

A unique religion

إِذَا نَادَى بِنَا سِرْنَا

إِذَا نَادَى بِنَا سِرْنَا

إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُنَا جُنْدَا

إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُنَا جُنْدَا

When it calls to us, we march

If it calls us, we will go

to it, all of us as an army.

All of us, an army

وَجئْنَا مِنْ مَعَابِدِنَا

وَجئْنَا مِنْ مَعَابِدِنَا

نَرَى فِي الْمُلْتَقَى بَنْدَا

نَرَى فِي الْمُلْتَقَى بَنْدَا

And we come from our temples,

And we come from our temples

seeing a banner where we meet.

To see at the meeting place a bond

لَنِعْمَ العَامُ مُسْدِينا

لَنِعْمَ العَامُ مُسْدِينا

مِنَ الإسْعَافِ مَا أَسْدَا

مِنَ الإسْعَافِ مَا أَسْدَا

How fine the year that bestowed on us

What a good year providing us

the aid it bestowed!

With all we hoped it would give

هِيَ الشُّورَى أَعَزَّ اللهُ

هِيَ الشُّورَى أَعَزَّ اللهُ

مُهْدِيهَا وَمضا أَهْدَى

مُهْدِيهَا وَمضا أَهْدَى

It is consultation—may God exalt

It is the council that God has honored

its giver, who bestowed a flash of light.

Guiding its founder and making him prosper

فَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَشْفَى

فَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَشْفَى

وَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَنْدَى

وَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَنْدَى

For no palm is more healing,

So there is no rest more healing

and no palm is more generous;

No rest more blissful

وَما مِنْ مَطْلَعٍ أَصْفَى

وَما مِنْ مَطْلَعٍ أَصْفَى

وَما مِنْ طَالعٍ أَهْدَى

وَما مِنْ طَالعٍ أَهْدَى

and no dawn is clearer,

No rising more pure

and no rising star more guiding.

No rising more guiding

غَفَرْنَا ذَنْبَ ذَاكَ الْعَا

غَفَرْنَا ذَنْبَ ذَاكَ الْعَا

مِ مَا آذى وَمَا أرَدَى

مِ مَا آذى وَمَا أرَدَى

We forgave that year's sin—

We forgave the sin of that time

the harm it did and the ruin it brought.

All it harmed and plotted

وَبَيْنَ السُّوءِ وَالْحُسْنَى

وَبَيْنَ السُّوءِ وَالْحُسْنَى

غَفَرْنَا الأَلْفَ بِالإحْدَى

غَفَرْنَا الأَلْفَ بِالإحْدَى

And between the evil and the good,

And between good and evil

we forgave a thousand wrongs for one good deed.

We forgave a thousand for one