1. حماةَ الديارِ

    عليكمْ سلامْ

    O defenders of the homeland,

    peace be upon you.

  2. أبتْ أَنْ تذلَّ

    النفوسُ الكرامْ

    They have refused to be humbled—

    those noble souls.

  3. عرينُ العرو

    بةِ بيتٌ حرام

    The lair of Arabism

    is a sacred house,

  4. وَعرشُ الشمو

    سِ حمىً لا يضام

    and the throne of the suns

    is a sanctuary none may violate.

  5. ربوعُ الشآمِ

    بروجُ العلاءْ

    The lands of al-Sham

    are towers of glory,

  6. تحاكي السما

    ءَ بعالي السناء

    matching the sky

    in lofty radiance.

  7. فأَرضٌ زَهَتْ

    بالشموسِ الوضاء

    So a land aglow

    with radiant suns

  8. سماءٌ لَعَمْرُكَ

    أَوْ كالسماء

    is a sky, by your life,

    or like the sky.

  9. رفيفُ الأَماني

    وَخفقُ الفؤادْ

    The flutter of hopes

    and the beating of the heart

  10. عَلَى عَلَمٍ ضمَّ

    شملَ البلاد

    are upon a flag that has brought

    the country together.

  11. أَما فيه من كلِّ

    عَيْنٍ سواد

    Is there not in it, from every

    eye, blackness,

  12. وَمن دمِ كلِّ

    شهيدٍ مداد

    and from the blood of every

    martyr, ink?

  13. نفوسٌ أُباةٌ

    وَماضٍ مجيدْ

    Unyielding souls,

    and a glorious past,

  14. وَروحُ الأَضاحي

    رقيبٌ عتيد

    and the spirit of sacrifice—

    a guardian ever ready.

  15. وَمنّا (الوليدُ)

    وَمنا (الرشيد)

    And from us is al-Walid,

    and from us al-Rashid.

  16. فَلِمْ لا نسودُ

    وَلِمْ لا نشيد

    So why should we not rule,

    and why should we not build?