ما في الجزائر مجلس ألهي به

ما في الجزائر مجلس ألهي به

نفسي وأستهوي إليه فؤادي

نفسي وأستهوي إليه فؤادي

There is no gathering in Algeria with which I can divert

There is no divine council in Algeria

In Algiers, there is no assembly wherein I might divert

myself and draw my heart toward it.

That my soul desires and my heart is drawn to.

My soul, or to which I might allure my heart.

أمسيت لا منها ولا من أهلها

أمسيت لا منها ولا من أهلها

والقوم قومي والبلاد بلادي

والقوم قومي والبلاد بلادي

I have come to belong neither to it nor to its people,

I have become estranged from it and its people,

I have become neither of her nor of her people,

yet the people are my people, and the land is my land.

Though its people are my people and its land my land.

Yet the people are my people, and the land is my land.