اعـصفي يا رياحْ

اعـصفي يا رياحْ

واقصفي  يا رعودْ

واقصفي يا رعودْ

Rage, O winds!

Blow, O winds

Blow fierce, O winds,

And crash, O thunderclaps!

And strike, O thunder

And crash, O thunder,

واثـخني يا جراح

واثـخني يا جراح

واحـدقي  يا قيود

واحـدقي يا قيود

And wound deeply, O wounds!

And wound me, O sorrows

And cut deep, O wounds,

And close in, O shackles!

And watch me, O shackles

And hem us in, O shackles,

نـحـن قـوم أباة

نـحـن قـوم أباة

لـيـس فينا جبان

لـيـس فينا جبان

We are an unyielding people.

We are a stubborn people

We are a proud and defiant people,

There is no coward among us.

None of us are cowards

There is no coward among us,

قـد سـئمنا الحياة

قـد سـئمنا الحياة

في  الشقا والهوان

في الشقا والهوان

We have grown weary of life

We are weary of this life

We have grown weary of a life

In misery and humiliation.

Of misery and disgrace

Lived in misery and humiliation,

لا  نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا  نـمـل الجهاد

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We never tire of the fight,

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We never tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي  سبيل البلاد

فـي سبيل البلاد

....

....

For the sake of the homeland.

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

....

...

....

أدخولونا  السجون

أدخولونا السجون

جـرعونا  المنون

جـرعونا المنون

Cast us into prisons!

Throw us in prisons

Cast us into prisons,

Make us drink death!

Force us to drink hemlock

Make us drink the cup of death,

لـيس  فينا خؤون

لـيس فينا خؤون

يـنـثني أو يهون

يـنـثني أو يهون

There is no traitor among us

We have no worries

There is no traitor among us

Who bends or is brought low.

That might bend or soften us

Who bends or submits,

اجـلـدوا  عذبوا

اجـلـدوا عذبوا

واشنقوا  واصلبوا

واشنقوا واصلبوا

Flog us, torture us!

Whip, torture

Flog us, torture us,

And hang us and crucify us!

And hang and crucify us

Hang us and crucify us,

لا  نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا  نـمـل الجهاد

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We never tire of the fight,

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We never tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي  سبيل البلاد

فـي سبيل البلاد

...

...

For the sake of the homeland.

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

...

...

...

كـلـنـا  لـلعلا

كـلـنـا لـلعلا

كـلـنـا  للرهان

كـلـنـا للرهان

All of us for glory,

We are all for the sublime

We are all for glory,

All of us for the contest.

We are all ready for the challenge

We are all ready for the challenge,

نـحن  نسل الألى

نـحن نسل الألى

شـيـدوا  القيروا

شـيـدوا القيروا

We are descendants of those who

We are the progeny of heroes

We are the descendants of those

Built Kairouan.

Who built the pyramids

Who built Kairouan,

نحن نفدي الجزائر

نحن نفدي الجزائر

بـالـنفوس والدما

بـالـنفوس والدما

We redeem Algeria

We will redeem Algeria

We sacrifice ourselves for Algeria

With our lives and blood.

With our souls and blood

With our souls and our blood,

شعبنا عش وفاخر

شعبنا عش وفاخر

وارفـع الـعـلما

وارفـع الـعـلما

Our people, live and take pride,

Our people lived proud and glorious

O our people, live on and take pride,

And raise the flag!

Raise the flag on high

And raise the flag high,

لا  نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا  نـمـل الجهاد

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We never tire of the fight,

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We never tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي  سبيل البلاد

فـي سبيل البلاد

...

...

For the sake of the homeland.

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

...

...

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