قلب الجزيرة في يمينك يخفقُ

قلب الجزيرة في يمينك يخفقُ

وهوى العروبة في جبينك يشرقُ

وهوى العروبة في جبينك يشرقُ

The heart of the Peninsula beats in your right hand.

The heart of the peninsula beats in your right hand,

And the love of Arabhood shines upon your brow.

And the passion of Arabism shines on your forehead,

ولعمر مجد المسلمين لأنت في

ولعمر مجد المسلمين لأنت في

أنظارهم أمل منير شيقُ

أنظارهم أمل منير شيقُ

And by the life of the Muslims' glory, you are indeed, in

By the glory of the Muslims, you are in their eyes,

their eyes, a radiant, captivating hope.

A shining hope, most beloved and ardent.

وهبوك أفئدة الولا ووهبتهم

وهبوك أفئدة الولا ووهبتهم

مجداً تقدسه القلوب وتعشقُ

مجداً تقدسه القلوب وتعشقُ

They gave you hearts of loyalty, and you gave them

They have given you their hearts and allegiance,

glory that hearts hold sacred and adore.

And you have given them glory that hearts revere and love.

إن الجزيرة شرقها ودبورها

إن الجزيرة شرقها ودبورها

وشمالها حرم بوجهك مونقُ

وشمالها حرم بوجهك مونقُ

Indeed, the Peninsula—its east and its west,

Arabia’s east, west, north and south,

and its north—is a sanctuary made lovely by your countenance.

Are a forbidden realm with your graceful face.

وحدتها ونفخت في أرجائها

وحدتها ونفخت في أرجائها

روحا تُحب بها البلاد وتعتقُ

روحا تُحب بها البلاد وتعتقُ

You united it and breathed into its far reaches

You have unified it and breathed into its regions,

a spirit through which the land is loved and freed.

A spirit with which to love the country and free it.

ويكاد منها الصخر يمشى حاسراً

ويكاد منها الصخر يمشى حاسراً

لك عن معاينه التي لا ترمقُ

لك عن معاينه التي لا ترمقُ

And its rock almost walks, unveiling

That even rocks would walk humbled before you,

for you its eyes, which do not gaze.

Unable to behold your unmatched nobility.

قل لي بربك أي كف عبدت

قل لي بربك أي كف عبدت

لك منهجاً ما كان قبلك يطرقُ

لك منهجاً ما كان قبلك يطرقُ

Tell me, by your Lord, what hand paved

Tell me, by your Lord, which hand have you raised,

for you a path never trodden before you?

To pave a path never tread by others before you?

وبأي عزم قمت وحدك ناهضاً

وبأي عزم قمت وحدك ناهضاً

والنوم في جفن العروبة مطبقُ

والنوم في جفن العروبة مطبقُ

And with what resolve did you rise up alone,

With what resolve did you rise up alone,

while sleep sealed the eyelid of Arabhood?

While sleep weighed heavy on Arabia’s eyelids?

جردت للطاغين سيفاً صارماً

جردت للطاغين سيفاً صارماً

فتمزقت آثارهم وتمزقوا

فتمزقت آثارهم وتمزقوا

You unsheathed a keen sword against the tyrants,

You brandished a sharp sword at the tyrants,

so their traces were torn apart, and they were torn apart.

Tearing apart their traces as they were torn apart.

وقمعت عفريت الغلا فهديته

وقمعت عفريت الغلا فهديته

والسيف أهدى للجهول واصدقُ

والسيف أهدى للجهول واصدقُ

And you subdued the demon of high prices and guided it aright;

And you vanquished the brute of injustice, guiding him,

and the sword is a surer guide to the ignorant, and truer.

As the sword guides the ignorant and verifies.

وبذاك أمنت الحجيج وأُفهموا

وبذاك أمنت الحجيج وأُفهموا

أن الفريضة قربة لا مأزقُ

أن الفريضة قربة لا مأزقُ

And thus you made the pilgrims safe, and they were made to understand

With this you gave security to pilgrims, helping them understand,

that the prescribed duty is an act of devotion, not a predicament.

That the pilgrimage is a spiritual calling, not a coercion.

وهدمت كل عقيدة ممقوتة

وهدمت كل عقيدة ممقوتة

كانت تضل بها العقول وترهقُ

كانت تضل بها العقول وترهقُ

And you demolished every detested creed

You tore down every despised doctrine,

through which minds would stray and be burdened.

With which minds were misled and burdened.

ورفعت رأسك في الممالك عالياً

ورفعت رأسك في الممالك عالياً

والملك حر والنظام موفقُ

والملك حر والنظام موفقُ

And you raised your head high among the kingdoms,

You held your head high among kingdoms

with sovereignty free and the governing order successful.

With a free reign and harmonious system,

حتى إذا شب النزاع وحاولوا

حتى إذا شب النزاع وحاولوا

أن تستميل وبصبصوا وتملقوا

أن تستميل وبصبصوا وتملقوا

Until, when conflict flared and they tried

Until discord grew, and they attempted

to have you lean their way, wagging their tails and flattering,

To persuade you, flattering with pretense and fawning.

خيبتهم وهمست في آذانهم

خيبتهم وهمست في آذانهم

أن الجزيرة غابة لا تطرقُ

أن الجزيرة غابة لا تطرقُ

you disappointed them and whispered in their ears

You disappointed them and whispered in their ears,

that the Peninsula is a forest not to be entered.

That Arabia is an inviolable forest.

وبنيت حول البيت أو حول الهدى

وبنيت حول البيت أو حول الهدى

حصناً بأسباب النجوم يعلقُ

حصناً بأسباب النجوم يعلقُ

And around the House—or around guidance—you built

And you built around the Sacred House and Holy Guidance,

a fortress suspended by the cords of the stars.

A fortress with locks of celestial bodies.

ماذا دهى الإنسان في أطواره

ماذا دهى الإنسان في أطواره

حتى نراه في الردى يتعشقُ

حتى نراه في الردى يتعشقُ

What has befallen man through his phases,

What misguided man in his pretenses,

that we see him infatuated with death?

Until we see him lost in misery engrossed?

يسعى ليلقي النار في أحشائه

يسعى ليلقي النار في أحشائه

ويخال أن سواه منها يحرقُ

ويخال أن سواه منها يحرقُ

He strives to cast fire into his entrails,

Seeking to set himself on fire, assuming,

and imagines that someone else will be burned by it.

That others besides him are set ablaze?

إنا لنأسف للحضارة أن ترى

إنا لنأسف للحضارة أن ترى

منهارة لكننا لا نفْرَقُ

منهارة لكننا لا نفْرَقُ

We indeed grieve to see civilization

We lament that civilization should witness,

collapsed, but we do not fear.

Its own collapse, but we do not distinguish.

فلنا بنهضتنا وسالف مجدنا

فلنا بنهضتنا وسالف مجدنا

شرف نفوز به إذا ما أخفقوا

شرف نفوز به إذا ما أخفقوا

For through our revival and our bygone glory we have

For in our reawakening and past glory,

an honor we shall attain if they fail.

We have an honor to gain if they should fail.

سلهم عن النور الذي جئنا به

سلهم عن النور الذي جئنا به

فاستصبحوا بضيائه واستشرقوا

فاستصبحوا بضيائه واستشرقوا

Ask them about the light we brought,

Ask them about the light we brought,

so they lit their lamps by its radiance and sought the sunrise.

With which they saw the dawn and were illuminated.

سدنا البلاد فما استقر قرارنا

سدنا البلاد فما استقر قرارنا

حتى تلألأ غربها والمشرقُ

حتى تلألأ غربها والمشرقُ

We ruled the lands and did not settle into repose

We secured the lands, and our resolve was unshaken,

until their west and east glittered.

Until its west and east shone bright.

سعد الضعيف برفقنا حتى إذا

سعد الضعيف برفقنا حتى إذا

ملكوا الضعيف بحكمهم لم يرفقوا

ملكوا الضعيف بحكمهم لم يرفقوا

The weak prospered under our gentleness, until, when

The weak were fortunate with our compassion, but when,

they held the weak under their rule, they showed no kindness.

They ruled the weak with their dominion, they showed no mercy.

إنا لأعرق في المعالي منهم

إنا لأعرق في المعالي منهم

وأحق منهم بالنهوض وأخلقُ

وأحق منهم بالنهوض وأخلقُ

We are indeed more deeply rooted in greatness than they,

We are more virtuous than them in ideals,

and more entitled than they to rise, and more deserving.

And more deserving than them to rise and be dignified.

إن تسحق الدنيا معاول غيهم

إن تسحق الدنيا معاول غيهم

فلنا بلاد حرة لا تسحقُ

فلنا بلاد حرة لا تسحقُ

If the pickaxes of their waywardness crush the world,

If their misguided hammers should crush the world,

we have free lands that will not be crushed.

We have free lands that cannot be crushed.

ولسوف نشرق بالعلا إن غربوا

ولسوف نشرق بالعلا إن غربوا

والشرق أحفل بالضياء وأليقُ

والشرق أحفل بالضياء وأليقُ

And we shall shine with glory if they set,

We will shine with knowledge if they are ignorant,

and the East is richer in light and better suited to it.

For the east is more richly endowed with illumination and grace.

والعيش لولا الطامعون ميسر

والعيش لولا الطامعون ميسر

والمجد لولا الحاسدون محققُ

والمجد لولا الحاسدون محققُ

And life, were it not for the greedy, would be easy,

And life, if not for the covetous, would be easy,

and glory, were it not for the envious, would be assured.

And glory, if not for the envious, would be achieved.

ونفوسنا اللاتي سمت بجدودنا

ونفوسنا اللاتي سمت بجدودنا

هي لم تزل، لا بل أشد وأحنقُ

هي لم تزل، لا بل أشد وأحنقُ

And our souls, which soared with our forefathers,

Our souls that aspired with our ancestors,

remain—no, they are stronger and more wrathful.

Remain undiminished, nay only firmer and more zealous.

فلقد تجرعنا كؤوساً مرة

فلقد تجرعنا كؤوساً مرة

لم يشربوا منها ولم يتذوقوا

لم يشربوا منها ولم يتذوقوا

For we have drained bitter cups

For we have tasted bitter cups,

which they have neither drunk from nor tasted.

That they did not drink or savor.

واليوم حان بنا التفرق وأنجلى

واليوم حان بنا التفرق وأنجلى

لشعوبنا أن التفرق موبقُ

لشعوبنا أن التفرق موبقُ

And today division's hour has come upon us, and it has become clear

And today the time has come for us to part,

to our peoples that division is ruinous.

And for our peoples to know that parting is ruinous.

وتقشع الحلم الأنيق خداعه

وتقشع الحلم الأنيق خداعه

فإذا الحقيقة مرة لا تونقُ

فإذا الحقيقة مرة لا تونقُ

And the lovely dream's deceit has cleared away,

The elegant pretense of dreams is dispelled,

and behold, the truth is bitter and gives no delight.

Exposing the bitter reality, graceless and unembellished.

وإذا الحقوق سليبة مهضومة

وإذا الحقوق سليبة مهضومة

وإذا الوعود خديعة لا تصدُقُ

وإذا الوعود خديعة لا تصدُقُ

And behold, rights are stolen and trampled,

With rights usurped and infringed upon,

and behold, promises are deceit and do not come true.

And promises deceitful and untrustworthy.

وإذا البلاد تمخضت عن منقذ

وإذا البلاد تمخضت عن منقذ

أدرى بإنقاذ الشعوب وأحذقُ

أدرى بإنقاذ الشعوب وأحذقُ

And when the land labored to bring forth a deliverer,

With the lands giving birth to a savior,

better versed in saving peoples, and more skillful,

More knowing in delivering nations and more prudent.

وهبت له العليا معارج أفقها

وهبت له العليا معارج أفقها

فعلا بهمته التي لا تُسبَقُ

فعلا بهمته التي لا تُسبَقُ

the heights granted him stairways to their horizon,

You granted him the lofty steps to your horizons,

so he rose through his resolve, which cannot be outstripped.

Rising with his resolve that cannot be outstripped.

وسما إلى عرش يلوذ بركنه

وسما إلى عرش يلوذ بركنه

من أيدوا الدين الحنيف وصدقوا

من أيدوا الدين الحنيف وصدقوا

And he rose to a throne whose pillar shelters

And he ascended to a Throne that takes refuge in its Pillar,

those who upheld the upright faith and were sincere.

From a people who supported the True Faith and were sincere.

علموا بأن الله حارس بيته

علموا بأن الله حارس بيته

يختار فيه من يشاء ويخلقُ

يختار فيه من يشاء ويخلقُ

They knew that God guards His House;

They knew that God guards His House,

He chooses there whom He wills, and He creates.

Choosing in it whom He wills and creates.

ولرب يوم تزدهي أمم الهدى

ولرب يوم تزدهي أمم الهدى

بتراثها العالي الذي لا يخلِقُ

بتراثها العالي الذي لا يخلِقُ

And perhaps one day the nations of guidance will take pride

There will come a day when the people of guidance,

in their lofty heritage, which never wears out,

Will thrive with their lofty heritage that cannot be matched.

في ظل بيت الله تحت لوائه

في ظل بيت الله تحت لوائه

فسموا بشرعته التي لا تمحقُ

فسموا بشرعته التي لا تمحقُ

in the shade of God's House, beneath His banner,

In the shade of God's House beneath His Standard,

and rise by His law, which cannot be effaced.

Rising with His Law that cannot be erased.

ونسير صفاً واحدا لا ينثني

ونسير صفاً واحدا لا ينثني

بعواصف الدنيا ولا يتمزقُ

بعواصف الدنيا ولا يتمزقُ

And we march in a single rank that does not bend

Marching together in unison, unbending,

beneath the world's storms, nor is torn apart.

Against the storms of worldly life, unfragmented.

فتول يا عبدالعزيز عزائماً

فتول يا عبدالعزيز عزائماً

من أمة تهوى السمو وتعشقُ

من أمة تهوى السمو وتعشقُ

So take charge, O Abd al-Aziz, of the firm resolves

Lead with resolve, O Abdulaziz,

of a nation that loves loftiness and adores it.

Of a people who love loftiness and passion.

ولتحي في عرش القلوب مؤيدا

ولتحي في عرش القلوب مؤيدا

وليحيا شعب حول عرشك يُغدقُ

وليحيا شعب حول عرشك يُغدقُ

And may you live, upheld, on the throne of hearts,

And live immortalized in the hearts’ Throne, supported,

and may a people live around your throne, lavishing bounty.

With a people around your Throne bountiful and giving.

وإليك يا أسد الجزيرة خفقة

وإليك يا أسد الجزيرة خفقة

من قلب صب لم يزل بك يخفقُ

من قلب صب لم يزل بك يخفقُ

And to you, O lion of the Peninsula, a heartbeat

To you, O Lion of Arabia, a throbbing,

from a lovesick heart that has never ceased beating for you.

From a heart overflowing that pulsates for you.

ناءت بمحملها حنايا لوعتي

ناءت بمحملها حنايا لوعتي

وهفت إليك بها القوافي السُبّقُ

وهفت إليك بها القوافي السُبّقُ

The folds of my anguish bowed beneath its burden,

My laments carried their burdens,

and the swift rhymes fluttered toward you with it.

And the verses hastened to you, outpacing.

يمنيةً مكيةً نجديةً

يمنيةً مكيةً نجديةً

قل ما تشاء فإنها لا تفرقُ

قل ما تشاء فإنها لا تفرقُ

Yemeni, Meccan, Najdi—

Yemeni, Meccan, Najdi,

say what you will, for they make no distinction.

Say what you will, they make no distinction.