مضى ذلك العهد الجميل ولم يزل

مضى ذلك العهد الجميل ولم يزل

صداه عليه نغتدي ونروحُ

صداه عليه نغتدي ونروحُ

That beautiful age has passed, yet still there lingers

That beautiful age has passed, yet still

its echo, by which we go forth at dawn and return at dusk.

its echo lives on; upon it we go forth each morning and return each evening.

ملكنا زمام الأرض عدلا و قوة

ملكنا زمام الأرض عدلا و قوة

و سوَّدنا عزم لنا و طموحُ

و سوَّدنا عزم لنا و طموحُ

We held the earth’s reins through justice and strength,

We held the earth's reins with justice and strength,

and resolve and ambition of our own made us lords.

and our resolve and ambition made us masters.

فمدت لنا الدنيا زمام أمورها

فمدت لنا الدنيا زمام أمورها

نحرّم فيها ما نرى و نبيحُ

نحرّم فيها ما نرى و نبيحُ

Then the world placed the reins of its affairs in our hands;

So the world extended to us the reins of its affairs;

therein we forbade and permitted as we saw fit.

there we forbade and permitted as we saw fit.

و ها نحن صرنا اليوم رهْنَ تفرُّقٍ

و ها نحن صرنا اليوم رهْنَ تفرُّقٍ

بنا في فلاة العجز تلعب ريحُ

بنا في فلاة العجز تلعب ريحُ

And here we are today, hostages to division,

And behold, today we have become hostages to division;

while a wind toys with us in helplessness’s wasteland,

a wind toys with us in the desert of helplessness,

إلى أن توهمنا السعادة خصمنا

إلى أن توهمنا السعادة خصمنا

و عنا لها في العالمين جنوحُ

و عنا لها في العالمين جنوحُ

until we imagined happiness itself our foe,

until we imagined happiness to be our enemy,

and that, among all peoples, it shunned us.

and that throughout the world it turns away from us.

فهاهم بنو صهيون في القدس قد عثوا

فهاهم بنو صهيون في القدس قد عثوا

و في القدس أحزان بهم و جروح

و في القدس أحزان بهم و جروح

And now the sons of Zion have wreaked ruin in Jerusalem,

So here are the sons of Zion, having wreaked havoc in Jerusalem,

and because of them Jerusalem is filled with sorrows and wounds.

and in Jerusalem are sorrows and wounds because of them.

و في جسد الجولان ما زال مرتع

و في جسد الجولان ما زال مرتع

لهم يشتكي ما نابه و ينوح

لهم يشتكي ما نابه و ينوح

And in the Golan’s body there still lies a pasture for them,

And in the Golan's body there still remains a pasture

lamenting what has befallen it and wailing.

for them; it laments what has befallen it and wails.

فلله يا سيفَ العروبة قل لنا

فلله يا سيفَ العروبة قل لنا

متى برؤوس الظلم أنتَ تطيحُ؟

متى برؤوس الظلم أنتَ تطيحُ؟

By God, O sword of Arabdom, tell us:

So, for God's sake, O sword of Arabhood, tell us:

when will you topple the heads of tyranny?

when will you strike off the heads of oppression?