فلسطين الشهيدة لن تضيعا

الم تصغ مرابعها نجيعا

Palestine the martyred will not be lost.

Have her homesteads not been cast in blood?

ألم يسقط بها قتلى وجرحى

ألم تستقبل الخطب المروعا

Have the slain and wounded not fallen within her?

Has she not faced the dreadful calamity?

دعت ابناءها للموت جمعا

فلبى الجمع دعوتها سريعا

She called all her sons to death,

and the throng swiftly answered her call.

وبدلت الربوع بها دماء

وبدلت الدماء بها ربوعا

And within her, homesteads were turned into blood,

and within her, blood was turned into homesteads.

واضحت كيفما قلبت طرفا

ترى في كل ناحية صريعا

And now, wherever you turn your gaze,

you see a fallen victim in every corner.

وخرت صخرة الاقصى خشوعا

ومهد يسوع مما شام ريعا

And the rock of al-Aqsa fell in reverence,

and Jesus's cradle was terrified by what it beheld.

مآس ما رأى الدهر شبيهاً

لها مما عرفنا أو قريعا

Tragedies—time has never seen a likeness

to them among all we have known, nor any equal.

فلسطين الشهيدة ما عراها

ولم تخطو إلى الجلى سريعا

Palestine the martyred—what has befallen her?

And why does she hasten toward the great ordeal,

وتضرب غير عابثة شهورا

وليس تود تشري أو تبيعا

and stay on strike in earnest for months,

with no wish to buy or sell?

وتأبى في نعيم الذل شبعا

وترضى في جحيم العز جوعا

And she refuses satiety in humiliation's bliss,

and accepts hunger in honor's hell.

ولم تبني على هام الضحايا

صروحاً باذخات أو قلوعا

And she has not built upon the heads of victims

towering edifices or fortresses.

نراها اليوم تبسم للعوادي

وتحتقر الكتائب والجموعا

Today we see her smiling at adversities,

and scorning the battalions and throngs.

ترى في الطائرات ذباب خصم

يطن وفي مدافعه شموعا

She sees the aircraft as an enemy's flies

buzzing, and his cannons as candles.

ولم تحفل مئات من ضحايا

بل اتخذت ضحاياها دروعا

And she paid no heed to hundreds of casualties,

but took her victims as shields.

هي الحرية الحمراء تسقى

فتنبت بالدم الشرف الرفيعا

She is crimson freedom, watered,

so through blood she brings forth lofty honor,

وتورق في ظلال الموت مجداً

اثيلا باذخاً حياً منيعا

and in death's shadows puts forth leaves of glory,

deep-rooted, lofty, living, unassailable.

فداك الروح يا وطني المفدى

ونحن فداك يا وطني جميعا

My soul be your ransom, O my homeland, worthy of sacrifice,

and we are all your ransom, O my homeland.

وكيف تضيع يا وطناً عشقنا

ونحن بنيك نأبى أن تضيعا

And how could you be lost, O homeland we have loved,

when we, your sons, refuse to let you be lost?

يدافع عنك ثوار كرام

وشعب دأبه إلا يطيعا

Noble rebels defend you,

and a people whose wont is not to obey.

مشى في حلبة الاقدام شوطاً

بعيداً يدفع الخطر الذريعا

It has traveled a course in the arena of courage,

a long one, warding off the terrible danger.

وامضى لا يني مئة وعشرا

وخمساً ليس يأبه ان يجوعا

And it spent a hundred and ten days without flagging,

and five more, heedless of going hungry.

ولم يعرِ الزعامة أي هم

ولم يحفل اصولا أو فروعا

And it gave leadership no thought,

nor heeded roots or branches.

فان لم يستطع دفعاً لأمر

فاقصى همه ان يستطيعا

And if it cannot ward off something,

then its utmost concern is to be able to.

لقد اقدمت يا شعب المعالي

ولم تحجم فاحسنت الصنيعا

You have indeed acted boldly, O people of high ideals,

and did not shrink back, so you acted well.

فلسطين الشهيدة لا تراعي

ولا تأسي ولا تذري الدموعا

Palestine the martyred, do not be afraid,

and do not grieve, nor shed tears.

فنحن وهم سنبقى في صراع

إلى أن ننقذ الحق الصريعا

For we and they shall remain in struggle,

until we rescue fallen justice,

ونعقد فوق هامك تاج غار

ونسكنك الحنايا والضلوعا

and bind a crown of laurel above your head,

and give you a home within our breasts and ribs.

ونسخر من عدو مستبد

وعين اللَه ترقبنا جميعا

And we mock a tyrannical enemy,

while God's eye watches us all.

عدوك ان أضعت لديه حقاً

فعند اللَه حقك لن يضيعا

If you have lost a right at your enemy's hands,

then with God your right will not be lost.