لَو أُرهِفَتِ البيضُ لِحَزِّ الهامِ

لَو أُرهِفَتِ البيضُ لِحَزِّ الهامِ

أَو سُوِّدَت الوجوهُ في الأَقوامِ

أَو سُوِّدَت الوجوهُ في الأَقوامِ

If the bright swords were sharpened to sever heads,

If eggs were smashed against the skulls,

Or faces were blackened among the peoples,

Or faces blackened among the tribes,

واستَيسر خوضُنا دُجى الإِظلامِ

واستَيسر خوضُنا دُجى الإِظلامِ

جِئناكَ عَلى الرؤوسِ كالأَقلامِ

جِئناكَ عَلى الرؤوسِ كالأَقلامِ

And our plunging into the gloom of darkness became easy,

And we plunged into the darkness easily,

We would come to you on our heads, like pens.

We would come to you like pens on heads.