يَزعم المستبد ان يد الفو

يَزعم المستبد ان يد الفو

لاذ أَولى بمن يداه عليه

لاذ أَولى بمن يداه عليه

The despot claims that an iron hand

The tyrant claims the iron fist

best befits those held beneath his sway.

Is better for the ruled than freedom is

ليس بالضغط يسكن الشعب لكن

ليس بالضغط يسكن الشعب لكن

يوم يَلقى حقوقه في يديه

يوم يَلقى حقوقه في يديه

A people is not pacified by coercion, but

But not by force can people rest

when it finds its rights in its own hands.

Until their rights are in their chest