اعـصفي يا رياحْ

واقصفي يا رعودْ

Blow, O winds

Blow fierce, O winds,

And strike, O thunder

And crash, O thunder,

واثـخني يا جراح

واحـدقي يا قيود

And wound me, O sorrows

And cut deep, O wounds,

And watch me, O shackles

And hem us in, O shackles,

نـحـن قـوم أباة

لـيـس فينا جبان

We are a stubborn people

We are a proud and defiant people,

None of us are cowards

There is no coward among us,

قـد سـئمنا الحياة

في الشقا والهوان

We are weary of this life

We have grown weary of a life

Of misery and disgrace

Lived in misery and humiliation,

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي سبيل البلاد

....

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

...

....

أدخولونا السجون

جـرعونا المنون

Throw us in prisons

Cast us into prisons,

Force us to drink hemlock

Make us drink the cup of death,

لـيس فينا خؤون

يـنـثني أو يهون

We have no worries

There is no traitor among us

That might bend or soften us

Who bends or submits,

اجـلـدوا عذبوا

واشنقوا واصلبوا

Whip, torture

Flog us, torture us,

And hang and crucify us

Hang us and crucify us,

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي سبيل البلاد

...

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

...

...

كـلـنـا لـلعلا

كـلـنـا للرهان

We are all for the sublime

We are all for glory,

We are all ready for the challenge

We are all ready for the challenge,

نـحن نسل الألى

شـيـدوا القيروا

We are the progeny of heroes

We are the descendants of those

Who built the pyramids

Who built Kairouan,

نحن نفدي الجزائر

بـالـنفوس والدما

We will redeem Algeria

We sacrifice ourselves for Algeria

With our souls and blood

With our souls and our blood,

شعبنا عش وفاخر

وارفـع الـعـلما

Our people lived proud and glorious

O our people, live on and take pride,

Raise the flag on high

And raise the flag high,

لا نـمـل الكفاح

لا نـمـل الجهاد

We do not tire of struggle

We do not tire of the struggle,

We do not tire of jihad

We do not tire of the fight,

فـي سبيل البلاد

...

For the sake of the country

For the sake of the land,

...

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