عيدٌ بِأَحناءِ الصُدورِ يُقامُ

مِن وَحيِهِ الأَشعارُ وَالإِلهامُ

A feast in the bosoms is established

From its inspiration, poems and revelation

حُلُمٌ لَقَد لابَت عَلَيهِ نُفوسُنا

أَجمِلْ بِأَن تَتَحَقَّقَ الأَحلامُ

A dream that our souls have wished for

Please make the dreams come true

جَمعَ الشَتيتَ فَكُلُّ قُطرٍ دُرَّةٌ

في تاجِهِ وَالوِحدَةُ النَظّامُ

It gathered the dispersed, so every drop is a pearl

In its crown, and unity is the system

فَإِذا تَشَكّى النَيلُ مِن آلامِهِ

شَقَّت مَرائِرَ دِجلَةَ الآلامُ

So if the Nile complains of its sorrows

The sorrows split the veins of the Tigris

وَإِذا تَنادى المَغرِبُ الأَقصى لَدى

جُلّى اِستَجابَت لِلنِّداءِ الشامُ

And if the Far West calls out

The Levant splendidly responds to the call

ذَهَبَت خُرافاتُ الجُدودِ فَكُلُّها

وَطَنٌ لَنا لَو صَحَّت الأَفهام

The superstitions of the ancestors are gone

Every homeland is ours if minds understand

حَفيَ اللِسانُ وَجَفَّتِ الأَقلامُ

وَالحالُ حالٌ وَالكَلامُ كَلامُ

Speech has dried up and pens have run out

Things are as they are, words are mere words

مَرَّت بِنا الأَيّامُ لَم نَسلُكُ بِها

جُدَدَ الصَوابِ وَمَرَّتِ الأَعوامُ

Days have passed, we did not take their path

To the goodness and passed years

وَالزَورَقُ التَوهانُ سارَ مُحَيَّرا

فَوقَ الخِضَمِّ دَليلَهُ الأُوهامُ

The lost boat sailed confused

On the surge, its guide is illusions

وَتَخاصُمُ القَوادِ بَينَ مُشَرِّقٍ

وَمُغَرِّبٍ وَتَقَطَّعَت أَرحامُ

And the conflict of leaders between East

And West, relations were severed

فَإِذا المَنابِرُ صاخِباتٌ حَفَّلٌ

يُرغى بِها التَهويشُ وَالإيهامُ

So pulpits are clamorous and fraudulent

On them ravings and illusions are channeled

وَإِذا الضَلالُ لَهُ هُناكَ سُرادِقُ

مَضروبَةٌ عُبِدَت بِها الأَصنامُ

And there misguidance has a pavilion

Where idols are worshipped

وَالحُرُّ وَاِبنُ الحَرِّ لَيسَ مَطِيَّةً

يُمطى وَيَكبَحُ أَصغَريهِ لِجامُ

The freeman and the son of freeman are not to be ridden

Restrained and reined by the lesser

فَيَقولُ حَقّاً لَيسَ يَخشو لَومَةً

وَالحَقُّ أَروَعُ ما حَوى الإِسلامُ

He truthfully says, fearing no censure

Truth is the greatest that Islam contains

مَرَّت بِنا الأَيّامُ بَينَ تَعَلَّلٍ

بِغَدٍ فَضاعَت بِالرُوءى الأَحلامُ

Days have passed us in procrastination

Of tomorrow, dreams are lost in wishful thinking

ظَلنا نَقولُ غَداً غَداً هَل حُقِّقَت

لِلائِبينَ عَلى غَدِ أَحلامُ

We kept saying tomorrow, tomorrow, have

The longed-for dreams of the hopeful come true?

ظِلنا نَقولُ غَداً يَفيقُ ضَميرُ مَن

فَقَدَ الضَميرَ وَيَعدُلَ الظُلاّمُ

We kept saying tomorrow the conscience of he who

Lost his conscience will awaken and darkness will fade

ظَلنا نَقولُ حَبائِبٌ ضَرَباتُهُم

مَقبولَةٌ ما إِن لَها إيلامُ

We kept saying sweethearts, their blows

Are acceptable, they have no pain

ظَلنا نُغَرَّرُ بِالوُعدودِ وَيَنطَلي

كَذِبٌ وَيَفعَلُ فِعلهُ الأَيهامُ

We kept being deceived by promises, and imagination

Tells lies and does its deeds of fantasy

خَرَجوا لَنا بِالسُحبِ مِن أَقسامِنا

يا وَيلَنا إِنَّ الهَوى أَقسامُ

They came out to us from our groups with clouds

Woe to us, passion has divisions

بَلفورُ ما بِلفورُ ماذا وَعُدُهُ

لَو لَم يَكُن أَفعالنا الإِبرامُ

Balfour, what is Balfour, what did he promise

If our deeds were not decisive

إِنّا بِأَيدينا جَرَحنا قَلبَنا

وَبِنا إِلَينا جاءَت الآلامُ

It is our own hands that have wounded our hearts

And we, to ourselves, came the sorrows

فينا عَنِ الحُبِّ المُجَمَّعِ جَفوَة

وَلَنا بِصَحراءِ الخِصامِ هُيامُ

In us is aloofness from inclusive love

And we roam the desert of discord

وَالخَطبُ فَرَّقَنا قَبائِلَ جَمَّةً

وَالخَطبُ عِندَ عُداتِنا لَمّامُ

And speeches have divided unified tribes

Speeches with our enemies are binding

يا قادَةً إِلّا الَّذينَ أَجِلُّهُم

عَمّا يُذَمُّ وَقَد عَداهُم ذامُ

O leaders, but those most noble of whom

Are immune from blame and reproach avoided them

نَحنُ الضَحايا لا نُريدُ مَثوبَةً

وَأَقَلَّها التَعريفُ وَالإِعلامُ

We are the victims, we want no reward

The least being recognition and information

أَوَ لَيسَ مِن دَورٍ لَنا نُلهى بِهِ

إِلّا وَداعٌ حافِلٌ وَسَلامُ

Or is there no role for us to be distracted by

Except a crowded farewell and peace?

قَل لا وَأَتَّبِعها الفِعالَ وَلا تَخَف

وَاِنظُر هُنالِكَ كَيفَ تُحنى الهامُ

Say no, then follow with action and do not fear

And look over there how resolve bows down

إِصهَر بِنارِكَ غُلَّ عُنقِكَ يَنصَهِر

فَعَلى الجَماجِمِ تُركَزُ الأَعلامُ

Melt with your fire the stubborn necks, they will melt

So over skulls the flags are planted

وَأَقِم عَلى الأَشلاءِ صَرحَكَ إِنَّما

مِن فَوقِهِ تُبنى العُلا وَتُقامُ

And build your palace on the corpses, only

From it are built glory and grandeur

وَاِغصب حُقوقَكَ قَطُّ لا تستَجدِها

إِنَّ الأَلى سَلَبوا الحُقوقَ لِئامُ

And seize your rights, enough submitting them

The vile have snatched rights, the scoundrels

هذي طَريقُكَ لِلحَياةِ فَلا تَحِد

قَد سارَها مِن قَبلِكَ القَسّامُ

This is your path to life, do not waver

It was trodden before you by the brave