وطن العروبه للبطوله دار

لبى نداء فدائها المختار

The homeland of Arabism is the abode of heroism

The homeland of the Arabs is the dwelling place of heroism,

It answered the call of its chosen sacrifice

Al-Mukhtar answered the call to sacrifice for its sake.

قد قال لى زمن اقتحام جهاده

من اجل ليبية بى الإصرار

The time of raiding with jihad told me

The era of his storming struggle spoke to me, saying:

For the sake of Libya, with determination

"For the sake of Libya, unyielding persistence is mine."

رام الطلاينة البغاة ديارنا

سلبا لهم: وكذاك الأستعمار

The transgressing Italians coveted our homes

The Italian tyrants coveted our abodes,

Looting them, and so did colonialism

To seize as plunder; such is the nature of colonialism.

بل هددت بالغزو من كانت لهم

وطنا عليها لا يحق قرار

But those who made it their homeland threatened to invade

Nay, threatened with invasion was the land that was a home,

They have no right to settle there

Upon which they had no right to settle or decree.

قد قيل للرجل المريض بعرفهم

دعها لنا ... أو ان يحل دمار

The sick man was told in their custom

It was said to the "Sick Man," as known in their custom,

Leave it to us or utter destruction will come

"Surrender it to us... or let destruction descend."

وإذا به شعبى يواجه غاصباً

يحتل أرضا دونها الأوطار

And there was my people, facing an invader

And lo, my people stood to face a usurper,

Who occupies a land without poles

Who occupies a land defended by life's utmost desires.

وقف الزعيم على ذرى جبل له

وأنا لها ... الحامى ويمحى العار

The leader stood at the top of his mountain

The leader stood upon the peaks of his mountain,

And I am its protector, erasing disgrace

Vowing, "I am her protector, and the shame shall be erased."

وبنفسه ثقة وأسد نضاله

من حوله ومن الخيول مهار

With his spirit, and the lion of his struggle

Confidence filled his soul, while the lions of his struggle,

Around him, and the horses are skilled

Gathered around him, amidst the colts of war.

وغدا المناضل والذين غدوا لها

أنصار زحف ما جفته نوار

The fighter became, and those who came for it

The fighter went forth, and those who marched for her,

Supporters marched, with unwavering light

Supporters of an advance that radiance never shunned.

فى أرض برقة باسلون فوارس

أبطال ليبية هم الثوار

In the land of Barqa, valiant knights

In the lands of Barqa are the brave, the knights,

Libya's heroes are the revolutionaries

The heroes of Libya, they are the revolutionaries.

والقمة الخضراء من جبل الفدى

هى ذا العرين أسوده الأسوار

And the green summit of Mount Al Fadeea

And the Green Summit of the Mountain of Redemption,

Is this lair, with its black barricades

Is the lion's den, whose very ramparts are the lions themselves.

قال الجهاد سبيل تحرير الثرى

من غاصبيه جنوده الأحرار

Jihad said it's the path to freeing the land

He declared, "Jihad is the path to liberate the soil,

From its usurpers, its soldiers are free

From its usurpers, by the hands of its free soldiers."