أَلا أَيُّها الظَّالمُ المستبدُّ

حَبيبُ الظَّلامِ عَدوُّ الحيَاهْ

O you, the unjust oppressor

O tyrant, you oppressor and despot,

Beloved of darkness, enemy of life

Lover of darkness, enemy of life,

سَخرْتَ بأَنَّاتِ شَعْبٍ ضَعيفٍ

وكَفُّكَ مخضوبَةٌ من دمَاهْ

You have mocked the sighs of a weak people

You mocked the groans of a helpless people,

And your palm is stained with their blood

While your hand is stained crimson with their blood,

وسِرْتَ تُشَوِّهُ سِحْرَ الوُجُودِ

وتبذُرُ شوكَ الأَسى في رُبَاهْ

You went about distorting the magic of existence

You went forth distorting the magic of existence,

And scattering the thorns of sorrow in its expanse

Sowing the thorns of sorrow amidst the hills,

رُوَيْدَكَ لا يخدعنْك الرَّبيعُ

وصحوُ الفضاءِ وضوءُ الصَّباحْ

Your evil must not fool you, for Spring is coming

Wait! Do not let the spring deceive you,

And the open space is waking, and the morning is bright

Nor the clearness of the sky, nor the morning light,

ففي الأُفُق الرَّحْبِ هولُ الظَّلامِ

وقصفُ الرُّعُودِ وعَصْفُ الرَّياحْ

On the vast horizon looms the darkness’ horror

For in the vast horizon lurks the horror of darkness,

With thunderous bombardment and raging winds

The crash of thunder and the gale of winds,

حَذارِ فَتَحْتَ الرَّمادِ اللَّهيبُ

ومَنْ يبذُرِ الشَّوكَ يَجْنِ الجراحْ

Beware, for beneath the ashes glows an ember

Beware! For beneath the ash lies the flame,

Whoever sows thorns reaps wounds

And he who sows thorns shall reap wounds,

تأَمَّلْ هنالِكَ أَنَّى حَصَدْتَ

رؤوسَ الوَرَى وزهورَ الأَملْ

Look there how you have reaped

Gaze there, where you have harvested

The hopes and flowers of the land

The heads of mankind and the flowers of hope,

وَرَوَّيْتَ بالدَّمِ قَلْبَ التُّرابِ

وأَشْربتَهُ الدَّمعَ حتَّى ثَمِلْ

And watered the heart of the earth with blood

And watered the heart of the earth with blood,

Until you saturated it with tears

And drenched it with tears until it was drunk,

سيجرُفُكَ السَّيْلُ سَيْلُ الدِّماءِ

ويأْكُلُكَ العَاصِفُ المشتَعِلْ

The torrent of blood will sweep you away

The torrent, the torrent of blood will sweep you away,

And the blazing storm will consume you

And the fiery tempest will devour you.