لا اليومُ يومك إذ وُلِدتَ ولا الغدُ

يا ليت أنّك كلّ يوم تُولَدُ

Neither today nor tomorrow when you were born

If only you were reborn every day

عاد الظلامُ كما عَهدتَ وهذه

دُنيا الجهالةِ والأَذى تَتجدّدُ

Darkness has returned as you knew it

This world of ignorance and harm renews itself

ما ذاق مهلكه أبو جهلٍ ولا

أودى أبو لهبٍ وربُّك يَشهدُ

Neither has Abu Jahl tasted its destruction

Nor has Abu Lahab caused ruin, and your Lord bears witness

في كلّ أرضٍ منهما مُتجبِّرٌ

يأبى الرّشادَ وظالمٌ يتمرّدُ

In every land there is a tyrannical one

Who refuses guidance, and an oppressor who rebels

وعبادةُ الأصنامِ قام دُعاتُها

مِلءَ الممالكِ ما على يدهم يَدُ

The worship of idols, its advocates have arisen

They have filled the kingdoms, in their hands no good is done

فلكلِّ قومٍ من سفاهةِ رأيهم

ربٌّ يُعظَّمُ أو إلهٌ يُعبَدُ

For every people from the foolishness of their minds

A lord is magnified, or a god is worshipped

قُمْ يا محمّدُ ما لحقِّكَ ناصرٌ

حتّى تَقومَ وما لدينك مُنجِدُ

Arise O Muhammad, you have no helper for your truth

Until you stand, and your religion has no defender

قم في جنودك غازياً وافتح بهم

دنيا الجحودِ لأُمّةٍ لا تَجْحَدُ

Arise with your armies, waging war, and open through them

The world of disbelief, for a nation that does not deny

تمشي على نُورِ الكتابِ فتهتدي

وتُقيمُ آداب الحياةِ فتسعدُ

Walking in the light of the Book, so it is guided

And upholds the morals of life, so it is blessed

جَدِّدْ لنا أيّامَ بدرٍ إنّها

أيّامُنا اللّاتي نُحِبُّ وَنحْمَدُ

Renew for us the days of Badr, they

Are our days which we love and praise

حَفِظَتْ على الإسلامِ يَانِعَ غرسِه

والجاهليّةُ بالقَواضبِ تُحْصَدُ

It protected Islam, the sapling of its planting

While ignorance is harvested with shovels

غَرْسٌ نَما فالأرضُ من بَرَكاتِه

تُعطِي الحياةَ كريمةً وَتُزَوِّدُ

A planting that grew, and from its blessings the land

Gives generous life, and provisions

قُمْ يا رسولَ الله وانْظُرْ هل تَرَى

إلا شعوباً غابَ عنها المَرْشَدُ

Arise, O Messenger of God, and see if you see

Only nations that have lost the right path

نامتْ سُيوفُك بعد طُولِ سُهادِها

فاسْتَيْقَظَ الغاوي وهَبَّ المُفْسِدُ

Your swords have slept after their long slumber

So the misguided woke and the corrupt arose

عَمَّ الفسادُ فلا صَلاحٌ يُرْتَجَى

لِلعَالَمينَ ولا فَلاحٌ يُنْشَدُ

Corruption has spread, no righteousness is hoped

For the two worlds, and no prosperity sought

الأمرُ فوضَى والحياةُ ذميمةٌ

والشَّرُّ لا يَفْنَى ولا هو يَنْفَدُ

The matter is chaos, and life is miserable

And evil does not vanish, nor does it cease

دُنيا الهوى ترمِي الشُّعوبَ من الأذَى

ومن العَذابِ بِعاصِفٍ لا يركدُ

The world of desires casts people into harm

And torment with a storm that does not calm

انْظُرْ إلى أيّامِ عادٍ إذ طَغَتْ

وثمودَ يبعثُها الزّمانُ الأنكدُ

Look to the days of 'Aad when they tyrannized

And Thamud which time brings back in misery

أَسَفِي على الإِسلامِ هَانَ عَرينُه

وعَدَا عليه الفاتِكُ المُسْتَأسِدُ

Pity Islam, its den has become lowly

And the vicious killer pounces on it

إنَّ الذي جَمَعتْ سيوفُ مُحمّدٍ

أَمْسَى بأيدي المُسلِمينَ يُبَدَّدُ

What the swords of Muhammad had gathered

Has in the hands of Muslims become scattered

ما أَوْجَعَ الذكرَى ويالكِ لوعةً

في قلبِ كل مُوَحِّدٍ تَتَوقَّدُ

How painful is the memory, and woe the agony

Burning in the heart of every monotheist

يا مَوْلِدَ النُّورِ الذي صَدَعَ الدُّجَى

فَرأَى السَّبيلَ الحائِرُ المُتَردِّدُ

O birth of light that split the darkness

And the lost hesitant saw the path

السُّبْلُ خافيةُ المعالِمِ والهُدَى

قوْلٌ يُقالُ ومَطْلَبٌ لا يُوجَدُ

The paths are obscure of landmarks and guidance

Things said but wants not found

طَالَ الرّجاءُ فهل لنا مِن مَوْعِدٍ

وَاحَسرتَاهُ مَتَى يَحينُ المَوْعِدُ

Hope has grown long, is there a promise for us?

And alas when will the promise come?

ذَهبَ الزَّمانُ فَمَنْ لنا بِبَقِيَّةٍ

منه تُحَلُّ بها الأُمورُ وتُعْقدُ

Time has passed, who do we have left

With which matters are resolved and tied?

الناسُ مُعْوَجُّ السّبيلِ مُضلَّلٌ

ومُوَفَّقٌ في العالمينَ مُسَدَّدُ

People are crooked of path, misguided

And guided in the two worlds, steadfast

ربِّ اتَّخِذْ لِلمُسلِمينَ سبيلَهم

فإلَيْكَ مَرْجِعُهم وأنت المَقْصِدُ

My Lord, take for the Muslims their path

For to You is their return, and You are the goal

فَزِعُوا إليكَ فَكُنْ لهم لا تُقْصِهِمْ

عن بابِ رحمتِكَ الذي لا يُوصَدُ

They fled to You, so do not deprive them

Of Your door of mercy which is not shut

مَنْ كانَ يَسْألُ في الشّدائِدِ مَنْ لَنا

فالله جلَّ جلالهُ ومُحمَّدُ

Whoever asks in adversities "Who do we have?"

God the Glorious and Muhammad

نهض الشبابُ وجالتِ الآمالُ

والمجدُ أجمعُ نهضةٌ ومجالُ

The youth have risen and hopes have stirred

And glory altogether, rise and scope

نهضت قُوى الجيل الذي انتفضت له

وتطلّعت من حوله الأجيالُ

The power of the generation has risen for which

And generations around it have aspired

للدّهر منه ومن عجائبِ صنعِه

مَثَلٌ يُريهِ بلاءَه فَيُهالُ

The ages have from it and from the wonders of its making

An example it shows in its trials, so it is overwhelmed

دفعَ الحوادثَ فاعتزلن سبيلَه

ومضى إلى غاياتِه يَنثالُ

It has deflected misfortunes, so they avoided its path

And went on to its goals, surging

جاشت به هِمَمٌ بلغن به المدى

وعلقن بالأقدار وهيَ عِجالُ

With it, resolves that reached the horizon

And hung on to fate though it hurried

هزّ الرّواسِيَ مُقدِماً ما مثله

في البأسِ إعصارٌ ولا زلزالُ

It shook the foundations, unmatched in might

No storm or earthquake like it

كَلِفٌ بأسباب السّماءِ يُريدها

لو أنّ اسبابَ السّماء تُنالُ

Tasked with the means of heaven, wanting them

If only the means of heaven could be attained

يبني لأُمَّتهِ الحياةَ جديدةً

للعلم فيها روعةٌ وجلالُ

It builds for its nation a new life

For science in it sublime and grand

تأبى المعاولُ أن يقرَّ قرارُها

حتّى تُدمّرَ ما بَنى الجُهّالُ

The tools refuse that its foundations would settle

Until it destroys what the ignorant built

شَرَفُ الشُّعوبِ عُلومُها وحياتُها

أن تَصلُحَ الأخلاقُ والأعمالُ

The honor of nations is their knowledge and lives

That morals and deeds are reformed

وإذا الشّبابُ رمى الأمور بعزمِه

عَنَتِ الصِّعابُ وخفّتِ الأثقالُ

And if the youth takes on matters with resolve

Difficulties relent and burdens lighten

ما للأُمورِ إذا التوت أسبابُها

إلا كفاحٌ دائمٌ ونضالُ

What are matters if their causes unite

Except constant struggle and fight?

خُذْ ما أردتَ بقوّةٍ وادأبْ ولا

يأخذْك ضعفٌ أو يَنَلْكَ مَلالُ

Take what you want with strength and dedication

Do not be taken by weakness or boredom

واليأسُ فاصْدِفْ عنه واحْذرْ داءَه

فاليأسُ داءٌ للنّفوسِ عُضالُ

And despair - turn away from it and beware its disease

For despair is an incurable disease of the soul

واضرِبْ بما زعم الضّعافُ وجوهَهم

فمن المزاعمِ للعقولِ خَبالُ

And strike with what the weak claimed in their faces

For claims are delusions for minds

وإذا هُمُ ذكروا المحالَ فَقُلْ لهم

ما في الأُمور على الرجالِ مُحالُ

And if they mention the impossible, tell them

Nothing for men in matters is impossible

قَعَد الشُّيوخُ عن النّضالِ وهذه

دُنيا الشّبابِ فبوركَ الأبطالُ

The elders gave up on the fight yet this

Is the world of youth, so blessed are the heroes

صدأُ الحديدِ طغى على آبائهم

وخبا الفِرِنْدُ فما يُفيد صِقالُ

Rust has overcome their fathers' swords

And the blades have dulled, so sharpening is useless

وهوى اللّواء مُعفَّراً وتحطَّمت

حولَ اللّواءِ أسِنّةٌ ونصالُ

The banner fell, bloodstained, and around

The banner, fangs and blades shattered

أخَذ الشّبابُ لواءَهم وتدافعوا

حيث ارتمتْ تَتدافعُ الأهوالُ

The youth took up their banner and crowded

Where horrors amass and clash

في كلِّ مُعتَركٍ تهون نفوسُهم

فيه وترخصُ عنده الأموالُ

In every battlefield their souls are cheap

And wealth is cheap in it

لا المستبيحُ يَعيثُ في أوطانهم

إن رامَ بَيْضتَها ولا المغتالُ

Neither can the transgressor wreak havoc in their homelands

If he covets its eggs, nor can the assassin

يحمون بالدمِ عِرضَها وهو الحمى

إن رِيع مُعتصَمٌ وخِيفَ مآلُ

They protect its honor with blood, and it is their zeal

If safeguarded, though the outcome is feared

العارُ أجمعُ والمهانةُ كلُّها

عِرضٌ بأيدي العابثين مُذالُ

The disgrace altogether, and humiliation entirely

Is honor in the hands of the despicable, disgraced

نَفَضَ الشّبابُ العَجزَ عن آمالهِ

والعاجزون على الشُّعوب عِيالُ

The youth shook off despair from their hopes

While the hopeless are dependents on nations

وانسابَ يأبى أن يَعيبَ زَمانَهُ

قِيلٌ يضيعُ به الزّمانُ وقالُ

And flowed refusing to fault its time

Or lose it in saying and talking

لم يقضِ حاجَتَه ولم يظفرْ بها

في النّاس إلا القائل الفعّالُ

None fulfilled their needs or attained them

Among people except the doer and speaker

الأمرُ جِدٌّ مابه من ريبةٍ

والبعثُ حقٌّ ليس فيه جدالُ

The matter is serious, no doubt to it

And the awakening is truth, no arguing it

قُلْ للأُلىَ ظنّوا الظُّنونَ وأرجفوا

لا شيءَ يمنعُ أن تحولَ الحالُ

Say to those who supposed assumptions and quaked

Nothing prevents conditions from changing

للهِ أمرٌ في الممالكِ نافذٌ

تجرِي به الأقدارُ والآجالُ

To God belongs a command over kingdoms, carried out

By which fates and terms run their course

لا تركننَّ إلى الوساوسِ واحترِسْ

إنّ الوساوسَ للنُّفوسِ ضلالُ

Do not incline to whispers, and beware

For whispers to the soul are misguidance