لَمِنِ الجلالُ يَفُوقُ كُلَّ جلالِ
أهِيَ العُروبةُ في حِماها العالي
To whom does grandeur excel all grandeur?
Is it Arabism in its lofty care?
أهِيَ الحميَّةُ هَاجَها مُتَوَثِّبٌ
دَاسَ العرينَ وهمَّ بالرِّئبالِ
Is it the zeal excited by one springing up
Who trod the den and was set on taking prey?
تِلكَ الوفُودُ من المشارقِ أَقْبَلَتْ
تَقْضِي الذِّمامَ لِقَوْمِها والآلِ
Those are the delegations from the East who came
To fulfill their nation's reproach and kin's.
من كلِّ واضِحَةِ الجَبينِ يَزيُنها
بأسُ الكُماةِ ونجدةُ الأبطالِ
Each one's forehead adorned with explicit might
Is the might of the swords and the aid of heroes.
شَتَّى مَناقِبُها تَوارَثَ قومُها
أحسابَ يَعْرُبَ في الزّمانِ الخالي
Its various outstanding traits, its people inherited
The lineages of a time in remote antiquity.
تَبْغِي الحياةَ عَزيزَةً لِبلادِها
وتَرُدُّ حُكْمَ الطَّامعِ المُغْتالِ
It seeks a life precious for its lands
And checks the sentence of the lurking tyrant.
هُنّ ائْتَمَرْنَ بخيرِ دارٍ أُنْشِئَتْ
بالمَشرِقَينِ لِصالحِ الأعمالِ
They conspired for the good of a house founded
In both Easts for benevolent deeds.
للناهِضَاتِ الذاَّئِداتِ عنِ الحِمَى
الحامِلاتِ فَوادِحَ الأثقالِ
For the protectresses, the defenders of zeal
The ones shouldering misfortunes' burdens.
المُدْرِكاتِ الحقَّ يَفْزَعُ صَارِخاً
ويَضِجُّ بين مَخالِبِ الأغوالِ
The perceivers of truth which cries out in alarm
And stirs between the claws of beasts.
أوَمَا كَفَى نَوْمُ الحماةِ وما جَنَتْ
تلك المضاجعُ من أذىً وخَبالِ
Or did the sleep of the protectors suffice, and what
Did those beds gain from harm and sorrows?
شَرَفُ الحياةِ لِكُلِّ نفسٍ حُرَّةٍ
تَأْبَى حَياةَ الضّيْمِ والأذلالِ
A free soul's dignity is the honor of life
That refuses a life of injustice and humiliation.
والشّعبُ إن خَفَضَ الجَناحَ ولم يَذُدْ
عن حوضهِ أَمْسَى بأسوإ حالِ
If a people weakens and does not defend
Its basin, it spends the night in the worst situation.
هو يا فلسطينُ النِّضالُ وهل نجا
من حَتْفِه وَطَنٌ بغيرِ نِضالِ
It is, O Palestine, the struggle, and did any
Homeland, without struggle, escape its fate?
لا تُنكِري شِيَمَ النُّفوسِ وأَبْشري
بِأَحَبِّ مُنْقَلَبٍ وخيرِ مآلِ
Do not deny the traits of souls, and receive good news
Of the most beloved transformation and best outcome.
وثِقِي بربِّكِ إنّه لكِ ناصرٌ
ما مِثلُه من ناصرٍ أو والِ
Trust in your Lord, indeed He is your helper
None can help like Him, nor any ally.
قُولي لِرُوزْفلْتَ المؤمَّلِ عَدلُهُ
رُوزْفِلْتُ ما لِلظّالمينَ ومالي
Say to Roosevelt, who hopes for his justice:
"Roosevelt, I have nothing to do with the unjust."
أعَليَّ إيواءُ الشرَّيدِ ومن دَمِي
يُسْقَى ويُطْعَمُ بعد قتل عِيالي
How high is sheltering the exile, and from my blood
Someone is fed and sated after my family was killed.
شرُّ القُضاةِ سَجِيّةً وأضَرُّهم
قاضٍ يرى الإنصافَ غَيْرَ حلالِ
The worst judges are most wicked by nature
A judge who sees justice as unlawful.
يا بائِعي عِرضَ العُروبةِ وَيْحَكُمْ
لا تجهلوا عِرضُ العروبةِ غالِ
O you sellers of Arabism's honor, shame on you!
Do not be ignorant - Arabism's honor is precious.
إن شِئتُمُ البَيْعَ المُباحَ فإنّما
هو بالدّمِ المسفوكِ لا بالمالِ
If you want permissible sale, then only
With spilled blood, not with money.
دنُيا من الأهواءِ إن لم تَسْتَفِقْ
عصفت بها دُنيا مِنَ الأهوالِ
A world of caprices, if it does not wake up
It is swept away by a world of calamities.
رفعوا على الوهمِ البِناءَ وما دَرَوْا
أنّ الخطوبَ شديدةُ الزِّلزالِ
They erected a structure based on fancy and did not know
That disasters violently shake.
جَمَحَ الغُرورُ بهم فظنَّ غُلاتُهم
أنّ العروبةَ آذنتْ بِزَوالِ
Delusion inflated them, so the tyrant imagined
That Arabism heralded its demise.
أَفَما رأوها في منازلِ عِزِّها
غَضْبَى الليوثِ أبيَّةَ الأشبالِ
Have they not seen it, in its positions of glory
Wrathful as lions, defiant as cubs?
ذُخْرُ الدُّهورِ فإن تَكُنْ من مِرْيةٍ
بالقومِ فَهْيَ أمانةُ الأجيالِ
Ages' treasure, so if you doubt
The people, it is the generations' trust.
إنّي استفدتُ على يدِ الفُضْلىَ هُدَى
أَغْلىَ العِظاتِ وأبلغَ الأمثالِ
Indeed, I gained, through the excellent ones, guidance
The most precious lessons and most eloquent parables.
كذب الذي زَعمَ المُحالَ لِقومِه
ومَضَى يقولُ مَقالةَ الجُهَّالِ
The one who falsely claimed the impossible for his people
And went on speaking the words of ignoramuses, lied.
فَمِنَ العقائلِ للبلادِ معاقِلٌ
ومن الحِسانِ البيضِ بيضُ نِصالِ
For the countries, there are fortresses of doctrine
And of white blades, blades of white swords.
كم من أُناسٍ إن نظرتَ رَأَيْتَهُمْ
بين الرجالِ وما هُمو برجالِ
How many people, if you look, you see them
Among men when they are not men!
من كُلِّ مُستَلَبِ الحَميَّةِ جامدٍ
واهِي القُوَى مُتخاذِلِ الأوصالِ
Of everyone cowed in zeal, inert,
Weak in strength, with flaccid limbs.
جافٍ يَبيتُ الخطبُ يَقْرَعُ قَوْمَه
ويَبيتُ في دَعَةٍ رَخِيَّ البالِ
Indifferent, he spends the night while calamities pound his people
And he spends the night in leisure with a carefree mind.
عزمٌ يُبَرِّحُ بالخطوبِ وهِمّةٌ
تَطْوِي المَدَى وتجولُ كلَّ مَجالِ
Resolve that brings relief during adversities, and ambition
That covers the horizon and roams every place.
أمَمُ العُروبة إن تَتَابَع شُكرُها
فَلِفَضْلِها المُتتابِع المتوالي
If the Arab nations continue their gratitude
For its successive, ongoing favor.
