أُمَمَ العُروبةِ جاءَ يومُكِ فاعْلَمِي

وإلى مكانكِ فانهَضِي وتقدَّمي

O nations of Arabia, your day has come, so realize,

And rise to your place, and advance,

لَكِ في فَمِ الأحداثِ دعوةُ صارخٍ

ينفِي القرارَ عن الشُّعوب النُوَّمِ

Events call out to you urgently,

Dispelling slumber from drowsy peoples,

فَدَعِي المضاجِعَ وانْفُضِي عنكِ الكَرَى

وخُذِي السّبيلَ إلى المَقامِ الأعظمِ

So leave your beds, and cast off your worries,

And take the path to the greatest station,

ضُمِّي القُوَى وتَجمَّعِي في وَحدةٍ

عربيّةٍ تحمي اللِّواءَ وتحتمي

Gather your strength, and unite as one,

In an Arab unity that protects the banner and finds protection,

لا تُؤثِري العيشَ الذّليلَ وجَانِبِي

خُلُقَ الضَّعيفِ وشِيمةَ المُسْتَسْلِمِ

Do not prefer a life of humiliation, and avoid

The morals of the weak and the ways of those resigned,

هذا السَّبيلُ لِكُلِّ شعبٍ ماجدٍ

عالي اللِّواءِ إلى العُروبةِ ينتمي

This is the path for every proud people,

Raising its banner high for Arab solidarity,

وإذا الْتَمَسْتِ الأصدقاءَ فخيرُهم

مَن شدَّ أَزْركِ والحوادثُ ترتمي

And if you seek true friends, the best of them,

Are those who support you when events attack,

يَرْعَى الذِّمامَ إذا تَنكَّرَ غيرُه

ومَضَى بعافيةٍ كَأنْ لم يأثَمِ

Who tend to the pact if others renounce it

And go on beneficently as if no sin was made

يُعطي السَّويَّةَ لا يُجاوِزُ حُكْمَها

وإذا تمرَّدَ ظالمٌ لم يَظْلمِ

Who judge fairly, not overstepping the bounds

And if an unjust tyrant rebels, no injustice is made,

لِلشّرقِ حُرْمَتُه فمن يَعْبَثْ بها

يَلْقَ الهَوانَ ومن يَصُنْها يَغْنَمِ

The East has its sanctity, so whoever toys with it

Meets disgrace, and he who protects it gains,

وإذا العروبةُ لم تَصُنْ أمجادَها

فَبِمَنْ تُصانُ وفِيمَ شكوى اللُّوَّمِ

And if Arabia does not guard its glories,

Then who will guard it, and to whom does the critic complain?

هذا زمانٌ ليس يفهمُ أهلُه

إلا حديثَ النّارِ أو لُغةَ الدَّمِ

This is an age whose people understand

Only the speech of fire or the tongue of blood,

كَثُرتْ لغاتُ العالمين وهذه

أوفىَ بياناً في اللّسانِ وفي الفمِ

The languages of both worlds have multiplied, yet this

Is clearest in tongue and mouth for explanation,

القُوَّةُ الدُّنيا فَمَنْ يَظْفَرْ بها

يظفرْ بِدُنيا الغالبِ المُتَحكِّمِ

Worldly power, so whoever wins it

Wins the world of the victor who dominates,

والعدلُ أكثر ما يكون حَديثُه

أُنْشُودَةَ الجانِي ودَعْوَى المجرِمِ

And justice is mostly only discussed

In songs of the guilty and claims of the criminal.

أُمَمَ العُروبةِ أين أنْتِ فقد طَغَى

سَيْلُ الأَذَى في موجهِ المُتَضرِّمِ

O nations of Arabia where are you, for the flood

Of harm has burst its banks in tumultuous waves!

هذا هو الطُّوفانُ إن تَتَهَيَّبي

يُطْبِقْ عليكِ وإن تَهُبِّي تُعْصَمي

This is the deluge: if you cower before it

It will overwhelm you, but if you confront it, you will be saved

هُبِّي فما يُغنِي التردُّدُ واذكري

نَهَضاتِ قومِكِ في الزّمانِ الأقدمِ

So rise up, hesitation will not avail, and remember

The revivals of your forefathers in ancient times,

نِعْمَ السّبيلُ إلى الحياةِ سبيلُهم

فَتَتَبَّعِي آثارَهُمْ وتَرَسَّمي

Excellent is their path to life,

So follow their traces and take their road,

دَعَمُوا الممالكَ بالأَسِنّةِ وابْتَنُوا

مجداً بغير سُيوفِهم لم يُدْعَمِ

They supported realms with languages and built

A glory without their swords that was not supported

تَهوِي العروشُ لِذكرِهم وكأنّما

تَرمِي بِشَتَّى من صواعِقَ رُجَّمِ

Thrones crumble at the mention of them as though

Struck by lightning bolts hurled from the clouds,

هزموا القُوَى ومضوا إلى غاياتِهم

في الفاتحينَ بقوَّةٍ لم تُهْزَمِ

They defeated the forces and attained their goals

Among conquerors with a power that was not defeated,

أُمَمَ العُروبةِ لا نجاةَ لِمُدْبِرٍ

يبغِي النّجاةَ ولا حَياةَ لِمُحْجمِ

O nations of Arabia there is no survival for one who retreats

Seeking survival, no life for one who shrinks back!

ما في الصَّوادعِ وهي شَتَّى كالذي

صَدَعَ القُوَى من أمرِكِ المُتَقَسَّمِ

What is in breaking apart into discordant factions but that

Which has sapped your weakened, divided power?

كُوني جميعاً فالتفرُّقُ لم يَزَلْ

مُذْ كانَ من نُذُرِ القضاءِ المُبْرَمِ

Be as one, for splitting up has never ceased

To be a sign of destined, sealed doom,

إنّ البناءَ إذا تَماسَكَ فَاسْتَوَى

لم يضطرِبْ ضَعفاً ولم يَتَهَدَّمِ

For building, when cohesive, stands firm

Does not shake from weakness or collapse.

والضَّعفُ للضَّعفِ المُهَدَّدِ قُوَّةٌ

تَمضِي فتدفعُ قُوّةَ المُتَهجِّمِ

And for threatened weakness, weakness is strength

Advancing to repel the strength of the attacker.

الشرّقُ ينظرُ أين يذهبُ أهْلُه

ويخافُ عاديةَ النُّسورِ الحُوَّمِ

The East watches where its people go

And fears the swooping eagles' violence,

ويُهيبُ باللّاهينَ من أبنائِه

يَخْشَى عليهم حَسْرَةَ المُتَنَدِّمِ

And pleads with its heedless sons

Fearing for them the remorse of the regretful.

أُمَمَ العُروبةِ جَدَّ جِدُّكِ فانْظِمي

من عِقدِكِ المنثورِ ما لم يُنْظَمِ

O nations of Arabia, strive as your fathers strove to compose

What of your scattered necklace remained unstrung

لَكِ أنْ تَسُودِي تحت رايتِكِ التي

خفقتْ لها الدُّنيا فَسُودِي واسْلَمي

You can rule under your banner which once

The world fluttered under, so rule and submit!