هب في الفجر هبوب العاصفات
قدر حطم أبواب الطغاة
The winds of dawn blew in the storm
It blew at dawn, the blowing of the storms
Fate shattered the doors of tyrants
A destiny that smashed the tyrants' gates
قدر من سدة الله سعى
يزرع الزيتون في الأرض الموات
Fate from the throne of God hastened
A destiny that strove from the threshold of God
To plant olive trees in barren lands
Planting olives in the deadened earth
يا لها من قبضة في حدها
يكمن الموت و أسباب الحياة
Oh, what a grip it has in its limit
Oh, what a fist! In its sharp edge
Lurks death and the causes of life
Lies death and the causes of life
حررت أعناقها من نيرها
و أنارت في الليالي المظلمات
It freed their necks from its yoke
It liberated necks from their yoke
And illuminated the dark nights
And lit up the dark, gloomy nights
يا كريما ما رأينا مثله
من كريم يا نجي المكرمات
Oh generous, we have not seen the like of him
O generous one, the like of whom we have not seen
A generous one, oh saver of the venerated
Among the noble, O confidant of virtues
لم تلح لولاك في ذاك الدجى
شمسنا أو تهو أصنام البغاة
Our sun would not have risen in that gloom
Without you, our sun would not have loomed in that darkness
Were it not for you, or the idols of tyrants dispersed
Nor would the idols of the oppressors tumble down
يا أبا الأحرار يا رافعها
رابة تزهو على شط الفرات
Oh father of the free, oh raiser of
O father of the free, O raiser of it high
A banner fluttering over the Euphrates
A banner boasting on the Euphrates' bank
دم لشعب عاش من تموزه
في نعيم فوق أشلاء الطغاة
Blood for a people who since July
Live long for a people who lived from their July
Lived in prosperity over the corpses of tyrants
In bliss above the scattered remains of tyrants
