دِارُ السَلامِ وَأَرضُ الهَنا

يَشُقُّ عَلى الُلِّ أَن تَحزَنا

The land of peace and the country of bliss

Abode of Peace and land of bliss,

It is hard for God that we grieve

It weighs upon all that you should grieve.

فَخَطبُ فِلِسطينَ خَطبُ العُلى

وَما كانَ رِزءُ العُلى هَيِّنا

So the cause of Palestine is a supreme cause

The affliction of Palestine is the affliction of the high,

And the provision of the Supreme was not easy

And the calamity of the noble was never slight.

سَهِرنا لَهُ فَكَأَنَّ السُيوفَ

تَحُزُّ بِأَكبادِنا هَهُنا

We stayed up night for it as if swords

We kept vigil for it, as though swords

Were slicing through our livers here

Were slicing through our vitals right here.

وَكَيفَ يَزورُ الكَرى أَعيُناً

تَرى حَولَها لِلرَدى أَعيُنا

And how can the planets please eyes

How can slumber visit eyes

That see around it eyes of misfortune?

That see the eyes of death staring all around?

وَكَيفَ تَطيبُ الحَياةُ لِقومٍ

تُسَدُّ عَلَيهِم دُروبُ المُنى

And how can life be pleasant for people

How can life be sweet for a people

Whose paths to wishes are blocked?

Against whom the paths of hope are barred?

بِلادَهُم عُرضَةً لِلضَياعِ

وَأُمَّتُهُم عُرضَةً لِلفَنا

Their country exposed to loss

Their lands are exposed to loss,

And their nation exposed to oblivion

And their nation exposed to annihilation.

يُريدُ اليَهودُ بِأَن يَصلُبوها

وَتَأبى فِلِسطينُ أَن تَذعُنا

The Jews want to crucify it

The Jews desire to crucify her,

Yet Palestine refuses to surrender

But Palestine refuses to submit.

وَتَأبى المُروأَةُ في أَهلِها

وَتَأبى السُيوفُ وَتَأبى القنا

The woman refuses among her folk

The honor within her people refuses,

The swords refuse and the spears refuse

As do the swords and the spears.

أَأَرضُ الخَيالِ وَآياتِهِ

وَذاتُ الجَلالِ وَذاتُ السَنا

The land of imagination and its signs

O land of imagination and its miracles,

And the owner of majesty and glory

Possessor of majesty and possessor of light.

تَصيرُ لِغَوغائِهِم مَسرَحاً

وَتَغدو لِشُذّاهِم مَكمَنا

Does it become for their riffraff a theater

Do you become a stage for their mobs,

And get for their rabble an ambush?

And turn into a hideout for their outcasts?

بِنَفسِيَ أُردُنِّها السَلسَبيلُ

وَمَن جاوَروا ذَلِكَ الأُردُنا

By my soul, its Jordan and those who dwelt

My soul be ransomed for her fresh Jordan waters,

That Jordan yesterday defended the sanctuary

And for those who neighbor that Jordan.

لَقَد دافَعوا أَمسِ دونَ الحِمى

فَكانَت حُروبُهُمُ هَربَنا

So their wars were a fleeing refuge

They defended the sanctuary yesterday,

And they gave all they had

And their wars were truly our wars.

وَجادوا بِكُلِّ الَّذي عِندَهُم

وَنَحنُ سَنَبذُلُ ما عِندَنا

And we will give all we have

They gave generously of all they possessed,

So say to the Jews and their dispersal

And we shall sacrifice what we possess.

فَقُل لِليَهودِ وَأَشيَعَهُم

لَقَد خَدَعَتكُم بُروقُ السَنا

Verily the flares of glory have fooled you

So say to the Jews and their partisans:

If only Balfour gave you a country that is not ours

The flashes of false lightning have deceived you.

أَلا لَيتَ بِلفورَ أَعطاكُم

بِلاداً لَهُ لا بِلاداً لَنا

We are more spacious than our Jerusalem

Would that Balfour had given you

And you are more beloved to London

A land of his own, not a land of ours.

فَلُندُنُ أَرحَبُ مِن قُدسِنا

وَأَنتُم أَحَبُّ إِلى لُندُنا

And gave you a homeland in the stars

For London is more spacious than our Jerusalem,

No Arab wishes those abodes

And you are more beloved to London.

وَمَنّاكُمُ وَطَناً في النُجومِ

فَلا عَرَبِيَّ بِتِلكَ الدُنى

Does your nation rob them of their rationality

He tantalized you with a homeland in the stars,

And calls them benevolent?

For there is no Arab in those worlds.

أَيَسلُبُ قَومَكُم رُشدَهُم

وَيَدعوهُ قَومِكُم مُحسِنا

And delivers the innocent to death

Does he rob your people of their reason,

And a group counts it as religious?

That your people call him a benefactor?

وَيَدفَعُ لِلمَوتِ بِالأَبرِياءِ

وَيَحسَبُهُ مَعشَرٌ دَيِّنا

And wonder at you, charging

He pushes the innocent toward death,

The Arabs with inability and stupidity

Yet a faction considers him righteous?

وَيا عَجَباً لَكُم توغِرونَ

عَلى العَرَبِ التامِزَ وَالهَدسَنا

Insulting them with ugly speech

How strange of you to incite against the Arabs

When they deserved friendly praise

The Thames and the Hudson.

تَرمونَهُم بِقَبيحِ الكَلامِ

وَكانوا أَحَقَّ بِضافي الثَنا

And all their sins are that they

You cast ugly words upon them,

Say "Do not violate our home"

When they were more deserving of abundant praise.

وَكُلُّ خَطيآتِهِم أَنَّهُم

يَقولونَ لا تُسرِفوا بَيتَنا

For Palestine is not common land

And all their sins are that they say:

To be given to whoever wants to reside

Do not violate our home.

فَلَيسَت فِلِسطينُ أَرضاً مَشاعاً

فَتُعطى لِمَن شاءَ أَن يَسكُنا

So if you want it with the flames of spears

For Palestine is not a common pasture,

We will repel you with the lengths of spears

To be given to whoever wishes to settle.

فَإِن تَطلُبوها بِسُمرِ القَنا

نَرُدُّكُم بِطِوالِ القَنا

For in the Arab are human traits

If you seek her with tawny spears,

Other than fear and cowardice

We will repel you with long lances.

فَفي العَرَبِيِّ صِفاتُ الأَنامِ

سِوى أَن يَخافَ وَأَن يَجبُنا

And if you mix deceit between us

For in the Arab are the traits of all mankind,

You will not deceive a believing man

Except for fear and cowardice.

وَإِن تَحجُلوا بَينَنا بِالخِداعِ

فَلَن تَخدَعوا رَجُلاً مُؤمِنا

And if you boycott it, that is better

Though you dance among us with deceit,

For Palestine is a possession of ours

You will not deceive a man of faith.

وَإِن تَهجُروها فَذَلِكَ أَولى

فَإِنَّ فِلِسطينَ مُلكٌ لَنا

It was for our ancestors before us

If you leave her, that is more fitting,

And remains for our descendants after us

For Palestine is a possession of ours.

وَكانَت لِأَجدادِنا قَبلَنا

وَتَبقى لِأَحفادِنا بَعدَنا

You have without it riches

It belonged to our ancestors before us,

While we have without it no riches

And shall remain for our grandchildren after us.

وَإِنَّ لَكُم بِسِواها غِنىً

وَلَيسَ لَنا بِسِواها غِنى

So do not account it as a homeland for you

You have sufficiency elsewhere,

For it was never a homeland for you

But we have no sufficiency but her.

فَلا تَحسَبوها لَكُم مَوطِناً

فَلَم تَكُ يَوماً لَكُم مَوطِنا

What we want is not impossible

So do not reckon it a homeland for you,

And what you attempted is not possible

For never one day was it a homeland for you.

وَلَيسَ الَّذي نَبتَغيهِ مُحالاً

وَلَيسَ الَّذي رُمتُمُ مُمكِنا

We advised you, so be rational and renounce

What we seek is not impossible,

Balfour, that pimp of yours

And what you desired is not possible.

نَصَحناكُمُ فاِرعَوُّا وَاِنبُذوا

بَليفورَ ذَيّالِكَ الأَرعَنا

Or else I advise you

We advised you, so desist and cast away

To carry shrouds with you

That foolish man, Balfour.

وَإِمّا أَبَيتُم فَأوصيكُمُ

بِأَن تَحمُلو مَعكُمُ الأَكفُنا

For we will make of its land

But if you refuse, then I advise you

A homeland for us and a grave for you

To carry your shrouds with you.

فَإِنّا سَنَجعَلُ مِن أَرضِها

لَنا وَطَناً وَلَكَم مَدفَنا

For we shall make of its earth

A homeland for us, and a graveyard for you.