لَقَد طالَ الحِيادُ وَلَم تَكُفّوا

أَما أَرضاكُمُ ثَمَنُ الحِيادِ

Too long has neutrality persisted though you would not cease

Is our neutrality the price you wish to exact from us?

أَخَذتُم كُلَّ ما تَبغونَ مِنّا

فَما هَذا التَحَكُّمُ في العِبادِ

You have taken all that you wanted from us

Yet still you seek to control our lives

بَلَونا شِدَّةً مِنكُم وَلينا

فَكانَ كِلاهُما ذَرَّ الرَمادِ

We have endured both harshness and lenience from you

Each has scattered ashes in its wake

وَسالَمتُم وَعادَيتُم زَماناً

فَلَم يُغنِ المُسالِمُ وَالمُعادي

In times of peace or enmity with you

Neither friend nor foe profits

فَلَيسَ وَراءَكُم غَيرُ التَجَنّي

وَلَيسَ أَمامَنا غَيرُ الجِهادِ

For you there remains only tyranny

For us there remains only struggle