بِالَّذي أَجراكِ يا ريحَ الخُزامى
بَلِّغي البُسفورَ عَن مِصرَ السَلاما
By the one who commanded you, O breeze of the plains,
Convey to Bosphorus the greetings of Egypt.
وَاِقطِفي مِن كُلِّ رَوضٍ زَهرَةً
وَاِجعَليها لِتَحايانا كِماما
And pluck from every garden a flower,
And make it as a veil for our beloved.
وَاِنشُري رَيّاكِ في ذاكَ الحِمى
وَاِلثِمي الأَرضَ إِذا جِئتِ الإِماما
And spread your fragrance in that sanctuary,
And kiss the ground when you reach the imam.
مَلِكٌ لِلشَرقِ في أَيّامِهِ
هِمَّةُ الغَربِ نُهوضاً وَاِعتِزاما
A king of the East, in his days
The ambition of the West arose and intended.
أَيُّها القائِمُ بِالأَمرِ لَقَد
قُمتَ في الناسِ فَأَحسَنتَ القِياما
O you who stand for the command, indeed
You stood among the people, so you did well standing.
جَرِّدِ الرَأيَ فَكَم رَأيٍ إِذا
سُلَّ مِن غِمدِ النُهى فَلَّ الحُساما
Uncover the opinion, for how many an opinion, if
Unsheathed from the scabbard of prohibition, the swords shone.
وَاِبعَثِ الأُسطولَ تَرمي دونَهُ
قُوَّةُ اللَهِ وَراءً وَأَماما
And dispatch the fleet, with God’s power behind it and ahead,
To graze the East and pasture the area
يَكلَأُ الشَرقَ وَيَرعى بُقعَةً
رَفَعَ اللَهُ بِها البَيتَ الحَراما
That God elevated with it the Sacred House.
And citadels that are more beautiful to behold
وَثُغوراً هِيَ أَبهى مَنظَراً
مِن ثُغورِ الغيدِ يُبدينَ اِبتِساما
Than the citadels of the army that smile.
God distinguished it with an illuminated horizon,
خَصَّها اللَهُ بِأُفقٍ مُشرِقٍ
ضَمَّ في اللَألاءِ مِصراً وَالشَآما
Combining Egypt and Levant into radiance.
O Orient, rouse the fleet of giants!
حَيِّ يا مَشرِقُ أُسطولَ الأُلى
ضَرَبوا الدَهرَ بِسَوطٍ فَاِستَقاما
They struck time with a whip, so it straightened.
They ruled the land, but when
مَلَكوا البَرَّ فَلَمّا لَم يَسَع
مَجدَهُم نالوا مِنَ البَحرِ المَراما
Their glory could not contain them, they gained mastery of the obstinate sea.
With vessels like fortresses
بِجَوارٍ مُنشَآتٍ كَالدُمى
أَينَما سارَت صَبا البَحرُ وَهاما
Wherever they went, the sea roared and raged.
Whenever they called on its waves,
كُلَّما أَوفَت عَلى أَمواجِهِ
سَجَدَ المَوجُ خُشوعاً وَاِحتِشاما
The wave kneeled submissively and reverently.
The sea thirsted for them,
كانَ بِالبَحرِ إِلَيها ظَمَأٌ
وَعَجيبٌ يَشتَكي البَحرُ الأُواما
And it is strange that the sea complains of pillars.
So they are, in peace, neighbors that shine,
فَهيَ في السِلمِ جَوارٍ تُجتَلى
تَبهَرُ العَينَ رُواءً وَنِظاما
Dazzling the eye in quenching and organization.
And in war they are a floating decree
وَهيَ في الحَربِ قَضاءٌ سابِحٌ
يَدَعُ الحِصنَ تِلالاً وَرِجاما
That leaves the citadel as hills and rubble.
The stars of their bombardment are not
ما نُجومُ الرَجمِ مِن أَبراجِها
إِثرَ عِفريتٍ مِنَ الجِنِّ تَرامى
The trail of a rebellious demon.
With their bombardment in the most painful place,
مِن مَراميها بِأَنكى مَوقِعاً
لا وَلا أَقوى مِراساً وَعُراما
No, nor the strongest fortification and pillars.
And they are a volcano, if it is aroused
وَهيَ بُركانٌ إِذا ما هاجَها
هائِجُ الشَرِّ عِداءً وَخِصاما
By the ardent enemy, hostility and contention.
The mountain of fire! You have frightened the land
جَبَلَ النارِ لَقَد رُعتَ الوَرى
أَنتَ في حالَيكَ لا تَرعى ذِماما
While in your two states, you do not pasture the reins.
You are an affliction on land, but when
أَنتَ في البَرِّ بَلاءٌ فَإِذا
رَكِبَ البَحرَ غَدا مَوتاً زُؤاما
You sailed the sea, you became grievous death.
So fear the towering, firmly rooted mountain,
فَاِتَّقوا الطَودَ مَكيناً راسِياً
وَاِتَّقوا الطَودَ إِذا ما الطَودُ عاما
And fear the towering mountain when the towering mountain rages!
It carried war, so it was an era
حَمَلَت حَرباً فَكانَت حِقبَةً
نُذُراً لِلمَوتِ تَجتاحُ الأَناما
Foreboding death, overwhelming the people.
The world feared it until it became
خافَها العالَمُ حَتّى أَصبَحَت
رُسُلاً تَحمِلُ أَمناً وَسَلاما
Envoys carrying safety and peace.
The Orient rose from its slumber
بُعِثَ المَشرِقُ مِن مَرقَدِهِ
بَعدَ حينٍ جَلَّ مَن يُحيي العِظاما
After a long time in which the bones were brought back to life.
O Easterner! Roll up your sleeves, do not sleep,
أَيُّها الشَرقِيُّ شَمِّر لا تَنَم
وَاِنفُضِ العَجزَ فَإِنَّ الجِدَّ قاما
And shake off powerlessness, for seriousness has stood up.
Take on determination as a steed of ascension,
وَاِمتَطِ العَزمَ جَواداً لِلعُلا
وَاِجعَلِ الحِكمَةَ لِلعَزمِ زِماما
And make wisdom the reins of determination.
And if you seek horizons,
وَإِذا حاوَلتَ في الأُفقِ مُنىً
فَاِركَبِ البَرقَ وَلا تَرضَ الغَماما
Mount the lightning and do not accept the clouds.
Do not be vexed by what the enemy said.
لا تَضِق ذَرعاً بِما قالَ العِدا
رُبَّ ذي لُبٍّ عَنِ الحَقِّ تَعامى
Many a cunning person evades the truth.
Compete with the Westerner! Compete and adhere
سابِقِ الغَربِيَّ وَاِسبِق وَاِعتَصِم
بِالمُروءاتِ وَبِالبَأسِ اِعتِصاما
To chivalry and holding fast in adherence!
Shun ambitions and tread its path,
جانِبِ الأَطماعَ وَاِنهَج نَهجَهُ
وَاِجعَلِ الرَحمَةَ وَالتَقوى لِزاما
And make mercy and piety obligatory.
They wanted their knowledge to defeat
طَلَبوا مِن عِلمِهِم أَن يُعجِزوا
قادِرَ المَوتِ وَأَن يَثنوا الحِماما
The Omnipotent and fold the dove.
And they wanted it to raise them
وَأَرادوا مِنهُ أَن يَرفَعَهُم
فَوقَ هامِ الشُهبِ في الغَيبِ مَقاما
Above the unknown in the hidden abode.
Man was killed! How he disbelieved
قُتِلَ الإِنسانُ ما أَكفَرَهُ
طاوَلَ الخالِقَ في الكَونِ وَسامى
When he rebelled against the Creator in the universe and transecended!
He embarrassed the unseen until he exposed
أَحرَجَ الغَيبَ إِلى أَن بَزَّهُ
سِرَّهُ بَزّاً وَلَم يَخشَ اِنتِقاما
Its secret exposedly and did not fear vengeance.
By the power of the Merciful, increase our strength,
قُوَّةَ الرَحمَنِ زيدينا قُوىً
وَأَفيضي في بَني الشَرقِ الوِئاما
And pour harmony among the people of the East.
Empty from every breast its hatred,
أَفرِغي مِن كُلِّ صَدرٍ حِقدَهُ
إِملَإِ التاريخَ وَالدُنيا كَلاما
And fill history and the world with speech.
I ask God, who inspired us
أَسأَلُ اللَهَ الَّذي أَلهَمَنا
خِدمَةَ الأَوطانِ شَيخاً وَغُلاما
To serve the homelands, young and old,
That I see in the sea and the land for us
أَن أَرى في البَحرِ وَالبَرِّ لَنا
في الوَغى أَندادَ طوجو وَأُياما
In the struggle, peers to Thoj and Oyama.
