سَلِمَتْ ثورةٌ وبُورك عيدُ
وتعالَتْ جُموعُكم والحشودُ
A revolution has prevailed, a feast blessed,
Your multitudes have risen, the crowds have assembled,
وزكت ساحةٌ من المجدِ تُعْلِي
جانِبَيْها معاصمٌ وزُنودُ
An arena of glory elevates,
Its sides fortified by wrists and arms.
أيُّها المبدعونَ يُحيون " نيسا
ناً " جديداً تَرِفُّ فيه الوُرود
O you who revive “Nissan” anew, upon which roses bloom,
And spring returns renewed by
ويعود الربيعُ غضّاً بما
تضفي عليه وجوهُكم والجُهود
The radiance your faces and efforts cast upon it.
Blessed are these arms, whatever they build and seek and add on.
بوركت هذه السواعدُ ما
تبني وما تبتغي وما تستزيد
Heat eats away their skin, then they grow it back
With that which has brought hearts together.
يأكُلُ الحَرُّ جِلْدَها ثم تُنشا
بالذي ضمت القلوبَ جلود
Stains of sun as flags of struggle,
And the fluttering of souls within them like standards.
بُقَعُ الشمسِ للنِّضال شعارا
تٌ وخفقُ الأرْواح فيها بنود
They have towered with that which builders lessen
And beautified with that which levels the ground.
شَمَخَتْ بالذي تُقِلُّ بُناةٌ
وزها بالذي يُقِلّ الصعيد
The eternity of time will wear away, and will remain
A bitter gallantry and resolute determination.
جدَّةُ الدهرِ سوف تَبْلَى وتبقى
نخوةٌ مُرّة وعزمٌ عنيد
Everything has its limits, but not
What peoples originate - it has no limits.
كلُّ شيءٍ له حدودٌ وليست
للذي تُبدِعُ الشعوبُ حدود
And what a willful mind builds
Barriers and dams collapse before it.
وعلى ما يشيد ذهنٌ مَريد
تتهاوى حواجزٌ وسدود
Peace be upon those who pave
Paths on which eternity walks.
وسلاماً للعالمين يشقو
ن دروباً يمشي عليها الخلود
The fragrance of its verses spreads
Above it, ancestors outstripping descendants.
عطرات رباعُها يتهادى
فوقها يَسْبِقُ الجدودَ الحفيد
False is the generosity expected, and the sweat of laborers is grace and existence.
A revolution has prevailed, a blessed feast renewed,
كذِبَ الجودُ مرتجى وتِجاراً
عَرَقُ الكادحين فضلٌ وجود
A feast that benefits people, not heedlessness, ambiguities, nor promises.
Not as they have frozen them,
سلِمَتْ ثورةٌ، غذا مرّ عيد
جَدَّ عيدٌ منها رضيٌّ سعيدُ
Those black pledges,
Neither for resurrection nor awakening hoped for,
ينفع الناس، لا المباهجُ غُفْلٌ
مُبْهَماتٌ ولا العطاءُ وعود
They were buried, shrouds drawn over them.
The promise drew near and dawn broke
للجماهير لا كما أوقفتْها
لكروشٍ تلك العهودُ السود
And the long-awaited morn could be glimpsed.
And I see the sacrifices kindling a generation,
لا لبعثٍ ولا نشورٍ تُرَجّى
قُبِرَتْ وانطوتْ عليها اللّحود
After generation, from their light, increasing it.
“Nissan”, you are the feast of resurrection,
أزِفَ الوعدُ وانجلى الصبح
واستشرف للعين فجرهُ الموعود
And the gathering of ranks around you a feast.
A front like the front of a lion, bold,
وأرى التضحياتِ يَقبِسُ جيلٌ
بعد جيلٍ من ضوئها ويَزيد
Pride walking with it and steadfastness.
The height of glory is that scattered parts
يومَ " نيسانَ " أنت للبعث عيدٌ
والتفافُ الصفوفِ حولَك عيدُ
Unite when soldiers are rallied.
Grain by grain the gleanings are gathered
جبهةٌ مثلُ جبهةِ اللّيثِ، بأس
واعتزازٌ يمشي بها وصُمود
Until a unique strand is straightened.
The standing of nations is effort and patience
غايةُ المجدِ أن يُلَمَّ شتاتٌ
كلُّهُ حين يُسْتَجاشُ جنود
And giving, doubled through them in return.
And according to the extent to which land is prepared
حبةً حبةً تُضَمُّ اللئالي
ريثما يستقيمُ عِقْدٌ فَريد
And crops cultivated will the harvest be.
O guardians of the sanctuary, and the burden of responsibilities heavy,
وقِوامُ الشعوب جهد وصبرٌ
وعطاءٌ عَبْرَيهما مردود
And their load exhausting.
Indeed, cowardice is aided by ancestry,
وعلى قدر ما تُمَهَّد أرضٌ
ويُنَمَّى زرعٌ يكونُ الحصيد
And courage betrayed by lineage.
Indolence can shame action,
يا حُماةَ الحِمى وعبءُ الأمانا
تِ ثقيلٌ وحملُهُنَّ يؤود
And action shame indolence.
In your hands are the destinies of a people
ولقد تَنْصُرُ الجدودُ جباناً
ولقد تَخْذُلُ الشّجاعَ الجدود
Whose dedication grants you strong support.
Devoted to loyalty, he gives you
ولقد يخجل القُعُودَ قيام
ولقد يخجل القيامَ قعود
Weakness - what you give him he redoubles and increases.
And he has, of the secrets of intentions,
رهنُ أيدِيكُمُ مصايرُ شعْبٍ
في يديه للتضحياتِ رصيد
Insight that reveals the obscured.
His talents have been distorted until
مُغْرَمٌ بالوفاء يُسدي إليكم
ضعفَ ما قد تُسْدُونه ويزيد
The intelligent and dimwitted among them blinded.
Unleash them - from them will blaze forth a flame
ولديه من مضمراتِ النّوايا
بَصَرٌ يكشِفُ الغيوبَ حديد
Illuminating the darkness, the fetters undone.
And add a mile to the mile, as
شُوِّشَتْ عنده المواهبُ حتى
ليُعَمّى ذكيُّها والبليد
Thoroughbreds quicken their pace and excel.
And extend with accomplishments and increase,
فجِّروها يُفَجّرِ الشرقَ منها
ضَرَمٌ يُسْرِج الظلام، وقيدُ
And stubbornly persevere without them and resist.
O pioneers of history - how excellent the boldness,
وأضيفوا شوطاً لشوط كما
تعلي جيادٌ طرادها وتُجيد
And the goal virtuous and sublime the anthem.
Ignite the ember of struggle and extend
وأمِدّوا بالمنجَزاتِ وزيدوا
واستميتوا من دونهنّ وذُودوا
Its fire - for it to give rise to a beaming light.
Your path does not weary you, nor
يا حداةَ التاريخ طابت شداةٌ
وسمت غايةٌ وجلّ النشيدُ
Does a system make smooth the difficult way.
Thinking what was made easy for him
سعِّروا جمرةَ الكفاحِ ومُدّوا
نارَها يَنْبَثِقْ لنورٍ عمود
Were shares, with nothing left beyond them.
And delusion that there had accrued to him
لا يَهُنْ دربُكُم عليكُمْ ولا
يُسلِسْ نظاماً مشيٌ عليه وئيد
Plenty, and abundant the extended shadow.
The paths of glory are rugged - on them
ظنّه أنّ ما تيسّرَ منه
حِصَصٌ ليس بعدهنّ مَزيد
Each day in each mile a martyr.
We enjoy what the excellent have cooked, and forget
وانخداعاً أن قد أفاء عليه
سَجْسَجٌ وارفُ الظلالِ مديد
That they are the salt of what they have cooked and the fuel.
And civilization gushes forth from a breast
طُرُقُ المجدِ مُوعراتٌ عليها
كلّ يوم في كل شبرٍ شهيد
That has watered a wrist and shed blood and veins.
And states are built by skulls - never has
نَغْتذي ما طها الطهاةُ وننسى
أنّهم ملحُ ما طهوا والوَقود
A cup applauded from them, nor a lute strummed.
Unharmed is the eternity of rising and falling, and who knows
والحضارتُ ما تفجّر صدرٌ
وسقى معصم ودرَّ وريد
To where this rising will lead.
And the nights since the night of insect and spider
والكيانات بالجماجم ما
صفّق كأسٌ منها وما رنّ عود
And prowler and fugitive and outcast.
And lasting struggle to a bitter day
سلِمُ الدهرُ في صُعود ومن يدري
إلى أين سوف يمضي الصعود
Where master and slave are made equal.
And time walks fearsomely - no
والليالي مذ كان ليلُ بزاةٍ
وشباكٌ وقانصٌ وطريد
Eye batting, nor neck turned.
Something new is born and forgotten and walks on,
وصراعٌ دامٍ ليوم مريرٍ
يستوي فيه سيّدٌ ومسود
Without its notice, something new.
O loved ones, tomorrow beckons
ومهيباً يمشي الزمانُ فلا
تطرف عينٌ ولا يُلَفَّتُ جيد
A assured tomorrow, assured and strong.
No clouds dim your bright horizon, nor is absent
فجديد ينشا ويُنسى ويَمْشي
فوقَه دون أَنْ يُحَسّ، جديدُ
Guiding stars that shine within it.
Your watchfulness - the people's eyes
يا ربايا غدٍ يُلَوِّحُ منها
مشرئباً غدٌ مكينٌ وطيد
That do not know eyelids' sleep.
Keepers awake whose gaze
لا خبا نوؤكم ولا غاب عنكم
من نجوم تلوح فيه سعود
The despised and praised do not escape when reckoned.
And a book for the people in its folds
ورعتكم من المواطن عينٌ
ليس تدري أجفانها ما الهجود
Every good doubled in return.
And peace upon the most noble virgin leader -
ساهرات ما إن يُغَيَّبُ عنها
حين يُحصى المذمومُ والمحمود
The hunted have converged upon his path.
And at his call have responded far-flung
وكتاب للشعْب في دَفّتيه
كلّ خير بِضعْفِهِ مردود
Parts, the distant drawn in by the near.
A front like the front of a lion - bold,
وسلاماً للقائد الأصيد البكرِ
تلاقت على خطاه الصيدُ
Pride walking with it and steadfastness.
A revolution has prevailed and a feast blessed,
واستجابت لدعوة منه أشتا
ت يضمُّ القريبَ منها البعيد
Your multitudes have risen and the crowds assembled.
جبهة مثلُ جبهة الليث، بأس
واعتزاز يمشي بها وصمود
سَلِمَتْ ثورةْ وبورك عيد
وتَعالت جموعكم والحشودُ
