رِدي يا خيولَ اللهِ مَنْهَلَكِ العَذْبا

ويا شرقُ عُدْ للغربِ فاقتَحمِ الغَرْبا

Return, O horses of Allah, to your fresh river

And O East, return to the West and invade the West

ويا شرقُ هَلْ سَرَّ الطواغيتَ أنَّها

فويقَكَ أشلاءٌ مبعثرةٌ إربا

And O East, did the tyrants rejoice that you are

Its mutilated limbs scattered in the wilderness?

يدٌ جَذَّ يومُ القيروانِ عُروقَها

وظهرٌ على القفقاسِ مستعلِياً جُبَّا

A hand that on the day of al-Qayrawan tore out its roots

And a back looming over the Caucasus, rugged

ويا طارقَ الجيلِ الجديدِ تلفُتاً

إلى جبلٍ إجتازه طارقٌ دَرْبا

And O conqueror of the new generation wandering

To a mountain crossed by a conqueror’s path

أثرتَ لنا في غَمرةِ النصرِ خَطْرَةً

من الذكرِ فيها ما نحبُّ وما نأبى

You have sparked for us in the darkness of victory a flash

In it what we love and what we dislike

هزَزْنا بها ذِكرى ، وتِهنا بزهوها

بُدوءاً ، ونُحنا من تصوَّرها عُقْبى

We shook the memory with it, and we weakened with its arrogance

Gradually, and we imagined its consequence

لمثلِ الذي تَبْغي من الحقِّ قادَها

إلى الموتِ ، لم تسألْ به السَّهْلَ الصَّعبْا

For the like of what you want of the truth led it

To death, it did not ask the easy or the difficult

حَدا من جيوشِ الوحي والنصر ما حدا

وعَبَّا من الإيمانِ بالنصر ما عَبَّا

A limit from the armies of revelation and victory, a limit

And a group from faith in victory, a group

كنارِ " ابن عمرانَ " التي جاءَ قابساً

سناها حريقٌ في سفائنهِ شبَّا

Like the fire of "Ibn 'Umran" which came setting ablaze

Its years a blaze in its ships kindled

وألواحُها " الألواحُ " لولا " رسالةٌ "

على " قُرَشيٍّ " لم تُرِدْ عينُه الربَّا

And its panels "the panels", were it not for "a message"

To "a Qurashi" ​​would not have wished the interest

تخطَّتْ إلى مَحْميَّةِ الغربِ أُمَّةٌ

حمتْ فأجادت قبلَها عن حِمّى ذَبَّا

A nation crossed to the sanctuary of the West

It protected and excelled before it from the zeal of war

تحدَّتْ عُبابَ البحرِ تُزعجُ حُوتَهُ

ومن قبلهِ في البرّ أزعجتِ الضَّبَّا

It defied the sea swells disturbing its whale

And before it on land it disturbed the wolves

أولاءِ " البُداةُ " الغامطُ النّاسِ حقَّهم

وتلكَ التي منها العربَ العَرْبا

Those "Bedouins" overcast the people their right

And those from which are the Arabs, the Arabs

لَتِلكَ قلوبٌ نَنشُدُ اليومَ مِثْلَها

أبى دينُها أنْ تجمعَ اللهَ والرُّعبا

For those are hearts we call today the likes of them

Its religion refused to combine Allah and terror

سرَتْ كشُعاعِ النورِ في فَحمةِ الدُّجى

ومثلَ النسيم الرَّخْو في يَبَسٍ هبَّا

It walked like the ray of light in the darkness of night

And like the soft breeze in barrenness it blew

وفي ذلَّةٍ عزّا ، وفي ضَلَّةٍ هُدىً

وفي جَنَفٍ عدلاً ، وفي جَدَبٍ خصبْا

And in humiliation glory, and in misguidance guidance

And in severity justice, and in drought fertility

وفي عصبيَّاتٍ غِلاظٍ تسامُحاً

وفي مُلْتوٍ مِنْ نهجها منهجاً لحَبا

And in bigotries tolerance, and from its approach a loving approach

It overlooked on "Madrid" making heard an invocation

أطلت على " مدريدَ " تُسمِعُ دعوةً

وسارتْ إلى " باريسَ " تَسمعُ من لَبَّى

And it went to "Paris" to listen to whoever prays fervently

And it crept with the tenderness of the soul in the universe mercifully

ودبَّتْ مَدَبَّ الروحِ في الكونِ رحمةً

وشدَّتْ لجسمٍ خائرٍ مُتْعَبٍ صُلبا

And it tightened for a languid, tired, sturdy body

And it gently extended its hand, so it touched

ومدَّتْ برفقٍ كفَّها فتلَمَّسَت

جراحَ بني الدُّنيا فآستْ لهم نُدْبا

The wounds of the people of the world, and healed their sores

And it harbored from different religions and enlightened

وآوتْ من الأديانِ شتَّى وأطْلَعَتْ

مِن الخطراتِ النيّراتِ بها شُهْبا

From its pure glorious flashes it adorned

And it hovered vigilantly where confusion roams in its sides

وحامَتْ يَراعاً جالَ في جَنَباتِها

وصانَتْ – عليها أو لها – مِقولاً ذَرْبا

And it protected - for it or from it - an accusation of sin

And it did not tire an eye, and it did not cut off a hand

وما سَمَلَتْ عيناً ، وما قَطَعَتْ يداً

ولا حجزتْ رأيا ، ولا أحْرَقَتْ كتبا

Nor did it restrain an opinion, nor did it burn books

I looked at what was of it. And what happened

نظرتُ إلى ما كانَ منها . وما جرى

عليها ، وما يأتي الشقاقُ إذا دَبَّا

to it, and what separation comes if it spreads

And how it reaped what it wanted as its shadows

وكيفَ أفاءَتْ ما أرادتْ ظِلالَها

وكيفَ اغتدَتْ مستثقلاً ظِلّها ، نُهْى

And how it became burdened carrying its own shadow, deterred

So I said: And some words are rebuke and some

فقلتُ : وبعضُ القولِ عُتْبى وبعضُه

عتابٌ ، وشرُّ القولِ عتبٌ بلا عُتَبى

are reproach, and the worst words are rebuke without reproach

A helpless nation did wrong

أساءَت صنيعاً أُمَّةٌٌ مستكينةٌ

صبورٌ على البلوى إلى أُمَّةٍ غَضْبى

Patient with afflictions to a nation angry

It quenched "Tunisia" with what dispels worries, it

سقى " تونساً " ما يدفعُ الخَطْبَ ، إنَّها

بخُضْرَتِها تُكْفَى الذي يدفعُ الجَدْبا

is self-sufficient with its greenery to dispel drought

And life blew in its white domes a spirit like its people

وحَيَّاً القِبابَ البيضَ رَوْحٌ كأهلها

رقيقُ الحواشي يَمسحُ الماءَ والعُشْبا

Gentle coasts wiping water and grass

And a light from consciousness glittered

ورافقَها نورٌ من الوعيِ مُسْفِرٌ

كأنوارِ أسحارٍ ترقرقها سكبا

As if the lights of dawn glittering pouring

We yearn for its memory, and we complain of missing it

نَحنُّ لِذكراها ، ونشكو افتقادَها

كما شَكَتِ العينُ التَّي افتقدَتْ هُدْبا

As the eye that missed its eyeliner complained

And O "Montgomery" if words were to give drink to an opener

ويا" مونتكُمري " لو سقى القولُ فاتحاً

سقَتْكَ القوافي صفَوها السلسلَ العذْبا

Rhymes would give you their pure chain, fresh

And if the melting of emotions was a sprinkling

ولو كانَ ذَوْبُ العاطفاتِ نِثارةً

نَثْرنا لكَ الإعجابَ والشكرَ والحُبَّا

We would sprinkle you with admiration, gratitude, and love

"Phyrgos" molded you to ward off evil

نضتْكَ لدَرْءِ الشرِّ عَضْباً " صياقلٌ "

أعَدَّتْ لِلُقْيا كلِّ مستكبرٍ عَضْبا

It prepared for facing every arrogant one a blade

You burdened "Rommel" with anguish, and before him

حلَلْتَ على " روميلَ " كَرْباً ، وقبلَها

أحلَّ بأدهى منه " ولنِكْتِنٌ " كربا

"Wavell" burdened with more anguishing anguish

And you snatched victory from the hand of a capable one

وأنتَ انتزعتَ النصرَ من يدِ قادرٍ

عليهِ ، ولم ترحَمْ معنّىً به صَبَّا

Over it, and did not pity a meaning for which it poured

And you rolled him from "Egypt" and he was bedecked

ودحرجتَهُ عن " مِصْرَ " وهوَ مُعرِّسٌ

بأحلامهِ ، يُحصي الخراجَ الذي يُجْبى

With his dreams, counting the taxes to be collected

And the desert wind deceived his acceptance of it

وغرَّتْهُ من ريحِ الصحاري قَبُولُها

فكيفَ رآها وهي مُعرِضةٌ نَكْبا

So how did he see it while it was aloof, turning away

He crawled over its land, and death pounced over it

دَحَا أرضَها ، وانصَبَّ كالموتِ فوقَها

ولُحْتَ له مَوتاً على الموتِ مُنصَباً

And you confronted him with death upon death erected

You left the one who aspired the sky to touch the ground

تركتَ الَّذي رامَ السَّما يلمِسُ الثَّرى

ومنْ كانَ يشكُو بِطنَةً يشتكي السَّغْبا

And who complained of a paunch to complain of hunger

And you enlightened him when his cheek wrinkled

وبَصَّرْتَهُ لَّما تَصَعَّرَ خدُّهُ

بأنَّكَ أعلْى من أخادِعِهِ كَعْبا

That you are higher than his tricks lofty

You clipped his two wings so his limbs weakened

قصَصْتَ جناحَيْه فقَرَّتْ شَذاتُهُ

وعادتْ " نوازي " شَرِّه أفرخاً زُغبا

And his "war planes" returned to being young birds chirping

You exposed to him weakness and covered strength

كشفتَ لهُ ضَعْفاً وغطَّيْتَ قُوَّةً

فكنتَ ، ولولا خُدعةٌ لم تكن ، خِبَّا

So you were, and had it not been for cunning, prudent

It wanted what is besides it, and the tumult

أرادَ الَّتي من دونِها أنت ، والوغى

وعدلُ القَضا ، تَبّاً لِما رامهُ تَبَّا

And the justice of fate. Woe to what it wanted, woe

You guided counsel to him until you left him

سددتَ عليه الرأيَ حتى تركتَه

يَرى من سَدادِ الرأيِ ما عدَّه سبَّا

Seeing from the rectitude of opinion what he counted wide

And until he saw the disgrace of escape as spoils

وحتى رأى ذُلَّ الفِرارِ غنيمةً

وحتى رأى الداءَ الذي يشتكي طِبَّا

And until he saw the disease he complains as a remedy

And the earth narrowed on him so he is worried

وضاقتْ عليه الأرضُ فهوَ مهوِّمٌ

عليها نهَتْهُ أنْ يُريحَ بها جَنْبا

It prohibited him to settle on it with his side

Its "Lord" wished it good favor on him

تمنَّى عليهِ " رَبُّهُ " مِصْرَ مَنْحةً

وكادَ على " القطَّارِ " أنْ يُرضيَ الربَّا

And he almost settled “the train” to satisfy the Lord

And he almost sent on “the train” to the “East” an invader

وكادَ على " القَطَّارِ " يُرْسِلُ حاصباً

على " الشرقِ " لولا أنْ قذفتَ به حَصْبا

Had you not thrown it with pebbles

It appeared to him as plunder, and when you shocked him

تراءى له نَهْباً ، ولمَّا صَدَمْتَهُ

تراءتْ له الأحلامُ صيْحَ بها نَهْبا

The dreams appeared to him crying with plunder

And ambitions stretched out for him in his caprices

ومدَّتْ لهُ الأطماعُ في نَزواتهِ

إلى أنْ غَدَتْ كَلاً على نَفْسْهِ حَرْبا

Until they became a burden on himself war

And "Alexandria" tickled his eye

وداعَبَتِ " الاسكندريَّةُ " عينَهُ

وخادَعَ منه " النيلُ " في طميْهِ اللُبَّا

And the Nile deceived him in its turbid flooding

And "Alexander" the honesty appeared to him, so it folded

ولاحَ له " الاسكندرُ " الصِّدْقُ فانثنتْ

تُزَيَّفُ منه النفسُ إسكندراً كذِِبْا

The self is falsified from him, an Alexander lying

And he wished between the Euphrates stream his horse

ومَنَّى بيَنْبوعِ الفراتِ حصانَهُ

وعلَّل " بالزّابَيْنِ " عسكرَهُ اللّجبْا

And justified in "the Zab" his army camping

What lies have blinded his eyes from seeing

فيا لَكَ زَوراً ذادَ عن عينهٍ الكَرى

وشَرَّدَ عنْ أجفانهِ حُلُماً رَطْبا

And scattered from his eyelids a moist dream

So he did not see except the footprint of the leg alert

فلمْ يَرَ إلاَّ مَغرِزَ الرَّجْلِ يَقْظَةً

وكانَ يناغي حالِماً عالَماً رَحْبا

While he was calling out dreaming learned open

From "the two flags" you took him incapacitated by force

من " العَلَمَيْن " استَقْتَهُ محكَمَ القُوى

وفي " تونسٍ " أدركتَهُ رازحاً لَغْبا

And in "Tunis" you overtook him complaining of hunger

You scattered for him the scent of sheep and villages

نثرتَ لهُ شُمَّ المتالعِ والقُرى

كما نَثَرَ الصيَّادُ للطَّائرِ الحَبَّا

As the hunter scatters for the bird seeds

And you lured him with proximity until when he approached you

وأغريتَهُ بالقرب حتَّى إذا دَنَا

إليكَ رأى منكَ الَّذي بَغَّضَ القُرْبا

He saw from you what he hated proximity

Obdurate, he refused to pounce in his setbacks

عنودٌ ، تأبَّى الوَثْبَ في نكَساتهِ

من الكِبْرِ ، لولا أنْ تُطاردَهُ وَثَبْا

From arrogance, had you not pursued him bouncing

And had it not been for unlike "Rommel" we would have said like others

ولو غيرُ " رُوَميلٍ " لقُلْنا كغيرِها

سُقاةُ الرَّدى عاطَتْ بأكؤسُها شَرْبا

The givers of corruption gave with their cups a drink

But he is regretful of death if he gave drink

ولكنَّه نَدْمانُ موتٍ إذا سَقى

ألحَّ وعاطى مَنْ ينادمُهُ عَبَّا

He implored and gave who reproaches him woe

And he hid poison the scraps so he deceived

وقد خَبَّأ السَمَّ الزُّعافَ فَبزَّهُ

خبيرٌ بما أبدى ، بصيرٌ بما خَبَّا

An expert in what he manifested, insightful in what he hid

And when the two groups met, overwhelming chaos

ولمَّا التقى الجمعانِ غُلْبٌ أشاوسٌ

دَهَتْ مثلَها شُوْساً مُدَجَّجةً غُلْبا

The likes of which confused spears bristling

And the huge iron swarm, and patience, and fervor

وحُم الحديدُ الضخمُ ، والصبرُ ، والحجى

كِلا المعدِنين استَنجدا معدِناً صُلبْا

Both metals sought aid from an unyielding metal

The truth walked among the two rows smashing falsehood

مشى الحقُّ في الصفَّينِ يدمَغُ باطلاً

ويغمُرُ بالريحان أوفاهما كَسْبا

And flooding them with its gainers basil

It avoided with “Arnim” and fled with itself

تَفادى بـ " أرنيمٍ " وفَرَّ بنفسه

وأبقى لك الأهلَ الأعزَّةَ والصَّحبا

And left you the most precious people and friends

And gave them to you as prisoners and dead as if

وأهداكَهم أسرى وقتلى كأنه

بهم يستميحُ العفوَ ممَّا جنى ذَنْبا

With them he apologizes for what he gained as sins

Burning stuck to them kindness, and protecting them

تَلَظَّى بهمْ بالنارِ بَرٌّ ، وقاءهُمْ

خِضمٌّ ، وراحَ الجوُّ يُمطرهم عَطْبا

Ardor, and the air rained them pleasure

As if when you count the rubble of its wreckage

كأنَّكَ إذ تُحصي رُكاماً حُطامَهُ

تُصَحِّحُ أغلاطاً فتوسِعُها شَطْبا

You correct mistakes thus expanding the crossings

So whoever sees in the desert the scattering of their graves

فمن يَرَ في الصحراءِ نَثْراً قبورَهُمْ

يخَلْها من الأجداثِ مجنونةً رُعْبا

Considers it devoid of monsters horrifying

And whoever sees the prisoners led stumbling

ومن يُبصرِ الأسرى يُقادونَ هُطَّعاً

يَجِدْ حادياً يحدو إلى سَقَرٍ رَكْبا

Finds a driver hurrying to hell a convoy

And he left you "the Italians" some rubbing

وخَلَّى لكَ " الطليانَ " يحتَكُّ بعضُها

ببعضٍ كما تحتَكُّ منَجَربٍ جَرْبا

Against others as insects of rot rub rot

He came with them to you foolishly

أتى بهمُ إلْباً عليكَ سَفاهةً

فكانوا عليهِ في تَغَنُّجِهِمْ إلبا

So they were to him in their arrogance confused

He wanted for wading into death the saplings of bounty

أرادَ لخوْضِ الموتِ أغراسَ نِعمةٍ

غذاها وليُّ الأمرِ فاكهةً أبَّا

Fed by the guardian as ripe fruits

We reckoned for the annoyance of the hosted son rifles

حَسِبْنَ لاِزعاجِ ابنِ آوى بنادقِاً

وخلْنَ لمِضمار الهَوى شُزَّباً قُبَّا

And we left for the race track of desire horses racing

And we doubled fabric of silk, and for a nation

وضاعَفْنَ نسجاً من حريرٍ ولأمةً

وجرْنَ بيضَ الهندِ والوشيَ والعَصْبا

And we pulled the egg of India, and sable, and cloth

And we trotted like flocks of partridges, blessed steps

ورُحْنَ كأسراب القطا نُعَّمَ الخُطَى

وقىَ اللهُ من شَرٍّ يرادُ به السِّرْبا

And may God protect from an evil intended accumulated

And reward with good whoever wanted with his injustice

وجازى بشَرٍّ من أرادَ بجَورْهِ

وجُوهَ الحسان الغيدِ أن تْلمِس الترْبا

The cheerful beautiful faces to touch dust

And the valleys to descend at night out of fear

وأن تهبِطَ الوديانَ ليلاً لريبةٍ

وأن ترتقي صُبحاً على عَجَلٍ هُضْبا

And to ascend at dawn hastily leaping

And to witness body parts fluttering around them

وأن تَشْهَدَ الأشلاء تنقضُّ حولَها

وفي دَمِها الفرسانُ مخضوبةً خَضْبا

And in their blood the horsemen stained with blood

And they did not commit a sin except that they are dummies

ولم ترتِكبْ إثماً سوى أنَّها دُمًى

ولم تأتِ – إلَّا أنَّها عورة – ذَنْبا

And they did not - except that they are a defect - a flaw

So had you witnessed the day of the ordeal their matter

فلو كنتَ يومَ النَّقْعِ شاهِدَ أمرِها

وقد خَبَّأتْ تِرْبٌ بأثوابها تِرْبا

And they had hidden dust in their clothes dust

And they plugged the holes in the ground taking refuge in it

وسدَّتْ ثقوبَ الأرضِ مُحجرةً بها

فما غادرَتْ مأوىً لضبٍ ولا ثقبا

They did not leave a burrow for a wolf or a hole

You would have invoked upon whoever tore their veil from them

دعوتَ على مَنْ شَقَّ عنها حجابَها

وأقحَمَها ما ليسَ من شأنِها غْصبا

And thrust them into what is not their business by force

You would have asked God great conquest for their West

إذن لسألتَ اللهَ فَّلاً لغَربِه

جزاءً على ما فلَّ من سترِها غَرْبا

A reward for what was exposed of their veil West

So gently with the likes of fragile bottles cracked

فرِفْقاً باشباهِ القواريرِ صُدِّعَتْ

وما اسْطعتمُ فاسَتدركوا صدعها رأبا

And you have not been able to, so make up its crack mending

So what great and noble a good tiding is yours

فيالكِ بُشرى ما أرقَّ وما أصفَى

أغاثَتْ نفوساً ما أحنَّ وما أصبي

What soothed souls so tired and broken

And O allies of today and yesterday, we

ويا حُلفاءَ اليومِ والأمسِ إنَّنا

لكُمْ – ما اردتُم – في مودَتِنا قُرْبى

To you - what you wanted - in our affection kinship

Wish us good and we promise you the like

أريدوا بنا خيراً نَعِدْكُمْ بمثِلهِ

وكونوا لنا حِزْباً ، نَكُنْ لكُمُ حِزبا

And be for us a party, and we will for you be a party

And think good of us, for in us are latent

وظَنُّوا بنا خَيراً فَفينا كَوامِنٌ

من الخير إنْ تُبعث تَزدْكمْ بنا عُجْبا

Good, if awakened, increases your admiration of us

And do not mention reproach, for solidifying

ولا تذكروا عَتْباً فانَّ مُوطّداً

من الودِ زِدْنا فيه ما يرفعُ العتبا

Love we have increased in it what lifts reproach

Or else measure it as reproach in like manner

وإلا فكيلوه عتاباً بمثله

لنا . وكلانا مُعْتِبٌ بَعْدُ من أرْبى

To us. And both of us reproaching afterward vexed

And do not mix a disturbance hated

ولا تَخْلِطوا شَغباً عليكم مُبغَّضا

إلينا وحقاً لا نريدُ به شغْبا

To us and truth we do not want disturbance

And make a people brothers, and brotherhood is disdained

وآخوا بنا شعباً وهانَتْ أُخوَّةٌ

إذا كنتَ تَلقى عندها الفردَ لا الشَعبا

If you there find the individual, not the people