مَضَتْ نَأْبَى لَهَا ذَمَّاً

كَمَا نَأْبَى لَهَا حَمْدَا

It has passed, we refuse to blame it

Just as we refuse to praise it

أَسَاءَتْ فِي أوَائِلِهَا

وَسَاءَ خِتَامُهَا جِدَّا

It began badly

And its end was very bad

فَيَا سَنَةً عَدَدْنَا مِنْ

أسَى سَعَاتِهَا عَدَّا

So oh year, we counted

The hours of its sorrow

شَفِيعُكِ يَوْمُ مَسْعَدَةٍ

زَهَا شَمْساً عَلاَ جَدَّا

Its intercessor on the day of happiness

Is the sun rising high

حَبَانَا مِلْءَ دُنْيَانَا

وَمِلْءَ زَمَانِهَا سَعْدَا

It has deprived us of the joys of our life

And the joys of its time

إِذَا مَا أَرَّخُوكِ غَداً

لِبَدْءِ حَيَاتِنَا عَهْدَا

When they date you tomorrow

As the start of our life

أَقَالَ عِثَارَ أُمَّتنَا

وأَبْدَلَ ذُلَّنَا مَجْدَا

May it ease the shame of our nation

And replace our humiliation with glory

فَلاَ رِقٌّ وَلاَ ظُلمٌ

وَلاَ مَوْلَى وَلاَ عَبْدا

So there is no anxiety or injustice

No master and no slave

تَسَاوَيْنَا تَآخَيْنَا

وَعَادَ عَدَاؤُنَا وُدَّا

We became equal and fraternal

And our enmity turned to affection

وَأَصْبَحْنَا بَنِي عُثْمَانَ

شِيبَ الْقَوْمِ وَالْمُرْدَا

And we became the sons of Othman

The old and the young

لَنَا وَطَنٌ بِأَنْفُسِنَا

وَأَنْفَسِ مَالِنَا يُفْدَى

We have a homeland in ourselves

And in our souls that can be sacrificed

نَدِينُ عَلَى تَشْعُّبنَا

بِهِ دِيناً لَنَا فَرْدَا

We owe our variety of branches

A unique religion

إِذَا نَادَى بِنَا سِرْنَا

إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُنَا جُنْدَا

If it calls us, we will go

All of us, an army

وَجئْنَا مِنْ مَعَابِدِنَا

نَرَى فِي الْمُلْتَقَى بَنْدَا

And we come from our temples

To see at the meeting place a bond

لَنِعْمَ العَامُ مُسْدِينا

مِنَ الإسْعَافِ مَا أَسْدَا

What a good year providing us

With all we hoped it would give

هِيَ الشُّورَى أَعَزَّ اللهُ

مُهْدِيهَا وَمضا أَهْدَى

It is the council that God has honored

Guiding its founder and making him prosper

فَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَشْفَى

وَمَا مِنْ رَاحَةٍ أَنْدَى

So there is no rest more healing

No rest more blissful

وَما مِنْ مَطْلَعٍ أَصْفَى

وَما مِنْ طَالعٍ أَهْدَى

No rising more pure

No rising more guiding

غَفَرْنَا ذَنْبَ ذَاكَ الْعَا

مِ مَا آذى وَمَا أرَدَى

We forgave the sin of that time

All it harmed and plotted

وَبَيْنَ السُّوءِ وَالْحُسْنَى

غَفَرْنَا الأَلْفَ بِالإحْدَى

And between good and evil

We forgave a thousand for one