مَتَى يَنْجَلِي هَذَا السَّحَابُ المُخَيَّمْ

وَيُقْشِعُ عَنَّا ظِلُّهُ المُتَجَهِّمُ

When will this looming cloud disperse

And its brooding shadow lift from us

فَنَسْطَعَ شَمْسُ الْحَقِّ مِلْءَ سَمَائِهَا

وَتَطْلُعَ فِي لَيلِ الأَبَاطِيلِ أَنْجُمُ

So the sun of truth can shine full in the sky

And stars emerge in the night of falsehoods

إِذَا نَحْنُ لَمَّ نَسْأُمْ أَضَالِيْلَ جَهْلِنَا

فَإِنَّ رَزَايَا السَّيْفِ وَالنَّارِ تُسْأَمُ

When we have not tired of our ignorance

Though we tire of the torments of sword and fire

بَنِي الشَّرْقِ إِنَّ الْجَهْلَ أَعْدَى عُدَاتِنَا

بَدَارِ عَلَيْهِ تَغْنَمُوا أَوْ فَتَسْلَمُوا

Children of the East! Ignorance is our greatest foe

With it dwell or be conquered, however you deem

هُوَ الغَاشِمُ السَّاطِي عَلَيْنَا يُبِيدُنَا

هُوَ الآثِمُ المَشَّاءُ فِينَا يُقَسِّمُ

It is the oppressor lording over us, destroying us

The sinner wandering among us, dividing us

أَلَيْسَ بِغُبْنٍ أَنْ نَكُونَ جُنُودَهُ

فِيَلْبَثَ وَهْوَ الْحَاكِمُ المُتَحَكِّمُ

Is it not an injustice that we are its troops

While it remains the ruler and arbitrator?

بِلادَ الأَنَاضُولِ الْحَزِينَةَ إِنَّنِي

عَلَيْكِ بِقَلْبِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ أُسَلِّمُ

Wounded Anatolia, truly I

Send you from afar all my love

جِرَاحُكِ فِي أَكْبَادِنَا وَجِرَاحُنَا

بِهَا المَجْدُ يَدْمَى وَالعُلَى تَتَأَلَّمُ

Your wounds in our hearts and our wounds

With them glory bleeds and exaltation suffers

وَخَطْبُكِ إِنَّ يَعْظُمْ فَإِنْ الَّذِي دَهَى

جَمَاعَتَنَا بَيْنَ الْجَمَاعَاتِ أَعْظَمُ

Your plight is grave, for what has brought low

Our community among communities is the gravest

بَكَيْنَا شَبَاباً مِنْكِ فِي الأَمْنِ قُتِّلُوا

فَكَانُوا حُصُوناً لِلبِلادِ تُهَدَّمُ

We cried for the youth killed treacherously in your peace

They were fortresses for the nation, demolished

بَكَيْنَا عَذَارَى شَابَ أَعْرَاضَهَا دَم

وَمَاتَتْ شَهِيدَاتٍ فَطَهَّرَهَا دَمُ

We cried for maidens whose honor was stained with blood

And died as martyrs, their purity cleansed by blood

بَكَيْنَا مِنَ الأَطْفَالِ غُرَّ مَلائِكٍ

أُبِيدُوا فَهُمْ لَحْمٌ شَتِيتٌ وَأَعْظُمُ

We cried for innocent angels of children

Annihilated, they are scattered flesh and bones

رَزَايَا أَتَاهَا الْجَهْلُ فَالجَهْلَ قَاتِلُوا

فَإِنْ تَجْمُدُوا عُدْنَا عَلَى البَدْءِ فَاعْلَمُوا

Woes brought by ignorance - fight ignorance!

If you freeze, know we will recommence the fight