أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُونَ فِي الشَّرْقِ مِنْ خِفْـ

ـضٍ وَفِي الغَرْبِ أَعْيُنُ لا تَنَامُ

O sleepers in the East, in luxury reposed,

And sleepless eyes in the West, distressed,

اهْنأُوا بِالنَّعِيمِ غَايَةَ مَا طَا

بَ وَفِيهِ لأَمْنٍ إنْعَامُ

Rejoice in the bounty of ease and rest;

Yours is the peace of surety bestowed.

رَبْعُكُمْ فِي أَمَانَةٍ مُطْمَئِنٌ

غَفَلَتْ عَنْ ثُغُورِهِ الأيَّامُ

Your realm in trust and calmness dozed,

Its borders by Time's changes unoppressed.

لَيْلُكُمْ مُبْرِقُ الأَسُرَّةِ حَتَّى

كَادَ لا يُشْبِهُ الظَّلامَ الظَّلامُ

Your night with gleaming lamps is dressed

Darkness resembles not darkness supposed.

لا وَحَقُّ الإِخَاءِ مَا رَاقَنَا العَيْـ

ـشُ كَأَنَّ الحَرْبَ الزَّبُونَ سَلامُ

No! By the bond of brotherhood we bore

The life we lived - as though the feud of war

إِنَّمَا النَّاسُ فِي الكَوارِثِ أَهْلٌ

بَيْنَهُمْ مِنْ خُطُوبِهَا أَرْحَامُ

Were turned by peace to fellowship once more!

Men share the load of woe, and kinship then,

خَيْرُ مَا تُوجِدُ الرَّوَابِطُ فِيهِمْ

إِذْ تَكُونُ الرَّوَابِطُ الآلامُ

Is born of common suffering among men.

The ties most sure bind souls in common pain.

وَإِذَا خُصُّ بِالرَّزِيئَةِ شَعْبٌ

فَلَقَدْ عَمَّ بِالبَلاءِ الأَنَامُ

When people suffer under Fortune's blows,

On all alike the same affliction weighs.

نَحْنُ نَشْكُو وَغَيْرُنَا صَاحِـ

ـبُ الشَّكْوَى وَنَهْتَمُ مَا عَنَاهُ اهْتِمَامُ

Our plaint is voiced, though other mouths complain,

We grieve o'er that which other hearts arraign.

نَجْعَلُ اللَّهْوَ لِلأَدَاءِ أَدَاةً

لَطُفَتْ أَوْ فَكُلُّ لَهْوٍ حَرَامُ

We make our pastime out of duty's tool,

Else every sport and jest were disallowed.