صَدَقْتُ فِي عَتْبِكُم أَوْ يَصْدُقَ الشَّمَمُ
لا المَجْدُ دَعْوَى وَلا آيَاتُهُ كِلَمُ
I have spoken truly in your reproach, or the hot wind will prove true.
No glory is pretense, nor are its signs mere words,
يَا أُمَّتِي حَسْبُنَا بِاللهِ سُخريَةً
مِنَّا وَمِمَّا تَقَاضَى أًهْلَهَا الذِّمَمُ
O my people, it suffices us that we are ridiculed by God
for our own sake and for the sake of those the dispraised have claimed.
هَلْ مِثْلُ مَا نَتَباكَى عِنْدَنَا حَزَنٌ
وَهَلْ كَمَا نَتَشَاكَى عِنْدَنَا أَلَمُ
Is there sorrow like what we weep over, do we have any grief like our pain?
If there is any rescue for us in our anguish, let our humiliation relieve us and our illness heal us,
إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ نَجْدَةٍ فِينَا تَفَجُّعَنَا
فَلْيَكْفِنَا ذُلُّنَا وَلْيَشْفِنَا السَّقَمُ
Take your pleasure and enjoy what pleases you,
Let no preserves or sanctuaries alarm you,
تَمَتَّعُوا وَتَمَلَّوا مَا يَطِيبُ لَكُم
وَلا تَزَعْكُمْ مَحَاظِيرٌ وَلا حُرَمُ
Or learn for once in life what is valid,
knowledge confirmed by deeds and resolves.
أَوِ اعْلَمُوا مَرَّةً فِي الدَّهْرِ صَالِحَةً
عِلماً تُؤَيِّدُهُ الأَفْعَالُ وَالهِمَمُ
By what ignorance did we become a neglected nation,
and by what understanding did the nations turn away their eyes from us?
بِأَيِّ جَهْلٍ غَدَوْنَا أُمَّةً هَمَلاً
وَأَيِّ عَقْلٍ تَوَلَّتْ وَعْيَنَا الأُمَمُ
Do not deny this blame of mine, my excuse
is a wound in my heart that will not heal.
لا تُنْكِرُوا عَذلِي هَذَا فَمَعْذِرَتِي
جُرْحٌ بِقَلْبِي دَامَ لَيْسَ يَلْتَئِمُ
We it is who gave access to those who lie in wait for us,
a sanctuary whose ravens lodged safely.
نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ أَبَحْنَا الرَّاصِدِينَ لَنَا
حِمًى بِهِ كَانَتِ العِقْبَانُ تَعْتَصِمُ
Had it not been for our negligence, our dereliction, our complacence,
by God, they would not have overstepped their bounds.
لَوْلا تَغَافُلُنَا لَوْلا تَخَاذُلُنَا
لَوْلا تَوَاكُلُنَا تَاللهِ مَا اقْتَحَمُوا
This is the truth. I have sincerely proclaimed good counsel,
and good counsel is nothing other than righteousness and mercy to kin.
هِيَ الحَقِيقَةُ عَنْ نُصْحٍ صَدَعْتُ بِهَا
وَمَا النَّصِيحَةُ إِلاَّ البِر وَالرَّاحِمُ
In mentioning it I did not wish you to despair,
better than despair is to summon destruction.
لَمْ أَبْغِ مِنْ ذِكْرِهَا أَنْ تَيْأَسُوا جَزَعاً
خَيْرٌ مِنَ اليَّأْسِ أَن يُسْتَقْدَمَ العَدَمْ
Does despair that enfeebles a tribe not render it prone to decay,
in which its noble qualities disintegrate?
أَليَأْسُ مَنْهَكَةٌ لِلقَوْمِ مُوبِقَةٌ
فِي حَمْأَةٍ تَتَلاشَى عِنْدَهَا الشِّيَمُ
What call is there for pride from hands that enjoy plenty,
gentle souls, breasts that do not rage?
مَا مَطْلَبُ الفَخْرِ مِنْ أَيْدٍ مُنَعَّمَةٍ
رَطِيبَةٍ وَنُفُوسٍ لَيْسَ تَحْتَدِمُ
When despair takes hold of groups it is a disease,
then comes disintegration followed by unknown decay,
يَأْسُ الجَمَاعَاتِ دَاءٌ إِنْ تَمَلَّكَهَا
فَهْوَ التَّحَلُّلُ يَتْلُوهُ الرَّدَى العَمَمُ
like the shadow of a cloud eating away its brilliance
until the sun's rays and its splendor fade away.
كالشَّمْسِ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ظِل سُفْعَتِهَا
حَتَّى يَبِيدَ شُعَاعُ الشَّمْسِ وَالضَّرَمُ
Do not lose heart - God hates chronic desperation - lose heart
today as the righteous are determined, so be resolute!
لا تَقْنَطُوا كَرِهَ الله الأُولَى قَنِطُوا
اليَوْمَ يَعْتَزِمُ الأَبْرَارُ فَاعْتَمُوا
Today the value of our homelands emanates,
beyond all else, and beneath them lie the less worthy.
أَليَوْمَ تَنْفُسُ بِالأَوْطَانِ قِيمَتُهَا
عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَدْنُوا دُونَها القِيَمُ
Today, if you begrudge your lifespans they are wasted,
and status is poverty, and your palaces, rubble.
ألَيَوْمَ إِنْ تَبْخَلُوا أَعْمَارُكُمْ سَفَةٌ
وَالْجَاهُ فَقْرٌ وَمَقْصُوراتُكُمْ رُجَمُ
I hear in the party of life supporting our nation,
crushing those who oppressed.
إنِّي لأَسْمَعُ مِنْ حِزْبِ الحَيَاةِ بِكُمْ
نَصْراً لأُمَّتِنَا سُحْقاً لِمَنْ ظَلَمُوا
Yes, so that our nation may triumph over the tyrants,
not through prayer, but through your triumph!
نَعَمْ لِتُنْصُرْ عَلَى البَاغِينَ أُمَّتُنَا
لا بِالدُّعَاءِ وَلَكِنْ نَصْرُهَا بِكُمُ
So it may survive, and the death surrounding it may die,
where our enemies the brutes drive it back.
لِتَبْقَ وَلْيَمُتْ المَوْتُ المُحِيطُ بِهَا
مِنْ حَيْثُ يَدْفَعُهُ أَعْدَاؤُنَا الْغُشُمُ
If we seek its supremacy, nothing can reduce it,
can it then perish, with breath still left in it?
إِنْ نَبْغِ إِعْلاءهَا لا شَيْءَ يَخْفِضُهَا
فَهَلْ تَمُوتُ وَفِيهَا هَذِهِ النَسَمُ
We are not like the cowards who think
that to survive like slaves means to be safe.
لَسْنَا مِنَ الْجُبَنَاءِ الْحَاسِبِينَ إِذَا
نَجَوْا نَجَاةَ العِبِدَّى أَنَّهُمْ سَلِمُوا
The people live if ransomed, and it hopes for
the money of sons, ritual drink is blood.
أَلشَّعْبُ يَحْيَا بِأَنْ يُفْدَى وَمَطْمَعُهُ
مَالُ الْبَنِين مُزَكَّى وَالشَّرَابُ دَمُ
However much privilege and favor we grant it,
the pledge of meager gain for great price is inevitable.
مَهْمَا مَنَحْنَاهُ مِنْ جَاهٍ وَمِنْ مُهَجٍ
فَبَيعَةُ البَخْسِ بِالغَالِي وَلا جَرَمُ
Consider the course of history, you will not find
a people brought to ruin, once guided, who then went blind.
عُودُوا إِلَى سَيْرِ التَّارِيخِ لا تَجِدُوا
شَعْباً قَضَى غَيْرَ مضنْ ضَلُّوا الْهُدَى وَعَمُوا
Those were brought down by their own recklessness,
for they preferred pleasures and grew divided.
أُولئِكُمْ إِنَّمَا بَادُوا بِغِرَّتِهِمْ
وَأَنَّهُمْ آثَرُوا اللَّذَّاتِ وَانْقَسَمُوا
No people grow strong enough to destroy another people,
for if you see a tribe laid low, it is they who perished by their own hands.
لا شَعْبَ يَقْوَى عَلَى شَعْبٍ فَيُهْلِكُهُ
فَإِنْ تَرَ الْقَوْمَ صَرْعَى فَالْجُنَاةُ هُمُ
O my tribe, sincerely granted to glory,
nearby victory and a happy end are fates.
يَا أُمَّتِي هَبَّةً لِلمَجْدِ صَادِقَةً
فَالنَّصْرُ مِنْكُمْ قَرِيبٌ وَالمُنَى أَمَمُ
Our state appealed to its mighty ancestors
that its bond not be severed in our time.
عَاذَتْ بِآبَائِهَا المَاضِينَ دَوْلَتُنا
مِنْ أَنْ يُلِمَّ بِهَا فِي عَهْدِنَا يَتَمُ
Defend its sanctuary, do not let its noble virtues
be seen by lofty minds too shy to look at them.
فَاحْمُوا حِمَاهَا وَلا تُهْتَكْ سَتَائِرُهَا
عَنْ مُنْجِبَاتِ العُلَى يَسْتَحْيِهَا العُقْمُ
My heart burns over a war I witnessed,
when the foxes ran riot as the land lay waste.
وَاحَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ مِنْ حَرْبٍ شَهِدْتُ بِهَا
سَطْوَ الثَّعَالِبِ لَمَّا أَقْفَرَ الأجَمُ
Grievous on us, their disaster would have been
had their vaunters been other than them!
هَانَتْ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنْ جَلَّتْ مُصِيبَتُهَا
لَوْ أَنَّ خُطَّابَ ذَاكَ الفَخْرَ غَيْرُهُمُ
O ghost of Uthman, awe still clings to you,
alive in fame - commemorated, etched.
أَيْ طَيْفَ عُثْمَانَ لَمْ يَبْرَحْ بِهَيْبَتِهِ
حَيّاً عَلَى أَنَّهُ بِالذِّكْرِ مُرْتَسِمُ
How did you transgress, you guardian of its bounds?
The folly of those flatterers, they feared not nor were silent!
أَنَّى تَخَطَّى حُدُوداً أَنْتَ حَارِسُهَا
حَمْقَى الطَّلايِينِ لَمْ يَخْشَوا وَلَمْ يَجِمُوا
Why, they know well from their neighbor beforehand
and from the Rum champion what they knew!
أَنَّ وَقَدْ عَلِمُوا مِنْ جَارِهِمْ قُدُماً
وَمِنْ غُزَاةِ الرُّومِ مَا عَلِمُوا
Had you taken care, o ghost, to scream in their ears
with a roar, they would have bolted and fled!
لَوْ رُعْتَ يَا طَيْفُ مِنْ غَيْبٍ مَسَامِعِهِمْ
بِزَأْرَةٍ حِينَ جَدَّ لانْهَزَمُوا
Or had you possessed a bound, they'd have seen
in that lion what the boons do not praise.
أَوْ كُنْتَ تَمْلِكُ وَثْباً مِن نَوىً لَرَأَوْا
مِنْ ذَلِكَ اللَّيْثِ مَا لا تَحْمَدُ النَّعَمُ
They reckoned your kingdom from its long reign as weak,
they will recognize one whom eld has not made frail!
ظَنوا بِمُلْكِكَ مِنْ طُولِ المَدَى هَرَماً
سَيَعْرِفُونَ فَتىً مَا مَسَّهُ الْهَرَمُ
When resolved, if they rely on his calm, no feebleness in him,
but delusion and fancy in them!
يَحْمِيهِ عَزْمٌ إِذَا اعْتَزُّوا بِهُدْنَتِهِ
فَمَا بِهِ وَهَنٌ لَكِنْ بِهِمْ وَهَمُ
Take the truth of what you pictured to yourselves
from peaks and plateaus where choices are found.
خُذُوا حَقِيقَةَ مَا شَبَّهْتُمُوهُ لَكُمْ
مِمَّا تُخَيِّرُهُ القِيعَانُ وَالقِمَمُ
On your isles anywhere, or in your cities,
is there where his predecessor did not tread?
هَلْ فِي جَزَائِرِ كُمْ أَمْ فِي مَدَائِنِكُمْ
مَا لَمْ تَطَأْهُ له مِنْ سَالِفٍ قَدَمُ
The sons of Uthman are devoted keepers, they've known
Uthman's history, of opening and glory.
أَبْنَاءُ عُثْمَانَ حُفَّاظٌ وَقَدْ عَهِدُوا
تَارِيخَ عُثْمَانَ فِيهِ الفَتْحُ وَالعِظَمُ
The protectors of their ancestors’ throats - would they
allow the string they threaded to be scattered?
هُمُ الْحُمَاةُ لأعْلاقِ الْجُدُودِ فَلَنْ
يَرْضَوا بِأَنْ يُنْثَرَ الْعِقْدُ الَّذِي نَظَمُوا
You deemed Tripoli easy prey permitted you,
but the worst slayer of the deceiver is his gain!
خِلْتُمْ طَرَابُلُسَ الغُنْمَ المُبَاحَ لَكُمْ
وَشَرُّ مَا قَتَلَ الخُدَّاعَ مَا غَنِمُوا
There your horsemen meet, heavily though equipped,
Arabs, hardy, light in battle, charging masses.
هُنَاكَ يَلْقَى سَرَايَاكُمْ وَإِنْ ثَقُلَتْ
عُرْبٌ صِلابٌ خِفَافٌ فِي الْوَغَى هُضَمُ
Few, each distinguished in the war band,
dumbfounded by those who stayed behind.
قَلُّوا وَأَبْلَى بَلاءَ الْجَمْعِ وَاحِدُهُمْ
تَحَيَّرَ مِمَّا خُولِفَ الرَّقَمُ
Godward was their zeal, Godward their rage,
under fire, in their ears, deafness.
للهِ هَبُّتُهُمْ للهِ غَارَتُهُمْ
تَحْتَ الرَّصَاصِ وَفِي أَسْمَاعِهِمْ صَمَمُ
They are clouds, but lions they,
they are regiments, staunch camels they.
هُمُ السَّحَائِبُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهَا أُسُدٌ
هُمُ الكَتَائِبُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهَا رَخَمُ
They feed on first growth hills, now lush,
clothing them through bare steeps and stony clefts.
يَغْثَوْنَ بِكْرَ الرَّوَابِي وَهْيَ نَاهِدَةٌ
فَتَكْتَسِيهِمْ عَلَى عُرْيٍ وَتَحْتَشِمُ
Sometimes in early light they storm high mounds,
the coward cringes, scheming to betray them.
وَرُبَّمَا طَرَقُوا الطَّوْدَ الوَقُورَ ضُحىً
فَهْوَ الخَلِيعُ يُصَابِيهِمْ وَيَغْتَلِمُ
Often they disappear into a valley for the night,
the vulture's wing shields them as they bed down beneath it.
وَرُبَّ وَادٍ تَوَارَوْا فِيهِ لَيْلَتَهُمْ
فَحَاطَهُمْ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ وَقَدْ جَثَمُوا
Like an eagle's wing guarding her young - when
they leap up, she startles, flustered by their ardor.
عَطْفَ العُقَابِ عَلَى أَفْرَاخِهَا فَإِذَا
تَوَثَبُوا قَلِقَتْ مِنْ رَوْعِهَا الأكَمُ
Do you watch for their feats, my clan of fame?
Recall what olden days have let you forget?
أَتَنْظُرُونَ بَنِي الطَّلْيَانِ مُعْجِزَهُمْ
وَتَذْكُرُونَ الَّذِي أَنْسَاكُمُ القِدَمُ
In armies, who can ride out ordeals like them,
casual with affliction, lest the crisis worsen?
هَلْ فِي الجُيُوشِ كَمَا فِيهِمْ مُبَاسَطَةٌ
مَعَ المكَارِهِ إِمَّا لَزَّتْ الأُزُمُ
Troops of jinn - no matter how strained, still sprightly,
while weakness in the foe, not in themselves!
جُنْدٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ مَهْمَا أُجْهِدُوا نَشِطُوا
كَأَنَّمَا الْوَهْيُ بِالأَعْدَاءِ دُونَهُمُ
However fiercely war shows its teeth, still gently
its glance takes on their beauty, so fine their taste!
مَهْمَا تَشَنَّعَتِ الْحَرْبُ الضَّرُوسُ لَهُمْ
أَعَارَهَا مَلْمَحاً لِلْحُسْنِ حُسْنُهُمُ
When they attend upon it in the gardens promised them,
horror becomes a feast, horrors its ornaments.
مَتَى صَلَوْهَا وَفِي الْجَنَّاتِ مَوْعِدُهُمْ
فَالْهَوْلُ عُرْسٌ وَمِنْ زِينَاتِهِ الْخُدُمُ
The land leaps dancing, the wind makes music,
seriousness jokes, and dangers smile.
وَالأَرْضُ رَاقِصَةٌ وَالرِّيحُ عَازِفَةٌ
وَالْجِدُّ يَمْزَحُ وَالأَخْطَارُ تَبْتَسِمُ
Self-reliant, no pretense, no impudence,
tortured, no complaining, no fatigue.
مُسْتَظْهِرِينَ وَلا دَعْوَى وَلا صَلَفٌ
مُعَذَّبِينَ وَلا شَكْوَى وَلا سَأَمُ
Sometimes destitute and thirsty, still the downpour
suffices not the noble-hearted, nor fresh showers.
وَقَدْ يَكوُنُونَ فِي بُؤْسٍ وَفِي عَطَشٍ
فَمَا يَقِي الْغُرَمَاءَ الرِّيُّ وَالبَشَمُ
Hunger's disgrace springs from unbelief, though deeds
are born of it amazing raids and daring feats.
أَلجُوْعُ قُبِّحَ مِنْ كُفْرٍ وَإِنْ وَلَدَتْ
مِنْهُ أَعَاجِيبَهَا الغَارَاتُ وَالْقُحَمُ
That is the Mighty whom they cannot touch,
the Hidden who destroys and swallows down.
هُوَ القَوِيُّ الَّذِي لا يَظْفَرُونَ بِهِ
وَهْوَ الْخَفِيُّ الَّذِي يُفْنِي وَيَهْتَضِمُ
Do not abandon it to threaten them now that
without a fight destruction of its might advances.
لا تَتْرُكُوهُ يُرَادِيهِمْ وَقَدْ قَعَدَتْ
بِلا قِتَالٍ تُلاشِي بَأْسَهَا البُهَمُ
O God, defer your pardon until water sustains them,
then refresh them with a pool's cool shade!
يَا رّبِّ عَفَوْكَ حَتَّى المَاءَ يُعْزِزُهُمْ
فَمُرْ تَجُدْهَمْ بِنَقْعِ الغُلَّةِ الدِّيَمِ
No condition grimmer than news of their hurt,
their hot blindness raging wild as flames.
لا خَطْبَ أَبْشَعُ مِنْ خَطْبِ الأُوَارِ وَقَدْ
بَاتَتْ حُشَاشَاتُهُمْ كَالنَّارِ تَضْطَرِمُ
But I see in their souls what vengeance schedules,
repaying them, appointments too sharp to sheathe.
لَكِنْ أَرَاهُمْ وَفِي أَرْوَاحِهِمْ عَلَلٌ
مِمَّا تُوَاعِدُهَا الثَّارَاتُ وَالنِّقَمُ
Steel, rumble in our ranks and lightning-flash!
Thicken and shake when their violence shakes you!
كُونُوا مَلائِكَ لا جُوعٌ وَلا ظَمَأٌ
وَليَغْلِبْنَ نِظَامَ الخَلْقِ صَبْرُكُمُ
Wherever one of you requires a witty comrade,
torsos pour forth scarlet blood and crimson ichor!
أَلَسْتُمُ الغَالِبِينَ الدَّهْرَ تَدْهَمُكُمْ
مِنْهُ الصُّرُوفُ فَتَعْيَا ثُمَّ تَنْصَرِمُ
Or shine on spearheads - lances beyond count -
light, chanting, as they plunge in simultaneous!
أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ أَوَانَ الكَرِّ كُلُّ فَتىً
يَصُولُ مَا شَاءَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَيَحْتَكِمُ
Then wherever two of you find giddy spirits,
night spills bodies, their brains knocked awry!
صَعْبُ المِرَاسِ عَلَى الآفَاتِ يُتْعِبُهَا
جَلْدٌ تَقَاذَفُهُ الأَنْوَارُ وَالظُّلْمُ
So standards emerge from those ranks for us
an omen lingering there, obscured from sight!
وَكُلُّ ذِي مِرَّةٍ يَمْضِي بِرَايَتِهِ
إِلَى الْجِهَادِ كَمَا اعْتَادَتْ وَيَغْتَنِمُ
We recognize you as their captain today,
your mighty signs are their slaves.
يَقُولُ لِلعَلَمِ الْخَفَّاقِ فِي يَدِهِ
فَيِّيءْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ مَا تَخْتَارُ يَا عَلَمُ
Did you come to dock us, or come to drive us back
when sorrows roused us and worries stung?
وَكُلُّ آبٍ بِفيءٍ إِنْ أَبَاهُ لَهُ
عِزٌّ لِدَوْلَتِهِ أَوْ مَطْمَعٌ سَنِمُ
By heaven, had their birds flown over eagles
and their ships ridden the seas by God's decree,
يَهْوِي وَفِي قَلْبِهِ رُؤيَا تُصَاحِبُهُ
مِنْ آيَةِ الفَتْحِ حَيْثُ العُمرُ يُخْتَتَمُ
all evidences of doom been given them
down to ghouls, winds, and stones from the sky,
ألموْتُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عُقْبَى مُجَاهَدَةٍ
نَوْمٌ تَبَالَدَ حَتَّى مَا بِهِ حُلُمُ
they'll rule no plot of free Tripoli, they'll wrong
none of her widows if they come out on top,
بَعْضُ الثَّرَى فِيهِ آمَالٌ يُحَسُّ لَهَا
رِكْزٌ وَنَبْضٌ فِي بَعْضِ الثَّرَى رِمَمُ
nor gain from their raid but lasting disgrace and shame
holding fast, what sore losers usually feel!
أُولَئِكُمْ مُنْصِفُونَا يَوْمَ كُرْبَتِنَا
مِنَ الأُولَى غَاصَبُونَا الحَقَّ واخْتَصَمُوا
Tell whoever's breast cannot open to pour forth aid
to our state against their crimes,
أَرْعِدْ حَدِيدُ وَأَبْرِقْ فِي كَتائِبِنَا
وَاغْلُظْ وَرِقَّ كَمَا يَبْغِيكَ بطْشُهُمُ
Do you disdain relieving neighbors whom hunger distends
or disavow war dead if they're pitied?
أُبْصُقْ دُخَاناً بِوَجْهِ المُعْتَدِي وَلظىً
إِذَا الْتَفَتَّ تُحَاذِيِهِ وَفِيكَ فَمُ
Or pretend that Egypt, dealing gently with them,
risks thereby dark afflictions that consume?
أَوِ الْتَمِعْ فِي نِصَالٍ ى عِدَادَ لَهَا
خَطَّافَةٍ تَتَغَنَّى وَهْيَ تَقْتَسِمُ
The bogeyman reveals Egypt in panic -
does this inform about her devotions, you relic?
فَحَيْثُمَا أَعْوَزَتْمَا مِنْكَ ذَات لَهىً
تَسِيلُ مِنْهَا الْحُتُوفُ الْحُمْرُ وَالْحُمَمُ
A trick that terrifies, had its plotter not been left
distracted, deluded in mind and senses!
فَلْيَخْطُبِ السَّيْفُ فَصْلاً فِي مَفَارِقِهِمْ
يَدِنْ لِذَاكَ البَيَانِ الْقَاطِعِ الْعَجَمُ
Supposedly, philosophizing, he kills off days -
maybe this wisdom has killed him instead?
أَوْ لا فَكُنْ هَنَةً فِي كَفِّ مُقْتَحِمٍ
مِنَّا وَيَصْلِمُ أُذْنَ المِدْفَعِ الجَلَمُ
Thank God our ranks do not perish
at some chatterer's prattle, nor navy sinks!
لِيَبْرُزِ العِلْمُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الصُّفُوفِ لَنَا
عَلامَ يَمْكُثُ فِيهَا وَهْوَ مُلْتَثِمُ
O homeland calling out for our rescue,
Egypt yearns for you, Jerusalem, the Sanctum!
إِنَّا عَرفْنَاكَ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ قَائِدُهُمْ
وَكُلُّ آيَاتِكَ الكُبْرَى لَهُمْ خَدَمُ
No speech has softened and made us weep
like this speech of yours, so moving, tears streaming!
هَلْ جِئْتَ تَبْتُرُنَا أَوْ جِئْتَ تَزْجُرُنَا
مِنْ حَيْثُ تُوقِظُنَا الأَوْجَاعُ وَالغُمَمُ
We felt the full weight our ignorance brought upon us
and the bitter depth of our remorse.
تَاللهِ لَوْ طَارَ فَوْقَ النَّسْرِ طَائِرُهُمْ
وَذَلَّلَتْ لَهُمُ الأَبْحَارُ فُلُكُهُمُ
Ordain what penance you will for our sin,
our sincerity and nobility appeal to you.
وَسُخِّرَتْ مل آيَاتِ الْفَنَاءِ لَهُمْ
حَتَّى الْجِوَارِفُ وَالأَرْيَاحُ وَالرُّجُمُ
Our wealth is devoted to you, souls too,
long live he who enjoys your bounty without blame!
لَنْ يَمْلِكُوا نَفْسَ حُرٍّ فِي طَرَابُلُسٍ
وَلَنْ يَضِيمُوا الأَشْلاءِ إِنْ حكَمُوا
وَلَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ مِنْ كَسْبِ غَزْوَتِهِمْ
إِلاَّ الشَّقَاءِ وَعَارٌ خَالِدٌ يَصِمُ
قُلْ لامْرِئٍ لَمْ تَرُقْهُ مِصْرُ بَاذِلَةً
نَصْراً لِدَوْلَتِهَا مِنْهُم بِمَا اجْتَرَمُوا
أَتَحْرِمُ الرِّفْدَ جِيرَاناً يُضَوِّرُهُمْ
جُوعٌ وَتَنْكَرُ قَتْلَى الْحَرْبِ إِنْ رُحِمُوا
أَمْ تَدَّعِي إِنَّ مِصْراً إِنْ تَبَرَّ بِهِمْ
تُشْبِبْ بِهَا فِتَنٌ جَوفَاءُ تَلْتَهِمُ
إِذَا أبُو الهَوْلِ أَبْدَى مِصْرَ مُرْعَبَةً
فَمَا يُخَبِّرُ عَنْ طَاعَاتِهَا الهَرَمُ
كَيْدٌ يُرَوِّعُ لَولا أَنَّ كَائِدَهُ
حَيْرَانُ أَوْطَانُهُ الأَوْهَامُ وَالسُّدُمُ
بِزَعْمِهِ يَقْتُلُ الأَيَّامَ فَلْسَفَةً
وَرُبَّمُا قَتَلَتْهُ هَذِهِ الحِكَمُ
أَلحَمْدُ للهِ لا تَفْنَى كَتَائِبُنَا
بِقَوْلِ قَالٍ وَلا الأُسْطُولُ يَنْحَطِمُ
يَا أَيُّها الوَطَنْ الدَّاعِي لِنَجْدَتِهِ
لَبَّتْكَ مِصْرُ وَلَبَّى القُدْسُ وَالحَرَمُ
مَا كَانَ خَطْبٌ لِيَدْهَانَا وَيُبْكِينَا
كَمَا دَهَانَا وَأَبْكَى خَطْبُكَ العَرِمُ
لَقَدْ شَعَرْنَا بِمَا غَضَّتْ جهَالَتُنَا
مِنَّا وَبَالَغَ فِي تَأْدِيبِنَا النّدَمُ
أَشِرْ بِمَا شِئْتَ تَكْفِيراً لِزَلَّتِنَا
يَشْفَعْ لَنَا عِنْدَكَ الإِخْلاصُ وَالكَرَمُ
أَمْوَالُنَا لَكَ وَقْفٌ وَالنفُوسُ
وَعِشْ وَلا عَاشَ فِي نُعْمَاكَ مُتهَمُ
