امير السيف والقلم المفدى

ذكرتك فاعتراني الحزن جدا

O Emir of sword and pen the redeemer

O cherished Prince of the Sword and the Pen,

I remembered you so sadness overcame me

I remembered you, and a profound sorrow overwhelmed me.

ذكرتك يوم قمت تشن حربا

لرد المعتدي وتشد شدا

I remembered you when you waged a war

I remembered you the day you rose to wage war,

To retaliate against the aggressor and tighten ties

To repel the aggressor, striking with fierce resolve.

ذكرتك يوم قدت الجيش تغزو

ويوم جعلت الاستسلام حدا

I remembered you when you led the army to invade

I remembered you the day you led the army on the march,

And when you made surrender a limit

And the day you made surrender the final limit.

وما استسلمت عن وهن ولكن

حرمت معونة فحرمت جدا

You did not surrender out of weakness but

You did not surrender out of weakness, but rather,

You denied aid so you denied excessiveness

You were denied support, and thus denied victory.

ومنك بطانة السوء استفادت

مصالحها ولم تصدقك ودا

Yet from you, the evil insiders benefited

An entourage of ill intent profited from you,

Their interests but did not believe your affection

Serving their own interests, insincere in their affection.

مضى لك مذ وضعت السيف قرن

وست سنين مثل الدهر عدا

It has been since you laid down the sword

A century has passed since you laid down the sword,

Six years like eternity passed

Along with six years that dragged on like an eternity.

تلقى الشعب فيها ما تلقى

من الإرهاق فاستخذى وكدا

The people suffered in it

In that time, the people endured what they endured,

Exhaustion so they were weakened and toiled

Of oppression, until they were humbled and worn down.

ولم يعدم من الدنيا رجاء

فمن عدم الرجاء بها تردى

And they did not lose hope of life

Yet they were never bereft of hope in this world,

Who loses life's hope goes astray

For he who lacks hope in it is surely lost.

ولكن قام فيه شباب صدق

يذود عن الجزائر من تعدى

But sincere youth stood up

But a generation of sincere youth has risen among them,

To defend Algeria from transgression

Defending Algeria against those who transgress.

كأني بالجزائر يوم هبت

أرى روح الجهاد بها استجدا

It is as if I see Algeria when it awoke

It is as if I see Algeria, the day it awoke,

I see the spirit of jihad in it anew

Seeing the spirit of holy struggle renewed within her.

فأبشر يا بن محي الدين أبشر

فشعبك في الورى بلغ الأشدا

So rejoice O Ibn Muhyi al-Din rejoice

So rejoice, O son of Muhyiddin, rejoice,

For your people have reached maturity

For your people have reached their peak of strength among nations.

فقدنا الملك فيه وما محال

لملك ضاثع ان يستردا

We lost the king in it and it is inevitable

We lost sovereignty there, but it is not impossible,

For a lost kingdom to be restored

For a lost kingdom to be reclaimed once more.

ذكرت بني الجزائر يوم قاموا

بها في أوجه العادين سدا

I remembered your Algerians when they stood up

I remembered the sons of Algeria the day they stood,

Against the enemies a dam

As an impenetrable dam in the face of the aggressors.

ويوم جنوا بشد الأزر فخرا

ويوم أتوا بخلف الرأي إدا

And when they girded their loins with pride

The day they reaped glory by uniting their ranks,

And when they came with differing views as medicine

And the day they brought calamity through discord.

وهل يبقى على الأيام حكم

عنيف فيه صاحبه استبدا

Can tyrannical rule last for days

Does any rule endure throughout the ages,

When its owner was dictatorial

That is violent, wherein the ruler plays the tyrant?

عتيق سنه «نيرون» بال

كأن العنكبوت عليه سدا

The ancient law of Nero without

An archaic law, enacted by a 'Nero,' worn and threadbare,

As if spiders spun their webs on it

As if the spider has woven its web over it.

تجلى رسمك الزاهي كبدر

لنا من شمس همتك استمدا

Your brilliant image appeared like a full moon

Your radiant image appeared to us like a full moon,

We drew lights from your ambition

Drawing its light from the sun of your high resolve.

نراه فنقبس الأنوار منه

ومن توقيره لم نلف بدا

We see it so we gained veneration from it

We gaze upon it and borrow light from its beams,

And did not wrap it with negligence

Finding no choice but to hold it in deep reverence.