1. لا تلم أن هجرتُ أيامَ أنسى

    فصراع الخطوب يصقل نفسي

    Do not blame me for forsaking the days of my joy;

    For wrestling with calamities polishes my soul.

  2. ومن العار أن أعيش ذليلا

    ولئن كنت رافلاً بالدمقس

    And it is shameful for me to live abased,

    Even if I were luxuriantly robed in fine silk.

  3. كلّ حي يقيم يوماً على الضيم

    جبان أحرى به قعر رمس

    Every living soul who abides a day under oppression

    Is a coward, more suited to the depths of a grave.

  4. ما خلقنا في الأرض للأكل والشرب

    ولكن للموت تحت الدرفس

    We were not created on earth to eat and drink,

    But to die beneath the banner,

  5. ولنسعى وراء مجد أثيلٍ

    صار في عهدنا كأطلال درس

    And to strive after deep-rooted glory

    That in our age has become like ruins worn away.

  6. لم نحافظ على تراث جدود

    كان خير التراث في كل نفس

    We did not preserve our forefathers' heritage,

    Which was the finest heritage in every soul.

  7. ففقدنا الحفاظ والمجد والنبل

    وصرنا عبيد ترك وفرس

    So we lost our sense of honor, glory, and nobility,

    And became slaves of Turks and Persians.

  8. أين شم الأنوف من كل قوم

    أخضعوا الخافقين أول أمس

    Where are the proud, high-nosed men of every people,

    Who subdued the eastern and western horizons the day before yesterday?

  9. اين ذاك الثراء والجاه والملك

    وأين الأسطول في البحر يرسي

    Where are that wealth, that prestige, and that dominion?

    And where is the fleet lying at anchor at sea?

  10. نعبثَ الدهر والحوادث فيها

    فتولت وغالها يوم نحس

    [Opening word apparently misprinted] Time and events played havoc with them,

    So they vanished, and an ill-starred day destroyed them.

  11. يا شباب الحمى وما للمعالي

    غيركم فانهضوا بسيف وترس

    O youth of the homeland, lofty deeds have no one

    But you; so rise with sword and shield.

  12. ثم ضحوا بكل غال ثمين

    كي نريح البلاد من كل جبس

    Then sacrifice all that is dear and precious,

    So that we may rid the land of every base coward.

  13. واستميتوا في ساحة المجد حتى

    يظهر الحقُ في غلائل بُرس

    And fight to the death in glory's arena until

    Truth appears in robes of cotton.