1. بيوم الثامن من كانونْ

    كانون الأولْ

    On the eighth day of Kanun,

    Kanun the First—December.

  2. صرخةْ نهار ضد الظلامْ

    صرخة نهارْ

    A cry of daylight against the darkness,

    A cry of daylight.

  3. نتحدى الظالم ونرده ْ

    وزنودك يا شعبي قويهْ

    We defy the oppressor and drive him back.

    And your arms, O my people, are strong.

  4. نحارب ونقاتل ونصده ْ

    بغير الحرية ما نهدي

    We wage war, we fight, and we repel him.

    Without freedom, we will not rest.

  5. ليل المستعمر منهدهْ

    وشموسك تطلع نوارهْ.

    The colonizer's night—we tear it down.

    And your suns rise radiant.

  6. نتحدى الظالم ونرده ْ

    وزنودك يا شعبي قويهْ

    We defy the oppressor and drive him back.

    And your arms, O my people, are strong.

  7. يا شعبي ثورة ممتدهْ

    ضد المستعمر مشتدهْ

    O my people—a spreading revolution,

    Growing fiercer against the colonizer.

  8. نحارب ونقاتل ونصده ْ

    بغير الحرية ما نهدي

    We wage war, we fight, and we repel him.

    Without freedom, we will not rest.

  9. يا شعبي ثورة هدارهْ

    وأبطالك غارة ورا غارهْ

    O my people—a roaring revolution,

    And your heroes launch raid after raid.

  10. ليل المستعمر منهدهْ

    وشموسك تطلع نوارهْ.

    The colonizer's night—we tear it down.

    And your suns rise radiant.

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