غرباء لكنْ ربُّنا اللهُ

غرباء لكنْ ربُّنا اللهُ

الله نِعْمَ الناصرُ اللهُ

الله نِعْمَ الناصرُ اللهُ

Strangers, yet our Lord is Allah.

Strangers yet our Lord is Allah

Allah—what an excellent helper Allah is!

Allah, what a great supporter is Allah

ما يَنْقِمُ الحجرُ الضَّريرُ مِنَ ال

ما يَنْقِمُ الحجرُ الضَّريرُ مِنَ ال

قَمَرِ الُمنيرِ وفيمَ عاداه

قَمَرِ الُمنيرِ وفيمَ عاداه

What grudge does the blind stone bear against the

Why should the blind rock resent

radiant moon, and why has it become its enemy?

The shining moon, and what did it transgress?

عَلَتِ المنازلُ يا بُدورُ على

عَلَتِ المنازلُ يا بُدورُ على

مَنْ لَمْ تَزَلْ في الوحْلِ رِجْلاهُ

مَنْ لَمْ تَزَلْ في الوحْلِ رِجْلاهُ

The stations have risen, O full moons, above

The stars rose high, O buds

him whose feet are still in the mire.

Upon those whose feet remain in the mud

والنهرُ يَضْحَكُ للرودِ وفي الصَّ

والنهرُ يَضْحَكُ للرودِ وفي الصَّ

خْرِ الأَصَمِّ يَشُقُّ مَجْراهُ

خْرِ الأَصَمِّ يَشُقُّ مَجْراهُ

And the river laughs for the flowers, and through the

The river laughs at the bushes, and in the deaf

deaf rock it cuts its course.

Brambles, it forces its course

مُلِئَتْ خَفافيشُ الدُّجى هَلَعاً

مُلِئَتْ خَفافيشُ الدُّجى هَلَعاً

وضفادعُ السَّبئيِّ إياهُ

وضفادعُ السَّبئيِّ إياهُ

The bats of darkness were filled with terror,

The bats of darkness were filled with alarm

and al-Saba'i's frogs with that same terror.

And the Arabian toads with it

جُنَّ اليهودُ وقد رأوا عُمراً

جُنَّ اليهودُ وقد رأوا عُمراً

قَدْ عادَ حَرْبَتُهُ بيُمْناهُ

قَدْ عادَ حَرْبَتُهُ بيُمْناهُ

The Jews went mad when they saw Umar

The Jews were frightened when they saw Umar

back again, his spear in his right hand.

His weapon returned in his right hand

هذا الزمانُ زُمانُنا ... قَدَراً

هذا الزمانُ زُمانُنا ... قَدَراً

وإذا الظَّلام أَبى حَرَقْنَاهُ

وإذا الظَّلام أَبى حَرَقْنَاهُ

This age is ours, as destiny decrees,

This is our time...our fate

and if darkness refuses, we shall burn it.

And if the darkness refused, we burned it

يا للشهيد كأئَّهُ ملَكٌ

يا للشهيد كأئَّهُ ملَكٌ

دُنياهُ شامخةٌ وأُخراهُ

دُنياهُ شامخةٌ وأُخراهُ

Oh, the martyr—as though he were an angel!

Oh what a martyr he is, as though an angel

His earthly life is lofty, and his hereafter too.

His world lofty, and his hereafter

لله درُّ أبيهِ من بَطَلٍ

لله درُّ أبيهِ من بَطَلٍ

كالكوكب الدُّرِّيِّ تَلْقاه

كالكوكب الدُّرِّيِّ تَلْقاه

Allah bless his father—what a hero!

Allah's gift is his father, what a hero

Like a pearl-bright star, you behold him.

Like a pearl star that you meet

مِسْكُ الجِنانِ يفوحُ مِنْ دَمِهِ

مِسْكُ الجِنانِ يفوحُ مِنْ دَمِهِ

والبدرُ يسطعُ مِنْ مُحَيَّاهُ

والبدرُ يسطعُ مِنْ مُحَيَّاهُ

The musk of Paradise wafts from his blood,

The scent of paradise exudes from his blood

and the full moon shines from his face.

And the moon radiates from his forehead

في الأرض نَدْفِنُهُ وفي قممِ ال

في الأرض نَدْفِنُهُ وفي قممِ ال

فِردوس عندَ اللهِ مَحْياهُ

فِردوس عندَ اللهِ مَحْياهُ

In the earth we bury him, yet on the heights of

In the earth we bury him, and at the peaks

Paradise, with Allah, he lives.

Of Paradise with Allah, is his abode

ليلاهُ حَورْاءُ الجنانِ إذا

ليلاهُ حَورْاءُ الجنانِ إذا

كلُّ امْرىءٍ شَغَفَتْهُ ليلاهُ

كلُّ امْرىءٍ شَغَفَتْهُ ليلاهُ

His Layla is a dark-eyed maiden of Paradise, while

At night, the maidens of Paradise, when

every man is enthralled by his own Layla.

Every man is tempted by his nights

هذا الشهيد ألسْتَ تعْرفُه

هذا الشهيد ألسْتَ تعْرفُه

ألعِزُّ بين يديهِ والجاهُ

ألعِزُّ بين يديهِ والجاهُ

This martyr—do you not know him?

Do you not recognize this martyr?

Glory and prestige lie before him.

The most honorable before him, and the eminent

الأرضُ في عينيه خَرْدَلةٌ

الأرضُ في عينيه خَرْدَلةٌ

وعلى عبيدِ الأرض نعلاهُ

وعلى عبيدِ الأرض نعلاهُ

The earth in his eyes is a mustard seed,

To him, the earth is a mustard seed

and his sandals are upon the earth's slaves.

And on the slaves of earth, his shoes

سَقْياً لأوَّلِنا وآخِرِنا

سَقْياً لأوَّلِنا وآخِرِنا

ولمنْ بظَهْرِ الغيْب نَهْواهُ

ولمنْ بظَهْرِ الغيْب نَهْواهُ

May rain bless our first and our last,

A drink for our first and our last

and those we love in their absence.

And for those in the unseen, their station

سَقْياً لوَحْدتنا وفطْرتِنا ال

سَقْياً لوَحْدتنا وفطْرتِنا ال

بيضاءِ والصفحاتُ أشباهُ

بيضاءِ والصفحاتُ أشباهُ

May rain bless our unity and our inborn nature—

A drink for our oneness and our pristine nature

pure white; and the pages are alike.

The white, and pages are their siblings

إذْ كالمجرَّة نحنُ تَقْدُمُنا

إذْ كالمجرَّة نحنُ تَقْدُمُنا

أقمارُ مكةَ صانها اللهُ

أقمارُ مكةَ صانها اللهُ

When, like the Milky Way, we were led by

As we are like a galaxy advancing

Mecca's moons—may Allah preserve them.

The moons of Mecca, may Allah protect it

كنا الحَيَا ما حَلَّ في بَلَدٍ

كنا الحَيَا ما حَلَّ في بَلَدٍ

إلا بإذنِ اللهِ أحياهُ

إلا بإذنِ اللهِ أحياهُ

We were the rain, which never fell upon a land

We were alive when no nation settled

without bringing it to life, by Allah's leave.

Except by Allah's leave did we revive it

كمْ مزَّقَ النِّيْرُ الرقاب فَلَم

كمْ مزَّقَ النِّيْرُ الرقاب فَلَم

تَكُ ساعةٌ حتى سَحَقْناهُ

تَكُ ساعةٌ حتى سَحَقْناهُ

How often the yoke tore necks—yet not

How the fangs shattered the necks, yet

an hour passed before we crushed it.

Not an hour passed before we crushed it

وكلامُ ربعيِّ أَتَذْكُرُه

وكلامُ ربعيِّ أَتَذْكُرُه

طيِّبٌ تمنّى الطِّيبُ رَّياهُ

طيِّبٌ تمنّى الطِّيبُ رَّياهُ

And Rib'i's speech—do you remember it?

And the words of my friend, do you remember

Sweet—perfume itself longed for its fragrance.

Good, the good wished its winds

العِزُّ في كَنَفِ العزيز ومَنْ

العِزُّ في كَنَفِ العزيز ومَنْ

عبَدَ العَبِيْدَ أذَلَّه اللُه

عبَدَ العَبِيْدَ أذَلَّه اللُه

Glory is in the Almighty's shelter, and whoever

Honor lies in the care of the Almighty, and whoever

worships slaves is humbled by Allah.

Worshipped slaves, Allah humiliated him