أَلا أَيُّهَا اللَّيْثُ الهَصُورُ تَعَلَّمِ

أَلا أَيُّهَا اللَّيْثُ الهَصُورُ تَعَلَّمِ

وَأَقْعِ جُلُوسًا أَلْقِ سَمْعَكَ وَاغْنَمِ

وَأَقْعِ جُلُوسًا أَلْقِ سَمْعَكَ وَاغْنَمِ

Hearken, O mighty lion: learn.

O lion in appearance, learn and pay heed,

And sit upon your haunches, lend your ear, and benefit.

Sit down, lend your ear, and gain advantage.

لِتَغْنَمْ دُرُوسًا فِي الصُّمُودِ كَأَنَّهَا

لِتَغْنَمْ دُرُوسًا فِي الصُّمُودِ كَأَنَّهَا

بِلَيْلِ الدُّجَى بَدْرٌ يُنِيرُ لِمُسْلِمِ

بِلَيْلِ الدُّجَى بَدْرٌ يُنِيرُ لِمُسْلِمِ

So you may gain lessons in steadfastness, as though they were

So you may gain lessons in steadfastness, as if they were

A full moon in the darkness of night, shining for a Muslim.

A moon illuminating in the dark night for a Muslim.

ثَبَاتٌ يُزَلْزِلُ الطُّغَاةَ يُذِلُّهُمْ

ثَبَاتٌ يُزَلْزِلُ الطُّغَاةَ يُذِلُّهُمْ

يَرُومُونَ تَحْرِيكَ الرَّوَاسِي بِمِعْصَمِ

يَرُومُونَ تَحْرِيكَ الرَّوَاسِي بِمِعْصَمِ

A steadfastness that shakes tyrants and humiliates them;

Firmness that shakes tyrants and humiliates them,

They seek to move firmly rooted mountains with a wrist.

As they attempt to unsettle firm pillars with their wrists.

فَهَذِي كَامِلْيَا قَدْ أَتَتْ بَعْدَ إِخْوَةٍ

فَهَذِي كَامِلْيَا قَدْ أَتَتْ بَعْدَ إِخْوَةٍ

لِتَقْذِفَ نُورًا يَرْعَبُ الْبَاطِلَ الْعَمِي

لِتَقْذِفَ نُورًا يَرْعَبُ الْبَاطِلَ الْعَمِي

For here is Kamilia, who has come after brethren,

So here is Kamelia who has come after brothers

To cast a light that terrifies blind falsehood.

To cast a light that terrifies the blind falsehood.

تُوَاجِهُ لا تَلْوِي قُوَى الشَّرِّ فِي الْوَرَى

تُوَاجِهُ لا تَلْوِي قُوَى الشَّرِّ فِي الْوَرَى

كَأُسْدِ الشَّرَى فِي الْبَاسِ لَمْ تَتَحَلَّمِ

كَأُسْدِ الشَّرَى فِي الْبَاسِ لَمْ تَتَحَلَّمِ

She confronts, without turning aside, the forces of evil among humankind,

She faces without wavering the forces of evil in the land,

Like the lions of al-Shara in might, she showed no forbearance.

Like a lion in war, she is undeterred.

فَأَجْلَتْ نِفَاقَ الْقَوْمِ عَرَّتْ خِيَانَةً

فَأَجْلَتْ نِفَاقَ الْقَوْمِ عَرَّتْ خِيَانَةً

فَبَانَ عَدُوُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ الْكَمِي

فَبَانَ عَدُوُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ الْكَمِي

So she exposed the people's hypocrisy and laid treachery bare,

She exposed the hypocrisy of the folk and their treason,

And the Muslims' enemy emerged from hiding.

So the enemy of the Muslims became evident to the obstinate.

فَكَانَ شَرِيفًا قِيلَ دَوْمًا لأَزْهَرٍ

فَكَانَ شَرِيفًا قِيلَ دَوْمًا لأَزْهَرٍ

فَصَارَ كَرَاسٍ لِلدِّيَاثَةِ وَالْفَمِ

فَصَارَ كَرَاسٍ لِلدِّيَاثَةِ وَالْفَمِ

So al-Azhar had always been called 'noble,'

He who was once called noble, said to be from Azhar,

Then it became seats for cuckoldry and the mouth.

Became but a page for wickedness and mouth.

يُحَارِبُ فِي الإِصْبَاحِ كُلَّ عَفِيفَةٍ

يُحَارِبُ فِي الإِصْبَاحِ كُلَّ عَفِيفَةٍ

وَيُحْيِي اللَّيَالِي شَاهِدَ الْعَهْرِ يَعْتَمِي

وَيُحْيِي اللَّيَالِي شَاهِدَ الْعَهْرِ يَعْتَمِي

He fights every chaste woman in the morning,

He wages war every morning against each chaste woman,

And stays awake through the nights, witnessing debauchery, turning a blind eye.

And passes the nights attending the spectacles of obscenity intoxicated.

تَرَاهُ كَلَيْثٍ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ نِقَابِهَا

تَرَاهُ كَلَيْثٍ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ نِقَابِهَا

وَعِنْدَ الْخَنَا وَالْفِسْقِ أَكْبَرَ مُنْعِمِ

وَعِنْدَ الْخَنَا وَالْفِسْقِ أَكْبَرَ مُنْعِمِ

You see him like a lion when her niqab is mentioned,

You see him like a lion when her veil is mentioned,

And, where obscenity and vice are concerned, the greatest benefactor.

But with obscenity and corruption he is most indulgent.

وَإِنْ يُرِدِ الْكُفَّارُ حَرْبَ حِجَابِهَا

وَإِنْ يُرِدِ الْكُفَّارُ حَرْبَ حِجَابِهَا

يَصِرْ لَهُمُ سَيْفًا مُقَطِّعَ أَعْظُمِ

يَصِرْ لَهُمُ سَيْفًا مُقَطِّعَ أَعْظُمِ

And if the unbelievers seek war against her hijab,

And if the infidels want war against her veil,

He becomes a sword for them, cleaving bones.

He makes for them a sword that cuts the greatest.

وَذَاكَ الْوَزِيرُ الْغِرُّ حَارَبَ جَهْرَةً

وَذَاكَ الْوَزِيرُ الْغِرُّ حَارَبَ جَهْرَةً

مَظَاهِرَ دِينِ اللهِ فِي الظُّلْمِ يَرْتَمِي

مَظَاهِرَ دِينِ اللهِ فِي الظُّلْمِ يَرْتَمِي

And that naive minister openly fought

And that foreign minister wages open war

The outward signs of God's religion, hurling himself into oppression.

Against the manifest symbols of Allah’s religion immersed in injustice.

أَتَتْبَعْنَ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ؟!

أَتَتْبَعْنَ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ؟!

أَلا تِلْكَ زَوْجِي فَاتَّبِعْنَ وَأَنْعِمِ

أَلا تِلْكَ زَوْجِي فَاتَّبِعْنَ وَأَنْعِمِ

Do you women follow the wives of the Prophet Muhammad?!

"Should I follow the wives of the Prophet Muhammad?!"

Look, that is my wife: follow her and be at ease.

"Verily, that is my wife, so follow her and enjoy."

وَمُفْتِيهِمُ حِبُّ الْرُّتَارِي نَصِيرُهُمْ

وَمُفْتِيهِمُ حِبُّ الْرُّتَارِي نَصِيرُهُمْ

وَهَلْ يَحْتَفِي الظُّلاَّمُ إِلاَّ بِمُظْلِمِ

وَهَلْ يَحْتَفِي الظُّلاَّمُ إِلاَّ بِمُظْلِمِ

And their mufti, Rotary's beloved, is their supporter.

And their Mufti loves appeasers, he is their aide,

And do oppressors show regard for anyone but a wrongdoer?

Does darkness congregate with other than the unjust?

أَلا يَا كَامِلْيَا كَمْ تَسُوئِينَ أُمَّةً

أَلا يَا كَامِلْيَا كَمْ تَسُوئِينَ أُمَّةً

طَغَى الظُّلْمُ حَتَّى ضَيَّعُوا كُلَّ مُكْرَمِ

طَغَى الظُّلْمُ حَتَّى ضَيَّعُوا كُلَّ مُكْرَمِ

Ah, O Kamilia, how sorely you grieve a nation!

Oh Kamelia, how much evil you bring upon a nation,

Oppression ran rampant until they abandoned every honored person.

Injustice has spread until they lost all dignity.

فَصَارَتْ لِصِهْيَوْنٍ يَدًا بَلْ مَدَافِعًا

فَصَارَتْ لِصِهْيَوْنٍ يَدًا بَلْ مَدَافِعًا

وَكُلُّ مُجَاهِدٍ عَدُوٌّ كَمُجْرِمِ

وَكُلُّ مُجَاهِدٍ عَدُوٌّ كَمُجْرِمِ

So it became a hand for Zion—rather, cannons—

So for Zion they have become a hand and cannon,

And every fighter for the faith is an enemy, like a criminal.

And every mujahid is an enemy like a criminal.

وَصَارَ بِهَا عَبْدُ الصَّلِيبِ مُكَرَّمًا

وَصَارَ بِهَا عَبْدُ الصَّلِيبِ مُكَرَّمًا

وَمَنْ يَرْضَ دِينَ اللهِ يُخْزَ وَيُحْرَمِ

وَمَنْ يَرْضَ دِينَ اللهِ يُخْزَ وَيُحْرَمِ

And within it, the servant of the cross became honored,

And by it the worshiper of the cross is honored,

And whoever accepts God's religion is disgraced and deprived.

And whoever accepts Allah’s religion is disgraced and deprived.

وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْلَمْ كُلُّ طَاغٍ وَمُجْرِمٍ

وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْلَمْ كُلُّ طَاغٍ وَمُجْرِمٍ

بِأَنَّ لِدِينِ اللهِ حُرَّ الضَّيَاغِمِ

بِأَنَّ لِدِينِ اللهِ حُرَّ الضَّيَاغِمِ

And yet let every tyrant and criminal know

But let every tyrant and criminal know,

That God's religion has the noblest of lions,

That Allah’s religion has free, proud eagles.

وَأَنَّ سُيُوفَ اللهِ سُلَّتْ وَأُشْهِرَتْ

وَأَنَّ سُيُوفَ اللهِ سُلَّتْ وَأُشْهِرَتْ

وَأَنَّ بِحَارًا سَوْفَ تَجْرِي مِنَ الدَّمِ

وَأَنَّ بِحَارًا سَوْفَ تَجْرِي مِنَ الدَّمِ

And that God's swords have been unsheathed and brandished,

And that Allah's swords have been unleashed and brandished,

And that seas of blood will flow.

And that soon rivers of blood will flow.

وَهَذَا نَذِيرٌ لا خَيَالٌ لِشَاعِرٍ

وَهَذَا نَذِيرٌ لا خَيَالٌ لِشَاعِرٍ

وَهَذَا هُوَ التَّارِيخُ فَاقْرَا وَأَحْكِمِ

وَهَذَا هُوَ التَّارِيخُ فَاقْرَا وَأَحْكِمِ

And this is a warning, not a poet's fancy,

And this is a warner, not a poet's imagination,

And this is history itself: read, and master it.

And this is history, so read it and judge.