1. وطن العروبه للبطوله دار

    لبى نداء فدائها المختار

    The Arab homeland is a home for heroism.

    Al-Mukhtar answered the call to sacrifice for it.

  2. قد قال لى زمن اقتحام جهاده

    من اجل ليبية بى الإصرار

    He said to me as he plunged into his struggle:

    “For Libya, I am resolute.”

  3. رام الطلاينة البغاة ديارنا

    سلبا لهم: وكذاك الأستعمار

    The Italian aggressors coveted our lands

    as plunder for themselves—and such is colonialism.

  4. بل هددت بالغزو من كانت لهم

    وطنا عليها لا يحق قرار

    Rather, they threatened with invasion those for whom it was

    a homeland, where there was no right to remain.

  5. قد قيل للرجل المريض بعرفهم

    دعها لنا ... أو ان يحل دمار

    The “sick man,” as they called him, was told:

    “Leave it to us—or devastation will descend.”

  6. وإذا به شعبى يواجه غاصباً

    يحتل أرضا دونها الأوطار

    And behold, my people confront a usurper,

    who occupies a land before which all desires fall short.

  7. وقف الزعيم على ذرى جبل له

    وأنا لها ... الحامى ويمحى العار

    The leader stood upon the heights of his mountain:

    “And I am its defender, and shame will be erased.”

  8. وبنفسه ثقة وأسد نضاله

    من حوله ومن الخيول مهار

    And he had confidence in himself, and the lions of his struggle

    were around him, and among the horses were foals.

  9. وغدا المناضل والذين غدوا لها

    أنصار زحف ما جفته نوار

    And the fighter went forth with those who became its

    supporters, in a march that blossoms never forsook.

  10. فى أرض برقة باسلون فوارس

    أبطال ليبية هم الثوار

    In the land of Barqa are valiant horsemen,

    Libya’s heroes—they are the revolutionaries.

  11. والقمة الخضراء من جبل الفدى

    هى ذا العرين أسوده الأسوار

    And the green summit of the mountain of sacrifice

    is this lair; its lions are the ramparts.

  12. قال الجهاد سبيل تحرير الثرى

    من غاصبيه جنوده الأحرار

    He said: “Struggle is the path to freeing the soil

    from its usurpers; its soldiers are the free.”