لا وقت للأحزان أو للأدمع

لا وقت للأحزان أو للأدمع

دقي طبول الحرب هذا موقعي

دقي طبول الحرب هذا موقعي

There is no time for sorrows or tears.

No time for sorrows or tears

No time remains for sorrows or for tears,

Beat the drums of war—this is my post.

The drums of war are beating, this is my station

Beat the drums of war; here I take my stand,

لا الشجب يجدي بل قذيفة مدفعي

لا الشجب يجدي بل قذيفة مدفعي

قلب العدو مكانها فلتسمعي

قلب العدو مكانها فلتسمعي

Not condemnation, but my cannon's shell avails.

No good comes from lamenting, rather an artillery shell

Condemnation is futile; my cannon's shell speaks best,

The enemy's heart is its place—so listen.

Let it strike the heart of the enemy, so you may hear

Its target is the enemy's heart—so listen well,

يا قدس .. يا أقصى وكل عواصمي

يا قدس .. يا أقصى وكل عواصمي

في غزة .. ولدى أريحا فلتعي

في غزة .. ولدى أريحا فلتعي

O Jerusalem, O al-Aqsa, and all my capitals,

O Jerusalem! O Aqsa and all my capitals

O Jerusalem, O Aqsa, and all my capitals,

In Gaza and at Jericho—take heed.

In Gaza, and near Jericho, be aware

In Gaza and in Jericho—heed the call,

أنا صوت شعب قال إني سائر

أنا صوت شعب قال إني سائر

للحرب للميدان اّخذ موضعي

للحرب للميدان اّخذ موضعي

I am the voice of a people who said: I am marching

I am the voice of a people who said I am marching

I am the voice of a people declaring: I march,

To war, to the battlefield, taking my position.

To war, to the battlefield, taking my stand

To war, to the battlefield, claiming my ground,

خمسون عاما أنضجت ثمر الضنى

خمسون عاما أنضجت ثمر الضنى

لم يصغ شارون لأنه أضلعي

لم يصغ شارون لأنه أضلعي

Fifty years have ripened the fruit of suffering.

Fifty years, the fruit of grief has ripened

Fifty years have ripened the bitter fruit of distress,

Sharon did not heed the groan of my ribs [probable reading].

Sharon did not heed, for he is the most insolent

Sharon would not listen, for he is the ache within my ribs,

لم يحترم قدسي ولا حرمي به

لم يحترم قدسي ولا حرمي به

بل جاء يغزو ساحتي بتنطع

بل جاء يغزو ساحتي بتنطع

He respected neither my Jerusalem nor my sanctuary within it.

He did not respect my sanctity or holy place

He respected neither my holiness nor my sanctuary,

Rather, he came to invade my ground with arrogance.

Rather he came invading my square arrogantly

But came to invade my courtyard with arrogant pride,

هل يعرف المحتل إلا أن يرى

هل يعرف المحتل إلا أن يرى

مني القذيفة في المكان الأفجع ؟

مني القذيفة في المكان الأفجع ؟

Does the occupier understand anything but seeing

Does the occupier know anything but to see

Does the occupier understand anything but to see

A shell from me in the place of greatest anguish?

From me a shell in the most painful place?

My shell strike him in the most grievous place?

الحرب للشجعان في سوق الوغى

الحرب للشجعان في سوق الوغى

بين الخنادق في قتال أروع

بين الخنادق في قتال أروع

War is for the brave in battle's marketplace,

War is for the brave in the tumult of battle

War belongs to the brave in the marketplace of fray,

Between the trenches, in a more glorious fight.

Between the trenches in the most splendid fighting

Amidst the trenches, in a combat most sublime,

ما حرر الأوطان غير شبابها

ما حرر الأوطان غير شبابها

في كل طلقة مدفع من موقع

في كل طلقة مدفع من موقع

None but their youth have freed the homelands,

Nothing liberates homelands but their youth

Nothing liberates the homelands but their youth,

With every cannon shot from a position.

In every cannon shot from a station

With every cannon shot fired from the front,

القدس يبغيني فدائي الحمى

القدس يبغيني فدائي الحمى

يحميه من باغ رنيم المخدع

يحميه من باغ رنيم المخدع

Jerusalem wants me as a self-sacrificing defender of the sanctuary,

Jerusalem calls me, its zealous guardian

Jerusalem seeks me as the guardian of the sanctuary,

Who protects it from an oppressor—'the bedchamber's melody' [unclear wording].

Protecting it from the singing deceiver

To protect it from the tyrant in his deceitful lair,

القدس يبغيني أصد غزاته

القدس يبغيني أصد غزاته

إن حاولوا لمس المكان بأصبع

إن حاولوا لمس المكان بأصبع

Jerusalem wants me to repel its invaders,

Jerusalem calls me to repel its invaders

Jerusalem seeks me to repel its invaders,

If they try to touch the place with a finger.

If they try touching the place with a finger

Should they attempt to touch the site with a single finger,

المدفع الجبار يسكت صوته

المدفع الجبار يسكت صوته

صوت سواه .. من المقام الأرفع

صوت سواه .. من المقام الأرفع

The mighty cannon—its voice is silenced

The great cannon silences its voice

The mighty cannon silences with its roar

By another voice, from the loftiest station.

Any voice other than...from the highest stand

The voice of any other—from the highest station,

طفل الحجارة قالها لشقيقه

طفل الحجارة قالها لشقيقه

أنا فارس القدس الذي لم يخنع

أنا فارس القدس الذي لم يخنع

The child of the stones said it to his brother:

The child of stones said to his brother

The child of the stones declared it to his brother:

I am Jerusalem's knight, who has not yielded.

I am Jerusalem's knight who never yielded

"I am the knight of Jerusalem who never yielded,"

صدري لصاروخ العدا متعرض

صدري لصاروخ العدا متعرض

والموت في حجري لصدر المدعي

والموت في حجري لصدر المدعي

My chest is exposed to the foes' missile,

My chest is exposed to the enemy missile

My chest lies open to the enemy's missile,

And in my stone is death for the pretender's chest.

And death is in my lap for the false claimant

While death sits in my stone for the aggressor's breast.