زِدْت يَا مَغْرُوْر جَهْلِا

زِدْت يَا مَغْرُوْر جَهْلِا

إِن حَسِبْت الْأَمْر سَهْلَا

إِن حَسِبْت الْأَمْر سَهْلَا

You have grown more ignorant, conceited one,

You have increased in ignorance, O arrogant one,

if you thought the matter easy.

If you reckoned this matter to be light.

لَم يَكُن يَوْما خُضُوْعَا

لَم يَكُن يَوْما خُضُوْعَا

أَو شُرُوْطا مِنْك تُمْلِى

أَو شُرُوْطا مِنْك تُمْلِى

It was never submission,

It was never a day for submission,

or terms dictated by you,

Nor for conditions dictated by you.

أَو نُرِى مُسْتَوْطَنَات

أَو نُرِى مُسْتَوْطَنَات

خَصْمُنَا فِيْهَا اسْتَظَلَّا

خَصْمُنَا فِيْهَا اسْتَظَلَّا

or for us to see settlements

Nor for us to witness settlements rise,

where our foe sought shelter.

In which our enemy takes shelter and shade.

أنْت يَا وَاهِم لَاتَدْرِي

أنْت يَا وَاهِم لَاتَدْرِي

لِمَعْنَى السِّلْم ظِلّا

لِمَعْنَى السِّلْم ظِلّا

You, deluded one, do not know

You, O deluded one, do not know,

even a shadow of what peace means.

Even a shadow of the meaning of peace.

ظُلَّه الْوَارِف يَبْنِي

ظُلَّه الْوَارِف يَبْنِي

صَرْحِه الْعَالِي الْمَطْلَا

صَرْحِه الْعَالِي الْمَطْلَا

Its spreading shade builds

True peace builds its lush, spreading shade,

its lofty, overlooking edifice.

Its towering, overlooking edifice.

مِصْر لاتَبَغِي سَلَاما

مِصْر لاتَبَغِي سَلَاما

يُخَفِّض الْهَامَات ذُلّا

يُخَفِّض الْهَامَات ذُلّا

Egypt seeks no peace

Egypt does not desire a peace,

that bows heads in humiliation.

That lowers heads in humiliation.

مِصْر تبُغِيّة سَلَاما

مِصْر تبُغِيّة سَلَاما

مُزْهِرَا وَرَدَّا وَفُلا

مُزْهِرَا وَرَدَّا وَفُلا

Egypt seeks a peace

Egypt desires it to be a peace,

blooming with roses and Arabian jasmine.

Blooming with roses and jasmine flowers.

وَرَدَّه لَاشَوْك فِيْه

وَرَدَّه لَاشَوْك فِيْه

لَيْس عَن حَق تْخَلِّي

لَيْس عَن حَق تْخَلِّي

Its roses bear no thorns;

A rose that bears no thorns within,

it is no surrender of a right.

Not a relinquishing of what is right.

أَرْضِنَا الْعَرَض الَّذِي نُفْنِى

أَرْضِنَا الْعَرَض الَّذِي نُفْنِى

وَإِن مُتْنَا ظِلّا

وَإِن مُتْنَا ظِلّا

Our land is the honor for which we perish;

Our land is the honor for which we perish,

even if we die, it endures.

Even if we fall as mere shadows.

نَحْن مَازِلْنَا أَوَّلي بَأْس

نَحْن مَازِلْنَا أَوَّلي بَأْس

وَعَزَم لَن يَقْلِا

وَعَزَم لَن يَقْلِا

We still possess might

We remain a people of mighty power,

and resolve that will not wane.

With a determination that shall never wane.

أَرْضِنَا لَيْسَت مَجَالَا

أَرْضِنَا لَيْسَت مَجَالَا

فِيْه نُرْضِى الْيَوْم قَوْلَا

فِيْه نُرْضِى الْيَوْم قَوْلَا

Our land is no arena

Our land is not a bargaining field,

where today we appease others with words.

Where today we satisfy with mere words.

حَبَّة الْرَّمْل بِرُوْح

حَبَّة الْرَّمْل بِرُوْح

وَهِي فِي الْتَّقْدِيْر أُغْلِى

وَهِي فِي الْتَّقْدِيْر أُغْلِى

A grain of sand is worth a life,

A grain of sand is worth a soul,

and in value it is dearer still.

And in our esteem, it is dearer still.

أَيُّهَا الْزَّاعِم أَنَا

أَيُّهَا الْزَّاعِم أَنَا

مَلَلْنَا الْحَرْب كَلَّا

مَلَلْنَا الْحَرْب كَلَّا

O you who claim that we

O you who claims that we,

have tired of war—certainly not!

Have grown weary of war—never!

نَحْن فِيْهَا قَد وُلِدْنَا

نَحْن فِيْهَا قَد وُلِدْنَا

مُنْذ مَاضِيْنَا اسْتَهِلّا

مُنْذ مَاضِيْنَا اسْتَهِلّا

We were indeed born in it,

We were born into its very midst,

since our past began.

Since the dawn of our past began.

نَحْن جُنْد الْعَرَب دَوْمَا

نَحْن جُنْد الْعَرَب دَوْمَا

نُقْهَر الْخَصْم المُدَلا

نُقْهَر الْخَصْم المُدَلا

We are always the soldiers of the Arabs;

We are the soldiers of the Arabs, always,

we vanquish the arrogant foe.

We vanquish the pampered foe.

مَا فِلَسْطِيْن لِبَاغ

مَا فِلَسْطِيْن لِبَاغ

سَام بَاغِي الْسَّلَم قَتْلَا

سَام بَاغِي الْسَّلَم قَتْلَا

Palestine does not belong to an aggressor

Palestine is not for a tyrant,

who dealt death to the seeker of peace.

Who repaid the seeker of peace with death.

أَيُّهَا الْقَاتِل عَمْدا

أَيُّهَا الْقَاتِل عَمْدا

إِخْوَتِي شَيْخا وَطِفْلَا

إِخْوَتِي شَيْخا وَطِفْلَا

O you who deliberately kill

O you who murders with intent,

my brothers, elder and child,

My brothers—the old man and the child,

وَفَتَاة الْخِدْر أُخْتِي

وَفَتَاة الْخِدْر أُخْتِي

وَمَذِيق الْأُم ثُكْلَا

وَمَذِيق الْأُم ثُكْلَا

and the secluded maiden, my sister,

And the sheltered maiden, my sister,

and make the mother taste bereavement:

Making the mother taste the bitterness of loss.

لَيْس يُنْسِيَنِي حُقُوْقِي

لَيْس يُنْسِيَنِي حُقُوْقِي

غَاصِب مَاضِيْه قَتْلِى

غَاصِب مَاضِيْه قَتْلِى

I will not be made to forget my rights

Nothing shall make me forget my rights,

by a usurper whose past is my slaughter.

Not a usurper whose past is my slaughter.

لَم يَك الْإِرْهَاب يُجْدِي

لَم يَك الْإِرْهَاب يُجْدِي

فِي الَّذِي ضُحِّى وَأَبْلَى

فِي الَّذِي ضُحِّى وَأَبْلَى

Terror has never availed

Terror has never been of avail,

against one who sacrificed and proved his valor.

Against those who sacrificed and endured.

أَنَا إِن ضَحَّيْت عُمْرِي

أَنَا إِن ضَحَّيْت عُمْرِي

فِي كِفَاحِي لَن أَمَلَا

فِي كِفَاحِي لَن أَمَلَا

I, even if I sacrifice my life,

If I must sacrifice my entire life,

in my struggle will never weary.

In my struggle, I shall never tire.