خُوضوا البحار وعانقوا الأمواج

خُوضوا البحار وعانقوا الأمواج

فلقد أضأتم للوفاء سراجا

فلقد أضأتم للوفاء سراجا

Venture into the seas and embrace the waves.

Embrace the seas and hug the waves,

For you have lit a lamp for loyalty.

For you have lit a lamp for loyalty,

ولقد رسمتم للتّضامن لوحةً

ولقد رسمتم للتّضامن لوحةً

عظمى وشيّدتم له الأبراجا

عظمى وشيّدتم له الأبراجا

And you have painted for solidarity a picture,

And you have painted a great painting for solidarity,

magnificent, and built towers for it.

And built high minarets for it.

أسعدتم البحر الأجاج فلم يعد

أسعدتم البحر الأجاج فلم يعد

من بعد ما أسعدتموه أجاجا

من بعد ما أسعدتموه أجاجا

You gladdened the bitter sea, so it was no longer

You made the turbulent sea happy,

bitter after you had gladdened it.

After you made it happy, it was no longer turbulent.

وأضئتم الليل البهيم بشمسكم

وأضئتم الليل البهيم بشمسكم

ومنحتموه سراجها الوّهاجا

ومنحتموه سراجها الوّهاجا

And you lit the pitch-black night with your sun,

You illuminated the brutal night with your sun,

and gave it the sun's blazing lamp.

And granted it your blazing torch.

علمتم الدنيا دروس فضيلةٍ

علمتم الدنيا دروس فضيلةٍ

كسرت عن الأمل الكبير رتاجا

كسرت عن الأمل الكبير رتاجا

You taught the world lessons in virtue

You taught the world lessons of virtue,

that shattered a closed gate barring great hope.

That broke the great hope's litter.

أحرجتم الدول الكبار وإن تكن

أحرجتم الدول الكبار وإن تكن

ماتت فما تستشعر الإحراجا

ماتت فما تستشعر الإحراجا

You embarrassed the great powers; and if they have

You embarrassed the major countries, though if they died,

died, they feel no embarrassment.

They would not feel embarrassment.

يا خير أسطولٍ رأته عيونن

يا خير أسطولٍ رأته عيونن

لما رآه البغي هاج وماجا

لما رآه البغي هاج وماجا

O finest fleet that our eyes have seen,

O best fleet our eyes have seen,

when tyranny saw it, it raged and surged.

When the unjust saw it, he raged and fumed.

يا خير أسطولٍ سرى بعزيمةٍ

يا خير أسطولٍ سرى بعزيمةٍ

كبرى ليمنح مُعدِماً محتاجا

كبرى ليمنح مُعدِماً محتاجا

O finest fleet that sailed by night with resolve

O best fleet that sailed with great resolve,

mighty, to give to one destitute and in need,

To provide for one in need.

ولينبي الدار التي هدمت بل

ولينبي الدار التي هدمت بل

حقٍ ويحمل للمريض علاجا

حقٍ ويحمل للمريض علاجا

and to rebuild the house demolished without

And to rebuild a house that was destroyed unjustly,

justification, and carry a remedy to the sick,

And to bring medicine to the sick.

ولينّصر المظلوم والمحروم في

ولينّصر المظلوم والمحروم في

عصرٍ تمادى الظلم فيه وراجا

عصرٍ تمادى الظلم فيه وراجا

and to aid the oppressed and the deprived in

And to support the oppressed and deprived, in an era,

an age in which oppression went too far and flourished.

Where injustice in it spread and raged.

لله دّر المدلجين لغاية

لله دّر المدلجين لغاية

كبرى يهوّن لنيلها الإدلاجا

كبرى يهوّن لنيلها الإدلاجا

God bless those who journey by night toward a goal

Blessed are those who volunteered for a great cause,

so great that its pursuit makes night travel easy.

To attain which, volunteering was made easy.

لما رأوا أن القضية أصبحت

لما رأوا أن القضية أصبحت

أوراقها لا تبرح الأدراجا

أوراقها لا تبرح الأدراجا

When they saw that the cause had come to this:

When they saw the cause had become,

its papers never left the drawers,

Papers that do not leave the drawers.

ساروا لفك حصار غزةَ بعدم

ساروا لفك حصار غزةَ بعدم

ضرب النّظام العالمي سياجا

ضرب النّظام العالمي سياجا

they set out to lift Gaza's siege, after

They went to break the siege on Gaza, after,

the world order had erected a fence.

The world order did not erect a fence.

كسروا جدار الصمت منذ تسنّمو

كسروا جدار الصمت منذ تسنّمو

متن الصعاب وأقبلوا أفواجا

متن الصعاب وأقبلوا أفواجا

They have shattered the wall of silence since they mounted

They broke the wall of silence since they assumed,

the back of hardship and came in throngs.

The difficulties and came in droves.

يا أيها المتضامنون وفاؤكم

يا أيها المتضامنون وفاؤكم

هزّ البحار وماؤها الثّجاجا

هزّ البحار وماؤها الثّجاجا

O you who stand in solidarity, your loyalty

O you who showed solidarity, your loyalty,

shook the seas and their gushing waters.

Shook the seas and their tumultuous waters.

أنتم طليعة أمةٍ لا تنحني

أنتم طليعة أمةٍ لا تنحني

ذُلاً ولا تتنكبُ المنهاجا

ذُلاً ولا تتنكبُ المنهاجا

You are the vanguard of a nation that does not bow

You are the vanguard of a nation that does not bow down in humiliation,

in humiliation, nor stray from the path.

And does not deviate from the course.