تَغَلَّبَ الدَهرُ حَتّى

تَغَلَّبَ الدَهرُ حَتّى

راعَ الزَئيرَ نُباحُ

راعَ الزَئيرَ نُباحُ

Time gained the upper hand, until

Overcome by time itself

Fate has prevailed until

a bark struck terror into the roar.

The lion's roar turned to yelping

Barking has startled the roar.

كُنّا بِعِزِّكَ نُحمى

كُنّا بِعِزِّكَ نُحمى

فَاليَومَ صِرنا نُباحُ

فَاليَومَ صِرنا نُباحُ

We were protected by your might;

We were protected by your might

We used to be protected by your might,

so today we have become fair game.

Today we are but yelping

But today we have become lawful prey.