يَزعم المستبد ان يد الفو

يَزعم المستبد ان يد الفو

لاذ أَولى بمن يداه عليه

لاذ أَولى بمن يداه عليه

The despot claims that an iron hand

The tyrant claims that the hand of steel

The tyrant claims the iron fist

best befits those held beneath his sway.

Is more fitting for those beneath his hands.

Is better for the ruled than freedom is

ليس بالضغط يسكن الشعب لكن

ليس بالضغط يسكن الشعب لكن

يوم يَلقى حقوقه في يديه

يوم يَلقى حقوقه في يديه

A people is not pacified by coercion, but

Not through coercion do the people grow calm, but

But not by force can people rest

when it finds its rights in its own hands.

On the day they find their rights in their hands.

Until their rights are in their chest