علام ارى هَذا الخِلاف علام

علام ارى هَذا الخِلاف علام

وَحتام في احضانه نَتَرامى

وَحتام في احضانه نَتَرامى

Why do I see this discord—why?

Why do I see this discord, why

And how long shall we fling ourselves into its arms?

And inevitably in its embrace we toss and turn

شقاق خلاف ويح تونس منهما

شقاق خلاف ويح تونس منهما

اذا لَم نفكر في الوفاق وَداما

اذا لَم نفكر في الوفاق وَداما

Discord, strife—woe to Tunisia from them both,

Disagreement, conflict, woe to you Tunisia because of them

if we do not consider concord and they persist.

If we do not think of reconciliation and it persists

لماذا وَما الخضراء الا لكلنا

لماذا وَما الخضراء الا لكلنا

نجرعها جاما يَفيض سقاما

نجرعها جاما يَفيض سقاما

Why—when green Tunisia belongs to us all—

Why, and it is green for all of us

do we make her drink a cup overflowing with sickness?

We drink it as a cup that overflows with sickness

لماذا وكل عائش بهوائها

لماذا وكل عائش بهوائها

تنادمه وَالكل فيها نَدامى

تنادمه وَالكل فيها نَدامى

Why, when everyone breathing her air

Why, and everyone living in its air

is her drinking companion, and all within her are fellow drinkers?

Regrets it and we are all regretful in it

قفوا وانظروا شعبا يمد خضيبه

قفوا وانظروا شعبا يمد خضيبه

لِيَلقى رجالا آخذيه عظاما

لِيَلقى رجالا آخذيه عظاما

Stand and behold a people extending its stained hand

Stand still and look at a people extending its forearms

to meet great men who would clasp it.

To find men who will support it

اليس من العار المخلد انَّنا

اليس من العار المخلد انَّنا

نريه التَجافي لا نراعي ذماما

نريه التَجافي لا نراعي ذماما

Is it not an everlasting disgrace that we

Is it not eternally shameful that we

show it estrangement, honoring no bond?

Show it disunity without considering the bridle

نعم ان هَذا الشعب قد صارَ لُقمَة

نعم ان هَذا الشعب قد صارَ لُقمَة

لقوم ارادوا ان يكون طعاما

لقوم ارادوا ان يكون طعاما

Yes, this nation has indeed become a morsel

Yes, this people has become a morsel

for those who wanted it to be food.

For those who wanted it to be food

واني ارى وَالشَعب يَبكي كاننا

واني ارى وَالشَعب يَبكي كاننا

نريه اِنتقاما اذ نريه اِبتساما

نريه اِنتقاما اذ نريه اِبتساما

And I see, as the nation weeps, that we seem

And I see, while the people cry, as if

to show it vengeance when we show it a smile.

We show it revenge when we show it a smile

حَرام عَلَينا العَيش قبحا لِعَيشنا

حَرام عَلَينا العَيش قبحا لِعَيشنا

اذا كانَت الاضواء فيه ظَلاما

اذا كانَت الاضواء فيه ظَلاما

Life is forbidden to us—shame upon our life—

It is forbidden for us to live ugly, our living is ugly

if its lights are darkness.

If the lights in it are darkness

نَخاف مَمات الشعب حقا فَما لَنا

نَخاف مَمات الشعب حقا فَما لَنا

بانفسنا نَرمي اليه الزؤاما

بانفسنا نَرمي اليه الزؤاما

We truly fear the nation's death—why, then, do we

We truly fear the death of the people, so why

ourselves hurl swift death at it?

Do we throw the arrows at them

سَلام عَلى هذي الحقول وَما حَوَت

سَلام عَلى هذي الحقول وَما حَوَت

من البلبل الشادي اذا فوقها حاما

من البلبل الشادي اذا فوقها حاما

Peace upon these fields and all they hold—

Peace upon these fields and what they contained

the singing bulbul, when it circles above them,

Of the singing nightingale when it circled above them

وَعَن هَذه الازهار في عنفوانها

وَعَن هَذه الازهار في عنفوانها

اذا عانقت وردا غصون الخَزامي

اذا عانقت وردا غصون الخَزامي

and these flowers in their prime,

And away from these flowers in their prime

when lavender branches embrace roses.

When they embraced roses and the branches of palm trees

سَلام عَلى هَذا النَسيم اذا سَرى

سَلام عَلى هَذا النَسيم اذا سَرى

فحرك أَوراقا وابكي حماما

فحرك أَوراقا وابكي حماما

Peace upon this breeze when it drifts by,

Peace upon this breeze when it blew

stirring leaves and making doves weep.

And stirred leaves and made doves cry

سَلام عَلى تلي وَبَدري وَموجتي

سَلام عَلى تلي وَبَدري وَموجتي

فَوا أَسَفي قلت عليها سَلاما

فَوا أَسَفي قلت عليها سَلاما

Peace upon my hill, my full moon, and my wave.

Peace upon my hills, Badri and its waves

Alas for me: I have bidden them farewell.

Alas, I bid it peace

بَني وَطَني واها وَواها اغركم

بَني وَطَني واها وَواها اغركم

خَيال تَراءى فاِنقسمتم خصاما

خَيال تَراءى فاِنقسمتم خصاما

Sons of my homeland—alas, alas! Were you beguiled

My country, alas, your fancy deceived you

by a phantom that appeared, so you split into adversaries?

And you divided in dispute

ضربتم بسهم لِلمَعالي فَما لكم

ضربتم بسهم لِلمَعالي فَما لكم

رَميتم لِقَلبي بعد ذاك سهاما

رَميتم لِقَلبي بعد ذاك سهاما

You loosed an arrow toward glory—why, then,

You shot an arrow for greatness, so why

did you shoot arrows at my heart after that?

Did you, after that, shoot arrows at my heart

اما تتقون اللَه شدوا رحالكم

اما تتقون اللَه شدوا رحالكم

وَحطوا عَلى صَدرِ البلاد وساما

وَحطوا عَلى صَدرِ البلاد وساما

Do you not fear God? Fasten your saddles,

Do you not fear Allah? Tighten your saddles

and place a medal upon the country's breast—

And land on the chest of the country and a symbol

وفاقا وَلا تَجنوا عَلى الشعب كله

وفاقا وَلا تَجنوا عَلى الشعب كله

بمحق اسمه لا تَشربوه الحماما

بمحق اسمه لا تَشربوه الحماما

concord! And do not wrong the whole nation

Of concord, and do not wrong the people altogether

by erasing its name; do not make it drink death.

Rightfully in its name, do not drink it hot

تعاسته لَو تَفهمون رموزها

تعاسته لَو تَفهمون رموزها

تريكم لهيبا في الفؤاد اقاما

تريكم لهيبا في الفؤاد اقاما

Its misery, if you understood its signs,

Woe if you understand its symbols

would show you a blaze that has lodged in the heart.

You would see in the heart a blaze it ignited

حَزينا كئيبا نادبا سوء حظه

حَزينا كئيبا نادبا سوء حظه

غَريقا بدأماء الهموم مضاما

غَريقا بدأماء الهموم مضاما

Sorrowful, dejected, lamenting its ill fortune,

Sorrowful, gloomy, lamenting its misfortune

drowned in the deep sea of cares, oppressed.

Drowning in the blood of worries, compressed

وَقَد اذبلت شمس الخلاف شبابه

وَقَد اذبلت شمس الخلاف شبابه

فَشاب وَعَهدي لا يزال غلاما

فَشاب وَعَهدي لا يزال غلاما

And the sun of discord has withered its youth,

The sun of discord has faded in its youth

so it has grown grey, though I remember it still a boy.

So it grew old while my era is still a boy

أتونس لا تستنزلي الرعد نقمة

أتونس لا تستنزلي الرعد نقمة

علينا فَلَسنا نستحق انتِقاما

علينا فَلَسنا نستحق انتِقاما

O Tunisia, do not call down thunder as vengeance

Oh Tunisia, do not unleash thunder as vengeance

upon us, for we do not deserve retribution.

Upon us for we do not deserve revenge

ثقي أَنَّنا ابناء تربتك الَّتي

ثقي أَنَّنا ابناء تربتك الَّتي

نقدسها حبا لها وَغَراما

نقدسها حبا لها وَغَراما

Be assured that we are children of your soil, which

Trust that we are children of your soil

we hold sacred out of love for it and ardent passion.

Which we sanctify out of love and passion for it

ثقي ان اسباب الشقاق مقامة

ثقي ان اسباب الشقاق مقامة

عَلى اسس من شانها ان تقاما

عَلى اسس من شانها ان تقاما

Be assured that the causes of discord are founded

Trust that the causes of discord are temporary

on foundations that are fit to be established.

On foundations that aim for them to persist

ثقي انَّنا نَسعى لخيرك كلما

ثقي انَّنا نَسعى لخيرك كلما

نطقنا وَلَو جر الكَلام كَلاما

نطقنا وَلَو جر الكَلام كَلاما

Be assured that we seek your good whenever

Trust that we seek your good whenever

we speak, even if words draw more words.

We speak even if speech drags speech

ثقي وَثِقي انا سَنَبذل جهدنا

ثقي وَثِقي انا سَنَبذل جهدنا

جَميعا الى رفع البلاد ختاما

جَميعا الى رفع البلاد ختاما

Be assured, and be assured: we shall do our utmost,

Trust and be certain that we will exert our efforts

all together, to uplift the country—in closing.

Together to lift the country in the end