أبناءُ يَعربَ كلُّهم أمراءُ

أبناءُ يَعربَ كلُّهم أمراءُ

أبطالُهم وملوكُهم شعراءُ

أبطالُهم وملوكُهم شعراءُ

All the sons of Ya‘rub are princes;

All her sons are princes, every one

their heroes and their kings are poets.

Their heroes and their kings are poets, each as brilliant as the sun

الله قدَّرَ أن تسوسَ عبادَهُ

الله قدَّرَ أن تسوسَ عبادَهُ

وتسودَ تِلكَ الأُمةُ الزهراء

وتسودَ تِلكَ الأُمةُ الزهراء

God ordained that it govern His servants

God decreed this glowing nation rule

and reign supreme—that radiant nation.

That blessed people lead with wisdom and with grace

لسيادةٍ وقيادةٍ وهدايةٍ

لسيادةٍ وقيادةٍ وهدايةٍ

قومي فقَومي السادةُ القدماء

قومي فقَومي السادةُ القدماء

For sovereignty, leadership, and guidance,

They guided all with justice and with light

arise, for my people are the lords of old.

My ancestors, those venerable and upright

كم قيصرٍ منهم وفرعونٍ لهُ

كم قيصرٍ منهم وفرعونٍ لهُ

في أرضِ مِصرَ ورومةَ استعلاء

في أرضِ مِصرَ ورومةَ استعلاء

Many a Caesar and Pharaoh among them enjoyed

How many a Caesar ruled in Roman might

supremacy in the land of Egypt and Rome.

How many a Pharaoh towered in Egypt's height

في بابلَ اصطَنَعُوا العروشَ ونينَوى

في بابلَ اصطَنَعُوا العروشَ ونينَوى

وعلى ذُرى اليمنِ استَوى الأذواء

وعلى ذُرى اليمنِ استَوى الأذواء

In Babylon and Nineveh they fashioned thrones,

In Babylon they built their thrones and great walls high

and upon Yemen’s summits the Dhu-titled rulers sat enthroned.

And in Yemen reigned beneath the brilliant sky

ولآلِ جفنةَ في الشآم نضارةٌ

ولآلِ جفنةَ في الشآم نضارةٌ

ولآل نصرٍ في العراقِ سناء

ولآل نصرٍ في العراقِ سناء

And the house of Jafna bloomed in al-Sham,

The house of Ghassan ruled Syria with delight

and the house of Nasr shone in Iraq.

While victory crowned the house of Nasr in Iraq's rich land of delight

ملكاتُهُم ما كُنَّ دونَ ملوكِهم

ملكاتُهُم ما كُنَّ دونَ ملوكِهم

وكفَى العُلى بَلقيسُ والزبَّاء

وكفَى العُلى بَلقيسُ والزبَّاء

Their queens were no less than their kings;

Their queens were no less regal than their kings

and Bilqis and al-Zabba’ suffice for glory.

Bilquis and Zenobia, crowns of female might