1. أبداً أرى والغدرُ طَبعٌ فيكِ

    خَطراً على أهليَّ من أهليك

    I always see—treachery is your nature—

    danger to my people from yours.

  2. يا بنتَ سفَّاكِ الدّماءِ زكيَّةً

    مَهلاً فإنَّ الله فوقَ أبيك

    O daughter of a shedder of innocent blood,

    Hold back, for God is above your father.

  3. أكذا نقَضتِ عُهودَ أشرَفِ أُمّةٍ

    وبَعثتِ أشراراً لخيرِ مَليك

    Is this how you broke the covenants of the noblest nation,

    and sent villains against the finest king?

  4. لستِ الملومةَ والمليمونَ الأُلى

    أَمِنوا لعهدِكِ أو لعهدِ ذَويك

    You are not to blame; those to blame are the ones

    who trusted your pledge or the pledge of your kin.

  5. ولدتكِ زَرقاءُ العيونِ عدَّوةً

    فالبغضُ يَقطُرُ سمُّهُ من فيك

    A blue-eyed woman bore you as an enemy;

    so hatred's venom drips from your mouth.

  6. هذي العَداوةُ بَيننا أبديّةٌ

    تَسكينُها يَدعو إلى التَحريك

    This enmity between us is eternal;

    calming it invites agitation.

  7. من عَهدِ مَن تخَذوا الصّليبَ شِعارَهم

    للنّهبِ والتَقتيلِ والتَّهتيك

    From the days of those who took the cross as their emblem

    for plunder, slaughter, and violation,

  8. حتى اجتياحِ المَغربِ الباكي على

    أبنائهِ من مَيِّتٍ ونهيك

    until the invasion of the Maghreb, weeping for

    its sons, the dead and the exhausted.

  9. فاسٌ وتونُسُ والجزائر جمّةٌ

    فيها الفرائسُ مُذ عدا ضاريك

    Fez, Tunis, and Algeria abound

    in prey, since your predator attacked.

  10. أموالُها لم تُغنِ عن أرواحِها

    فجَماجمُ القَتلى حَصى واديك

    Their wealth did not save their lives;

    so the skulls of the slain are the pebbles of your valley.

  11. فُولاذُكِ استَثمَرتِه من هامِها

    وفَرشتِ من أفلاذِها ناديك

    Your steel—you made it bear fruit from their heads,

    and carpeted your hall with pieces of their flesh.

  12. إنَّ الشَّهيداتِ الثَّواكِلَ صارخٌ

    دَمُهُنَّ يومَ الحَشرِ من أيديك

    Indeed, the martyred, bereaved mothers—crying out

    from your hands on Resurrection Day is their blood.

  13. زَعَمَ الذين تَعشَّقوكِ ضلالةً

    أَنّ الهُدى والحقَّ عند بَنيك

    Those who adored you in their delusion claimed

    that guidance and truth dwell among your sons.

  14. نَظروا إِلى أقلامِ كُتّابٍ وما

    نَظروا إِلى أسيافِ جلاديك

    They looked at writers' pens, but did not

    look at your executioners' swords.

  15. تاللهِ كم مِن أُمةٍ أرهَقتِها

    أنّى يُكَذّبُ شاكرٌ شاكيك

    By God, how many a nation you have oppressed!

    How can a grateful man call your accuser a liar?

  16. بعد التحرُّرِ لم تزالي عَبدة

    والحالُ شاهدةٌ على ماضيك

    After liberation, you are still a slave;

    and your present condition bears witness to your past.

  17. الظلمُ من شِيَمِ الذين قد ادَّعوا

    حريّةَ التفّكيرِ والتمليك

    Oppression is a trait of those who have claimed

    freedom of thought and ownership.

  18. أيكونُ منهم بعدَ ظلم نُفوسِهم

    عَدلٌ وإنصافٌ لِمظلوميك

    Can they, after wronging their own souls, offer

    justice and fairness to those you oppress?

  19. لو كُنتِ أو كانوا من الأحرارِ لم

    يَسعوا إِلى تَقييدِ كلّ فكيك

    If you or they were free, they would not

    strive to shackle every unfettered person.

  20. الحرُّ يأنَفُ من عُبودةِ غَيرهِ

    ويُنيله من حظِّهِ كَشرِيك

    A free man disdains another's enslavement

    and grants him part of his own share, as a partner.

  21. حتّامَ دَعوى البطلِ يَسمَعُها الوَرى

    ويغِضُّ طَرفاً عن أذى جابيك

    How long will mankind hear the hero's claim

    and turn a blind eye to your tax collector's harm?

  22. لا تدّعي حرَيةً وعدالةً

    فعلى مَظالِمهِ بنى بابيك

    Do not claim freedom and justice,

    for on his injustices he built your two gates.

  23. وصَحائفُ التاريخِ قد خَضَّبتِها

    بدمٍ زكيٍّ حِملُهُ يوهيك

    And you have stained the pages of history

    with innocent blood, whose burden weakens you.

  24. هلا اعتبَرت بهَولِ آخرِ نَكبةٍ

    وعليكِ يَطلعُ جَحفَلاً غازيك

    Why did you not take warning from the terror of the latest calamity,

    as your invader advanced upon you with a mighty host?

  25. سِرعانَ ما تَنسِينَ والألمانُ ما

    بَرِحَت سَنابكُ خَيلهم تُدميك

    How quickly you forget, though the Germans'

    horses' hooves still make you bleed!

  26. يا مَن أتيتِ إِلى الشآمِ وَصيَّةً

    مَن ذا الذي أوصاكِ أو يُوصيك

    O you who came to al-Sham as a guardian,

    who appointed you guardian, or appoints you now?

  27. بئسَ الوِصايةُ بالحديدِ وباللّظى

    حَيثُ اليتامى مالهم يُغريك

    Wretched is guardianship by iron and flame,

    where the orphans' wealth entices you.

  28. بُلدانُهم مَهدومةٌ ودِماؤهم

    مَهدورةٌ هَل ذاكَ لا يَكفيك

    Their towns are demolished, and their blood

    is shed unavenged; is that not enough for you?

  29. أتُحارِبينَ الأعزلينِ بجَحفَلٍ

    جَمَّعتِ فيهِ حديدَ حدّاديك

    Do you fight the unarmed with a mighty host

    in which you amassed your smiths' iron?

  30. واللهِ ما هذا الفخارُ ولا العلى

    لكنَّه العارُ الذي يَعرِيك

    By God, this is neither glory nor greatness,

    but the shame that overtakes you.

  31. أرضُ الشآمِ شهيدةٌ مقهورةٌ

    بدمائها ودُموعِها ترميك

    The land of al-Sham is martyred and crushed;

    it pelts you with its blood and tears.

  32. ظمأٌ يَزيدُ حَشاكِ ماءُ جُفونِها

    وزَفيرُها نارٌ بها تُلظيك

    Its eyelids' water increases the thirst in your entrails;

    and its sigh is fire with which it scorches you.

  33. بعدَ الأمانِ غدَرتِها وفَجَعتِها

    فَلِغي دماً من أهلِها يَشفيك

    After safe conduct, you betrayed and bereaved it;

    so lap up blood from its people to heal you.

  34. لا تَنعمي بخرابها وهَلاكِهم

    ما خِلتهِ أمناً غداً يُرديك

    Do not delight in its ruin and their destruction;

    what you thought was safety will destroy you tomorrow.

  35. أرواحُهم ودِماؤُهم وعِظامُهم

    تَشكو إلى اللهِ الذي يجزيك

    Their souls, their blood, and their bones

    complain to God, who will requite you.

  36. وعليكِ من لعناتِهم ما تلتظي

    مِنهُ مياهُكِ أو يَهي راسيك

    Upon you are curses of theirs that set ablaze

    your waters, or make your steadfast mountain falter.

  37. المسلِمونَ ضرَبتِهم في جَهلِهم

    بالمُسلِمينَ وخانهم غاويك

    The Muslims—you struck them in their ignorance

    with Muslims, and your misguided follower betrayed them.

  38. أرضاكِ منهم من أغاظَ محمداً

    فالكافِرُ الزّنديقُ مَن يُرضيك

    The one among them who angered Muhammad pleased you;

    so the unbelieving heretic is the one who pleases you.

  39. شُلَّت يمينُ المُسلم العادي على

    إخوانهِ في الشَامِ كي يفديك

    May paralysis strike the right hand of the Muslim who attacks

    his brothers in al-Sham to ransom you!

  40. أو ليسَ يَذكُرُ ما فعلتِ بقومهِ

    أوَ لا يَرَى كم مضَّهم ماضيك

    Or does he not remember what you did to his people?

    And does he not see how much your past tormented them?

  41. أو ليسَ يَعلمُ أنَّهُ من دينهِم

    ونجارِهم فيكِفُّ أو يعصيك

    Or does he not know that he belongs to their faith

    and lineage, and thus hold back or defy you?

  42. أو ليسَ يُدركُ أنهم إن يَظفروا

    يَظفُر وأنَّ سَقوطَهُ يُعليك

    Or does he not realize that if they prevail,

    he prevails, and that his downfall raises you?

  43. لكنَّهُ العَبدُ الذّليلُ مُضَلَّلاً

    وكذا يُضَلِّلُ قَومَهُ هاديك

    But he is the abject slave, led astray,

    and thus your guide leads his people astray.

  44. قد شِئتِ بالعُبدانِ أن تَستَعبدي

    أحرارَنا والعبدُ لا يَحميك

    You wished, through slaves, to enslave

    our free people; but a slave will not protect you.

  45. فَقَذَفتِ منهم كلَّ أسودَ فاجرٍ

    مُذ أصبحوا غنماً لجزّاريك

    So you hurled forth every wicked Black man among them,

    since they became sheep for your butchers.

  46. للهِ درُّ أخي الحفيظَةِ والنّدى

    هذا أخو العرَبِ الذي يُقليك

    God bless the man of protective zeal and generosity!

    This is the Arabs' brother, who loathes you.

  47. الحِقدُ يُلهِبُ قَلبَهُ وحسامَهُ

    حتى يُخلِّفَ سافلاً عاليك

    Hatred inflames his heart and his sword,

    until he leaves your heights laid low.

  48. فرضٌ على العربيّ بغضُكِ ما بدا

    قوّادُ جَيشكِ بعدَ قوَّاديك

    Hatred of you is an Arab's duty, so long as there appear

    your army's commanders after your pimps.

  49. والثأرُ منكِ ومن بنيكِ ذمامةٌ

    للجاهِدِ المَوتورِ من باغيك

    And vengeance upon you and your sons is an obligation of honor

    for the fighter bereaved by your marauder.

  50. هذا صلاحُ الدّينِ يَطلعُ ظافراً

    وأمامَهُ يُلقى سلاحُ الديك

    Here is Salah al-Din, rising victorious,

    and before him the rooster's arms are laid down.

  51. حطّينُ ليست يا غدارِ بَعيدةً

    أو ليسَ في التّذكارِ ما يُنهيك

    Hattin is not far away, O traitress;

    or is there not in remembrance something to stop you?

  52. الشّامُ مَقبرةٌ لجيشِكِ فانبُشي

    بيدَيكِ أجداثاً لسفّاحيك

    Al-Sham is a graveyard for your army; dig out

    graves with your own hands for your butchers.

  53. هؤلاء ضمّيهم بلا أسفٍ إِلى

    ما في ثراها من صَليبييك

    Gather these, without regret, together with

    your Crusaders who lie in its soil.