إِنّا أَتَينا بِالثَناءِ نَسوقُهُ

إِنّا أَتَينا بِالثَناءِ نَسوقُهُ

جَلَلاً يَهُزُّ دَوِيُّهُ الأَقطارا

جَلَلاً يَهُزُّ دَوِيُّهُ الأَقطارا

Indeed, we have come with praise, sending it forth,

We come bearing praise we lead forth

Mighty, its thunder shaking the lands.

Grandly, its echo shakes the lands

أَمَّنتَنا كَيدَ الَّذينَ تَنازَعوا

أَمَّنتَنا كَيدَ الَّذينَ تَنازَعوا

أَرواحَنا وَتَناهَبوا الأَعمارا

أَرواحَنا وَتَناهَبوا الأَعمارا

You kept us safe from the plots of those who fought over

You protected us from the scheming of those who

Our souls, and plundered our lifetimes.

Strove against our souls and plundered lifetimes

يا واهِبَ الأَمنِ النُفوسَ وَلَم تَكُن

يا واهِبَ الأَمنِ النُفوسَ وَلَم تَكُن

لِتُصيبَ أَمناً أَو تَطيقَ قَرارا

لِتُصيبَ أَمناً أَو تَطيقَ قَرارا

O giver of safety to souls, when they could not

O Giver of security to souls, though you had no

Find safety or manage to rest.

Safety to gain, or rest to find

إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَدَلتَ مِنهُم عادِلاً

إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَدَلتَ مِنهُم عادِلاً

وَتَرَكتَهُم مُتَمَزِّقينَ حَيارى

وَتَرَكتَهُم مُتَمَزِّقينَ حَيارى

Indeed, those against whom you turned the tide, acting justly,

Those whom you guided justly

And whom you left torn apart and bewildered,

And whom you left bewildered and confused

كانوا النُهاةَ الآمِرينَ فَما اِشتَهوا

كانوا النُهاةَ الآمِرينَ فَما اِشتَهوا

نالوا وَما ساموا الخَلائِقَ صارا

نالوا وَما ساموا الخَلائِقَ صارا

Were those who forbade and commanded; so whatever they desired,

Were the absolute rulers, so they took what they craved

They obtained, and whatever they imposed on people came to pass.

And did to people whatever they desired

كَم أَنَّةٍ تَحتَ الظَلامِ تَرَدَّدَت

كَم أَنَّةٍ تَحتَ الظَلامِ تَرَدَّدَت

فَاِستَوقَفَت أَصداؤُها الأَقدارا

فَاِستَوقَفَت أَصداؤُها الأَقدارا

How many a groan resounded beneath the darkness,

How many groans in darkness wandered

And so its echoes brought the fates to a halt!

Their echoes astounding the fates

كَم نَكبَةٍ فَدَحَت وَكَم مِن غَمرَةٍ

كَم نَكبَةٍ فَدَحَت وَكَم مِن غَمرَةٍ

خُضنا بِها الأَهوالَ وَالأَخطارا

خُضنا بِها الأَهوالَ وَالأَخطارا

How many a calamity weighed upon us, and how many an overwhelming ordeal

How many disasters overwhelmed us

In which we waded through terrors and dangers!

And perils we braved through hardship and danger

في ظِلِّ قَسوَرِكَ المُبارَكِ عَهدُهُ

في ظِلِّ قَسوَرِكَ المُبارَكِ عَهدُهُ

عاشَ الَّذي لَقِيَ الحِمامَ مِرارا

عاشَ الَّذي لَقِيَ الحِمامَ مِرارا

In the shade of your lion, whose reign is blessed,

In the shade of your blessed castle whose rule

He who met death time and again lived.

Outlived those who met adversity again and again

أَنتُم وُلاةُ الأَمرِ فَاِحتَفِظوا بِهِ

أَنتُم وُلاةُ الأَمرِ فَاِحتَفِظوا بِهِ

وَكَفى بِكُم لِبِلادِكُم أَنصارا

وَكَفى بِكُم لِبِلادِكُم أَنصارا

You are the holders of authority, so hold fast to it;

You are the guardians, so protect it

And you suffice as champions for your country.

And suffice as defenders of your lands