أَفتى العَوارِفِ وَالعَواطِفِ حاضِراً

أَفتى العَوارِفِ وَالعَواطِفِ حاضِراً

وَفَتى العَزائِمِ وَالعَظائِمِ غائِبا

وَفَتى العَزائِمِ وَالعَظائِمِ غائِبا

O youth of kindness and compassion when here,

The saints and the tender-hearted pronounced you present,

And youth of resolve and mighty deeds when away.

And the resolute and mighty pronounced you absent.

أَرضَيتَ قَومَكَ وَالهِلالَ وَدَولَةً

أَرضَيتَ قَومَكَ وَالهِلالَ وَدَولَةً

عَزَّت بِهِمَّتِكَ الكَبيرَةِ جانِبا

عَزَّت بِهِمَّتِكَ الكَبيرَةِ جانِبا

You pleased your people, the Crescent, and a state

You made your people content, as well as the crescent moon,

Whose standing grew strong through your great resolve.

Through your great resolve you achieved glory.

فَكَأَنَّما كُنتَ الخَميسَ عَرَمرَماً

فَكَأَنَّما كُنتَ الخَميسَ عَرَمرَماً

وَكَأَنَّما كانت قَناً وَقَواضِبا

وَكَأَنَّما كانت قَناً وَقَواضِبا

So it was as though you were a vast army,

It was as if you were Khams, the well-armed,

And as though your resolve were spears and keen-edged swords.

And as if Qana were boats and canoes.

عَظَّمتَ حُرمَتَها وَصُنتَ ذِمامَها

عَظَّمتَ حُرمَتَها وَصُنتَ ذِمامَها

وَقَضَيتَ مِن تِلكَ الحُقوقِ الواجِبا

وَقَضَيتَ مِن تِلكَ الحُقوقِ الواجِبا

You honored its sanctity and safeguarded its covenant,

You honored its sanctity and protected its authority,

And fulfilled what was due of those rights.

And fulfilled those necessary rights.

وَدَّعتَنا وَمَضيتَ لا مُتَمَهِّلاً

وَدَّعتَنا وَمَضيتَ لا مُتَمَهِّلاً

تَلقى شَدائِدَ جَمَّةً وَمَصاعِبا

تَلقى شَدائِدَ جَمَّةً وَمَصاعِبا

You bade us farewell and went on without delay,

You bid us farewell and departed hastily,

Facing many hardships and difficulties.

To meet severe and perilous adversity.

وَأَقَمتَ مُغتَرِباً وَما اِغتَرَبَ اِمرُؤٌ

وَأَقَمتَ مُغتَرِباً وَما اِغتَرَبَ اِمرُؤٌ

يَنأى فَيَتَّخِذ العَزائِمَ صاحِبا

يَنأى فَيَتَّخِذ العَزائِمَ صاحِبا

And you dwelt abroad; yet no man is a stranger

You remained an exile, though no man becomes an exile

Who journeys far and takes resolve as his companion.

Except he who shuns his people and takes resolve as friend.

تَأسو جِراحَ الباسِلينَ مُسالِماً

تَأسو جِراحَ الباسِلينَ مُسالِماً

وَكَأَنَّما تَغشى الجِلادَ مُحارِبا

وَكَأَنَّما تَغشى الجِلادَ مُحارِبا

You heal the wounds of the brave as a man of peace,

You endure the wounds of heroes peacefully,

And seem to enter combat as a warrior.

As though you wrap the executioner engaged in battle.

وَكَأَنَّما جِئنا نُعَظِّمُ غازِياً

وَكَأَنَّما جِئنا نُعَظِّمُ غازِياً

مَلَأَ المَسالِكَ وَالدُروبَ كَتائِبا

مَلَأَ المَسالِكَ وَالدُروبَ كَتائِبا

And it is as though we came to honor a warrior on campaign

It was as if we came to glorify a warrior

Who filled the paths and roads with battalions,

Whose regiments and troops filled the roads.

هَزَّ المَنيعَ مِنَ الحُصونِ فَهَدَّهُ

هَزَّ المَنيعَ مِنَ الحُصونِ فَهَدَّهُ

وَمَضى البَلاءُ بِهِ فَبَزَّ الغالبا

وَمَضى البَلاءُ بِهِ فَبَزَّ الغالبا

Shook the impregnable fortress and razed it,

He shook the impregnable fortresses and razed them,

And valor carried him onward, so he surpassed the victor.

And calamity took him, so he emerged the victor.

لَيسَ الثَناءُ لِخامِلٍ أَو جاهِلٍ

لَيسَ الثَناءُ لِخامِلٍ أَو جاهِلٍ

يُمسي عَلى جِدِّ الحَوادِثِ لاعِبا

يُمسي عَلى جِدِّ الحَوادِثِ لاعِبا

Praise is not for an idle or ignorant man

Praise is not for the inactive or ignorant

Who spends the evening at play amid grave events.

Who at the events of fate remains blithe.