1. لَمِنِ الجلالُ يَفُوقُ كُلَّ جلالِ

    أهِيَ العُروبةُ في حِماها العالي

    Whose is the majesty that surpasses all majesty?

    Is it Arabhood in her lofty sanctuary?

  2. أهِيَ الحميَّةُ هَاجَها مُتَوَثِّبٌ

    دَاسَ العرينَ وهمَّ بالرِّئبالِ

    Is it zeal, roused by one poised to pounce,

    Who trampled the den and meant to attack the fierce lion?

  3. تِلكَ الوفُودُ من المشارقِ أَقْبَلَتْ

    تَقْضِي الذِّمامَ لِقَوْمِها والآلِ

    Those delegations have come from the eastern lands,

    Fulfilling their duty to their people and kin.

  4. من كلِّ واضِحَةِ الجَبينِ يَزيُنها

    بأسُ الكُماةِ ونجدةُ الأبطالِ

    From every woman of radiant brow, adorned by

    The warriors' prowess and the heroes' courage.

  5. شَتَّى مَناقِبُها تَوارَثَ قومُها

    أحسابَ يَعْرُبَ في الزّمانِ الخالي

    Her virtues are manifold; her people inherited

    Ya'rub's ancestral honors in bygone times.

  6. تَبْغِي الحياةَ عَزيزَةً لِبلادِها

    وتَرُدُّ حُكْمَ الطَّامعِ المُغْتالِ

    She seeks a life of dignity for her country

    And rejects the rule of the covetous assassin.

  7. هُنّ ائْتَمَرْنَ بخيرِ دارٍ أُنْشِئَتْ

    بالمَشرِقَينِ لِصالحِ الأعمالِ

    They held council in the finest house established

    In the two Easts for worthy deeds,

  8. للناهِضَاتِ الذاَّئِداتِ عنِ الحِمَى

    الحامِلاتِ فَوادِحَ الأثقالِ

    For women who rise, defending the sanctuary,

    Who bear the crushing burdens,

  9. المُدْرِكاتِ الحقَّ يَفْزَعُ صَارِخاً

    ويَضِجُّ بين مَخالِبِ الأغوالِ

    Who come to Right's aid as it cries out in terror

    And clamors between the claws of ghouls.

  10. أوَمَا كَفَى نَوْمُ الحماةِ وما جَنَتْ

    تلك المضاجعُ من أذىً وخَبالِ

    Has the guardians' slumber not sufficed, and what

    Those beds have wrought of harm and ruin?

  11. شَرَفُ الحياةِ لِكُلِّ نفسٍ حُرَّةٍ

    تَأْبَى حَياةَ الضّيْمِ والأذلالِ

    Life's honor belongs to every free soul

    That refuses a life of oppression and humiliation.

  12. والشّعبُ إن خَفَضَ الجَناحَ ولم يَذُدْ

    عن حوضهِ أَمْسَى بأسوإ حالِ

    And if the people lower their wing and do not defend

    Their watering place, they end in the worst of states.

  13. هو يا فلسطينُ النِّضالُ وهل نجا

    من حَتْفِه وَطَنٌ بغيرِ نِضالِ

    It is struggle, O Palestine—and has there ever been escape

    From its doom for a homeland without struggle?

  14. لا تُنكِري شِيَمَ النُّفوسِ وأَبْشري

    بِأَحَبِّ مُنْقَلَبٍ وخيرِ مآلِ

    Do not deny the virtues of souls, and rejoice

    At the most welcome turn and the best outcome.

  15. وثِقِي بربِّكِ إنّه لكِ ناصرٌ

    ما مِثلُه من ناصرٍ أو والِ

    And trust your Lord: He is indeed your helper;

    No helper or protector is like Him.

  16. قُولي لِرُوزْفلْتَ المؤمَّلِ عَدلُهُ

    رُوزْفِلْتُ ما لِلظّالمينَ ومالي

    Say to Roosevelt, whose justice is hoped for:

    Roosevelt, what is the oppressors' due, and what is mine?

  17. أعَليَّ إيواءُ الشرَّيدِ ومن دَمِي

    يُسْقَى ويُطْعَمُ بعد قتل عِيالي

    Must I shelter the displaced wanderer, while from my blood

    He is given drink and food after my family is slain?

  18. شرُّ القُضاةِ سَجِيّةً وأضَرُّهم

    قاضٍ يرى الإنصافَ غَيْرَ حلالِ

    The worst of judges in character, and the most harmful,

    Is a judge who deems fairness unlawful.

  19. يا بائِعي عِرضَ العُروبةِ وَيْحَكُمْ

    لا تجهلوا عِرضُ العروبةِ غالِ

    O sellers of Arabhood's honor, woe to you!

    Do not be ignorant: Arabhood's honor is precious.

  20. إن شِئتُمُ البَيْعَ المُباحَ فإنّما

    هو بالدّمِ المسفوكِ لا بالمالِ

    If you desire a lawful sale, then it is only

    With shed blood, not with money.

  21. دنُيا من الأهواءِ إن لم تَسْتَفِقْ

    عصفت بها دُنيا مِنَ الأهوالِ

    A world of whims—if it does not awaken,

    A world of terrors will sweep it away.

  22. رفعوا على الوهمِ البِناءَ وما دَرَوْا

    أنّ الخطوبَ شديدةُ الزِّلزالِ

    They raised the edifice on delusion, unaware

    That calamities bring violent quakes.

  23. جَمَحَ الغُرورُ بهم فظنَّ غُلاتُهم

    أنّ العروبةَ آذنتْ بِزَوالِ

    Arrogance ran away with them, so their extremists thought

    That Arabhood had signaled her end.

  24. أَفَما رأوها في منازلِ عِزِّها

    غَضْبَى الليوثِ أبيَّةَ الأشبالِ

    Had they not, then, seen her in the abodes of her glory,

    Her lions wrathful, her cubs unbowed?

  25. ذُخْرُ الدُّهورِ فإن تَكُنْ من مِرْيةٍ

    بالقومِ فَهْيَ أمانةُ الأجيالِ

    She is the treasure of the ages; if there is any doubt

    Among the people, she is the trust of generations.

  26. إنّي استفدتُ على يدِ الفُضْلىَ هُدَى

    أَغْلىَ العِظاتِ وأبلغَ الأمثالِ

    Indeed, I have learned at the hands of the noble Huda

    The most precious lessons and the most eloquent examples.

  27. كذب الذي زَعمَ المُحالَ لِقومِه

    ومَضَى يقولُ مَقالةَ الجُهَّالِ

    He lied who made an absurd claim to his people

    And went on uttering the words of the ignorant.

  28. فَمِنَ العقائلِ للبلادِ معاقِلٌ

    ومن الحِسانِ البيضِ بيضُ نِصالِ

    For from noble women come strongholds for the land,

    And from fair-skinned beauties come gleaming blades.

  29. كم من أُناسٍ إن نظرتَ رَأَيْتَهُمْ

    بين الرجالِ وما هُمو برجالِ

    How many people, if you look, you see

    Among men, though they are no men:

  30. من كُلِّ مُستَلَبِ الحَميَّةِ جامدٍ

    واهِي القُوَى مُتخاذِلِ الأوصالِ

    Each stripped of zeal, unfeeling,

    Weak in strength, slack of limb,

  31. جافٍ يَبيتُ الخطبُ يَقْرَعُ قَوْمَه

    ويَبيتُ في دَعَةٍ رَخِيَّ البالِ

    Callous: calamity batters his people all night,

    While he spends the night at ease, carefree.

  32. عزمٌ يُبَرِّحُ بالخطوبِ وهِمّةٌ

    تَطْوِي المَدَى وتجولُ كلَّ مَجالِ

    A resolve that torments calamities, and an aspiration

    That folds away the distance and ranges through every field.

  33. أمَمُ العُروبة إن تَتَابَع شُكرُها

    فَلِفَضْلِها المُتتابِع المتوالي

    If the Arab nations' thanks to her come in succession,

    It is for her successive, unceasing beneficence.