إخوانناour brothers أهلاًwelcome بكمto you ومرحباand welcome
إخواننا أهلاً بكم ومرحبا
حقَّwas due لكمto you خضوعُناour submission ووجباand was obligatory
حقَّ لكم خضوعُنا ووجبا
Our brothers, welcome, welcome to you!
Our brothers, welcome and greetings,
Our submission is your due and our duty.
It is your right, our submission and obligation,
فأرضناfor our land مرعىa pasture لكمfor you لاnot يجدبُgrows barren
فأرضنا مرعى لكم لا يجدبُ
فيهاin it لكمfor you رزقsustenance حلالlawful طيِّبُwholesome
فيها لكم رزق حلال طيِّبُ
For our land is your pasture, never barren;
For our land is pasture for you, not barren,
in it you have lawful, wholesome sustenance.
In it for you is lawful, good sustenance,
وسرناand it pleased us أناthat we نرىsee الأوطاناthe homelands
وسرنا أنا نرى الأوطانا
علىagainst العدىthe enemies لأهلهاfor their people أعواناallies
على العدى لأهلها أعوانا
And we rejoiced to see the homelands
And we are glad that we see countries,
allies to their people against the enemy.
Against the enemy, aides for its people,
فإنso if ذكرناwe recall لكمof yours ذنوباsins
فإن ذكرنا لكم ذنوبا
كفَّرَهاatoned for them دفعُكُمُyour repelling الغريباthe foreigner
كفَّرَها دفعُكُمُ الغريبا
So if we recall sins of yours,
If we mentioned sins to you,
your driving back the foreigner atoned for them,
Your driving away the foreigner has atoned them,
وأنهاand that they وقائعٌbattles نفعتُمُyou benefited
وأنها وقائعٌ نفعتُمُ
مغلوبكمthose you vanquished بهاthrough them كماjust as انتفعتمُyou benefited
مغلوبكم بها كما انتفعتمُ
as did the fact that these were battles in which you benefited
And that they were events that benefited you,
those you vanquished, just as you yourselves benefited.
Your conquered through them as you benefited,
جرحتموناyou wounded us كيso that تنبهوناyou might rouse us
جرحتمونا كي تنبهونا
ونوَّموناand they lulled us to sleep كيso that يُغَلِّلوناthey might shackle us
ونوَّمونا كي يُغَلِّلونا
You wounded us to rouse us,
You wounded us that you might wake us,
while they lulled us to sleep to shackle us.
And lulled us that they might shackle us,
وقدand may يجرِّبُtest الفتىthe young man فيon جسمِهِhis body
وقد يجرِّبُ الفتى في جسمِهِ
سلاحهhis weapon يعدهhe readies it لخصمِهِfor his foe
سلاحه يعده لخصمِهِ
And a young man may test on his own body
And the young man may test on his body,
his weapon, which he readies for his foe.
His weapon he prepares for his foe,
فيناfor us لأيْتُوto Itō مالكmaster of العنانِthe reins
فينا لأيْتُو مالك العنانِ
جميلُkindness بَسْمَرْكَBismarck علىtoward الألمانِthe Germans
جميلُ بَسْمَرْكَ على الألمانِ
Itō, master of the reins, has rendered us
In us when you come, holding the reins,
the service Bismarck rendered the Germans.
Beautiful your smile upon the Germans,
وسوفand will نلقىwe find تحتbeneath ظلthe shade of بوذاBuddha
وسوف نلقى تحت ظل بوذا
إذاif اتحدناwe unite مشرباًa draught لذيذاdelightful
إذا اتحدنا مشرباً لذيذا
And we shall find beneath Buddha’s shade,
And we will meet under Buddha's shade,
if we unite, a delightful draught.
When we unite in a sweet creed.