1. أمانة الملك تدعوكم وتدعوني

    وما سوى الصدق يرضيكم ويرضيني

    The trust of the realm calls you and calls me.

    And nothing but truth pleases you and pleases me.

  2. أهل المواثيق صنتم عهدكم وأتت

    أيدي الأعزة في أيدي الميامين

    O keepers of covenants, you kept your pledge, and there came

    The hands of the mighty into the hands of the blessed.

  3. شاركتموهم وأنتم أخوة وهمُ

    في الواجب الضخم أكفاء الموازين

    You joined them as brothers, and they

    Are equals in the scales of the mighty duty.

  4. كلٌّ على الدهر معوانٌ لصاحبه

    كما استعان له موسى بهارون

    Each is his companion's steadfast helper against time,

    As Moses sought Aaron's aid for it.

  5. اليوم موعدكم بالخير جاءكمُ

    كما توقعت من حين إلى حين

    Today your promised time of good has come to you,

    As I expected, time after time.

  6. وإن ظفرتم فقد كنتم لأمتكم

    خير الفدى والضحايا والقرابين

    And if you have triumphed, you have been for your nation

    The finest of ransoms, sacrifices, and offerings.

  7. والأمر أولى براعيه ومحسنه

    في قومه لا بمأفوك ومأفون

    Authority is better entrusted to its guardian and one who wields it well

    Among his people, not to the deluded or the feeble-minded.

  8. وما القوانين في شعب بمغنية

    إن لم يجد ذمماً عدل القوانين

    And laws are of no avail among a people,

    Unless the justice of the laws finds people of conscience.

  9. تبيَّنَ الناس والدنيا مداولة

    خلق الملائك من خلق الشياطين

    People have distinguished, as the world changes hands,

    The character of angels from the character of devils.

  10. بالحكم عيّركم رهط وإنهمُ

    بالحكم ما برحوا بعض المجانين

    A faction taunted you for ruling, although they

    In matters of rule have always been among the mad.

  11. يرون أن جميع العالمين همُ

    وكل خلق بأيديهم وتكوين

    They think that they themselves are all the world,

    And all creation and formation are in their hands.

  12. وما يريدون إلا أن يكون لهم

    كل المناصب فوضى والدواويين

    And they want nothing but to have for themselves

    All posts and bureaus, theirs to take at will.

  13. يحرّمون عليكم ما لأنفسهم

    يحللون بلا شرع ولا دين

    They forbid you what, for themselves,

    They declare lawful, with neither sacred law nor religion.

  14. خلت صحائفهم من كل فائدة

    وإن أطالوا لها ضخم العناوين

    Their pages are devoid of all benefit,

    Though they give them lengthy, imposing headlines.

  15. هم بالهوى يكتبون المخزيات لهم

    ويحلمون بتصديق وتأمين

    Driven by caprice, they write what brings them shame,

    And dream of credence and assent.

  16. والأدعياء الأنانيون عدتهم

    هوج الأراجيف لا صدق البراهين

    And the selfish pretenders' ammunition is

    Wild rumors, not truthful proofs.

  17. لا يتركون غليلاً في قلوبهمُ

    وفي بطونهمُ سم الثعابين

    They leave no burning rancor unvented in their hearts,

    And in their bellies is the venom of snakes.

  18. ضقتم بصحبتهم من بعد ما عبثوا

    بكل سرٍّ لأوفى الصحب مكنون

    You grew weary of their company after they tampered

    With every secret kept hidden by the most loyal companions.

  19. واستأثروا بأمانات الحمى وقضوا

    فيه على كل محفوظ ومخزون

    They appropriated the homeland's trusts and destroyed

    All that was safeguarded and stored within it.

  20. لم تتركوهم سدى إلا لأنكمُ

    أبيتمُ لهمُ عيش السراحين

    You left them adrift only because you

    Refused them the life of wolves.

  21. إن كان لا بد من دعوى لهم بقيت

    فتلك دعوى المناكيد المساكين

    If they must have any claim left,

    It is the claim of the ill-fated and the destitute.

  22. وإن أقاموا وهم في الضيق مؤتمراً

    فليس إلا لتمويه وتهوين

    And if, in their distress, they hold a conference,

    It is only to mislead and play things down.

  23. يعللون بتلك السوق أنفسهم

    ويشتفون بتطريب وتلحين

    They console themselves with that marketplace,

    And seek a cure in singing and melody.

  24. وقد مضى عيدهم فيها وموسمهم

    وليس في العيد سلوان لمحزون

    And their festival and their season there have passed,

    And in a festival there is no solace for the sorrowful.

  25. لهم معاذيرهم من بعد ما نفدت

    سوائغ الزاد من تلك المواعين

    They have their excuses, now that nothing remains

    Of the palatable provisions from those vessels.

  26. لا يملكون سبيلاً بعد ما فقدت

    صيحاتهم كل تحريك وتسكين

    They have no way forward after the loss of

    All power in their cries to stir or still.

  27. فعالجوهم بذكرى أو بلائمة

    فأنتم اليوم أهل البأس واللين

    So treat them with a reminder or a rebuke,

    For today strength and gentleness are yours.

  28. إن أحسنوا فلهم منكم مكانهمُ

    وخطوهم في النواحي والميادين

    If they do well, they have their place among you,

    And room for their steps in the regions and arenas.

  29. ولو أصابوا لما خافوا ولا غضبوا

    وكلكم خير مرضيٍّ ومأمون

    Had they acted rightly, they would not have feared or grown angry,

    And all of you are good, well regarded, and trusted.

  30. هذي طريق إلى العدوان شائكة

    وتلك أخرى إليكم من رياحين

    This is a thorny road to hostility,

    And that other road to you is made of fragrant flowers.

  31. قومي أفادحة الأسبان بينكم

    أم تلك جائحة اليابان والصين

    My people, is the Spaniards' calamity in your midst,

    Or is it that scourge of Japan and China?

  32. إني قتيل تعاديكم وفرقتكم

    وليتني كنت من قتلى فلسطين

    I am slain by your mutual enmity and division,

    And would that I had been among Palestine's slain.

  33. موت الفتى الحر في الهيجاء أفضل من

    موت الفتى الحر بالأحزان والهُون

    A free young man's death in battle is better than

    A free young man's death from grief and humiliation.

  34. من لي بمن يستطيع الصلح بينكمُ

    فلا أرى غير تأييد وتمكين

    Who will find me someone able to make peace among you,

    So I may see only support and strengthening?

  35. لو عشتُ في وطن يوماً سوى وطني

    أحيا بيانيَ موتاه وتبييني

    Had I lived one day in a homeland other than mine,

    My eloquence and elucidation would have brought its dead to life.