إخوانناour brothers أهلاًwelcome بكمto you ومرحباand welcome
إخواننا أهلاً بكم ومرحبا
حقَّwas rightfully due لكمto you خضوعُناour submission ووجباand was obligatory
حقَّ لكم خضوعُنا ووجبا
Our brothers, welcome—a warm welcome to you!
Our submission is your due, and our duty.
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 a pasture for you that never grows barren.
There you have lawful, wholesome sustenance.
وسرناand it gladdened us أناthat we نرىsee الأوطاناthe homelands
وسرنا أنا نرى الأوطانا
علىagainst العدىthe enemies لأهلهاfor their people أعواناallies
على العدى لأهلها أعوانا
And it gladdened us to see the homelands
as allies to their people against the enemy.
فإنso if ذكرناwe recalled لكمof yours ذنوباsins
فإن ذكرنا لكم ذنوبا
كفَّرَهاatoned for them دفعُكُمُyour repelling الغريباthe foreigner
كفَّرَها دفعُكُمُ الغريبا
So if we have recalled sins of yours,
your repelling of the foreigner has atoned for them,
وأنهاand that they وقائعٌbattles نفعتُمُyou benefited
وأنها وقائعٌ نفعتُمُ
مغلوبكمthose you defeated بهاthrough them كماjust as انتفعتمُyou benefited
مغلوبكم بها كما انتفعتمُ
as has the fact that they were battles in which you benefited
those you defeated, just as you yourselves benefited.
جرحتموناyou wounded us كيso that تنبهوناyou awaken us
جرحتمونا كي تنبهونا
ونوَّموناand they put us to sleep كيso that يُغَلِّلوناthey might shackle us
ونوَّمونا كي يُغَلِّلونا
You wounded us to awaken us;
and they lulled us to sleep to shackle us.
وقدand sometimes يجرِّبُtests الفتىthe young man فيon جسمِهِhis body
وقد يجرِّبُ الفتى في جسمِهِ
سلاحهhis weapon يعدهhe readies it لخصمِهِfor his foe
سلاحه يعده لخصمِهِ
And sometimes a young man tests upon his own body
his weapon, readying it for his foe.
فيناamong us لأيْتُوfor Itō مالكmaster of العنانِthe reins
فينا لأيْتُو مالك العنانِ
جميلُthe service بَسْمَرْكَBismarck's علىto الألمانِthe Germans
جميلُ بَسْمَرْكَ على الألمانِ
For us, Itō, master of the reins, has rendered
the service Bismarck rendered to the Germans.
وسوفand shall نلقىwe find تحتbeneath ظلthe shade of بوذاBuddha
وسوف نلقى تحت ظل بوذا
إذاif اتحدناwe unite مشرباًa drink لذيذاdelightful
إذا اتحدنا مشرباً لذيذا
And beneath Buddha's shade we shall find,
if we unite, a delightful drink.