نُجَدِّدُ ذِكرى عَهدِكُم وَنُعيدُ

نُجَدِّدُ ذِكرى عَهدِكُم وَنُعيدُ

وَنُدني خَيالَ الأَمسِ وَهوَ بَعيدُ

وَنُدني خَيالَ الأَمسِ وَهوَ بَعيدُ

We renew the memory of your days and recall it,

We renew the memory of your covenant and repeat it

and we bring yesterday's image near, though it is far away.

And bring near the image of yesterday, though distant

وَلِلناسِ في الماضي بَصائِرُ يَهتَدي

وَلِلناسِ في الماضي بَصائِرُ يَهتَدي

عَلَيهِنَّ غاوٍ أَو يَسيرُ رَشيدُ

عَلَيهِنَّ غاوٍ أَو يَسيرُ رَشيدُ

And the past offers people insights that guide

And people have insights in the past to be guided

the erring, or along which the rightly guided walk.

Upon them the lost or the rightly guided travel

إِذا المَيتُ لَم يَكرُم بِأَرضٍ ثَناؤُهُ

إِذا المَيتُ لَم يَكرُم بِأَرضٍ ثَناؤُهُ

تَحَيَّرَ فيها الحَيُّ كَيفَ يَسودُ

تَحَيَّرَ فيها الحَيُّ كَيفَ يَسودُ

If a dead man's good name is not honored in a land,

When the dead is not honored in a land, his eulogy

the living there are at a loss as to how to rise to eminence.

Perplexed in it the living, how can he prevail

وَنَحنُ قُضاةُ الحَقِّ نَرعى قَديمَهُ

وَنَحنُ قُضاةُ الحَقِّ نَرعى قَديمَهُ

وَإِن لَم يَفُتنا في الحُقوقِ جَديدُ

وَإِن لَم يَفُتنا في الحُقوقِ جَديدُ

And we, judges of justice, safeguard its past,

And we are the judges of truth, we tend its ancient ways

though nothing new in matters of rights escapes us.

If we miss not in rights the new

وَنَعلَمُ أَنّا في البِناءِ دَعائِمٌ

وَنَعلَمُ أَنّا في البِناءِ دَعائِمٌ

وَأَنتُم أَساسٌ في البِناءِ وَطيدُ

وَأَنتُم أَساسٌ في البِناءِ وَطيدُ

And we know that we are pillars in the building,

And we know we are in building pillars

and you are the building's firm foundation.

While you are a foundation in building, firm

فَريدُ ضَحايانا كَثيرٌ وَإِنَّما

فَريدُ ضَحايانا كَثيرٌ وَإِنَّما

مَجالُ الضَحايا أَنتَ فيهِ فَريدُ

مَجالُ الضَحايا أَنتَ فيهِ فَريدُ

Farid, our victims are many; yet

Unique are our sacrifices many, but

in the realm of sacrifice, you are unique.

The field of sacrifice, you in it are unique

فَما خَلفَ ما كابَدتَ في الحَقِّ غايَةٌ

فَما خَلفَ ما كابَدتَ في الحَقِّ غايَةٌ

وَلا فَوقَ ما قاسَيتَ فيهِ مَزيدُ

وَلا فَوقَ ما قاسَيتَ فيهِ مَزيدُ

For no further limit lies beyond what you endured for justice,

So what's beyond what you endured in truth is no end

and nothing exceeds what you suffered for it.

Nor above what you suffered in it, any addition

تَغَرَّبتَ عَشراً أَنتَ فيهنَّ بائِسٌ

تَغَرَّبتَ عَشراً أَنتَ فيهنَّ بائِسٌ

وَأَنتَ بِآفاقِ البِلادِ شَريدُ

وَأَنتَ بِآفاقِ البِلادِ شَريدُ

You spent ten years in exile, wretched throughout,

You were estranged for ten, in them miserable

and you were a homeless wanderer across the lands' horizons.

While across the horizons, exiled

تَجوعُ بِبُلدانٍ وَتَعرى بِغَيرِها

تَجوعُ بِبُلدانٍ وَتَعرى بِغَيرِها

وَتَرزَحُ تَحتَ الداءِ وَهوَ عَتيدُ

وَتَرزَحُ تَحتَ الداءِ وَهوَ عَتيدُ

You go hungry in some lands and naked in others,

You hunger in countries, and naked in others

and you are bowed beneath illness, ever at hand.

And you moan under affliction, while it is coming

أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ وَالحَقِّ طارِفٌ

أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ وَالحَقِّ طارِفٌ

مِنَ المالِ لَم تَبخَل بِهِ وَتَليدُ

مِنَ المالِ لَم تَبخَل بِهِ وَتَليدُ

Behold, for the sake of God and justice, newly acquired

Lo! in God's path and truth, flowing

wealth you did not withhold, nor ancestral wealth;

Of wealth, you did not begrudge it and hoard

وَجودُكَ بَعدَ المالِ بِالنَفسِ صابِراً

وَجودُكَ بَعدَ المالِ بِالنَفسِ صابِراً

إِذا جَزعَ المَحضورُ وَهوَ يَجودُ

إِذا جَزعَ المَحضورُ وَهوَ يَجودُ

and after your wealth, you gave your life with patience,

Your generosity beyond wealth, with self patient

when the dying man quails as he breathes his last.

When the present despaired, though he lavished

فَلا زِلتَ تِمثالاً مِنَ الحَقِّ خالِصاً

فَلا زِلتَ تِمثالاً مِنَ الحَقِّ خالِصاً

عَلى سِرِّهِ نَبني العُلا وَنَشيدُ

عَلى سِرِّهِ نَبني العُلا وَنَشيدُ

So may you ever remain a statue of pure justice,

So you remained a statue of pure truth

upon its secret we build and raise glory,

On its secret we build glory and sing poems

يُعلِمُ نَشءَ الحَيِّ كَيفَ هَوى الحِمى

يُعلِمُ نَشءَ الحَيِّ كَيفَ هَوى الحِمى

وَكَيفَ يُحامي دونَهُ وَيَذودُ

وَكَيفَ يُحامي دونَهُ وَيَذودُ

teaching the community's youth what love of the homeland is,

Teaching the living's progeny how passions were sought

and how to stand in its defense and protect it.

And how to defend it and fortify