لا أرتضيه لكم ولا أرضاكمو

فحياة الاستقلال ما أحياكمو

I do not approve of it for you, nor do I please you,

And the life of independence does not sustain you,

هو خطوة عرجاء مهما حبّذت

فدعوا المحبذ أن يكون سواكمو

It is a lame step no matter how much you praise it,

So let the praiser be but yourself.

إن القيود وإن تفك ثقيلة

فلتطرحوها طرح من عاداكمو

The shackles, even if heavy when undone,

Cast them off with the gesture of one who opposes you.

ودعوا الرصاص ينام عاما واحدا

حتى يجلجل بعد ذاك نداكمو

And let the bullets sleep for a year,

So that after that your calls ring loud.

بعض السكون هو التاهب للوغى

فتنظروها فهي سوف تراكمو

Some stillness is a raging chaos,

So look at it, it will surely show you.

لا تحسبوا الضليل أصبح هاديا

لو يستطيع لهدكم ورثاكمو

Do not think the lost has become a guide,

If he could, he would ruin you and eulogize you.

لكنه احترف الدعارة فاغتدى

من تبصرون كأنما أغناكمو

But he has mastered prostitution so he transgressed,

You see him as if he has sung to you.

لا غنم للأوطان حين عداتكم

ساداتكم وإذا الفتات غذاكمو

No gains for homelands when your masters have rebelled against you

And when the crumbs have fed you.

أهل الحضارة من قديم أنتمو

فمن الدعي ليستبيح علاكمو

The civilized people you have been since old,

So who is the impudent one to make lawful your ornaments?

أيقال إنكمو محط حماية

لهوانكم فمن الذي أدناكمو

Is it said you are a shelter of protection

For your submission, so who has approached you?

حاشا وربي أنكم ساداتهم

لو ينصفون رجالكم ونساكمو

God forbid you are their masters

If they were equitable to your men and women.

لا بد في الغد من قيام جموعكم

لحسابهم إن يومكم أنساكمو

There must be in the tomorrow a rising of your groups

To settle accounts with them if their day has made you forget.

سرق الغشوم بلادكم وإذا به

صار الوصي عليكم لأذاكموا

The dishonest have stolen your countries, and there he is,

He has become the trustee over you to bother you.

أو أنتمو من يستنيم لمكره

حاشا وبين جموعكم شهداكمو

Or is it you who becomes drowsy to his cunning?

God forbid, and between your groups are your martyrs.