أواخر شهر تموز أرتنا

أواخر شهر تموز أرتنا

بداءة أزمةس ستدوم دهرا

بداءة أزمةس ستدوم دهرا

The closing days of July showed us

Late in the month of July we saw

the beginning of a crisis that would last an age.

The beginning of a crisis that will last an age

ففيها جحفل النمسا تعدى

ففيها جحفل النمسا تعدى

حدود السرب مهتاجاً مضرى

حدود السرب مهتاجاً مضرى

For then Austria’s host overstepped

In it, the swarm of Austria transgressed

the Serbs’ borders, enraged and fierce.

The boundaries of the swarm, raging harmfully

وأصلى روسيا غليومُ نار ال

وأصلى روسيا غليومُ نار ال

وغى ليشد من جوزيف ازرا

وغى ليشد من جوزيف ازرا

And Wilhelm cast Russia into the fire of

And Russia prayed, William setting ablaze

war, to strengthen Joseph’s back.

The fire of chaos, to gain support from Joseph

وكرّ بجيشه يغزو فرنسا

وكرّ بجيشه يغزو فرنسا

من البلجيك مخترقاً ممرا

من البلجيك مخترقاً ممرا

And he charged with his army to invade France,

And he marched his army to invade France

through Belgium, cutting a passage.

From Belgium, piercing a passage

تعمد أن يفاجئها بضرب

تعمد أن يفاجئها بضرب

ينال به على الحلفاءِ نصرا

ينال به على الحلفاءِ نصرا

He intended to surprise her with a blow

He intended to surprise them with a strike

by which he would gain victory over the Allies.

Through which he would gain victory over the Allies

فاصلتهُ فرنسَ لظى دفاعٍ

فاصلتهُ فرنسَ لظى دفاعٍ

رآه من لظى سقرٍ أحرَّا

رآه من لظى سقرٍ أحرَّا

So France scorched him with a defensive blaze

So France met him with intense defense

he found hotter than Saqar’s blaze.

Which he saw as intensely hot

وحينئذٍ به زعقت بريطاً

وحينئذٍ به زعقت بريطاً

نيا العظمى وقد وسعته زجرا

نيا العظمى وقد وسعته زجرا

And then Great Britain shouted at him,

And then Great Britain shouted at him

and showered him with rebuke.

The great protector, and she had warned him

ورابع ليلةٍ من شهر آبٍ

ورابع ليلةٍ من شهر آبٍ

عليه أزمعت للحرب شهرا

عليه أزمعت للحرب شهرا

And on the fourth night of August

And on the fourth night of the month of August

she resolved to proclaim war against him.

She prepared for war for a month

وعبأت الاساطيل اللواتي

وعبأت الاساطيل اللواتي

بسطنَ على محيا البحر برا

بسطنَ على محيا البحر برا

And she mobilized the fleets that

And she drafted the fleets which

spread dry land over the face of the sea.

Spread across the surface of the sea

شققن عبابه عرضاً وطولاً

شققن عبابه عرضاً وطولاً

بواخر ماخراتٍ فيه مخرا

بواخر ماخراتٍ فيه مخرا

They cleaved its billows, breadthwise and lengthwise—

They split its immensity lengthwise and widthwise

steamships plowing their way through it.

With dreadnoughts plowing through it

رواس كالجبال وهن اذ ما

رواس كالجبال وهن اذ ما

يسرن فمن وميض البرق اجرى

يسرن فمن وميض البرق اجرى

Firm as mountains, yet whenever they

Leaders like mountains, when they proceed

sail, they are swifter than lightning’s flash.

The sparking of lightning flows from them

دردنطاتهن زأرن حتى

دردنطاتهن زأرن حتى

أَشبن مفارق الالمان ذعرا

أَشبن مفارق الالمان ذعرا

Their dreadnoughts roared until

Their thunderous roaring until

they turned the Germans’ hair gray with terror.

They resembled the Germans fleeing in panic

فلولاهن لم نرَ ما رأينا

فلولاهن لم نرَ ما رأينا

وعدّ الحق اهل البطل صفرا

وعدّ الحق اهل البطل صفرا

For without them, we would not have seen what we saw,

Without them we would not have seen

and Truth reckoned falsehood’s followers as naught.

What we saw, and Truth promised the people of valor victory

فهنّ هدمن ما الالمان شادوا

فهنّ هدمن ما الالمان شادوا

وهنّ لنصرهم حولن كسرا

وهنّ لنصرهم حولن كسرا

For they demolished what the Germans had built,

It was they who destroyed what the Germans built

and they turned the Germans’ victory into defeat.

And it was they who turned their victory into defeat