لا نِبغيضُ الروسَ لَكِن لا نُحِبُّهُمُ

لا نِبغيضُ الروسَ لَكِن لا نُحِبُّهُمُ

فَحَربُنا حَربُ أَقرانٍ لِأَقرانِ

فَحَربُنا حَربُ أَقرانٍ لِأَقرانِ

We do not hate the Russians, but we do not love them.

We bear the Russians no ill will, yet we do not love them,

We bear no hate for the Russ, though we love them not,

For ours is a war of equals against equals.

For ours is a war of peers against peers.

For our war is a war of equals against equals.

وَلا الفَرنسيسَ ما هُمَ بِالعُداةِ لَنا

وَلا الفَرنسيسَ ما هُمَ بِالعُداةِ لَنا

لَكِنَّهُم غَيرُ أَصحابٍ وَإِخوانِ

لَكِنَّهُم غَيرُ أَصحابٍ وَإِخوانِ

Nor do we hate the French; they are not our foes,

Nor are the French truly hostile to us,

Nor the French; they are not true foes to us,

But they are neither friends nor brothers.

But they are not comrades or brothers.

Though neither are they friends nor brethren.

إِنّا نُبادِلُهُم وَالنَقعُ مُنسَدِلٌ

إِنّا نُبادِلُهُم وَالنَقعُ مُنسَدِلٌ

طَعناً بِطَعنٍ وَنيراناً بِنيرانِ

طَعناً بِطَعنٍ وَنيراناً بِنيرانِ

We exchange with them, as the dust hangs down,

We engage with them blow for blow,

We exchange with them, while the battle-dust hangs low,

Thrust for thrust, and fire for fire.

Stab for stab, fire for fire.

Thrust for thrust and fire for fire.

وَذي بَيارِقُنا في الفَوجِ خافِقَةٌ

وَذي بَيارِقُنا في الفَوجِ خافِقَةٌ

وَجَيشُنا ظافِرٌ في كُلِّ مَيدانِ

وَجَيشُنا ظافِرٌ في كُلِّ مَيدانِ

And here are our banners fluttering amid the host,

Our proud banners wave among the regiments,

Here are our banners fluttering in the regiment,

And our army is victorious on every field.

And our victorious army on every battlefield.

And our army stands victorious in every field.

قُلوبَنا لَيسَ فيها غَيرُ موجِدَةٍ

قُلوبَنا لَيسَ فيها غَيرُ موجِدَةٍ

ذو الشَيبِ فيها وَفَحمُ الشَزِ سِيّانِ

ذو الشَيبِ فيها وَفَحمُ الشَزِ سِيّانِ

Our hearts hold nothing but resentment;

Our hearts contain naught but the glowing embers

Our hearts hold nothing but a single wrath,

In this, the gray-haired and the coal-black-haired are alike.

Of elders and the live coals of youth alike.

Wherein the grey-haired elder and the dark-haired youth are one.

نَهوى وَنَحنُ جُموعٌ لا عِدادَ لَها

نَهوى وَنَحنُ جُموعٌ لا عِدادَ لَها

كَواحِدٍ وَكَذا نُقلى كَإِنسانِ

كَواحِدٍ وَكَذا نُقلى كَإِنسانِ

We love, though we are multitudes beyond counting,

As a mass beyond count we share one passion,

We love as one, though we are countless multitudes,

As one; and likewise we hate as one person.

And so we are martyred as one, as men.

And as one man, we loathe with a single soul.

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

Our enemy is one; everyone knows him:

Our sole enemy, whom all recognize,

Our enemy is but one; he is known to all,

That envious, vile, scheming hater.

Is that envious wicked schemer who does ill.

That envious, malicious, cunning slanderer.

تَرُدُّنا عَنهُ أَمواجٌ يَلوذُ بِها

تَرُدُّنا عَنهُ أَمواجٌ يَلوذُ بِها

سَميكَةٌ كَالنَجيعِ اليابِسِ القَني

سَميكَةٌ كَالنَجيعِ اليابِسِ القَني

Waves he shelters behind keep us from him,

Against him surging breakers are our haven

Waves separate us from him, in which he takes refuge,

Thick as dried, deep-red gore.

Of refuge, massive as the barren, scorching dunes.

Thick as dried gore, dark and deep.

أَرى بِهِ وَهوَ الطوفانِ مُختَبِئٌ

أَرى بِهِ وَهوَ الطوفانِ مُختَبِئٌ

طوفانَ غَيظٍ تَوارى خَلفَ طوفانِ

طوفانَ غَيظٍ تَوارى خَلفَ طوفانِ

I see in him, as he hides in the deluge,

I see him taking cover amid the deluge,

I see him there, hiding within the deluge,

A deluge of fury concealed behind a deluge.

A flood of wrath concealed behind a flood.

A flood of rage concealed behind a flood of water.

قَد أَصبَحَ الماءُ يَحميهِ وَيَمنَعُهُ

قَد أَصبَحَ الماءُ يَحميهِ وَيَمنَعُهُ

الوَيلُ لِلماءِ مِنّا إِنَّهُ جانِ

الوَيلُ لِلماءِ مِنّا إِنَّهُ جانِ

The water now protects and shields him;

The water now preserves and protects him -

The water has come to protect and defend him—

Woe to the water at our hands: it is an offender.

Woe to the water because of us, for it has sided with the foe!

Woe be to the water from us, for it shares the crime!

قِفوا أَمامَ القَضاءِ العَدلِ كُلُّكُمُ

قِفوا أَمامَ القَضاءِ العَدلِ كُلُّكُمُ

وَليَحلِفَنَّ يَميناً كُلُّ أَلماني

وَليَحلِفَنَّ يَميناً كُلُّ أَلماني

Stand, all of you, before the just tribunal,

Stand, all of you, before the seat of justice

Stand, all of you, before the bar of just decree,

And let every German swear an oath,

And solemnly swear a harsh unbending oath,

And let every German swear a solemn oath.

غَليظَةً كَالحَديدِ الصَلبِ صارِمَةً

غَليظَةً كَالحَديدِ الصَلبِ صارِمَةً

كَالمَوتِ تَبَقّى لِأَدهارٍ وَأَزمانِ

كَالمَوتِ تَبَقّى لِأَدهارٍ وَأَزمانِ

Binding as hard iron, inexorable

Rigid as steel, inexorable as death,

An oath unyielding as solid steel, severe,

As death, enduring through ages and times:

To endure for ages and aeons of time:

Enduring like death through ages and eras.

وَأَن نَبغُضَ البُغضَ لا تَبلى مَرائِرُهُ

وَأَن نَبغُضَ البُغضَ لا تَبلى مَرائِرُهُ

وَلا يُقاسُ وَلا يُحصى بِميزانِ

وَلا يُقاسُ وَلا يُحصى بِميزانِ

And that we hate with a hatred whose cords never fray,

That we will harbor a hatred that does not wane,

To hate with a hatred whose fibers never fray,

And which cannot be measured or reckoned by a scale;

Immeasurable, beyond reckoning,

A hate unmeasured, uncountable by any scale.

وَأَن نُرَدِّدَهُ في كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ

وَأَن نُرَدِّدَهُ في كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ

وَأَن نُكَرِّرَهُ تَكريرَ أَلحانِ

وَأَن نُكَرِّرَهُ تَكريرَ أَلحانِ

And that we repeat it in every quarter,

That we will voice it everywhere,

To echo it in every quarter and corner,

And that we reiterate it as melodies are repeated;

Repeat it like a refrain,

And repeat it as one repeats a chanting hymn.

وَأَن نُعَلِّمَ مِنّا كُلَّ ذي كَبِدٍ

وَأَن نُعَلِّمَ مِنّا كُلَّ ذي كَبِدٍ

أَن يَبغُضَ القَومَ في سِرٍّ وَإِعلانِ

أَن يَبغُضَ القَومَ في سِرٍّ وَإِعلانِ

And that we teach every living being among us

And teach it to every heart and mind

To teach every living soul among us,

To hate that people, in secret and openly,

To hate these people both secretly and openly,

To hate that people in secret and in open view.

بُغضاً إِلى نَسلِنا بِالإِرثِ مُنتَقِلاً

بُغضاً إِلى نَسلِنا بِالإِرثِ مُنتَقِلاً

إِلى بَينِهِم وَمِن جيلٍ إِلى ثانِ

إِلى بَينِهِم وَمِن جيلٍ إِلى ثانِ

With hatred passed by inheritance to our offspring,

A hatred handed down to our descendants

A hatred passed down as an heirloom to our kin,

Into their midst, and from one generation to the next.

And from one generation to the next.

Moving among them from one generation to the next.

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

Our enemy is one; everyone knows him:

Our sole enemy, whom all recognize,

Our enemy is but one; he is known to all,

That envious, vile, scheming hater.

Is that envious wicked schemer who does ill.

That envious, malicious, cunning slanderer.

أَلا اِسمَعوا أَيُّها الأَلمانُ وَاِعتَبِروا

أَلا اِسمَعوا أَيُّها الأَلمانُ وَاِعتَبِروا

فَأَنتُمُ أَهلُ أَلبابٍ وَأَذهانِ

فَأَنتُمُ أَهلُ أَلبابٍ وَأَذهانِ

Listen now, O Germans, and take heed,

Hark, O Germans, and understand,

Listen, O Germans, and take heed,

For you are people of intellect and understanding.

For you are people of intellect and wisdom:

For you are a people of intellect and mind.

في مَحفَلٍ جَلَسَ القُوّادُ كُلُّهُمُ

في مَحفَلٍ جَلَسَ القُوّادُ كُلُّهُمُ

كَمُحكَمِ العِقدِ أَو مَرصوصِ بُنيانِ

كَمُحكَمِ العِقدِ أَو مَرصوصِ بُنيانِ

In an assembly all the commanders sat,

Your commanders all convened as one,

In a council, all the commanders sat convened,

Like a tightly strung necklace or closely laid masonry.

Bound fast like well-knotted rope or mortared brick.

Firm as a tightened knot or a cemented wall.

وَقامَ واحِدُهُم وَالكَأسُ في يَدِهِ

وَقامَ واحِدُهُم وَالكَأسُ في يَدِهِ

كَأَنَّها قَبَسٌ أَو عَينُ غَضبانِ

كَأَنَّها قَبَسٌ أَو عَينُ غَضبانِ

And one of them rose, a cup in his hand,

One of them rose, a cup held in his hand,

And one of them rose, a chalice in his hand,

As though it were a firebrand or an angry man's eye.

As though it were a torch or a wrathful eye.

Blazing like a firebrand or a wrathful eye.

فَقالَ يا قَومُ هَذا سِرُّ يَومِكُمُ

فَقالَ يا قَومُ هَذا سِرُّ يَومِكُمُ

أَلا اِشرَبوا إِنَّ سِرَّ اليَومَ سِرّانِ

أَلا اِشرَبوا إِنَّ سِرَّ اليَومَ سِرّانِ

Then he said, 'My people, this is the secret of your day;

He spoke: "O people, this is the secret of your day.

He said: 'O people, this is the secret of your day,

Come, drink! Today's secret is twofold.'

Come, drink! for the secret of the day is two secrets."

Drink deep, for the day's secret is twofold.'

مَقالَةُ فَعَلَت في الجَمعِ فِعلَتَها

مَقالَةُ فَعَلَت في الجَمعِ فِعلَتَها

فَأَصبَحوا وَكَأَنَّ الواحِدَ اِثنانِ

فَأَصبَحوا وَكَأَنَّ الواحِدَ اِثنانِ

A saying that did its work upon the gathering,

His utterance, spoken to the assembly, had its effect,

A speech that worked its magic on the crowd,

And they became as though each man were two.

And they became as though they were one man, not two.

Until they merged, as if one spirit became two.

ما ضَربَةُ السَيفِ مِن ذي مُرَّةٍ بَطَلٍ

ما ضَربَةُ السَيفِ مِن ذي مُرَّةٍ بَطَلٍ

وَمُستَطيرُ اللَظى مِن قَلبِ صَوّانِ

وَمُستَطيرُ اللَظى مِن قَلبِ صَوّانِ

No sword-stroke from a mighty hero,

No striking sword, no leaping spark of flame,

Neither the sword-stroke of a mighty hero,

Nor flame flying from the heart of flint,

No speeding ship, no shooting star, no diving lightning bolt,

Nor the sparks flying from a heart of flint,

وَلا السَفينَةُ في التَيّارِ جارِيَةً

وَلا السَفينَةُ في التَيّارِ جارِيَةً

وَلا الشِهابُ هَوى في إِثرِ شَيطانِ

وَلا الشِهابُ هَوى في إِثرِ شَيطانِ

Nor a ship speeding in the current,

Is swifter or more forceful than it,

Nor the ship coursing through the tide,

Nor a shooting star falling in pursuit of a devil,

Emerging from his mouth like an arrow from the quiver.

Nor the meteor plunging in pursuit of a fiend,

أَمضى وَأَنفَذَ مِنها وَهيَ خارِجَةٌ

أَمضى وَأَنفَذَ مِنها وَهيَ خارِجَةٌ

مِن فيهِ كَالسَهمِ مِن أَحشاءِ مِرنانِ

مِن فيهِ كَالسَهمِ مِن أَحشاءِ مِرنانِ

Was sharper or more piercing than it as it issued

It illuminated whoever was in the cup that was raised on high

Were sharper or more piercing than those words,

From his mouth like an arrow from the belly of a twanging bow.

By that speaker who intended and meant it.

Shot from his mouth like an arrow from a singing bow.

فَضاءَ مَن كانَ في الكَأسِ الَّتي اِرتَفَعَت

فَضاءَ مَن كانَ في الكَأسِ الَّتي اِرتَفَعَت

وَمَن يُريدُ وَيَعني القائِلُ العاني

وَمَن يُريدُ وَيَعني القائِلُ العاني

Then it was clear who was in the cup raised high,

O children of Britain, rally your masses

It illuminated the contents of the raised cup,

And whom the earnest speaker intended and meant.

And summon mankind, human or jinn!

And revealed whom the fervent speaker meant.

بَني بَريطانيا نادوا جُموعَكُمُ

بَني بَريطانيا نادوا جُموعَكُمُ

وَاِستَصرِخوا الخَلقَ مِنإِنسٍ وَمِن جانِ

وَاِستَصرِخوا الخَلقَ مِنإِنسٍ وَمِن جانِ

Sons of Britain, call out your multitudes,

Build your fortresses and ramparts with gold

O sons of Britannia, call forth your multitudes,

And call on all creation, humans and jinn, for aid.

And hire armies of whites and blacks!

And summon the creatures of earth, both men and Jinn.

وَاِبنوا المَعاقِلَ وَالأَسوارَ مِن ذَهَبٍ

وَاِبنوا المَعاقِلَ وَالأَسوارَ مِن ذَهَبٍ

وَاِستَأجِروا الجُندَ مِن بيضٍ وَعُبدانِ

وَاِستَأجِروا الجُندَ مِن بيضٍ وَعُبدانِ

And build fortresses and walls of gold,

Patrol your fleets in the sea lying in wait for us,

Build your fortresses and ramparts out of gold,

And hire troops from white men and slaves.

Churning the waves and tracking the whales!

And hire your mercenaries, white and black.

مُروا أَساطيلَكُم في البَحرِ تَرصُدُنا

مُروا أَساطيلَكُم في البَحرِ تَرصُدُنا

وَتَأصُدُ البَحرَ مِن مَوجٍ وَحيتانِ

وَتَأصُدُ البَحرَ مِن مَوجٍ وَحيتانِ

Order your fleets at sea to lie in wait for us,

By God! None of this will hinder or turn back

Order your fleets to lie in wait at sea,

And bar the sea against waves and whales.

A hand once outstretched in anger to smash and demolish.

Blocking the ocean against both wave and whale.

تَاللَهِ لا ذي وَلا هَذي تَرُدُّ يَداً

تَاللَهِ لا ذي وَلا هَذي تَرُدُّ يَداً

إِذا رَمَت دَكَّتِ البُنيانَ وَالباني

إِذا رَمَت دَكَّتِ البُنيانَ وَالباني

By God, neither this nor that will turn back a hand

We bear the Russians no ill will, yet we do not love them,

By God, neither this nor that shall stay a hand

That, when it fires, levels the building and its builder.

For ours is a war of peers against peers.

That, when it strikes, crushes the building and the builder.

لا نُبغِضُ الروسَ لَكِن لا نُحِبُّهُمُ

لا نُبغِضُ الروسَ لَكِن لا نُحِبُّهُمُ

فَحَربُنا حَربُ أَقرانٍ لِأَقرانِ

فَحَربُنا حَربُ أَقرانٍ لِأَقرانِ

We do not hate the Russians, but we do not love them.

Nor are the French truly hostile to us,

We bear no hate for the Russ, though we love them not,

For ours is a war of equals against equals.

But they are not comrades or brothers.

For our war is a war of equals against equals.

وَلا الفَرَنسيسَ ما هُم بِالعُداةِ لَنا

وَلا الفَرَنسيسَ ما هُم بِالعُداةِ لَنا

لَكِنَّهُم غَيرُ أَصحابٍ وَإِخوانِ

لَكِنَّهُم غَيرُ أَصحابٍ وَإِخوانِ

Nor do we hate the French; they are not our foes,

We engage with them blow for blow,

Nor the French; they are not true foes to us,

But they are neither friends nor brothers.

Stab for stab, fire for fire.

Though neither are they friends nor brethren.

إِنّا نُبادِلَهُم وَالنَقعُ مُنسَدِلٌ

إِنّا نُبادِلَهُم وَالنَقعُ مُنسَدِلٌ

طَعناً بِطَعنٍ وَنيراناً بِنيرانِ

طَعناً بِطَعنٍ وَنيراناً بِنيرانِ

We exchange with them, as the dust hangs down,

We attack and are attacked, with hatred ever present

We exchange with them, while the battle-dust hangs low,

Thrust for thrust, and fire for fire.

And every vicious, deadly, piercing weapon.

Thrust for thrust and fire for fire.

نَأتي وَيَأتونَ وَالهَيجاءَ قائِمَةٌ

نَأتي وَيَأتونَ وَالهَيجاءَ قائِمَةٌ

بِكُلِّ ماضٍ وَفَتّاكٍ وَطَعّانِ

بِكُلِّ ماضٍ وَفَتّاكٍ وَطَعّانِ

We advance, and they advance, while battle rages,

But what tomorrow will bring is peace

We advance and they advance, while war rages on,

With every keen blade, deadly fighter, and spear-thruster.

Veiling this tumult, covering them with forgetfulness.

With every sharp blade, lethal weapon, and spear.

لَكِنَّما في غَدٍ يُرخي السَلامُ عَلى

لَكِنَّما في غَدٍ يُرخي السَلامُ عَلى

هَذي الوَغى وَعَلَيهِمِ سِترَ نِسيانِ

هَذي الوَغى وَعَلَيهِمِ سِترَ نِسيانِ

Yet tomorrow peace will lower over

Every hatred will be erased but hatred of you,

But tomorrow, Peace shall cast its veil

This battle and over them a veil of oblivion.

For it is safe from diminution.

Over this war, and drape them in oblivion.

وَيَمَّحي كُلُّ بُغضٍ غَيرُ بَغضِكُمُ

وَيَمَّحي كُلُّ بُغضٍ غَيرُ بَغضِكُمُ

فَإِنَّهُ آمِنٌ مِن كُلِّ نُقصانِ

فَإِنَّهُ آمِنٌ مِن كُلِّ نُقصانِ

And every hatred will fade except our hatred of you;

The hearts' loathing of you will never fade, even if

And all hatred shall fade away, save for hatred of you,

For it is safe from any diminution.

We and you should pass away and the transient world should vanish.

For that hate is safe from all diminish.

حِقدُ القُلوبِ عَلَيكُم لا يَزولُ وَإِن

حِقدُ القُلوبِ عَلَيكُم لا يَزولُ وَإِن

زُلتُم وَزُلنا وَزالَ العالَمُ الفاني

زُلتُم وَزُلنا وَزالَ العالَمُ الفاني

The hearts' rancor against you will not cease, even if

Your remoteness on earth and the distance of the stars in heaven

The hatred in our hearts for you shall not cease,

You vanish, and we vanish, and the mortal world vanishes.

Are alike, and so is hatred in free and bound souls.

Even if you perish, and we perish, and the fleeting world dissolves.

في الأَرضِ بُعدُكُمُ وَاماءُ مِثلَهُما

في الأَرضِ بُعدُكُمُ وَاماءُ مِثلَهُما

وَالبُغضُ في الحُرِّ مِثلُ البُغضِ في العاني

وَالبُغضُ في الحُرِّ مِثلُ البُغضِ في العاني

On earth, your remoteness, and bondwomen like them both [text unclear].

The cottage hates you, and the palace hates you,

On the earth and on the water, the measure is the same,

And hatred in the free is like hatred in the captive.

And every heart and mind among us.

And the hatred in the free man equals that of the captive.

الكوخُ يَبغِضُكُم وَالقَصرُ يُبغيضُكُم

الكوخُ يَبغِضُكُم وَالقَصرُ يُبغيضُكُم

وَكُلُّ ذي مُهجَةٍ مِنّا وَوُجدانِ

وَكُلُّ ذي مُهجَةٍ مِنّا وَوُجدانِ

The hut hates you, and the palace hates you,

As a mass beyond count we share one passion,

The humble hut hates you, and the palace hates you,

And everyone among us with a heart and feeling.

And so we are martyred as one, as men.

And every one of us possessing life and feeling.

نَهوى وَنَحنُ جُموعٌ لا عِدادَ لَها

نَهوى وَنَحنُ جُموعٌ لا عِدادَ لَها

كَواحِدٍ وَكَذا نَقلى كَإِنانِ

كَواحِدٍ وَكَذا نَقلى كَإِنانِ

We love, though we are multitudes beyond counting,

Our sole enemy, whom all recognize,

We love as one, though we are countless multitudes,

As one; and likewise we hate as one person.

Is that envious wicked schemer who does ill.

And as one man, we loathe with a single soul.

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

عَدُوُّنا واحِدٌ الكُلُّ يَعرِفُهُ

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

ذاكَ الحَسودُ الخَبيثُ الماكِرُ الشاني

Our enemy is one; everyone knows him:

Our enemy is but one; he is known to all,

That envious, vile, scheming hater.

That envious, malicious, cunning slanderer.