1. ألا فاهجر معتقةً

    سقى النسيان ساقيها

    Come, forsake an aged wine,

    Whose cupbearer oblivion has given drink.

  2. وقم نندب بلاداً لم

    يخب إلا أهاليها

    And rise; let us lament a land where none

    But its own people have been disappointed.

  3. إليكم كان مرجعها

    لترعوها وتحموها

    It was to you that it turned,

    So that you might care for it and protect it.

  4. فأنشدها لسانُ الحالِ

    حاميها حراميها

    Then the voice of circumstance sang to it:

    Its protector is its thief.