أَنَا الغَرِيبُ فَلَا أَهلٌ وَلَا وَطَنٌ

أَنَا الغَرِيبُ فَلَا أَهلٌ وَلَا وَطَنٌ

إِذَا انْتَسَبْتُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ وَانْتَسَبُوا

إِذَا انْتَسَبْتُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ وَانْتَسَبُوا

I am the stranger, with neither kin nor homeland.

I am the stranger, with neither family nor homeland,

When I declare my lineage before the people, and they declare theirs,

When I declare my origins before others, and they declare theirs.

وَلَا لِوَاءَ إِذَا دَقَّ النَّفيرُ مَشَى

وَلَا لِوَاءَ إِذَا دَقَّ النَّفيرُ مَشَى

يَحْمِيهِ مِنْ صِيدِ قومي العَسْكَرُ اللَّجِبُ

يَحْمِيهِ مِنْ صِيدِ قومي العَسْكَرُ اللَّجِبُ

nor have I a banner for which, when the call to arms is sounded, there marches forth

Nor a banner that, when the call to arms sounds, is defended

a clamorous army, defending it against those who hunt my people down.

By the marching, clamorous army drawn from my people's proud nobles.

وَمَنْ يَكُونُ غَرِيبًا فِي مَوَاطِنِهِ

وَمَنْ يَكُونُ غَرِيبًا فِي مَوَاطِنِهِ

لَا بِدْعَ إِنْ أَنْكَرَتْهُ الأَرْضُ وَالشُّهُبُ

لَا بِدْعَ إِنْ أَنْكَرَتْهُ الأَرْضُ وَالشُّهُبُ

Whoever is a stranger in his own homeland—

And whoever is a stranger in his own lands,

no wonder if earth and shooting stars disown him.

It is no wonder if earth and shooting stars disown him.

صِرْنَا وَصَارَ حِمَانَا منزلًا خَرِبًا

صِرْنَا وَصَارَ حِمَانَا منزلًا خَرِبًا

يدِبُّ فِي ساحِهِ مِنْ دَائِنَا العَطَبُ

يدِبُّ فِي ساحِهِ مِنْ دَائِنَا العَطَبُ

We have become a ruin, and our homeland a ruined dwelling,

We and our homeland have become a ruined dwelling,

through whose courtyard destruction creeps, born of our own disease.

Through whose courtyard ruin creeps from our disease.

تَمْضِي القُرُونُ وَلَا يُخلِيهِ مُغْتَصِبٌ

تَمْضِي القُرُونُ وَلَا يُخلِيهِ مُغْتَصِبٌ

إِلَّا لِيَحتَلَّهُ بِالسَّيفِ مُغْتَصِبُ

إِلَّا لِيَحتَلَّهُ بِالسَّيفِ مُغْتَصِبُ

Centuries pass, and no usurper relinquishes it

Centuries pass, and no usurper vacates it

except for another usurper to seize it by the sword.

Except for another usurper to occupy it by the sword.

وَالجَهْلُ وَالدِّينُ والإِهْمَالُ عِلَّتُهُ

وَالجَهْلُ وَالدِّينُ والإِهْمَالُ عِلَّتُهُ

وَلَيْسَ عِلَّتُهُ غَازٍ وَمُنْتَدَبُ

وَلَيْسَ عِلَّتُهُ غَازٍ وَمُنْتَدَبُ

Ignorance, religion, and neglect are its malady;

Ignorance, religion, and neglect are its disease,

its malady is neither an invader nor a foreign Mandatory ruler.

Neither an invader nor a mandate-holder is its disease.

فِينَا الدَّوَاءُ وَفِينَا الدَّاءُ، وَا عَجَبِي!

فِينَا الدَّوَاءُ وَفِينَا الدَّاءُ، وَا عَجَبِي!

وَنَحْنُ يَأْخُذُنَا مِنْ حَالِنَا العَجَبُ

وَنَحْنُ يَأْخُذُنَا مِنْ حَالِنَا العَجَبُ

Within us lie the remedy and the disease—oh, what a wonder!

The cure is in us, and the disease is in us—how astonishing!

Yet we ourselves are seized with wonder at our condition.

And we are struck with wonder at our condition.

فَإِنْ طَمَحْنَا إِلَى العَلْيَاءِ نَطْلُبُهَا

فَإِنْ طَمَحْنَا إِلَى العَلْيَاءِ نَطْلُبُهَا

فَحَقُّهُ الهَدْمُ ذَاكَ المَنْزِلُ الخَرِبُ

فَحَقُّهُ الهَدْمُ ذَاكَ المَنْزِلُ الخَرِبُ

If we aspire to the heights and seek them,

So if we aspire to the heights, seeking them,

then that ruined dwelling deserves demolition.

Then that ruined dwelling deserves to be torn down.

إِيهٍ بَنِي وَطَنِي وَالنَّاسُ قَاطِبَةً

إِيهٍ بَنِي وَطَنِي وَالنَّاسُ قَاطِبَةً

لِرَفْعِ أَوْطَانِهَا قَامَتْ لَهَا أُهُبُ

لِرَفْعِ أَوْطَانِهَا قَامَتْ لَهَا أُهُبُ

Onward, children of my homeland! All peoples, without exception,

Come, sons of my homeland! People, one and all,

have readied their resources to raise their homelands.

Have made preparations to uplift their homelands.

هُبُّوا إِلَى المَجْدِ وَلْنُنْشِئْ لَنَا وَطَنًا

هُبُّوا إِلَى المَجْدِ وَلْنُنْشِئْ لَنَا وَطَنًا

قِوَامُهُ العِلْمُ لَا الهِنْدِيَّةُ القُضُبُ

قِوَامُهُ العِلْمُ لَا الهِنْدِيَّةُ القُضُبُ

Rise toward glory, and let us build ourselves a homeland

Rise toward glory, and let us build ourselves a homeland

whose foundation is knowledge, not Indian blades.

Whose mainstay is knowledge, not sharp Indian swords.

وَلْيَرْفَعِ العَزْمُ وَالأَعْمَالُ سُدَّتَهُ

وَلْيَرْفَعِ العَزْمُ وَالأَعْمَالُ سُدَّتَهُ

فَوْقَ السِّمَاكَيْنِ لَا الأَقْوَالُ وَالخُطَبُ

فَوْقَ السِّمَاكَيْنِ لَا الأَقْوَالُ وَالخُطَبُ

Let resolve and deeds raise its portal

And let resolve and deeds raise its throne

above the two Simāks—not words and speeches.

Above the two Simāk stars—not words and speeches.

فَلْتَحْيَ قَوْمِيَّةٌ كَانَتْ لَنَا نَسَبًا

فَلْتَحْيَ قَوْمِيَّةٌ كَانَتْ لَنَا نَسَبًا

يَضُمُّ أَشْتَاتَنَا مَا فَاتَنَا النَّسَبُ

يَضُمُّ أَشْتَاتَنَا مَا فَاتَنَا النَّسَبُ

Long live a nationhood that has become our lineage,

Long live a national identity that has been our kinship,

gathering our scattered ranks where ancestry failed us.

Uniting our scattered people when blood kinship eludes us.

وَمَنْ يَكُونُ بِلَا قَوْمٍ يَدِلُّ بِهِمْ

وَمَنْ يَكُونُ بِلَا قَوْمٍ يَدِلُّ بِهِمْ

فَلَا يُشَرِّفُهُ دِينٌ وَلَا لَقَبُ

فَلَا يُشَرِّفُهُ دِينٌ وَلَا لَقَبُ

Whoever has no people in whom to take pride

And whoever has no people in whom to take pride,

is ennobled by neither faith nor title.

Neither religion nor title brings him honor.

دِينِي لِنَفْسِي وَلَكِنْ قَبْلَهُ وَطَنِي

دِينِي لِنَفْسِي وَلَكِنْ قَبْلَهُ وَطَنِي

وَدِينُهُ الوَفْقُ وَالإِخْلَاصُ لَا الشَّغَبُ

وَدِينُهُ الوَفْقُ وَالإِخْلَاصُ لَا الشَّغَبُ

My faith is mine alone; but before it stands my homeland,

My religion is my own, but before it comes my homeland;

whose creed is concord and devotion, not strife.

Its religion is concord and loyalty, not strife.

تَاللهِ لَا نَرْتَقِي إِلَّا مَتَى اتَّحَدَتْ

تَاللهِ لَا نَرْتَقِي إِلَّا مَتَى اتَّحَدَتْ

تِلْكَ المَآذِنُ فِي الأَوْطَانِ وَالقِبَبُ

تِلْكَ المَآذِنُ فِي الأَوْطَانِ وَالقِبَبُ

By God, we shall advance only when

By God, we shall rise only when there is unity among

those principles unite in homelands and hearts.

Those minarets and domes in our homelands.

وَلْنُكْرِمِ العِلْمَ أَيًّا كَانَ مَصْدَرُهُ

وَلْنُكْرِمِ العِلْمَ أَيًّا كَانَ مَصْدَرُهُ

فَإِنَّهُ لِلتَّآخِي وَالعُلَى سَبَبُ

فَإِنَّهُ لِلتَّآخِي وَالعُلَى سَبَبُ

Let us honor knowledge, whatever its source,

And let us honor knowledge, whatever its source,

for it is a cause of brotherhood and ascent.

For it is a means to brotherhood and greatness.

لَا دِينَ لِلعِلْمِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا وَطَنٌ

لَا دِينَ لِلعِلْمِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا وَطَنٌ

فَالعِلْمُ كَالنُّورِ لَمْ تَحْصِرْ بِهِ تُرَبُ

فَالعِلْمُ كَالنُّورِ لَمْ تَحْصِرْ بِهِ تُرَبُ

Knowledge has neither religion nor homeland in this world;

Knowledge has no religion in this world, nor a homeland;

for knowledge is like light: no land confines it.

For knowledge is like light: no lands have hemmed it in.

وَلْتَسْتَعِدْ لُغَةُ الضَّادِ الَّتِي دُعِيَتْ

وَلْتَسْتَعِدْ لُغَةُ الضَّادِ الَّتِي دُعِيَتْ

أُمَّ اللُّغَاتِ شَبَابًا بُرْدُهُ قَشِبُ

أُمَّ اللُّغَاتِ شَبَابًا بُرْدُهُ قَشِبُ

Let the language of Ḍād—which was called

And let the language of ḍād, which was called

the Mother of Languages—regain a youth clad in a new mantle.

The mother of languages, regain youth clad in a fresh mantle.

إِنْ لَمْ نَكُنْ كُلُّنَا فِي أَصْلِنَا عربًا

إِنْ لَمْ نَكُنْ كُلُّنَا فِي أَصْلِنَا عربًا

فنَحْنُ تَحْتَ لِوَاهَا كُلُّنَا عَرَبُ

فنَحْنُ تَحْتَ لِوَاهَا كُلُّنَا عَرَبُ

Though not all of us are Arabs by origin,

If we are not all Arabs by origin,

beneath its banner we are all Arabs.

Then beneath its banner we are all Arabs.