لِلَّهِ آثارٌ هُناكَ كَريمَةٌ

لِلَّهِ آثارٌ هُناكَ كَريمَةٌ

حَسَدَت رَوائِعَ حُسنِها بِرلينُ

حَسَدَت رَوائِعَ حُسنِها بِرلينُ

By God, there are noble monuments there,

There are noble traces of God there,

Whose wondrous beauty Berlin envied.

Whose beauty envied Berlin's masterpieces.

طاحَت بِها تِلكَ المَدافِعُ تارَةً

طاحَت بِها تِلكَ المَدافِعُ تارَةً

لَمّا أَمَرتَ وَتارَةً زِبلينُ

لَمّا أَمَرتَ وَتارَةً زِبلينُ

Those cannons laid them low at times,

Those cannons once brought them down,

At your command; at others, Zeppelin did.

When you commanded, and then again Aspelin.

ماذا رَأَيتُ مِنَ النَبالَةِ وَالعُلا

ماذا رَأَيتُ مِنَ النَبالَةِ وَالعُلا

في عُدمِهِنَّ وَكُلُّهُنَّ عُيونُ

في عُدمِهِنَّ وَكُلُّهُنَّ عُيونُ

What have I seen of nobility and grandeur

What nobility and glory I saw in their absence,

In their destruction, when all were masterpieces?

Though all of them are eyes.

لَو أَنَّ في بِرلينَ عِندَكَ مِثلَها

لَو أَنَّ في بِرلينَ عِندَكَ مِثلَها

لَعَرَفتَ كَيفَ تُجِلُّها وَتَصونُ

لَعَرَفتَ كَيفَ تُجِلُّها وَتَصونُ

Had you their like in Berlin,

If you had the likes of them in Berlin,

You would have known how to honor and preserve them.

You would have honored and protected them.

إِن كُنتَ أَنتَ هَدَمتَ رِمسَ فَإِنَّهُ

إِن كُنتَ أَنتَ هَدَمتَ رِمسَ فَإِنَّهُ

أَودى بِمَجدِكَ رُكنُها المَوهونُ

أَودى بِمَجدِكَ رُكنُها المَوهونُ

If you yourself demolished Reims, then surely

Though you destroyed Persepolis,

Its weakened pillar has brought your glory to ruin.

Its fallen pillar brought down your glory.

لَم يُغنِ عَنها مَعبَدٌ خَرَّبتَهُ

لَم يُغنِ عَنها مَعبَدٌ خَرَّبتَهُ

ظُلماً وَلَم يُمسِك عِنانَكَ دينُ

ظُلماً وَلَم يُمسِك عِنانَكَ دينُ

It gained no protection from the sanctuary you ravaged

A temple you unjustly destroyed could not avail it,

Unjustly; nor did religion hold back your reins.

Nor could religion restrain you.

لا تَحسَبَنَّ الفَخرَ ما أَحرَزتَهُ

لا تَحسَبَنَّ الفَخرَ ما أَحرَزتَهُ

الفَخرُ بِالذِكرِ الجَميلِ رَهينُ

الفَخرُ بِالذِكرِ الجَميلِ رَهينُ

Never think that glory is what you have won;

Do not think your pride lies in what you seized -

Glory is bound to honorable remembrance.

True pride lies in good repute held captive.

هَل شِدتَ في بِرلينَ غَيرَ مُعَسكَرٍ

هَل شِدتَ في بِرلينَ غَيرَ مُعَسكَرٍ

قامَت عَلَيهِ مَعاقِلٌ وَحُصونُ

قامَت عَلَيهِ مَعاقِلٌ وَحُصونُ

Have you built anything in Berlin but a military camp,

Did you pitch any camp in Berlin but soldiers'?

On which strongholds and fortresses rose?

On which stood forts and impregnable castles?

وَجَمَعتَ شَعبَكَ كُلَّهُ في قَبضَةٍ

وَجَمَعتَ شَعبَكَ كُلَّهُ في قَبضَةٍ

إِن لَم تَكُن لانَت فَسَوفَ تَلينُ

إِن لَم تَكُن لانَت فَسَوفَ تَلينُ

And gathered all your people into a single grip,

You gathered all your people in one fist -

If it has not yet loosened, it will loosen.

If you do not relent, you will bend.

نَظَمَت تِجارَتُكَ المَدائِنَ وَالقُرى

نَظَمَت تِجارَتُكَ المَدائِنَ وَالقُرى

فَالنيلُ ناءَ بِها وَناءَ السينُ

فَالنيلُ ناءَ بِها وَناءَ السينُ

Your commerce strung cities and villages together;

Your trade organized cities and villages,

So the Nile was weighed down by it, and so was the Seine.

The Nile irrigated through it, and Sinai.

فَبِكُلِّ أَرضٍ مِن رِجالِكَ عُصبَةٌ

فَبِكُلِّ أَرضٍ مِن رِجالِكَ عُصبَةٌ

وَبِكُلِّ بَحرٍ مِن لَدُنكَ سَفينُ

وَبِكُلِّ بَحرٍ مِن لَدُنكَ سَفينُ

So in every land is a band of your men,

In every land are bands of your men,

And on every sea are ships of yours,

And in every sea are ships from your coast.

تَسري وَنَسرُكَ أَينَ لُحنَ يُظِلُّها

تَسري وَنَسرُكَ أَينَ لُحنَ يُظِلُّها

لا اللَيثُ يُزعِجُها وَلا التِنّينُ

لا اللَيثُ يُزعِجُها وَلا التِنّينُ

They sail by night, and your eagle shades them wherever they appear;

You march and soar - where is the melody that shades them?

Neither the lion nor the dragon disturbs them.

Neither lion disquiets them, nor dragon.

فَالأَمرُ أَمرُكَ وَالمُهَنَّدُ مُغمَدٌ

فَالأَمرُ أَمرُكَ وَالمُهَنَّدُ مُغمَدٌ

وَالنَهيُ نَهيُكَ وَالسُرى مَأمونُ

وَالنَهيُ نَهيُكَ وَالسُرى مَأمونُ

So command is yours, and the Indian-steel sword is sheathed;

The command is yours, the unsheathed sword quiescent,

And yours is the power to forbid, and night travel is safe.

The prohibition yours, the journey secured.

قَد كانَ في بِرلينَ شَعبُكَ وادِعاً

قَد كانَ في بِرلينَ شَعبُكَ وادِعاً

يَستَعمِرُ الأَسواقَ وَهيَ سُكونُ

يَستَعمِرُ الأَسواقَ وَهيَ سُكونُ

Your people had been at peace in Berlin,

Once your people in Berlin were peaceful,

Colonizing the markets while they lay tranquil;

Filling markets while at rest.

فُتِحَت لَهُ أَبوابُها فَسَبيلُها

فُتِحَت لَهُ أَبوابُها فَسَبيلُها

وَقفٌ عَلَيهِ وَرِزقُهُ مَضمونُ

وَقفٌ عَلَيهِ وَرِزقُهُ مَضمونُ

Their gates were opened to them, so access to them

Its gates opened to them, their way

Was reserved for them, and their livelihood guaranteed.

Stopped for them, their livelihood assured.

فَعَلامَ أَرهَقتَ الوَرى وَأَثَرتَها

فَعَلامَ أَرهَقتَ الوَرى وَأَثَرتَها

شَعواءَ فيها لِلهَلاكِ فُنونُ

شَعواءَ فيها لِلهَلاكِ فُنونُ

Why, then, did you afflict mankind and unleash war,

Why then did you burden the world and harm it,

Raging, with many forms of destruction within it?

Unleashing on it skills for destruction?

تَاللَهِ لَو نُصِرَت جُيوشُكَ لِاِنطَوى

تَاللَهِ لَو نُصِرَت جُيوشُكَ لِاِنطَوى

أَجَلُ السَلامِ وَأَقفَرَ المَسكونُ

أَجَلُ السَلامِ وَأَقفَرَ المَسكونُ

By God, had your armies triumphed, an end would have come to

By God, if your armies gained victory,

The life of peace, and the inhabited world would have lain desolate.

The age of peace would end and the inhabited world would empty.

سَبعونَ مِليوناً إِذا وَزَّعتَها

سَبعونَ مِليوناً إِذا وَزَّعتَها

بَينَ الحَواضِرِ نالَنا مِليونُ

بَينَ الحَواضِرِ نالَنا مِليونُ

Seventy million—if you distributed them

Seventy million - if you distributed them

Among the cities, a million would come to us.

Among cities, we would get one million.

وَيلٌ لِمَن يَستَعمِرونَ بِلادَهُ

وَيلٌ لِمَن يَستَعمِرونَ بِلادَهُ

القَحطُ أَيسَرُ خَطبِهِ وَالهونُ

القَحطُ أَيسَرُ خَطبِهِ وَالهونُ

Woe to him whose lands they colonize!

Woe to those who colonize their countries!

Famine and humiliation are the least of his woes.

Famine is the easiest of their afflictions and lightest.

أَكثَرتَ مِن ذِكرِ الإِلَهِ تَوَرُّعاً

أَكثَرتَ مِن ذِكرِ الإِلَهِ تَوَرُّعاً

وَزَعَمتَ أَنَّكَ مُرسَلٌ وَأَمينُ

وَزَعَمتَ أَنَّكَ مُرسَلٌ وَأَمينُ

You have often spoken of God, out of piety,

You excessively mention God in piety

And claimed that you were a messenger and trustworthy.

And claim to be a messenger and trustee.

عَجَباً أَتَذكُرُهُ وَتَملَأُ كَونَهُ

عَجَباً أَتَذكُرُهُ وَتَملَأُ كَونَهُ

وَيلاً لِيَنعَمَ شَعبُكَ المَغبونُ

وَيلاً لِيَنعَمَ شَعبُكَ المَغبونُ

How strange! Do you mention Him and fill His universe

Wonders! You remember Him and His creation fills,

With misery, so that your wronged people may live in ease?

Yet woe that your deluded people live in bliss!

وَكَذَلِكَ القَصّابُ يَذكُرُ رَبَّهُ

وَكَذَلِكَ القَصّابُ يَذكُرُ رَبَّهُ

وَالنَصلُ في عُنُقِ الذَبيحِ دَفينُ

وَالنَصلُ في عُنُقِ الذَبيحِ دَفينُ

So too the butcher invokes his Lord,

Thus the butcher remembers his Lord

While the blade lies buried in the slaughtered victim's neck.

While the knife remains in the slaughtered's neck buried.