القدس بين عميدها وعقيده

القدس بين عميدها وعقيده

ضاعت وما كذابها بمعيدها

ضاعت وما كذابها بمعيدها

Jerusalem, between its brigadier and his colonel,

Jerusalem between her dean and her belief

was lost, and its inveterate liar cannot restore it.

Is lost, and her liar does not renew her

والعرب بين معينها ومهينه

والعرب بين معينها ومهينه

أودت بخير تليدها وجديدها

أودت بخير تليدها وجديدها

And the Arabs, between their supporter and his humiliator,

And the Arabs between supporting her and degrading her

have ruined the best of their heritage and their new gains.

Intended good for her old and new

وتفرقت دولا فكل حكومة

وتفرقت دولا فكل حكومة

مشغولة بخلافها وحدودها

مشغولة بخلافها وحدودها

And they splintered into states, so every government

And the states dispersed, each government

is preoccupied with its disputes and its borders.

Busy with its differences and borders

شارون عربد إن أمة يعرب

شارون عربد إن أمة يعرب

محكومة بسجونها وقيودها

محكومة بسجونها وقيودها

Sharon, run riot! Indeed, the nation of Ya'rub

Sharon grunted, if an Arab nation grunts

is ruled by its prisons and its shackles.

Governed by its prisons and shackles

عربد فأمة يعرب عن قدسه

عربد فأمة يعرب عن قدسه

وحقوقها شغلت بجور جنودها

وحقوقها شغلت بجور جنودها

Run riot, for Ya'rub's nation, away from his Jerusalem

Grunted, so an Arab nation grunts about its Jerusalem

and its rights, is preoccupied with its soldiers' tyranny.

And its rights busy with the injustice of its soldiers

عربد فإن عداءها وشتاته

عربد فإن عداءها وشتاته

أقوى وأعظم من قنا عربيدها

أقوى وأعظم من قنا عربيدها

Run riot, for its enmity and its fragmentation

Grunted, so its enmity and diaspora

are stronger and greater than its drunken bully's lances.

Stronger and greater than the canal of its grunting

عربد فما عمر يسوس شعوبه

عربد فما عمر يسوس شعوبه

بالعدل إن العدل أس عمودها

بالعدل إن العدل أس عمودها

Run riot, for no Umar governs his peoples

Grunted, so never does he rule his peoples

with justice; indeed, justice is the foundation of its pillar.

With justice, for justice is the pillar of its

عربد فما عمرو يقود جيوشه

عربد فما عمرو يقود جيوشه

أو خالد يزجي سراة حشودها

أو خالد يزجي سراة حشودها

Run riot, for no Amr leads his armies,

Grunted, neither does Amr lead his armies

nor does Khalid send forth the chiefs of its assembled hosts.

Nor Khalid mobilize the squadrons of its multitudes

عربد فإن صلاح حين أعاده

عربد فإن صلاح حين أعاده

للدين أكرمها بحفظ عهودها

للدين أكرمها بحفظ عهودها

Run riot, for Salah, when he restored it

Grunted, for when Salah restored it

to the faith, honored it by keeping its covenants.

To religion, he honored it by keeping its covenants

فتداولتها أمة من عبده

فتداولتها أمة من عبده

لم ترع حرمة شيخها ووليدها

لم ترع حرمة شيخها ووليدها

Then a nation of his slaves passed it from hand to hand,

It was passed down by a people from his servants

not respecting the sanctity of its elder and its newborn.

Who did not respect the sanctity of its elder and infant

عربد فأمتنا تبلّد فكره

عربد فأمتنا تبلّد فكره

بالجهل بين جمودها وجحودها

بالجهل بين جمودها وجحودها

Run riot, for our nation's mind has grown dull

Grunted, so our nation's thinking stagnated

through ignorance, between its stagnation and its denial.

With ignorance between its stillness and denial

عربد فلن تنحاز أمريكا إلى

عربد فلن تنحاز أمريكا إلى

من كنت تقتله بنصل حديدها

من كنت تقتله بنصل حديدها

Run riot, for America will not side with

Grunted, so America will not side

those you were killing with her iron blade.

With those you killed with your sword

بل سوف تنعتهم بما هي أهله

بل سوف تنعتهم بما هي أهله

(الإرهاب) أما أنت فابن حفيدها

(الإرهاب) أما أنت فابن حفيدها

Rather, she will brand them with what she herself deserves:

Rather, it will call them what it is worthy of

(Terrorism); as for you, you are the son of her grandson.

(Terrorism), while you are its grandson

عربد فهذا العصر يا خنزيره

عربد فهذا العصر يا خنزيره

عصر يعيث قروده بأسودها

عصر يعيث قروده بأسودها

Run riot, you swine of this age, for this

Grunted, so this is an age, you pig

is an age whose monkeys wreak havoc upon its lions.

An age in which its apes wreak havoc with its lions