عبس الخطبُ فابتسمْ

عبس الخطبُ فابتسمْ

وطغى الهولُ فاقتحمْ

وطغى الهولُ فاقتحمْ

Adversity frowned, and he smiled.

The fate frowned, so he smiled,

Terror surged, and he plunged in.

And terror prevailed, so he dared.

رابط الجأش والنهى

رابط الجأش والنهى

ثابتُ القلبِ والقدمْ

ثابتُ القلبِ والقدمْ

Steadfast in courage and reason,

With steadfast heart and step,

firm of heart and foot.

He confronted prohibition and cowardice.

لم يُبالِ الأَذى ولم

لم يُبالِ الأَذى ولم

يَثْنِهِ طارئُ الأَلمْ

يَثْنِهِ طارئُ الأَلمْ

He heeded no harm, nor

He cared not for harm, nor

did sudden pain deter him.

Did pain make him waver.

نفسهُ طَوْعُ هِمَّةٍ

نفسهُ طَوْعُ هِمَّةٍ

وَجَمَتْ دونَها الهممْ

وَجَمَتْ دونَها الهممْ

His soul obeys a resolve

His soul obeys a purpose,

before which other resolves fell silent.

While other souls succumb to worries.

تلتقي في مزاجِها

تلتقي في مزاجِها

بالأعاصير والُحممْ

بالأعاصير والُحممْ

In its nature, it mingles

In his disposition meet

with hurricanes and lava.

Storms and violent blasts.

تجمعُ الهائجَ الخِضَم

تجمعُ الهائجَ الخِضَم

إلى الراسخِ الأَشَمْ

إلى الراسخِ الأَشَمْ

It joins the raging ocean

He who gathers the swelling flood

with the firmly rooted, lofty mountain.

To the firm, highland.

وَهَيَ من عُنصر الفِدَا

وَهَيَ من عُنصر الفِدَا

ء ومن جوْهر الكرم

ء ومن جوْهر الكرم

And it is of the substance of self-sacrifice,

He is of the essence of sacrifice

and of the essence of generosity;

And the core of generosity.

ومن الحق جذْوةٌ

ومن الحق جذْوةٌ

لفحُها حرَّرَ الأُممْ

لفحُها حرَّرَ الأُممْ

and of truth, a burning ember

And of truth, a spark

whose searing heat freed nations.

Whose flame freed the nations.

سارَ في منهج العلى

سارَ في منهج العلى

يطرُقُ الخلدَ منزلا

يطرُقُ الخلدَ منزلا

He walked the path of glory,

He walked the path of glory,

seeking immortality as a dwelling.

Seeking eternal life as his abode.

لا يبالي مكبَّلا

لا يبالي مكبَّلا

نالَهُ أمْ مُجَدَّلا

نالَهُ أمْ مُجَدَّلا

He cares not whether, in chains,

He cared not if shackled

he attains it, or lying slain;

Or gloriously appareled.

فهو رهْنٌ بما عزمْ

فهو رهْنٌ بما عزمْ

ربما غالَهُ الردى

ربما غالَهُ الردى

for he is bound by his resolve.

For he was bound by his resolve.

Perhaps death struck him down

Though perhaps depravity deceived him

وهو بالسِّجنِ مُرتهنْ

وهو بالسِّجنِ مُرتهنْ

لم يشَّيعْ بدمعةٍ

لم يشَّيعْ بدمعةٍ

while he was held captive in prison.

And he was hostage in prison,

No tear accompanied his funeral

No loved one bade him farewell,

من حبيب ولا سَكَنْ

من حبيب ولا سَكَنْ

ربما أدرج التراب

ربما أدرج التراب

from a loved one or a cherished companion.

No one to mourn him.

Perhaps he was enfolded in earth,

Perhaps the dust covered him

سليباً من الكفنْ

سليباً من الكفنْ

لستَ تدري بطاحُها

لستَ تدري بطاحُها

bereft of a shroud.

As a shroud stolen from his grave.

You do not know whether its plains

You know not where it hid him,

غيَّبتْهُ أم القُننْ

غيَّبتْهُ أم القُننْ

لا تقلْ أين جسمهُ

لا تقلْ أين جسمهُ

concealed him, or the mountain peaks.

Did the abyss or tomb engulf him?

Do not say, "Where is his body?"

Say not, where is his body?

واسمُه في فم الزمنْ

واسمُه في فم الزمنْ

إنه كوكب الهدى

إنه كوكب الهدى

while his name is on the lips of time.

His name is on the lips of time.

Indeed, he is the star of guidance,

He is the star of guidance

لاحَ في غيْهبِ المحنْ

لاحَ في غيْهبِ المحنْ

أرسلَ النُّور في العيونِ

أرسلَ النُّور في العيونِ

which shone in the deep darkness of ordeals.

Shining in the gloom of ordeals.

He sent light into the eyes,

He sent light into the eyes

فما تعرفُ الوسنْ

فما تعرفُ الوسنْ

ورمى النارَ في القلوبِ

ورمى النارَ في القلوبِ

so they know no drowsiness;

So that mortality cannot perceive.

and cast fire into the hearts,

And he cast fire into the hearts

فما تعرفُ الضَّغَنْ

فما تعرفُ الضَّغَنْ

أيُّ وجه تهلّلا

أيُّ وجه تهلّلا

so they know no rancor.

So that enmity cannot discern.

What a face, radiant with joy,

What happy face welcomed

يَرِدُ الموتَ مُقْبلا

يَرِدُ الموتَ مُقْبلا

صَعَّدَ الرُّوح مُرسلا

صَعَّدَ الرُّوح مُرسلا

as he advances to meet death!

Death with open arms?

He raised his spirit aloft, sending forth

The spirit soared unfettered

لحنَهُ يُنْشِدُ الملا

لحنَهُ يُنْشِدُ الملا

أنا لله والوطنْ

أنا لله والوطنْ

his song, which the throng chants:

Chanting his verse to the angels.

"I belong to God and the homeland."

I belong to God and the nation!