1. شيِّعي الليلَ وَقومي اِستَقبلي

    طَلعةَ الشَمس وَراء الكرملِ

    Bid the night farewell, and rise to greet

    the sun's rising behind Carmel.

  2. وَاِخشَعي يَوشك أَن يَغشى الحمى

    يا فَلسطين سنىً مِن فيصلِ

    And bow in reverence: soon the homeland will be covered,

    O Palestine, by radiance from Faisal.

  3. يا لَها مِن ديمة يرفعها

    منكبُ الأُفق لِعَين المجتلي

    Oh, what a raincloud, lifted

    by the horizon's shoulder before the beholder's eye!

  4. نَشَأت أَمناً وَظلاً وَهُدىً

    كَهَدي النَجم لفلك مقبلِ

    It arose as safety, shade, and guidance,

    like a star's guidance for an approaching ship.

  5. ما دَنا حَتّى هَمى الدَمعُ فَهَل

    إِيلياءُ الغَيث فوق الجَبلِ

    He had scarcely neared when tears streamed—is

    Elijah of the rain upon the mountain?

  6. ذَلِكَ الفُلكُ الَّذي يحمله

    مثلَه مُنذُ جَرى لَم يَحملِ

    That ship which bears him

    has borne none like him since it first sailed.

  7. لَو تَعَدّى لُجّةَ البَحر بِهِ

    خاضَ في لجة دَمعٍ مسبلِ

    Were it to carry him beyond the sea's depths,

    it would wade into a deep of streaming tears.

  8. وَاِنطَوى العاصفُ وَالمَوج لَهُ

    فَاِكتَسى البَحرُ غَضونَ الجَدولِ

    And the gale and waves subsided before him,

    so the sea clothed itself in a brook's ripples.

  9. وَإِذا بِالفلك يَجري بَينَها

    كَمرور الطَيف بَينَ المقلِ

    And behold, the ship glides among them,

    like a dream passing among eyes.

  10. يُكرِمُ الراقدَ يَدري أَنَّهُ

    يُؤثرُ الراحةَ وَالقَلبَ الخَلي

    It honors the sleeper, knowing that he

    prefers rest and a heart free of care.

  11. راقِدٌ يَنعمُ في ضجعته

    خلّف الدُنيا بِهِ في شغلِ

    A sleeper at ease in his resting place,

    he has left the world preoccupied with him.

  12. أَيقَظ اللوعةَ فيها وَالأَسى

    وَغَفا بَينَهما لَم يَحفلِ

    He awakened anguish and sorrow within it,

    and slept between them, unconcerned.

  13. مطبقَ الأَجفانِ عَن جفنٍ طَغى

    جامِحِ الدَمع وَجفنٍ مجفلِ

    His eyelids shut against an overflowing eye,

    wild with tears, and an eye startled with fear.

  14. مطمئنَّ القَلبِ ما تزعجه

    زَفَراتٌ كَالغَضا المُشتَعلِ

    His heart at peace, undisturbed

    by sighs like blazing ghada wood.

  15. ما الَّذي أَعدَدتِ مِن طيب القرى

    يا فَلسطين لضيفٍ معجلِ

    What fine hospitality have you prepared,

    O Palestine, for a guest in haste?

  16. لا أَرى أَرضاً نُلاقيه بِها

    قَد أَضاعَ الأَرضَ بيعُ السِفَلِ

    I see no land on which we may receive him;

    the sale by the base has squandered the land.

  17. فَاِستري وَجهَكِ لا يَلمح عَلى

    صَفحتيهِ الخَزيَ فَوقَ الخَجَلِ

    So veil your face, lest he glimpse upon

    its cheeks disgrace atop shame.

  18. أَكرِمي ضيفك إِن أَحببته

    بِأَمانيه الكبارِ الحفَّل

    Honor your guest, if you love him,

    with his great, abundant hopes.

  19. لا تَقومي حَولَهُ مَعولةً

    مِن جَلال الملكِ أَلّا تُعولي

    Do not stand around him wailing;

    it befits the king's majesty that you do not wail.

  20. وَاِسألي الباغين ماذا هالَهُم

    مِنهُ في أَكفانِهِ إِن تَسألي

    And ask the aggressors what terrified them

    about him in his shrouds, if you would ask.

  21. راعَهُم حَيّاً وَمَيِتاً فَاِتَقوا

    همَّةً جَبّارةً لَم تُخذَلِ

    He awed them living and dead, so they feared

    a mighty resolve that never lacked support.

  22. وَرَأوا في كُل قَلب حَوله

    جذوةَ العزمِ وَنورَ الأَمَلِ

    And in every heart around him they saw

    the ember of resolve and the light of hope.

  23. بَطلٌ قَد عادَ مِن ميدانِهِ

    ظافِراً يا مَرحباً بِالبَطلِ

    A hero has returned from his battlefield,

    victorious—welcome to the hero!

  24. فارس الشَقراء يَجلو باسمها

    غمرةً لَيلتُها ما تَنجَلي

    The rider of al-Shaqra dispels, by her name,

    an ordeal whose night will not clear.

  25. صاحِبُ التاجَين في مَوكبه

    رايةُ المَجد المَنيعِ الأَطولِ

    The bearer of the two crowns, amid his procession,

    is the banner of glory, unassailable and most exalted.

  26. من رَأي نسرَ المُلوك المُرتَجى

    طارَ مِن عقبانه في جحفلِ

    Who has seen the hoped-for eagle among kings

    take flight in a great host of his eagles?

  27. وَسَواءٌ في الأَعاصير مَضوا

    أَم مَضوا في نَفحات الشَمألِ

    And it is all the same whether they pass through hurricanes

    or through the breaths of the north wind.

  28. كَجُنود اللَه طارَت خَيلُهُم

    يَوم بَدرٍ في سَماءِ القسطل

    Like God's soldiers, their steeds took flight

    on the day of Badr, in a sky of battle dust.

  29. مَن رَأى ناراً عَلى عاصفةٍ

    هَكَذا اِنقَضَّ غَضوباً مِن علِ

    Who has seen fire upon a tempest?

    Thus he swooped down, wrathful, from on high.

  30. هبط المعقلَ يَخشى حدثاً

    وَيَمينُ اللَه حِرزُ المعقلِ

    He descended upon the stronghold, fearing trouble,

    and God's right hand is the stronghold's safeguard.

  31. أَشِرت آشورُ حَتّى جاءَها

    أَمرُها بَينَ الظبي وَالأَسَلِ

    Assyria grew insolent, until there came upon it

    its doom amid sword-blades and spears.

  32. كُلُّ لُؤمٍ وَعقوقٍ دونه

    فعل شَمعون لَئيم الموصلِ

    Every baseness and disloyalty falls short of it—

    the deed of Sham'un, Mosul's scoundrel.

  33. ثَورَةُ الغاضب للحَقِّ تُرى

    هَذِهِ أَم شغبٌ مِن وُكَّلِ

    An uprising by one angered for justice, I wonder,

    is this—or unrest stirred by agents?

  34. ذَلِكَ السَيف الَّذي جَرَّده

    فَضحتهُ عَينُ هَذا الصيقلِ

    That sword which he unsheathed—

    the eye of this sword-polisher exposed it.

  35. يا لَعَينٍ سَهرت عَن فَيصَلٍ

    تَحرس الملكَ لَهُ ما تَأتلي

    What an eye, keeping vigil in Faisal's stead,

    guarding the kingdom for him, never flagging!

  36. رَأَت الغَدرَ فَآذاها فَهَل

    تَحملُ الضيم وَلَمّا تَغفلِ

    It saw treachery and was wounded by it; could it

    endure humiliation when it had not grown heedless?

  37. خُلُقٌ في اِبنك غازي لَم يَكُن

    بِغَريبٍ عَن قَريب المنهلِ

    A trait in your son Ghazi was never

    foreign to one whose wellspring is so near.

  38. لَم يُطِق شبلُك ضَيماً سَيدي

    فَاِستمع للعذر قَبل العذلِ

    Your lion cub could not bear humiliation, my lord;

    so hear the excuse before the reproach.

  39. قَد يَكون الحَزم في العَزمِ وَقَد

    يُكتبُ التَوفيقُ للمستعجلِ

    Prudence may lie in resolve, and sometimes

    success is decreed for the hasty.

  40. غضبةٌ مِن رجلٍ في أُمَّةٍ

    جَعَلته أُمَّةً في رجلِ

    One man's burst of anger in a nation

    made him a nation in one man.

  41. مَن هفا للمثل الأَعلى يَجد

    في بَني هاشم أَعلى مثلِ

    Whoever yearns for the highest ideal will find

    among the sons of Hashim the highest example.

  42. أَيُّكم يا آل بَيت المُصطَفى

    ما قَضى مُستشهداً مُنذُ عَلي

    Which of you, O household of the Chosen One,

    has not died a martyr since Ali?

  43. لا أَحاشي بَينَكُم مِن أَحَد

    فَكميُّ الحَرب صِنوُ الأَعزلِ

    I except not one among you;

    for the armored warrior is the unarmed man's twin.

  44. كلكم يَنشأُ قَلباً وَيداً

    وَلِساناً في جِهاد المبطلِ

    Each of you grows up, in heart and hand

    and tongue, striving against the upholder of falsehood.

  45. فتح الخُلدُ لَكُم هَيكله

    فَإِذا أَنتُم بُدورُ الهَيكلِ

    Immortality opened its temple to you,

    and behold, you are the temple's full moons.

  46. ضمَّ جبريل جَناحيهِ عَلى

    سُؤددٍ محضٍ وَنُبلٍ أَمثلِ

    Gabriel folded his two wings over

    pure eminence and nobility at its finest.

  47. وَأَطاف المَلأ الأَعلى بِمن

    عزمه في الحَقِّ عزمُ الرُسُلِ

    And the heavenly host circled one

    whose resolve for truth is the messengers' resolve.

  48. فَيصلٌ شيّدَ ملكاً لَم يَزَل

    بِحِمى اللَه وَغازي يَعتلي

    Faisal built a kingdom, still protected

    by God, while Ghazi ascends,

  49. وَبِشَعبٍ بذلَ الروحَ وَمِن

    يُنشد الملكَ وَطيداً يَبذُلِ

    and by a people who gave their lives; whoever

    seeks a kingdom firmly rooted must give.

  50. لَيسَ مِن حامٍ لِكَيدٍ يَنبَري

    فيهِ أَو مُنتدب مختتلِ

    No protector sets out to plot

    within it, nor any deceitful mandatory power.

  51. أَضرموا النارَ وَصَبّوا فَوقَها

    دَمَهُم حُرّاً أَبيّاً يَغتلي

    They kindled the fire and poured upon it

    their blood, free and unbowed, seething.

  52. صَهَروا الأَغلالَ وَاِنصاعوا إِلى

    دنس الأَرضِ فَقالوا اِغتَسِلي

    They melted the shackles and turned toward

    the earth's defilement, saying, 'Wash yourself!'

  53. وَإِذا دجلةُ عَذبٌ وِردُها

    وَإِذا النَخلُ كَريمُ المَأكِلِ

    And behold, the Tigris is sweet to drink,

    and behold, the palms are generous in their fruit.

  54. وَإِذا بَغداد مِما اِزدَهَرَت

    حليةُ التاريخ بَعد العطلِ

    And behold, Baghdad, so richly flourishing,

    is history's jewel, after its bareness.

  55. وَوقاها اللَه وَالعَون بِهِ

    دوّلَ الغَدرِ وَغَدرَ الدُوّلِ

    And may God protect her—help comes through Him—

    from treacherous states and the treachery of states.