هَزلِتْ قضيَّتُكم فلا

هَزلِتْ قضيَّتُكم فلا

لحمٌ هناك ولا دم

لحمٌ هناك ولا دم

Your cause has wasted away, so there is no

Your case has jested, so there is

flesh there, nor blood.

No flesh there, nor blood

حتى العظام فقد

حتى العظام فقد

تعرَّقَها الذئابُ وأُتخِموا

تعرَّقَها الذئابُ وأُتخِموا

Even the bones have been

Even the bones, for

picked clean by the wolves, who are glutted.

The wolves have sweated them and gorged

بَلِيَتْ قضيتكم فصا

بَلِيَتْ قضيتكم فصا

رت هيكلاً يتهدَّم

رت هيكلاً يتهدَّم

Your cause has worn away and become

Your case is confused, so it has

a crumbling skeleton.

Become a temple that crumbles

ضَمَرتْ إلى بلديَّةٍ

ضَمَرتْ إلى بلديَّةٍ

فيها العدا تتحكَّم

فيها العدا تتحكَّم

It has dwindled to a municipality

It has withered into a municipality

where the enemies hold sway.

Where enemies reign

أوضاعُها مجهولةٌ

أوضاعُها مجهولةٌ

ومصيرها لا يُعلمُ

ومصيرها لا يُعلمُ

Its circumstances are unknown,

Its affairs are unknown

and its fate is not known.

And its fate is not known

يا قوم ليس عدوُّكم

يا قوم ليس عدوُّكم

ممَّن يلين ويرحمُ

ممَّن يلين ويرحمُ

O people, your enemy is not

O people, your enemy

one who relents and shows mercy.

Is not one who relents or has mercy

يا قوم ليس أمامكم

يا قوم ليس أمامكم

إلاَّ الجلاء فحزِّموا

إلاَّ الجلاء فحزِّموا

O people, there is nothing before you

O people, ahead of you

but departure—so pack up.

Is only exile, so pack up