يا بِنتَ روما لا تَكوني كَما

يا بِنتَ روما لا تَكوني كَما

كانَت أَثينا بين قيلٍ وَقالِ

كانَت أَثينا بين قيلٍ وَقالِ

O daughter of Rome, do not be as

O daughter of Rome, be not like

Athens was, amid hearsay and gossip.

Athens amidst talk and chatter.

دَفَنتِ عدلَ اللَهِ في أَرضِه

دَفَنتِ عدلَ اللَهِ في أَرضِه

فَاِستَوثِقي من شَرِّ ذاكَ المَآلِ

فَاِستَوثِقي من شَرِّ ذاكَ المَآلِ

You buried God's justice in His earth;

You buried the justice of God in His land,

So guard yourself against the evil of that outcome.

So beware the evil of that consequence.

أَهلُكِ قومٌ يَبحثون الدُمى

أَهلُكِ قومٌ يَبحثون الدُمى

وَيَزجرونَ الطيرَ طيرَ الخيالِ

وَيَزجرونَ الطيرَ طيرَ الخيالِ

Your people are a folk who examine idols,

Your people are a folk who seek bloodshed

And take omens from birds—the birds of fancy.

And frighten the birds, the birds of fantasy.

لا بِدعَ إن طاروا بِألبابهِم

لا بِدعَ إن طاروا بِألبابهِم

وَأَصبَحوا من غَيِّهِم في خبالِ

وَأَصبَحوا من غَيِّهِم في خبالِ

No wonder if their wits have taken flight,

Inevitably, if they flew away with their minds

And through their waywardness they have fallen into madness.

And became lost in their delusion.

هذي طرابُلسٌ وَأَبناؤُها الشُج

هذي طرابُلسٌ وَأَبناؤُها الشُج

عانُ يُزجونَ صُفوفَ القِتالِ

عانُ يُزجونَ صُفوفَ القِتالِ

This is Tripoli, and her sons, the brave—

This is Tripoli, and its rugged sons

—ones, urge forward the ranks of battle.

Who arrange the rows of battle.

دَوارِعُ الطُليان لم تَستَطِع

دَوارِعُ الطُليان لم تَستَطِع

صَبراً على النَسفِ وَرَشقِ النِبالِ

صَبراً على النَسفِ وَرَشقِ النِبالِ

The Italians' armored ships could not

The fortresses of the Italians could not

Endure the blasting and the volleys of arrows,

Endure with patience the bombardment and the volley of arrows.

حتّى هَوَت لِلقاعِ معمورةً

حتّى هَوَت لِلقاعِ معمورةً

فَدَنِّسَت مَثنى نَفيسِ اللآلي

فَدَنِّسَت مَثنى نَفيسِ اللآلي

Until they sank to the bottom, still manned,

Until the populated city collapsed

And defiled the resting place of precious pearls.

Defiling the refuge of the precious treasures.

حَلُمتَ يا لَيتُ وَلَمّا تَثِب

حَلُمتَ يا لَيتُ وَلَمّا تَثِب

فَاِزأَر فقد حان وُضوحُ الهِلالِ

فَاِزأَر فقد حان وُضوحُ الهِلالِ

You have been forbearing, O lion, and have not yet sprung;

You were forbearing, oh if only you had not slipped

So roar, for the time has come for the crescent to appear clearly.

Then roar, for the crescent's clarity has come.

في يَدِكَ المِنجَلُ فاحصُد به

في يَدِكَ المِنجَلُ فاحصُد به

أَعمارَ أَقوامٍ طَغوا في الضَلالِ

أَعمارَ أَقوامٍ طَغوا في الضَلالِ

In your hand is the sickle; so reap with it

In your hand is the sickle, so reap with it

The lives of peoples who have transgressed in error.

The lives of people who went astray into misguidance.