1. أَيُّها الإِخْوَةُ عُذْرَا ...

    لا أرَى في المَوْتِ نَصْرَا

    O brothers, forgive me...

    I see no victory in death.

  2. لا أرَى نَصْرًا لِأَهْلي

    وَهُمُ جَوْعَى وأَسْرَى

    I see no victory for my people

    while they are hungry and captive.

  3. لا أَرَاهُ في يَتِيمٍ

    بَيْنَهُمْ في البَرْدِ يَعْرَى

    I do not see it in an orphan

    among them, unclothed in the cold.

  4. إنَّ حُلْمَ النَّصْرِ عِنْدِي

    أَطْوَلُ الأَحْلامِ عُمْرَا

    Indeed, for me, the dream of victory

    is the longest-lived of dreams.

  5. ولَكَمْ خِفْتُ عَلَيْهِ ،

    مِنْ قُدومِ المَوْتِ ، هَدْرَا !

    And how often I have feared for it,

    lest death should come in vain!

  6. لا تَلُوموني ... فقَلْبي

    مِنْكُمُ بِالْفَقْدِ أَدْرَى !

    Do not blame me... for my heart

    knows loss better than you do!

  7. مَنْ ، تُرَى ، يَطْلُبُ عُسْرًا

    إِنْ رَأَى في الأُفْقِ يُسْرَا

    Who, I wonder, seeks hardship

    if he sees ease on the horizon,

  8. ويُريدُ العَيْشَ مُرًّا

    ويَشاءُ الرِّزْقَ خُسْرَا ؟!

    and wants life to be bitter,

    and wishes his livelihood to bring loss?!

  9. غَيْرَ أَنَّ الدَّهْرَ ، لُؤْمًا ،

    زَجَّنا في الكَرْبِ حَشْرَا

    Yet time, in its malice,

    herded us into anguish,

  10. وعَلَى الكُرْهِ رَمانا

    بِوصَايا الصَّبْرِ عَشْرَا

    and, against our will, pelted us

    with ten injunctions to be patient.

  11. فَرَضِيْنا المَوْتَ غَصْبًا

    وأَلِفْنا الأَسْرَ قَسْرَا

    So we accepted death under duress,

    and grew used to captivity by force,

  12. وأَبَيْنا الذُّلَّ شَعْبًا

    في سَماءِ العِزِّ نَسْرَا

    and, as a people, refused humiliation—

    an eagle in the sky of honor,

  13. شامِخًا في الجَوِّ حَتَّى

    يَقْضِيَ الخالِقُ أَمْرَا

    soaring proudly in the air, until

    the Creator issues a decree,

  14. فَتَعودَ القُدْسُ قُدْسًا

    ويَنالَ السُّورُ ثَاْرَا

    so Jerusalem may be holy once more,

    and the wall may have its vengeance.

  15. يَحْتَفِي بِالْبَعْثِ قَبْرٌ

    ويَهُزُّ العَرْشَ مَسرَى

    A grave rejoices in resurrection,

    and a night journey shakes the Throne.

  16. يَطْلُعُ النَّصْرُ عَلَيْنا

    من لَيالي الأَسْرِ فَجْرَا

    Victory rises upon us

    as dawn from the nights of captivity.

  17. ذاكَ يَوْمُ اللهِ يَجْزِي

    فيهِ أَهْلَ الحَقِّ أَجْرَا

    That is God's day; He grants

    the people of truth their reward that day.

  18. فنَرَى النَّصْرَ عِيانًا

    ونَشُمُّ النَّصْرَ عِطْرَا

    So we see victory with our own eyes,

    and breathe in victory as perfume.

  19. نَمْلَاُ السُّوقَ غِناءً

    وسَماءَ السُّوقِ شِعْرَا

    We fill the market with song,

    and the market's sky with poetry.

  20. يا فِلَسْطينَ الأَماني

    قَدْ تَاَخَّرْنا فَعُذْرَا

    O Palestine of our hopes,

    we have been late—so forgive us.

  21. إنَّ وَعْدَ الحَقِّ آتٍ

    خَطْوَةً تَتْبَعُ أُخْرَ

    Surely, the promise of truth is coming,

    one step following another.

  22. قادِمٌ يَومُ خَلاصٍ

    بَعْدَ أَنْ أَبْعَدَ دَهْرَا

    A day of deliverance is coming,

    after remaining distant for an age.

  23. فعَلَى القُدْسِ سَلامٌ

    وَلِأَهْلِ القُدْسِ بُشْرَى

    So peace be upon Jerusalem,

    and glad tidings for Jerusalem's people.

  24. يا فلَسْطينُ اجْمَعينَا

    بَعْدَ طُولِ البَيْنِ كُثْرَا !

    O Palestine, gather us,

    after long separation, in great numbers!