أُلقُوا الحِجَابَ وَأَبْرُزُوا التِّمْثَالاَ

أُلقُوا الحِجَابَ وَأَبْرُزُوا التِّمْثَالاَ

أَتَرُونَ سَعْداً أَمْ تَرُوْنَ خَيَالاَ

أَتَرُونَ سَعْداً أَمْ تَرُوْنَ خَيَالاَ

Cast off the veil and reveal the statue.

Cast off the veil and bring forth the statue

Do you see Saad, or do you see a phantom?

Do you see Sa'd or just an apparition?

أَمَّا أَنَافَ بِطَيْفِهِ بَعْدَ الرَّدَى

أَمَّا أَنَافَ بِطَيْفِهِ بَعْدَ الرَّدَى

فَكَمَا أَنَافَ مَدَى الحَيَاةِ وَطَالاَ

فَكَمَا أَنَافَ مَدَى الحَيَاةِ وَطَالاَ

As for his towering in spectral form after death,

With his spirit, after demise he lived on

he likewise towered throughout life and stood tall.

As he endured throughout his life's prolong

أَثْرٌ مِنَ العَيْنِ اسْتَعَادَ حَيَاتَهُ

أَثْرٌ مِنَ العَيْنِ اسْتَعَادَ حَيَاتَهُ

وَأَعَادَ فَضْلَ حَيَاتِهَا الأَجْيَالاَ

وَأَعَادَ فَضْلَ حَيَاتِهَا الأَجْيَالاَ

A likeness of the original has regained its life,

A trace of the eye its life did regain

and restored the bounty of its life to generations.

And restored the excess of its life for generations

أَنْ تَرْتَعُوا فِي نِعْمَةِ اسْتِقْلاَلِكُمْ

أَنْ تَرْتَعُوا فِي نِعْمَةِ اسْتِقْلاَلِكُمْ

فَتَذَكَّرُوا مَنْ شَادَ الاسْتِقْلاَلاَ

فَتَذَكَّرُوا مَنْ شَادَ الاسْتِقْلاَلاَ

To revel in the blessing of your independence,

To graze in the blessing of your independence

remember, then, who built that independence.

Remember who erected independence

وَتَحَملَتْ آلامُهُ آمَالَكمْ

وَتَحَملَتْ آلامُهُ آمَالَكمْ

هَلْ حَقَّقتْ آلاَمُهُ الآمالاَ

هَلْ حَقَّقتْ آلاَمُهُ الآمالاَ

And his sufferings bore your hopes.

And whose suffering bore your hopes

Have his sufferings fulfilled those hopes?

Did his suffering realize the hopes?

أَبْدَتْ لَكُمْ فِي بَارِزَاتِ غُضُونِهِ

أَبْدَتْ لَكُمْ فِي بَارِزَاتِ غُضُونِهِ

كَرَباً تَحَمَّلهَا وَكُنَّ ثِقَالاَ

كَرَباً تَحَمَّلهَا وَكُنَّ ثِقَالاَ

They revealed to you, in his prominent wrinkles,

In the blooms of his youth he showed you

sorrows he bore, and they were heavy.

Sorrows he suffered while you were burdens

تِلْكَ السُّنونُ وَمُضْنِياتُ هُمُومِهَا

تِلْكَ السُّنونُ وَمُضْنِياتُ هُمُومِهَا

أَلْقَينَ حَوْلَ المُقْلَتَيْنِ ظِلاَلاَ

أَلْقَينَ حَوْلَ المُقْلَتَيْنِ ظِلاَلاَ

Those years and their exhausting cares

Those years and the woes of their concerns

cast shadows around his eyes.

Cast shadows upon the two eyelids