أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُونَ فِي الشَّرْقِ مِنْ خِفْـ

أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُونَ فِي الشَّرْقِ مِنْ خِفْـ

ـضٍ وَفِي الغَرْبِ أَعْيُنُ لا تَنَامُ

ـضٍ وَفِي الغَرْبِ أَعْيُنُ لا تَنَامُ

O you who sleep in the East in comfort,

O sleepers in the East, in luxury reposed,

while in the West are eyes that never sleep,

And sleepless eyes in the West, distressed,

اهْنأُوا بِالنَّعِيمِ غَايَةَ مَا طَا

اهْنأُوا بِالنَّعِيمِ غَايَةَ مَا طَا

بَ وَفِيهِ لأَمْنٍ إنْعَامُ

بَ وَفِيهِ لأَمْنٍ إنْعَامُ

enjoy bliss to the utmost of its sweetness,

Rejoice in the bounty of ease and rest;

and within it lies security's bounty.

Yours is the peace of surety bestowed.

رَبْعُكُمْ فِي أَمَانَةٍ مُطْمَئِنٌ

رَبْعُكُمْ فِي أَمَانَةٍ مُطْمَئِنٌ

غَفَلَتْ عَنْ ثُغُورِهِ الأيَّامُ

غَفَلَتْ عَنْ ثُغُورِهِ الأيَّامُ

Your dwelling rests tranquil in safekeeping;

Your realm in trust and calmness dozed,

the days have paid no heed to its frontiers.

Its borders by Time's changes unoppressed.

لَيْلُكُمْ مُبْرِقُ الأَسُرَّةِ حَتَّى

لَيْلُكُمْ مُبْرِقُ الأَسُرَّةِ حَتَّى

كَادَ لا يُشْبِهُ الظَّلامَ الظَّلامُ

كَادَ لا يُشْبِهُ الظَّلامَ الظَّلامُ

Your night is radiant-browed, until

Your night with gleaming lamps is dressed

darkness almost no longer resembles darkness.

Darkness resembles not darkness supposed.

لا وَحَقُّ الإِخَاءِ مَا رَاقَنَا العَيْـ

لا وَحَقُّ الإِخَاءِ مَا رَاقَنَا العَيْـ

ـشُ كَأَنَّ الحَرْبَ الزَّبُونَ سَلامُ

ـشُ كَأَنَّ الحَرْبَ الزَّبُونَ سَلامُ

No, by the right of brotherhood, we have not savored life

No! By the bond of brotherhood we bore

as though raging war were peace.

The life we lived - as though the feud of war

إِنَّمَا النَّاسُ فِي الكَوارِثِ أَهْلٌ

إِنَّمَا النَّاسُ فِي الكَوارِثِ أَهْلٌ

بَيْنَهُمْ مِنْ خُطُوبِهَا أَرْحَامُ

بَيْنَهُمْ مِنْ خُطُوبِهَا أَرْحَامُ

In calamities, people are but one family;

Were turned by peace to fellowship once more!

their ordeals beget ties of kinship between them.

Men share the load of woe, and kinship then,

خَيْرُ مَا تُوجِدُ الرَّوَابِطُ فِيهِمْ

خَيْرُ مَا تُوجِدُ الرَّوَابِطُ فِيهِمْ

إِذْ تَكُونُ الرَّوَابِطُ الآلامُ

إِذْ تَكُونُ الرَّوَابِطُ الآلامُ

The best that bonds bring forth among them

Is born of common suffering among men.

comes when those bonds are suffering.

The ties most sure bind souls in common pain.

وَإِذَا خُصُّ بِالرَّزِيئَةِ شَعْبٌ

وَإِذَا خُصُّ بِالرَّزِيئَةِ شَعْبٌ

فَلَقَدْ عَمَّ بِالبَلاءِ الأَنَامُ

فَلَقَدْ عَمَّ بِالبَلاءِ الأَنَامُ

And when a people is singled out for calamity,

When people suffer under Fortune's blows,

then affliction has indeed engulfed all humankind.

On all alike the same affliction weighs.

نَحْنُ نَشْكُو وَغَيْرُنَا صَاحِـ

نَحْنُ نَشْكُو وَغَيْرُنَا صَاحِـ

ـبُ الشَّكْوَى وَنَهْتَمُ مَا عَنَاهُ اهْتِمَامُ

ـبُ الشَّكْوَى وَنَهْتَمُ مَا عَنَاهُ اهْتِمَامُ

We complain, though another is the bearer

Our plaint is voiced, though other mouths complain,

of the grievance; we worry as long as worry burdens him.

We grieve o'er that which other hearts arraign.

نَجْعَلُ اللَّهْوَ لِلأَدَاءِ أَدَاةً

نَجْعَلُ اللَّهْوَ لِلأَدَاءِ أَدَاةً

لَطُفَتْ أَوْ فَكُلُّ لَهْوٍ حَرَامُ

لَطُفَتْ أَوْ فَكُلُّ لَهْوٍ حَرَامُ

We make amusement a means of fulfilling duty,

We make our pastime out of duty's tool,

a gentle means—or else all amusement is forbidden.

Else every sport and jest were disallowed.