أشرقي كالضحى عداك الظلام

أشرقي كالضحى عداك الظلام

يا وجوه الرضى عليك السلام

يا وجوه الرضى عليك السلام

Shine like the morning brightness; may darkness pass you by.

Shine like the dawn, without you there is darkness

Shine like the morning light, may darkness miss you,

O faces of contentment, peace be upon you!

O faces of contentment, peace be upon you

O faces of contentment, peace be upon you.

وأنيري حفل الشبيبة بشرى

وأنيري حفل الشبيبة بشرى

فهو حفل للمهتدين يقام

فهو حفل للمهتدين يقام

And illuminate the youth's gathering with glad tidings,

And brighten the youth gathering with good tidings

And illuminate the gathering of youth as a glad tiding,

for it is a gathering held for the rightly guided.

For it is a gathering held for the rightly guided

For it is a gathering held for those who are guided right.

طاب فيه السماع للمنصت الوا

طاب فيه السماع للمنصت الوا

عي كما طاب للبليغ الكلام

عي كما طاب للبليغ الكلام

There, listening was sweet to the attentive listener,

Listening to it was pleasant for the attentive consciousness

Listening therein is sweet for the conscious ear,

just as speech was sweet to the eloquent.

As speech was pleasant for the eloquent speaker

Just as speech is sweet for the eloquent tongue.

وتجلى فيه الهدى وسما الذو

وتجلى فيه الهدى وسما الذو

ق وعم الرضى وساد النظام

ق وعم الرضى وساد النظام

Guidance shone there, and taste was elevated,

And guidance was manifested in it, beliefs were lofty

Guidance is manifest therein, and taste is elevated,

contentment spread, and order reigned.

Contentment spread, and order prevailed

And contentment spreads, and order reigns supreme.

والتقت في رضى الاله نفوس

والتقت في رضى الاله نفوس

ما لها في رضى سواه مرام

ما لها في رضى سواه مرام

Souls met in God's good pleasure,

In it souls met in the pleasure of God

And souls met therein within the pleasure of God,

with no desire to please anyone but Him.

With no other desire but His pleasure

Having no desire other than His pleasure.

جاثمات كأنها لبؤات

جاثمات كأنها لبؤات

في جسوم كأنها آجام

في جسوم كأنها آجام

Crouching as though they were lionesses

Sitting as if they were precious pearls

Crouching down as if they were lionesses,

in bodies as though they were thickets.

In bodies as if they were goblets

In bodies that resemble thickets.

اشتراها منا الاله بفردو

اشتراها منا الاله بفردو

س كريم يثويه قوم كرام

س كريم يثويه قوم كرام

God bought them from us for a Paradise

God has bought them from us with a generous ransom

God has purchased them from us for a noble Paradise,

of bounty, where noble people dwell.

He shelters them, they are generous people

Wherein a noble people dwell.

نحن جند الاله في السر والجهـ

نحن جند الاله في السر والجهـ

ـر وجند الاله ليس يضام

ـر وجند الاله ليس يضام

We are God's soldiers, in secret and in public,

We are God's soldiers in public and in secret

We are the soldiers of God in secret and in public,

and God's soldiers suffer no injustice.

And God's soldiers are not blamed

And the soldiers of God are never defeated.

حولنا منه في البلاء حصون

حولنا منه في البلاء حصون

وعلينا منه لدى البأس لام

وعلينا منه لدى البأس لام

From Him, fortresses surround us in affliction,

He has made for us in affliction fortresses around us

Around us from Him are fortresses in tribulation,

and from Him, armor covers us in battle.

And for us at times of distress, a refuge

And upon us from Him is armor in the heat of battle.

نبتغي نصر دينه الحق يحدو

نبتغي نصر دينه الحق يحدو

نا ولاء لدينه وذمام

نا ولاء لدينه وذمام

We seek victory for His true religion, driven

We seek to support His true religion

We seek the victory of His true religion, driven

by loyalty to His faith and a binding obligation.

Loyal to His religion, holding firm

By loyalty to His religion and a binding covenant.

باهتمام كأنه سمهري

باهتمام كأنه سمهري

واعتزام كأنه صمصام

واعتزام كأنه صمصام

With zeal like a stout spear,

Paying attention as if we are wakeful

With concern keen as a spearhead,

and resolve like a keen-edged sword.

Resolute as if we are holding fast

And determination sharp as a refined sword.

ونوالي فيه النذارة بالحـ

ونوالي فيه النذارة بالحـ

ـق وان أبغض النذير الأنام

ـق وان أبغض النذير الأنام

We persist in warning for its sake with truth,

And in it we befriend the innocent in truth

In it, we continue the warning with the truth,

even if humankind detests the warner.

Even if the warner is hateful to mankind

Even if the people detest the warner.

ربما لا يفيد في الأنفس الإغـ

ربما لا يفيد في الأنفس الإغـ

ـضاء والصفح ما يفيد الملام

ـضاء والصفح ما يفيد الملام

Sometimes, for souls, overlooking faults

Perhaps hostility and forgiveness do not benefit

Perhaps overlooking and forgiveness do not benefit

and pardon do not avail as reproach does.

When blame does benefit in souls

The souls as much as blame benefits them.

فرط الناس في الحدود فأمست

فرط الناس في الحدود فأمست

تتبارى في دوسها الاقدام

تتبارى في دوسها الاقدام

People neglected the bounds, until

People have transgressed limits, so feet

People have neglected the boundaries, so feet

feet began competing to trample them.

Race to trample them

Have begun racing to trample upon them.

نشر الكفر في حمى الدن ذكرا

نشر الكفر في حمى الدن ذكرا

هـ وأحيت عهودها الأصنام

هـ وأحيت عهودها الأصنام

Unbelief spread its remembrance in the wine-vat's sanctuary,

Disbelief has spread, protected in the Abode of Perdition

Disbelief has spread its mention in the sanctuary of faith,

and idols revived their ancient covenants.

And idols' eras have been revived

And idols have revived their ancient eras.

وغدا البغي ظافرا حوله الجنـ

وغدا البغي ظافرا حوله الجنـ

ـد عزيزا تظله الأعلام

ـد عزيزا تظله الأعلام

Oppression became triumphant, with troops around it,

And the tyrant becomes victorious, troops around him

And oppression has become victorious, with soldiers around it,

mighty, shaded by banners.

Mighty, flags waving over him

Mighty, shaded by the banners.

وفشا الزور والقمار على الار

وفشا الزور والقمار على الار

ض وراج الخنا بها والمدام

ض وراج الخنا بها والمدام

Falsehood and gambling spread over the earth,

Falsehood and gambling have spread in the land

Falsehood and gambling have spread upon the earth,

and obscenity and wine flourished there.

And wine spreads on it and pens write about it

And obscenity and wine have circulated within it.

واستطار الفساد واستفحل الشـ

واستطار الفساد واستفحل الشـ

ـر وعم الاذى وطم الخصام

ـر وعم الاذى وطم الخصام

Corruption spread far, and evil grew rampant,

Corruption has soared and evil has intensified

Corruption has flown wide and evil has intensified,

harm spread everywhere, and strife overflowed.

Harm has spread and discord has intensified

Harm has become general and conflict has flooded over.

هذه الأرض للقوي سماط

هذه الأرض للقوي سماط

ليس فيها غير الضعيف طعام

ليس فيها غير الضعيف طعام

This earth is a banquet spread for the strong,

This land is aTester's whip

This earth is a dining table for the strong,

with none but the weak for food.

The weak have no food in it but to suffer

On which there is no food but the weak.

أكثر الناس يوزعون عليها

أكثر الناس يوزعون عليها

بالهراوي كانهم أنعام

بالهراوي كانهم أنعام

Most people are herded across it

Most people distribute goods in it

Most people are distributed upon it,

with cudgels, as though they were cattle.

With injustices, as if they are cattle

Driven by clubs as if they were livestock.

هذه أنفس البرايا مرايا

هذه أنفس البرايا مرايا

أصدأتها الذنوب والآثام

أصدأتها الذنوب والآثام

These human souls are mirrors

These are the hearts of the wilderness, mirrors

These souls of creation are mirrors,

that sins and transgressions have rusted.

Sins and misdeeds have tarnished them

Rusted over by sins and transgressions.

حل فيها من الخطيئات ران

حل فيها من الخطيئات ران

وعلاها من المعاصي غمام

وعلاها من المعاصي غمام

A tarnish of misdeeds has settled within them,

The sins that have afflicted them are malignant

A stain from errors has settled within them,

and a cloud of disobedience has covered them.

And the clouds of disobedience are high upon them

And clouds of disobedience have risen above them.

ملؤها شهوة وكبر ومكر

ملؤها شهوة وكبر ومكر

وغرور وفتنة واغتمام

وغرور وفتنة واغتمام

Their fill is lust, pride, and guile,

Filled with lust, arrogance, deception

Filled with lust, arrogance, and cunning,

delusion, temptation, and distress.

Delusion, ordeals, and gloom

And delusion, sedition, and distress.

واحاط الهوى بها فاصيبت

واحاط الهوى بها فاصيبت

بسقام الهوى وبئس السقام

بسقام الهوى وبئس السقام

Passion has encompassed them, and they were stricken

And passions have besieged them, so they were struck

And whim surrounded them, so they were stricken

with passion's sickness—what a wretched sickness!

With the malady of passions, and miserable is the malady

With the sickness of whim, and what a wretched sickness.

هذه الدور جلها تهتك الاعـ

هذه الدور جلها تهتك الاعـ

ـراض فيها وتقطع الارحام

ـراض فيها وتقطع الارحام

In most of these houses, honor is violated,

These houses' sanctity is largely violated in them

These houses, in most of them honor is violated,

and bonds of kinship are severed.

And kinship ties are severed

And ties of kinship are severed.

ويشيع المغتاب فيها الاقاويـ

ويشيع المغتاب فيها الاقاويـ

ـل فيعنى بنقلها النمام

ـل فيعنى بنقلها النمام

The backbiter spreads tales within them,

And the slanderer propagates lies

The backbiter spreads rumors within them,

and the talebearer busies himself with carrying them abroad.

The busybody carries tales

And the tale-bearer concerns himself with transporting them.

ألسن تحتوي على السم كالحيـ

ألسن تحتوي على السم كالحيـ

ـات فيها ليونة وعرام

ـات فيها ليونة وعرام

Tongues contain poison like snakes,

Tongues that contain poison like snakes

Tongues that contain poison like snakes,

with suppleness and ferocity in them.

In them is softness and nakedness

Possessing both softness and ferocity.

لاذعات كأنها جمرات

لاذعات كأنها جمرات

قاطعات كأنها أجلام

قاطعات كأنها أجلام

Stinging as though they were embers,

Scathing as if they are embers

Stinging as if they were burning embers,

cutting as though they were shears.

Cutting as if they are blades

Cutting as if they were sharp rocks.

كم اصابت بإفكها من بريء

كم اصابت بإفكها من بريء

لم يحم حوله مدى العمر ذام

لم يحم حوله مدى العمر ذام

How many innocents have they struck with their slander,

How many innocent souls have they harmed with their slander

How many innocent ones have they struck with their lie,

around whom no detractor had hovered throughout their lives!

Who had no protector or blame throughout their life

Around whom no blame hovered for a lifetime.

هذه الطرق للمناكر سوق

هذه الطرق للمناكر سوق

وعليها من العصاة ازدحام

وعليها من العصاة ازدحام

These streets are a market for abominations,

These roads are markets for forbidden acts

These roads are a market for abominations,

and crowds of sinners throng them.

And crowds of disobedient people gather in them

And crowded with the disobedient.

تبصر العن كل ما يؤلم القلـ

تبصر العن كل ما يؤلم القلـ

ـب فكم في قلوبنا آلام

ـب فكم في قلوبنا آلام

The eye sees all that pains the heart—

You see much that grieves the heart, so how much grief in our hearts

The eye sees everything that pains the heart,

how many pains are in our hearts!

In them the beggars yell and the orphans sob

For how many pains are in our hearts.

ينهر السائلون فيها وتستبـ

ينهر السائلون فيها وتستبـ

ـكى الايامى وتقهر الأيتام

ـكى الايامى وتقهر الأيتام

Beggars are rebuked there, and widows

And the laborer is driven like a camel for work

Beggars are rebuked therein, and widows

are made to weep, while orphans are oppressed.

Sadness covers his face

Are left to weep, and orphans are oppressed.

ويساق الأجير كالعير للشغـ

ويساق الأجير كالعير للشغـ

 ـل على وجهه الحزين قتام

ـل على وجهه الحزين قتام

The hired worker is driven like an ass to toil,

And the rich wander arrogantly amongst the people

And the laborer is driven like a beast to work,

dust upon his sorrowful face.

And the rulers are harsh to them

With gloom upon his sorrowful face.

ويتيه الثراة كبرا على النا

ويتيه الثراة كبرا على النا

س وتقسو عليهم الحكام

س وتقسو عليهم الحكام

The rich strut proudly over the people,

And places of frivolity announce vices

And the wealthy wander in arrogance over the people,

and rulers treat them harshly.

Pens write about them

And the rulers are harsh towards them.

والملاهي مذاعة تعلن الافـ

والملاهي مذاعة تعلن الافـ

ـواه عنها وتكتب الاقلام

ـواه عنها وتكتب الاقلام

Amusements are publicized; mouths proclaim them,

And projects are difficult, construction is rare in them

And amusements are broadcast, mouths announce them,

and pens write of them.

And demolition plentiful

And pens write of them.

والمشاريع صعبة يندر البـ

والمشاريع صعبة يندر البـ

ـناء فيها ويكثر الهدام

ـناء فيها ويكثر الهدام

Public projects are arduous; builders are rare

The wealthy are invited to them and appeal to him

And virtuous projects are difficult, building is rare in them,

within them, while wreckers abound.

He who is reckless with his money rushes to them

While the destroyer is frequent.

وينادى لها الغني ويرجى

وينادى لها الغني ويرجى

وهو لاه بماله مستهام

وهو لاه بماله مستهام

The rich man is called upon and looked to for them,

Confident in life though it is a delusion

The rich man is called upon and hoped for,

while he, heedless, is infatuated with his wealth.

Arrogant because of money though it is debris

While he is distracted by his wealth, infatuated.

واثق بالحياة وهي غرور

واثق بالحياة وهي غرور

مستعز بالمال وهو حطام

مستعز بالمال وهو حطام

Trusting in life, though it is deception,

And prostitutes move freely, the old man is tempted

Confident in life while it is a delusion,

seeking might in wealth, though it is crumbling debris.

By seducing them and the boy enticed

Empowered by wealth while it is mere debris.

والبغايا طليقة يفتن الشيـ

والبغايا طليقة يفتن الشيـ

ـخ بإغوائها ويغرى الغلام

ـخ بإغوائها ويغرى الغلام

Prostitutes roam free; the old man is tempted

Oh what ruinous things in the company of palaces

And prostitutes are free; the old man is tempted

by their seduction, and the youth is enticed.

Against which taking precautions does not bring safety

By their seduction, and the youth is lured.

آه من عشرة القصور ففيها

آه من عشرة القصور ففيها

موبقات من الأمور جسام

موبقات من الأمور جسام

Ah, life in palaces! Within them

I wish I were a wandering nomad, my home the desert

Oh, the company of palaces! In them

lie grievous, ruinous affairs.

My clothes rags, impoverished and destitute

Are destructive matters, grave indeed.

آه من عشرة القصورففيها

آه من عشرة القصورففيها

ليس ينجي من الشرور اعتصام

ليس ينجي من الشرور اعتصام

Ah, life in palaces! Within them

My food plants of every kind

Oh, the company of palaces! In them

no refuge saves one from evils.

My dwelling caves and shelters

No seeking of refuge saves from evils.

ليتني كنت سائحا موطني البيـ

ليتني كنت سائحا موطني البيـ

ـد ولبسي المسوح والأهدام

ـد ولبسي المسوح والأهدام

Would that I were a wanderer, my home the deserts,

My friends the stars and birds therein

I wish I were a wanderer, my homeland the desert,

my clothing haircloth and rags,

And my family the howling winds and sands

And my clothing hairshirts and rags.

وطعامي النبات من كل نوع

وطعامي النبات من كل نوع

ومبيتي الكهوف والآكام

ومبيتي الكهوف والآكام

my food plants of every kind,

My destination is He who has guided me

And my food plants of every kind,

my nightly shelter caves and hills,

My quest and my prayers are to Him and fasting

And my sleeping place the caves and the hills.

وسميري النجوم والطير فيها

وسميري النجوم والطير فيها

وعشيرى الوعول والآرام

وعشيرى الوعول والآرام

my evening companions the stars and the birds there,

The wilds are like vast gardens, dwelling in their shade is pure

And my companions the stars and the birds there,

and my fellows ibexes and gazelles.

And ascending in them is sublime

And my associates the mountain goats and the gazelles.

وجهتي للذي هداني وقصدي

وجهتي للذي هداني وقصدي

وصلاتي لوجهه والصيام

وصلاتي لوجهه والصيام

My course and purpose are toward Him who guided me,

No sin or disgrace is in them

My direction towards Him who guided me, and my intent,

my prayer and fasting are for His sake.

No estrangement or retaliation is in them

And my prayer to His face, and fasting.

والبراري مثل الفراديس يصفو الـ

والبراري مثل الفراديس يصفو الـ

ـمكث في ظلها ويسمو المقام

ـمكث في ظلها ويسمو المقام

The wilderness is like paradises; serene is

No lawful thing made prohibited in fear of God

And the wilderness is like gardens; staying there is pure,

the stay beneath its shade, and lofty the dwelling.

Nor prohibited thing made lawful

And the spiritual station is elevated within its shade.

ليس فيها خطيئة وانتقاص

ليس فيها خطيئة وانتقاص

ليس فيها قطيعة وانتقام

ليس فيها قطيعة وانتقام

There is no sin there, nor disparagement;

So perform God's sacraments and fear God

There is no sin or diminution therein,

there is no estrangement there, nor revenge.

O people

There is no severance of ties or revenge.

ما بها حرم الحلال بلا خو

ما بها حرم الحلال بلا خو

ف من الله أو أحل الحرام

ف من الله أو أحل الحرام

None there forbids the lawful without fear

Teach your family beneficial, comprehensible knowledge

The Halal is not forbidden there without fear

of God, or declares the forbidden lawful.

Teach the child what purifies him

Of God, nor is the Haram made lawful.

فأقيموا شعائر الله واخشوا

فأقيموا شعائر الله واخشوا

جانب الله أيها الاقوام

جانب الله أيها الاقوام

So uphold God's rites, and fear

Before he reaches puberty

So establish the rituals of God and fear

God's majesty, O peoples.

Teach the girl what protects her chastity

The side of God, O peoples.

علموا أهلكم من العلم حظا

علموا أهلكم من العلم حظا

نافعا تستغله الافهام

نافعا تستغله الافهام

Teach your families a share of knowledge,

So the vile refrain from harming her

Teach your families a share of knowledge,

useful, which their minds can put to work.

Teach people everything that brings glory

Useful, that understandings can utilize.

علموا الطفل ما به يتزكى

علموا الطفل ما به يتزكى

قبل أن يستبين منه احتلام

قبل أن يستبين منه احتلام

Teach the child what makes him pure,

And refinement to their worth and respect

Teach the child that by which he becomes pure,

before he shows signs of puberty.

Teach women religious truths, for fantasies have misled them

Before puberty becomes apparent in him.

علموا البنت ما به تحصن النفـ

علموا البنت ما به تحصن النفـ

ـس لينكف عن أذاها اللئام

ـس لينكف عن أذاها اللئام

Teach the girl what fortifies her soul,

Teach her order and effort in her home and responsibilities

Teach the girl that by which the soul is fortified,

so the vile will cease to harm her.

Teach her caring for her child

So that base men refrain from harming her.

علموا المرء كل ما فيه مجد

علموا المرء كل ما فيه مجد

وشفوف لقدره واحترام

وشفوف لقدره واحترام

Teach each person whatever brings glory,

And how to nurture and inspire

Teach the man all that contains glory,

elevation to his standing, and respect.

Teach her kindness to her husband

And elevation of his rank and respect.

علموا المرأة الحقائق في الديـ

علموا المرأة الحقائق في الديـ

ـن فقد طوحت بها الاوهام

ـن فقد طوحت بها الاوهام

Teach women the truths of religion,

And appreciation and reverence

Teach the woman the truths in religion,

for delusions have swept them away.

Teach her caution regarding what

For illusions have cast her away.

علموها كيف النظام وكيف السـ

علموها كيف النظام وكيف السـ

ـعي في بيتها وكيف القيام

ـعي في بيتها وكيف القيام

Teach her how to keep order, how to work

The days have assaulted her with

Teach her how order works, and how

within her home, and how to attend to her duties.

Do not tempt her with inferior goods

To strive in her house, and how to manage.

علموها كيف الرعاية للطفـ

علموها كيف الرعاية للطفـ

ـل وكيف التلقين والإلهام

ـل وكيف التلقين والإلهام

Teach her how to care for a child,

Which bondmaids swaggered with

Teach her how to care for the child,

and how to instruct and inspire.

How can women be saved from evil

And how to instruct and inspire.

علموها كيف التودد للزو

علموها كيف التودد للزو

ج وكيف التقدير والإعظام

ج وكيف التقدير والإعظام

Teach her how to show affection to her husband,

When their faces are not covered by a wrap?

Teach her how to show affection to the husband,

and how to esteem and honor him.

Modesty has become the rarest trait

And how to appreciate and honor.

علموها كيف الوقأية مما

علموها كيف الوقأية مما

هاجمتها بشره الايام

هاجمتها بشره الايام

Teach her how to guard against the things

And lewdness and crimes have spread

Teach her how to protect against

whose evil the days have brought against her.

A woman's chastity is her concealment, protection

What the days attack her with of evil.

لا تغرنها بضاعة نخا

لا تغرنها بضاعة نخا

سين كانت بها الإماء تسام

سين كانت بها الإماء تسام

Let her not be deceived by the wares of slave dealers,

And refusal, chasteness and modesty

Let not the merchandise of slavers deceive her,

with which slave women once were offered for sale.

Teach the Algerian nation, for knowledge

By which bondmaids were once sold.

كيف تنجو من الشرور نساء

كيف تنجو من الشرور نساء

لا يواري وجوههن لثام؟

لا يواري وجوههن لثام؟

How can women escape from evils

Is its guide to goodness and rein

How can women be saved from evils,

when no veil conceals their faces?

Teach it an easy religion from God

Whose faces are not covered by a veil?

صار خلق العفاف أندر خلق

صار خلق العفاف أندر خلق

وتفشى الفسوق والاجرام

وتفشى الفسوق والاجرام

The virtue of chastity has become the rarest virtue,

With no coercion or compulsion

The character of chastity has become the rarest trait,

while debauchery and crime have spread.

An honest messenger propagated it among people

And immorality and crime have spread.

عصمة المرأة احتجاب وصون

عصمة المرأة احتجاب وصون

وإباء وعفة واحتشام

وإباء وعفة واحتشام

A woman's safeguard is veiling and self-preservation,

A rescuer of people, compassionate and revered

The protection of a woman is veiling and preservation,

self-respect, chastity, and modesty.

He came while people were in misguidance and deviance

And refusal, chastity, and modesty.

علموا أمة الجزائر فالعلـ

علموا أمة الجزائر فالعلـ

ـم دليل لخيرها وزمام

ـم دليل لخيرها وزمام

Teach the nation of Algeria, for knowledge

He guided them to his straight path, so they became upright

Teach the nation of Algeria, for knowledge

is a guide to its welfare and a rein.

A language whose letters are melodious notes

Is a guide to its good and a rein.

علموها دينا من الله سمحا

علموها دينا من الله سمحا

ليس فيه إصر ولا إرغام

ليس فيه إصر ولا إرغام

Teach it a tolerant religion from God,

Enchanting, as if they are tunes

Teach it a religion from God, tolerant,

with neither burden nor compulsion in it,

Eternal, impervious to extinction

Containing no burden and no compulsion.

بثه في الورى رسول أمين

بثه في الورى رسول أمين

منقذ للورى رؤوف همام

منقذ للورى رؤوف همام

spread among humankind by a trustworthy Messenger,

Arabic, flawless in its composition

Disseminated among mankind by a trustworthy Messenger,

a deliverer of humankind, compassionate and resolute.

Sound for studying like marble

A savior for mankind, compassionate, gallant.

جاء والناس في ضلال وزيغ

جاء والناس في ضلال وزيغ

فهداهم صراطه فاستقاموا

فهداهم صراطه فاستقاموا

He came while people were in error and deviation,

Its splendors appeared while still raw

He came while people were in error and deviation,

then guided them to his path, and they walked aright.

Dazzling the meadows with eloquence

He guided them to His path, so they became upright.

ولسانا حروفه نبرات

ولسانا حروفه نبرات

مطربات كأنها أنغام

مطربات كأنها أنغام

And teach it a language whose letters are tones,

While tents vanished over the palaces

And teach a language whose letters are tones,

enchanting, like melodies;

And guard your right for it has been marked for pillage

Delightful as if they were melodies.

أبديا لا يعتريه فناء

أبديا لا يعتريه فناء

عربيا ما شابه إعجام

عربيا ما شابه إعجام

everlasting, untouched by extinction,

Do not sleep regarding your right, do not sleep

Eternal, decay does not afflict it,

Arabic, unmixed with foreign speech;

Direct the face of your people to noble goals

Arabic, which no foreignness has mixed with.

صالحا في اللغات للدرس كالعسـ

صالحا في اللغات للدرس كالعسـ

 ـجد تجلى شذوره وهو خام

ـجد تجلى شذوره وهو خام

suited for study among languages, like gold

They are its objectives and we are the arrows

Valid among languages for study like gold,

whose nuggets gleam though it is unrefined.

And make religion the leader and imam

Its nuggets shine while it is raw ore.

باهت البيد زخرف الروض بالفصـ

باهت البيد زخرف الروض بالفصـ

ـحى وتاهت على القصور الخيام

ـحى وتاهت على القصور الخيام

With eloquent Arabic, deserts vied with the gardens' splendor,

Nothing leads like religion leads

The deserts boasted of the ornament of gardens through the Fusha,

and tents vaunted themselves above palaces.

Everything the son of Adam institutes perishes

And the tents prided themselves over the palaces.

واحرسوا حقكم فقد سيم نهبا

واحرسوا حقكم فقد سيم نهبا

لا تناموا عن حقكم لا تناموا

لا تناموا عن حقكم لا تناموا

Guard your rights, for they have been exposed to plunder;

While what God institutes endures

And guard your right, for it has been sought for looting,

do not sleep heedless of your rights—do not sleep!

The foundations of disbelief will surely collapse

Do not sleep regarding your right, do not sleep.

وجهوا وجه شعبكم للمعالي

وجهوا وجه شعبكم للمعالي

فهي أهدافه ونحن السهام

فهي أهدافه ونحن السهام

Turn your people's face toward lofty aims,

Ephemeral, while Islam eternalizes!

Direct the face of your people toward the heights,

for those are their targets, and we are the arrows.

For they are the targets and we are the arrows.

واجعلوا الدين رائدا وإماما

واجعلوا الدين رائدا وإماما

ليس كالدين رائد وإمام

ليس كالدين رائد وإمام

Make religion a guide and a leader;

And make religion a pioneer and a leader,

no guide or leader is like religion.

There is no pioneer or leader like religion.

كل ما يشرع ابن آدم يفنى

كل ما يشرع ابن آدم يفنى

ولما يشرع الاله الدوام

ولما يشرع الاله الدوام

Everything the son of Adam legislates will perish,

Everything that the son of Adam legislates perishes,

but what God legislates endures forever.

And for what God legislates is permanence.

سوف تهوي مبادئ الكفر صرعى

سوف تهوي مبادئ الكفر صرعى

فانيات ويخلد الإسلام!

فانيات ويخلد الإسلام!

The principles of unbelief shall fall, slain,

The principles of disbelief will fall down dead,

perishing, while Islam lives forever!

Perishing, and Islam will remain immortal!