سلام عليكم من ورا البحر أينما

سلام عليكم من ورا البحر أينما

حللتم فلا تاسوا هي الحال مثلما

حللتم فلا تاسوا هي الحال مثلما

Peace be upon you from across the sea, wherever

Peace be upon you from beyond the sea, wherever

you may settle. Do not grieve—such is the way of things, even as

you have settled. Do not grieve—such is the plight—as

بكينا ولكن لا عليكم بكاؤنا

بكينا ولكن لا عليكم بكاؤنا

فأيكم المعدود بالحق مجرما

فأيكم المعدود بالحق مجرما

we have wept; yet let our weeping not trouble you.

we have wept; yet our weeping is not for you.

For which of you is truly reckoned a criminal?

For which of you can truly be counted a criminal?

ولكن هي الأحرار هذا مآلها

ولكن هي الأحرار هذا مآلها

فحينئذ قل أصبح النفي سلما

فحينئذ قل أصبح النفي سلما

But this is the way of the free; this is their fate.

Yet such are the free: this is their fate.

Then you may say: exile has become a ladder.

So say then: exile has become a ladder.

نلاقي الذي لاقاه في الحق مثلكم

نلاقي الذي لاقاه في الحق مثلكم

ونرقى كما ترقى الكواكب في السما

ونرقى كما ترقى الكواكب في السما

We too shall meet what, for truth’s sake, the likes of you have met,

We encounter what your like encountered for the truth,

and rise as the stars rise through the heavens.

and rise as the stars rise in the sky.

فأين رضا من كان في دار غربة

فأين رضا من كان في دار غربة

على سغب طورا وطورا على ظما

على سغب طورا وطورا على ظما

And where now is Rida, who once dwelt in a house of exile,

Where, then, is Rida, who once dwelt in a foreign land,

at times in hunger and at times in thirst?

at times in hunger, and at times in thirst?

هو اليوم في دست الإمارة حاكم

هو اليوم في دست الإمارة حاكم

وحوله من كاوا الأذلة في الحمى

وحوله من كاوا الأذلة في الحمى

Today he sits upon the seat of command, a ruler,

Today he is a ruler upon the throne of sovereignty,

surrounded by those once humbled within the homeland.

and around him are those who were once lowly within the realm.

على رسلكم يا نازحون فإنما

على رسلكم يا نازحون فإنما

سيرجع كل للايالة مكرما

سيرجع كل للايالة مكرما

Take heart, you who have journeyed far, for surely

Be patient, O exiles, for

each shall return, honored, to the province.

everyone will return to the province with honor.

وينتقم الديان من كل خائن

وينتقم الديان من كل خائن

يريد انحلالا لاعتصاب تحتما

يريد انحلالا لاعتصاب تحتما

The Judge will take vengeance upon every traitor

And the Judge will take vengeance on every traitor

who seeks to dissolve a union firmly ordained.

who seeks to dissolve a unity that has become binding.

فبشره قبل الموت بالخزي وصمة

فبشره قبل الموت بالخزي وصمة

تذيقه من كأس المعرة علقما

تذيقه من كأس المعرة علقما

Before he dies, give him the tidings of disgrace—a stigma

So give him tidings, before death, of disgrace—a stain

that makes him taste gall from the cup of ignominy.

that makes him taste bitter colocynth from the cup of dishonor.

سيقي له التاريخ ذكرا مشوها

سيقي له التاريخ ذكرا مشوها

يسوق من اللعنات جيشا عرمرما

يسوق من اللعنات جيشا عرمرما

History will preserve for him a disfigured memory

History will preserve a tarnished memory of him,

and marshal against him a vast army of curses.

driving forth a vast army of curses.

ويلحقه بالأخسرين نكالة

ويلحقه بالأخسرين نكالة

ويذروه مطروحا هشيما محطما

ويذروه مطروحا هشيما محطما

It will consign him to the greatest losers, as punishment,

And it will place him among the greatest losers as exemplary punishment,

and scatter him, cast down like shattered straw.

and scatter him, cast aside, as crushed dry stubble.

فسيماه فوق الوجه كل منافق

فسيماه فوق الوجه كل منافق

لتنذر فينا كل من كان مسلما

لتنذر فينا كل من كان مسلما

The mark of every hypocrite lies upon his face,

So his mark is upon the face of every hypocrite,

so that every Muslim among us may take warning.

to warn everyone among us who is a Muslim.

كذاك مآل الخائنين نظيره

كذاك مآل الخائنين نظيره

كذلك قال اللّه فيهم فدمدما

كذلك قال اللّه فيهم فدمدما

Such is the fate of traitors—and of every one like him;

Such is the fate of traitors; the like of it

so has God spoken of them, and crushed them utterly.

God likewise declared of them: “So He crushed them utterly.”