خرجنا من السجن شم  الأنوف

خرجنا من السجن شم الأنوف

كما تخرج الأسد من غابها

كما تخرج الأسد من غابها

We emerged from prison with our noses held high,

We emerged from prison inhaling the scents

As lions emerge from their forest.

As the lion emerges from its forest

نمر على شفرات السيوف

نمر على شفرات السيوف

ونأتي المنية من بابها

ونأتي المنية من بابها

We pass over the edges of swords,

We pass by the edges of swords

And approach death through its gate.

And we approach death through its door

ونأبى الحياة, إذا دنست

ونأبى الحياة, إذا دنست

بعسف الطغاة وارهابها

بعسف الطغاة وارهابها

And reject life if it is defiled

And we refuse life, if it is defiled

By tyrants' oppression and their terror.

By the tyrants' oppression and terrorism

ونحتقر الحادثات الكبار

ونحتقر الحادثات الكبار

إذا اعترضتنا بأتعابها

إذا اعترضتنا بأتعابها

And scorn the great calamities

And we scorn major events

When they confront us with their hardships.

If they obstruct us with their troubles

ونعلم أن القضا واقع

ونعلم أن القضا واقع

وأن الأمور بأسبابها

وأن الأمور بأسبابها

And we know that fate will come to pass,

And we know that destiny is inevitable

And that events unfold through their causes.

And that matters have their causes

ستعلم أمتنا أننا

ستعلم أمتنا أننا

ركبنا الخطوب حناناً بها

ركبنا الخطوب حناناً بها

Our nation will know that we

Our nation will know that we

Rode into perils out of love for her.

Embarked on dangers for its affection

فإن نحن فزنا فيا طالما

فإن نحن فزنا فيا طالما

تذل الصعاب لطلابها

تذل الصعاب لطلابها

So if we triumph—oh, how often

So if we win, oh how long

Hardships yield to those who seek them!

Hardships will submit to their seekers

وإن نلق حتفاً فيا حبذا

وإن نلق حتفاً فيا حبذا

المنايا... تجيء لخطابها

المنايا... تجيء لخطابها

And if we meet death—oh, how welcome

And if we meet our end, oh how wonderful

Are the deaths that come to their suitors!

Is death... it comes to its wooers

أنفنا الإقامة في أمة

أنفنا الإقامة في أمة

تداس بأقدام أربابها

تداس بأقدام أربابها

We disdained to dwell in a nation

We disliked staying in a nation

Trampled beneath the feet of her masters.

That is trampled under the feet of its masters

وسرنا لنفلت من خزيها

وسرنا لنفلت من خزيها

كراماً, ونخلص من عابها

كراماً, ونخلص من عابها

And set out to escape her shame,

And we marched to escape from its disgrace

With honor, and free ourselves from her blemish.

With dignity, and to rid ourselves of its blemish

وكم حية تنطوي حولنا

وكم حية تنطوي حولنا

فننسل من بين أنيابها

فننسل من بين أنيابها

And many a serpent coils around us,

And how many snakes coil around us

Then we slip away from between its fangs.

Yet we slip through between their fangs