1. بالخُصورِ الرّاقصاتِ

    بالنّشيدِ والأغانِي

    With dancing waists,

    With chanting and songs,

  2. بالدُّفوفِ والطّبولِ

    بالبيانو والكَمانِ

    With frame drums and drums,

    With piano and violin,

  3. والعُروضِ في الليالي

    والحُشودِ في المكانِ

    And performances at night,

    And crowds at the venue,

  4. نستردُّ غورَنا بلْ

    والحدودَ والموانِيْ

    We reclaim our valley—nay,

    the borders and the ports as well.

  5.   باللّباسِ والعُطورِ

    والكُؤوسِ والدُخانِ

    With clothing and perfumes,

    And goblets and smoke,

  6. والمسيرِ والصّفيرِ

    والصّياحِ واللّعانِ

    And marching and whistling,

    And shouting and cursing,

  7. بالأيادي الناعِماتِ النْ

    ناقِراتِ بالأوانِي  

    With soft hands,

    tapping on utensils,

  8. نستبيحُ جُدْرَهمْ بلْ

    والقصورَ والمبانِيْ

    We overrun their walls—nay,

    the palaces and buildings too.

  9. بالحقوقِ والشّكاوَىْ

    بالخِطابِ والمعانِي

    With rights and complaints,

    With rhetoric and meanings,

  10. بالدّهاءِ والنّداءِ

    بالمِراءِ والدِّهانِ  

    With cunning and calls,

    With wrangling and flattery,

  11. لن يعودَ خصمَنا ذا

    ك الشّعورُ بالأمانِ

    Our foe will not regain that

    feeling of safety.

  12. بالحُضورِ والظّهورِ

    بالهدايا والتّهانِي

    With attendance and appearances,

    With gifts and congratulations,

  13. بالأكُفِّ لا السيوفِ

    بالعِناقِ لا الطِّعانِ

    With palms, not swords,

    With embraces, not spear-thrusts,

  14. إرقبوا حتّى تروْنا

    عائدينَ بالأمانِي

    Watch until you see us

    returning with wishes.

  15. بالكُراتِ والنّوادي

    بالجُسوم والمِرانِ

    With balls and sports clubs,

    With bodies and training,

  16. والسّباقِ واللّحاقِ

    والخيولِ في الرّهانِ

    And racing and catching up,

    And horses in the betting,

  17. ترتقي راياتُنا حتْ

    تى تغيبَ في العنانِ

    Our banners rise until

    they vanish in the clouds.

  18. بل نعيدُ مجدَ قومٍ

    شغلوا عرشَ الزّمانِ

    Nay, we restore the glory of a people

    who occupied the throne of time,

  19. بالتمنّي والنفاقِ

    لا الجهادِ والتفانِي

    With wishful thinking and hypocrisy,

    Not through struggle and self-sacrifice,

  20. ودُعاءِ الرّاقدينَ

    بالفؤادِ لا اللّسانِ

    And the supplication of those asleep,

    With the heart, not the tongue,

  21. في انتظارِ غيرنا حت

    تى يطيحَ بالكيانِ

    Waiting for someone else until

    he topples the entity.

  22. بالشّواءِ والقُدورِ

    والذّبيحاتِ السِّمَانِ

    With roast meat and cooking pots,

    And fat slaughtered animals,

  23. والوليمات بأعيا

    دِ البُطونِ والبِطانِ

    And feasts at the festivals

    of bellies and the potbellied,

  24. نستردُّ وزنَنا في

    الخلْقِ من إنسٍ وجانِ

    We regain our weight among

    creation—humans and jinn.

  25. ويحكُمْ! نادى المنادي

    وعلا صوتُ الأذانِ

    "Woe to you!" the herald called,

    And the sound of the call to prayer rose.

  26. أكماةَ الدّار هيّا

    كي تفوزا بالجنانِ

    O warriors of the homeland, come,

    So that you may win the gardens of Paradise.