أَطْيَاَفُvisions الأمْسِyesterday تُـرَاوِدُنَاbeckon to us
أَطْيَاَفُ الأمْسِ تُـرَاوِدُنَا
وَتَحَدِّيand the challenge اليَوْمَtoday يُجَـــــــدِّدُنَاrenews us
وَتَحَدِّي اليَوْمَ يُجَـــــــدِّدُنَا
Visions of yesterday beckon to us,
The ghosts of yesterday still haunt us,
And today's challenge renews us.
And today's challenge renews us,
وفُتُوحٌand conquests كَانَthere was لَـهَـاfor them دَأَبٌpersistent effort
وفُتُوحٌ كَانَ لَـهَـا دَأَبٌ
رَسَخَتtook root فِيin الذِّهْنِthe mind تُهَدْهِدُنِاcradle us
رَسَخَت فِي الذِّهْنِ تُهَدْهِدُنِا
And conquests pursued with persistent effort
There were conquests that had insistence,
Have taken root in the mind, cradling us,
Rooted in the mind, swaying us,
لِتُنِيرَto illuminate شَوَاهِدَlandmarks مَسْجِـــدِنَاour mosque
لِتُنِيرَ شَوَاهِدَ مَسْجِـــدِنَا
قَدُسَJerusalem الأَحْرَارِthe free، كَذَاlikewise مُــدُنَاour cities
قَدُسَ الأَحْرَارِ، كَذَا مُــدُنَا
To illuminate the landmarks of our mosque,
To light up the minarets of our mosque,
Jerusalem of the free, and our cities likewise.
The sanctity of the free, and thus our cities,
وَفِلِسْطِينُand Palestine انتَفَضَتْrose in revolt أَبَدًاforever
وَفِلِسْطِينُ انتَفَضَتْ أَبَدًا
تَحْــيَـاlives بِالقَلْـبِin the heart تُجَسُّـــــدُنَاembodies us
تَحْــيَـا بِالقَلْـبِ تُجَسُّـــــدُنَا
And Palestine has risen in revolt forever;
And Palestine has risen forever,
She lives in the heart, embodying us.
Alive in our hearts, embodying us,
سِرْبُa flock الشُّهَدَاءِthe martyrs حَمَائِمُهُمْtheir doves
سِرْبُ الشُّهَدَاءِ حَمَائِمُهُمْ
هَدَلَـتْcooed بالمجْــدِwith glory تُقَلِّــــدُنَـاgarland us
هَدَلَـتْ بالمجْــدِ تُقَلِّــــدُنَـا
The martyrs' flock—their doves—
The flock of martyrs, their doves,
Cooed, garlanding us with glory.
Adorned with glory, garlanding us,
نَحْنُwe الأَشْبَالthe cubs يَـدًاhand بِيَـــدٍin hand
نَحْنُ الأَشْبَال يَـدًا بِيَـــدٍ
حَرَسٌguards والنَّصْرُand victory يُؤكِّــــدُنَاaffirms us
حَرَسٌ والنَّصْرُ يُؤكِّــــدُنَا
We are the cubs, hand in hand,
We the cubs, hand in hand,
Guards, and victory affirms us.
A guard, and victory confirming us,
قَبَسُa spark التَّنْزِيلِrevelation يُؤَمِّــنُــنَاkeeps us safe
قَبَسُ التَّنْزِيلِ يُؤَمِّــنُــنَا
وَصَدَىand the echo الإسْرَاءِthe Night Journey سَـيُرْشِدُنَاwill guide us
وَصَدَى الإسْرَاءِ سَـيُرْشِدُنَا
A spark of revelation keeps us safe,
A spark of revelation reassuring us,
And the echo of the Night Journey will guide us.
And the echo of Ascension guiding us,
أَفِلِسْطِينِيO my Palestine عَلَمِيmy flag بِيَـــدِيin my hand
أَفِلِسْطِينِي عَلَمِي بِيَـــدِي
مَاnot زَالَceased بِحُــبِّكِto love for you يُشْــهِدُنَاmakes us bear witness
مَا زَالَ بِحُــبِّكِ يُشْــهِدُنَا
O my Palestine, my flag is in my hand;
My Palestinian flag in my hand,
It still calls us to bear witness to our love for you.
Still with your love witnessing us,
قَسَمًــاan oath باللهِby God وَحَــقَّand it is rightful لَنَــــاfor us
قَسَمًــا باللهِ وَحَــقَّ لَنَــــا
سَنُعِــيدُwe will restore المَجْدَthe glory يُوَحِّـــــدُنَاunites us
سَنُعِــيدُ المَجْدَ يُوَحِّـــــدُنَا
We swear by God—and it is our right—
We swear by God and our right,
We shall restore the glory that unites us.
We will restore glory uniting us,
سَنُثِيـرُwe will stir العَــزْمَresolve نُـغَــرِّدُهُwe sing it
سَنُثِيـرُ العَــزْمَ نُـغَــرِّدُهُ
فَنَشِيدُso the song الـغُرْبَةِexile يُسْـعِـــــدُنَاgladdens us
فَنَشِيدُ الـغُرْبَةِ يُسْـعِـــــدُنَا
We shall stir resolve and sing it out,
We will stir determination chanting it,
So the song of exile gladdens us.
So we sing diaspora gladdening us,
لَفْظُthe utterance التَّكْبِيرِproclaiming God's greatness بِجُعْبَتِــــــنَـاin our quiver
لَفْظُ التَّكْبِيرِ بِجُعْبَتِــــــنَـا
مَاas long as دَامَcontinues بِنَبْضِــكِwith your heartbeat مَوْعِــدُنَاour rendezvous
مَا دَامَ بِنَبْضِــكِ مَوْعِــدُنَا
The utterance 'God is greatest' is in our quiver,
The utterance of Takbeer in our pouches,
As long as our rendezvous is with your heartbeat.
As long as your pulse promises us,
بَحَمَاسٍwith zeal نرْفَـعُwe raise رَايَتَــــــنَاour banner
بَحَمَاسٍ نرْفَـعُ رَايَتَــــــنَا
فَـوْقَabove الهَامَــاتِthe heads تُــؤَيِّـــدُنَاsupports us
فَـوْقَ الهَامَــاتِ تُــؤَيِّـــدُنَا
With zeal we raise our banner;
With fervor we raise our flag,
Above our heads, it supports us.
Above the summits supporting us,
بَيْتُhouse الأقْصَىal-Aqsa سَتَظَلُّyou will remain بِنَـاthrough us
بَيْتُ الأقْصَى سَتَظَلُّ بِنَـا
وَبِظِلِّand in the shade of قِبَابِــكَyour domes مَرْصَـــدُنَاour watchpost
وَبِظِلِّ قِبَابِــكَ مَرْصَـــدُنَا
House of al-Aqsa, you will endure through us,
Al Aqsa you will remain with us,
And in the shade of your domes is our watchpost.
And in the shade of your domes our observatory,
بِعُقُولِwith the minds of رِجَالِكَyour men نَحْـنُwe لَـهَاequal to it
بِعُقُولِ رِجَالِكَ نَحْـنُ لَـهَا
واللهand God بِحَـــوْلِــهِby His might يُمْـــــدِدُنَاreinforces us
والله بِحَـــوْلِــهِ يُمْـــــدِدُنَا
With the minds of your men, we are equal to the task,
With the minds of your men we are for it,
And God, by His might, reinforces us.
And God with His bounty extolling us.