1. كسروا رأسه فخر صريعاً

    فوق بيضاء خضبت بدماه

    They smashed his head, and he fell stricken,

    Upon a white expanse stained with his blood.

  2. كسروه ظلماً فلم يبق حرٌّ

    في بلاد الأعراب إلا بكاه

    They broke him unjustly, and every free man

    In the lands of the Bedouin Arabs wept for him.

  3. لهف نفسي هذا شهيدٌ جديد

    يا خليليَّ فارثياه ارثياه

    My soul grieves—here is another martyr!

    O my two friends, lament him, lament him!

  4. واحملاه إلى كثيبٍ قريبٍ

    حيث يثوي احرارنا وادفناه

    And carry him to a nearby dune,

    Where our free men rest, and bury him.

  5. ثم عودا وبشرا وطني

    فالعيش ان نموت فداه

    Then return and bring my homeland glad tidings:

    For to live is to die for it.

  6. ان كسر الجباه بالفأس خير

    لذويها من أن تذل الجباه

    Indeed, having brows split by an axe is better

    For their bearers than having their brows abased.