صقيعٌfrost فيin مرافيthe harbors of الرّوحِthe soul يرسوanchors
صقيعٌ في مرافي الرّوحِ يرسو
بوخزِwith the sting of الثلجِthe snow يجرحُit wounds ثمthen يقسوit grows cruel
بوخزِ الثلجِ يجرحُ ثم يقسو
Frost anchors in the harbors of the soul.
Frost settles in the meadows of the soul
With snow's sting it wounds, then grows cruel.
With the thorns of ice it wounds then hardens
وخيباتٌand disappointments تباريناvie with us وتَأسوand console
وخيباتٌ تبارينا وتَأسو
فلاso no عجبٌwonder إذاwhen ماemphatic particle سادَprevails يأسُdespair
فلا عجبٌ إذا ما سادَ يأسُ
And disappointments vie with us and console us.
Disappointments vie with us and grieve
So no wonder when despair prevails.
No wonder if despair prevailed
عراياnaked فيin مَهَبِّthe blast of الزِّفْتِtar نَشْقىwe suffer
عرايا في مَهَبِّ الزِّفْتِ نَشْقى
لقمعِto suppress شُعوبناour peoples نبنيwe build جُيوشاarmies
لقمعِ شُعوبنا نبني جُيوشا
Naked in the blast of tar, we suffer.
Naked in the searing gusts we ache
To suppress our peoples, we build armies.
To crush our people we build armies
نقاتلُwe fight بعضناone another نفديwe sacrifice ourselves for العروشاthe thrones
نقاتلُ بعضنا نفدي العروشا
وصهيونٌand Zion يُشَيِّعُناescorts us to burial نُعوشاcoffins
وصهيونٌ يُشَيِّعُنا نُعوشا
We fight one another; we sacrifice ourselves for thrones.
We fight each other to ransom thrones
And Zion sees us off in coffins.
And Zion sends us off in coffins
وأوباماand Obama عليناagainst us صارَhas become بوشاBush
وأوباما علينا صارَ بوشا
فُرادىalone فيin جحيمِthe hell of البينِseparation نُلقىwe are cast
فُرادى في جحيمِ البينِ نُلقى
And Obama has become Bush against us.
And Obama has become Bush to us
Alone, we are cast into the hell of separation.
Alone in hellish estrangement we're flung
بلادthe lands of العُرْبِthe Arabs قهرٌلاoppression that does not ينامُsleep
بلاد العُرْبِ قهرٌلا ينامُ
وأحلامٌand dreams " يُطيّنهاsmears them with mud " القتامُthe dust
وأحلامٌ " يُطيّنها " القتامُ
The Arab lands: oppression that never sleeps.
The lands of Arabs, endless torment
And dreams that the dust smears with mud.
And dreams the darkness 'kneads'
بنصلِby the blade of الحدِّthe border قدindeed بعُدَhas grown distant المرامُthe goal
بنصلِ الحدِّ قد بعُدَ المرامُ
جوازاتٍpassports يُضاجِعُهاbeds them الختامُthe stamp
جوازاتٍ يُضاجِعُها الختامُ
By the border's blade, the goal has grown distant.
With the blade of vigilance the goal is missed
Passports that the stamp beds.
Sealed passports it cohabitates
طوابيرُthe queues of الحدودِthe borders مدًىa stretch ستبقىwill remain
طوابيرُ الحدودِ مدًى ستبقى
هزائِمُناour defeats علىon قَدمٍa foot وساقٍand a leg
هزائِمُنا على قَدمٍ وساقٍ
The queues at the borders will stretch on.
Border queues will remain forever
Our defeats are in full swing.
Our defeats on foot and on leg
وكمand how many هَمَعَتْstreamed with tears لنكبَتِناfor our catastrophe مآقٍcorners of the eyes
وكم هَمَعَتْ لنكبَتِنا مآقٍ
عزائمُناour resolves تجلّتbecame manifest فيin شقاقٍdiscord
عزائمُنا تجلّت في شقاقٍ
And how many eyes have streamed with tears over our catastrophe.
And for our setback how many aspirations flared
Our resolve has manifested itself in discord.
Our resolves clashed into discord
وقُسِّمْناand we were divided عراياnaked دونَwithout باقٍanything remaining
وقُسِّمْنا عرايا دونَ باقٍ
وبِتناand we ended up فيwithin إطارِthe confines of القيدِbondage ربْقاtethered
وبِتنا في إطارِ القيدِ ربْقا
And we were divided, naked, with nothing left.
And we were divided, denuded of rest
And we ended up tethered within the confines of bondage.
And we spent enclosed in a framework of bondage
وإملاءاتُand the dictates of سامٍSam حَدُّthe edge of سَيْفٍa sword
وإملاءاتُ سامٍ حَدُّ سَيْفٍ
هوhe " الأنْكِلْthe 'Uncle' "يُبَدِّدُناscatters us بِحيْفٍwith injustice
هو " الأنْكِلْ "يُبَدِّدُنا بِحيْفٍ
And Sam's dictates are a sword's edge.
And dictations of venom, a sword's edge
He is 'Uncle,' scattering us unjustly.
It's the 'Uncle' that scatters us unjustly
ونبقىand we remain نرتجيwe hope for بَرداًcoolness بصيفٍin summer
ونبقى نرتجي بَرداً بصيفٍ
ووعْدُand the promise of السّامِSam منfrom زورٍfalsehood لزيفٍto deceit
ووعْدُ السّامِ من زورٍ لزيفٍ
And we keep hoping for coolness in summer.
And we remain hoping for coolness in summer
And Sam's promise goes from falsehood to deceit.
And the promise of peace is spurious fraud
كفىenough أحلامناour dreams مَزْقاًtearing apart ورتْقاand mending
كفى أحلامنا مَزْقاً ورتْقا
جبابرةٌtyrants عليناover us بلْnay وأنكىand more grievous
جبابرةٌ علينا بلْ وأنكى
Enough of tearing and mending our dreams.
Enough! Our dreams torn and ripped
Tyrants over us—nay, worse still:
Oppressors over us, even more bitter
أشاعواthey spread فرقةًdivision ويلاًwoe وإفكاand lies
أشاعوا فرقةً ويلاً وإفكا
بنيناwe built فيin جُيوبِthe pockets of الليلِthe night مبكىa place of weeping
بنينا في جُيوبِ الليلِ مبكى
They spread division, woe, and lies.
They spread separation, woe and slander
We built a place of weeping in the pockets of night.
We built in the pockets of night a sobbing place
لتَسْقيناto give us drink عُيونُthe eyes of الويلِwoe ضَنْكاhardship
لتَسْقينا عُيونُ الويلِ ضَنْكا
حَيارىbewildered فيin مَهَبِّthe blast of الزِّفْتِtar نَشْقىwe suffer
حَيارى في مَهَبِّ الزِّفْتِ نَشْقى
So the eyes of woe may give us hardship to drink.
The eyes of woe will water us anguish
Bewildered in the blast of tar, we suffer.
Perplexed in the searing gusts we ache