İstiklal Marşı'nın İngilizcesi

English translationFear not! For the crimson flag that proudly waves in these dawns, shall never fade,

Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my nation burns out

And that, is the star of my nation, and it will forever shine;

It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation


Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coy crescent,

But smile upon my heroic race! Why the anger, why the rage?

Our blood we shed for you will not be worthy otherwise;

For freedom is the absolute right of my God-worshipping nation


I have been free from eternity and forever will be so

What madman shall put me in chains! I defy the very idea!

I'm like the roaring flood; I'll run over my embankment and overflow,

I'll tear apart mountains, exceed the offings and still gush out!


The horizons of the West may be armored with walls of steel,

But I have borders guarded by the mighty chest full of faith

Recognize your innate strength (also interpreted as "Let it howl")! Never fear how can this fiery faith ever be killed,

By that battered, single-fanged monster so-called "civilization"? (a symbol referring to the better-armed military forces of the invading European nations that had been greatly reduced by severe Turkish opposition - see Turkish War of Independence )


My friend! Leave not my homeland to the hands of villainous men!

Render your body shield, so that this disgraceful rush shall stop!

For soon shall come the promised days, by God (also interpreted as "the promised days, which you deserve)

Who knows? Perhaps tomorrow? Perhaps even sooner!


View not the soil you tread on as mere earth, recognize it!

And think about the shroudless thousands who lie so nobly beneath it

You're the noble son of a martyr, hurt not your ancestor, that will be shame on you!

Unhand not this heavenly homeland, even when you're given worlds


What man would not die for this heavenly piece of land?

Martyrs would gush out were one to just squeeze the soil! Martyrs!

May God take my life, my beloved and all my possessions from me if He will,

But may He not deprive me of my one true homeland for the world


Oh glorious God, the sole wish of my pain-stricken heart is that,

No extrinsic hand should ever touch the bosom of my sacred temple

These adhans,