Lines by Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi
أبو القاسم الشابي
Tunisian poet · 1909–1934
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi wrote romantic poems of nature and freedom and died at twenty-five. Lines of The Will to Live are sung in the national anthem of Tunisia.
If, one day, a people wills to live, then fate must answer.
إذا الشعب يوماً أراد الحياة / فلا بد أن يستجيب القدر
The Will to Live, lines 1–2
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)