تهبُّ الرِّياحُ و لا مَهْرَبُ

تهبُّ الرِّياحُ و لا مَهْرَبُ

فأرضُ الكِنَانَةِ لا تَلْعبُ

فأرضُ الكِنَانَةِ لا تَلْعبُ

The winds blow, and there is no escape.

The winds blow and there is no escape

For the land of the Quiver does not play games.

The land of Kinana does not play around

ومِصرُ الكِنانَةِ تاريخُها

ومِصرُ الكِنانَةِ تاريخُها

ينابيعُ تُعطي و لا تنْضُبُ

ينابيعُ تُعطي و لا تنْضُبُ

And Egypt, the Quiver—its history

And Egypt's Kinana, its history

is springs that give and never run dry.

Springs that give and do not run dry

وشعبُ الكِنانَةِ لا ينْزوي

وشعبُ الكِنانَةِ لا ينْزوي

و لا يَتَوارَى و لا يهرُبُ

و لا يَتَوارَى و لا يهرُبُ

And the people of the Quiver do not withdraw,

And Kinana's people do not withdraw

nor hide themselves, nor flee.

Do not hide away or flee

صبورٌ على ضيقِ أيَّامِهِ

صبورٌ على ضيقِ أيَّامِهِ

يُداري ويرْضَى ولا يشْغُبُ

يُداري ويرْضَى ولا يشْغُبُ

Patient through the hardship of their days,

Patient with the hardship of their days

they act tactfully and are content, and cause no unrest.

Enduring, content, not rebellious

ولكنَّهُ حينَما يصْطلي

ولكنَّهُ حينَما يصْطلي

بِنَارِ الإهانَةِ لا يرْهَبُ

بِنَارِ الإهانَةِ لا يرْهَبُ

But when they are scorched

But when insulted with the fire of disgrace

by the fire of humiliation, they do not fear.

They do not cower or fear

ومَا شَعْبُ مِصرَ سوى قصَّةٍ

ومَا شَعْبُ مِصرَ سوى قصَّةٍ

بأقلامِ أمْجادِنا تُكْتَبُ

بأقلامِ أمْجادِنا تُكْتَبُ

And the people of Egypt are nothing but a story

And Egypt's people are but a story

written by the pens of our glories.

Written with the pens of our glories

كذلكَ أُمَّتُنا ، قلبُها

كذلكَ أُمَّتُنا ، قلبُها

سليمٌ ومعْدِنُها طيِّبُ

سليمٌ ومعْدِنُها طيِّبُ

So too is our nation: its heart

So too our nation, its heart

is sound, and its mettle is good.

Is healthy and its essence good

وفيها شعوبٌ بإسلامِها

وفيها شعوبٌ بإسلامِها

تعزُّ ومنْ نبْعِهِ تشْربُ

تعزُّ ومنْ نبْعِهِ تشْربُ

And within it are peoples who, through their Islam,

It has peoples with their Islam

gain dignity and drink from its spring.

Honored, drinking from its spring

شُعُوبٌ تمدُّ لحكَّامِها

شُعُوبٌ تمدُّ لحكَّامِها

يَدَ الحبِّ إلاَّ إذاخرَّبوا

يَدَ الحبِّ إلاَّ إذاخرَّبوا

Peoples who extend to their rulers

Peoples who extend to their rulers

the hand of love—unless those rulers wreak ruin.

The hand of love unless they ruin

توطِّيء أكْنَافَها حينَما

توطِّيء أكْنَافَها حينَما

تُصانُ الحقوقُ و لا تُسْلَبُ

تُصانُ الحقوقُ و لا تُسْلَبُ

They soften their flanks when

Lower its wings when rights are protected

rights are safeguarded and not taken away.

And not robbed away

تُسَلِّمُ حكَّامَها أمرَهَا

تُسَلِّمُ حكَّامَها أمرَهَا

إذا لمْ يخُونوا ولمْ ينْهبوا

إذا لمْ يخُونوا ولمْ ينْهبوا

They entrust their affairs to their rulers

Hand over their affairs if not betrayed

if they do not betray and do not plunder.

Or pillaged and plundered

شعُوبٌ كرامَتُها دُرَّةٌ

شعُوبٌ كرامَتُها دُرَّةٌ

فلا تُسْتباحُ و لا تُثْقبُ

فلا تُسْتباحُ و لا تُثْقبُ

Peoples whose dignity is a pearl,

Peoples whose dignity is a pearl

so it is neither violated nor pierced.

Not to be violated or pierced

شعوبٌ مشَاعِرُها عذْبةٌ

شعوبٌ مشَاعِرُها عذْبةٌ

ومَنْهَلُ إيمَانِها أعْذَبُ

ومَنْهَلُ إيمَانِها أعْذَبُ

Peoples whose feelings are sweet,

Peoples whose feelings are sweet

and the wellspring of their faith is sweeter.

And the spring of their faith purer

تُحِبُّ الهدوءَ وتَرْضى بهِ

تُحِبُّ الهدوءَ وتَرْضى بهِ

ويُعْجِبُها روضُهُ المُعْشِبُ

ويُعْجِبُها روضُهُ المُعْشِبُ

They love calm and are content with it,

They love calm and accept it

and its verdant garden delights them.

And its verdant meadow pleases them

ولكِنَّها حينما تُزْدرَى

ولكِنَّها حينما تُزْدرَى

وعن حقِّها في الورَى تُحْجَبُ

وعن حقِّها في الورَى تُحْجَبُ

But when they are scorned

But when degraded and denied

and denied their rights among humankind,

Their rights in the world veiled

تصيرُ الشُّعوبُ هُنَا جَمْرةً

تصيرُ الشُّعوبُ هُنَا جَمْرةً

مؤَجَّجَةً ، نارُها تَلْهُبُ

مؤَجَّجَةً ، نارُها تَلْهُبُ

here the peoples become an ember,

The peoples here become embers

set ablaze, its fire blazing.

Ablaze, their fire flames

أَيا شعبَ مِصرَ ويا نِيلَها

أَيا شعبَ مِصرَ ويا نِيلَها

ويا دوْحةً روضُها مُخْصِبُ

ويا دوْحةً روضُها مُخْصِبُ

O people of Egypt, and O her Nile,

Oh people of Egypt and its Nile

and O spreading tree whose garden is fertile,

And its palm-tree, its meadow fertile

يُحَييكمُ المجْدُ مُستبشِراً

يُحَييكمُ المجْدُ مُستبشِراً

بشمسٍ منَ العدْلِ لا تَغْرُبُ

بشمسٍ منَ العدْلِ لا تَغْرُبُ

glory greets you, rejoicing

Glory greets you with tidings

in a sun of justice that never sets.

Of a sun of justice that will not set

هوَ الحقُّ فجرٌ لأنْوَارِهِ

هوَ الحقُّ فجرٌ لأنْوَارِهِ

بلاَبِلُ أُمَّتِنا تطْرَبُ

بلاَبِلُ أُمَّتِنا تطْرَبُ

It is truth—a dawn in whose light

It is truth, its light a dawn

our nation's nightingales rejoice.

For which our nation yearns

إذا انْتَشرَ العدْلُ في اُمَّةٍ

إذا انْتَشرَ العدْلُ في اُمَّةٍ

سَمَا قدْرُها ونَجَا المَرْكَبُ

سَمَا قدْرُها ونَجَا المَرْكَبُ

When justice spreads through a nation,

When justice spreads in a nation

its stature rises, and the vessel is saved.

Its value rises and the ship sails