أَهذي ديارُ القَومِ غَيَّرها الدَهرُ

أَهذي ديارُ القَومِ غَيَّرها الدَهرُ

فَعُوجوا عَليها نَبكِها أَيُّها السَّفْرُ

فَعُوجوا عَليها نَبكِها أَيُّها السَّفْرُ

Are these the people's dwellings, changed by time?

Are these the dwellings of the people that time has changed?

So turn aside to them; let us weep for them, O travelers.

So they bent over it, weep for it O traveler!

محا آيها مَرُّ العُصورِ وَكرُّها

محا آيها مَرُّ العُصورِ وَكرُّها

إِذا مَرَّ عَصرٌ كَرَّ مِن بَعدِهِ عَصرُ

إِذا مَرَّ عَصرٌ كَرَّ مِن بَعدِهِ عَصرُ

The passing and returning of ages erased their traces;

Erase them, O passer of eras and their repeater

whenever an age passed, another came after it.

When an era passes, another repeats after it.

نُسائِلُها أَينَ استقلَّ قطينُها

نُسائِلُها أَينَ استقلَّ قطينُها

وَهَل تَنطق الدارُ المُعَطَّلةُ القَفرُ

وَهَل تَنطق الدارُ المُعَطَّلةُ القَفرُ

We ask them where their inhabitants have gone.

We ask her: where are her inhabitants?

And can the abandoned, desolate dwelling speak?

Does the abandoned, desolate abode speak?

وَكائن تَرى من ذي ثَمانين خَضَّبت

وَكائن تَرى من ذي ثَمانين خَضَّبت

لِطُولِ البُكى مِن شَيبهِ الأَدمعُ الحُمرُ

لِطُولِ البُكى مِن شَيبهِ الأَدمعُ الحُمرُ

And how many an eighty-year-old you see, with some of his gray hair dyed

You see an eighty year old whose tears

by red tears from prolonged weeping.

From prolonged weeping reddened his white hair.

بَكى وَطَناً أَودَت بِسالفِ مَجدِهِ

بَكى وَطَناً أَودَت بِسالفِ مَجدِهِ

حَوادث دَهرٍ مِن خَلائقهِ الغَدرُ

حَوادث دَهرٍ مِن خَلائقهِ الغَدرُ

He wept for a homeland whose former glory was destroyed

He wept for a nation whose glories of yore

by the calamities of an age whose traits include treachery.

Were destroyed by the betrayals of fate.

أَغارَت عَلَيهِ مِن جَنوبٍ وَشَمأَلٍ

أَغارَت عَلَيهِ مِن جَنوبٍ وَشَمأَلٍ

فَما برحت حَتّى أُتيحَ لَها النَصرُ

فَما برحت حَتّى أُتيحَ لَها النَصرُ

They raided it from south and north,

The south and the north attacked it

and did not depart until victory was granted to them.

And did not stop until victory was made possible for them.

أَلا إِنَّها مصرُ الَّتي شَقِيَت بِنا

أَلا إِنَّها مصرُ الَّتي شَقِيَت بِنا

فَيا وَيحَ مصرٍ ما الَّذي لَقِيَت مِصرُ

فَيا وَيحَ مصرٍ ما الَّذي لَقِيَت مِصرُ

Behold, it is Egypt, which has suffered because of us!

Alas! It is Egypt that suffered because of us

So, alas for Egypt! What has Egypt endured?

So woe to Egypt! What did Egypt suffer?

مَضى عِزُّها المَسلوبُ ما يَستعيدُه

مَضى عِزُّها المَسلوبُ ما يَستعيدُه

بَنُوها فَلا عِزٌّ لَديهم وَلا فَخرُ

بَنُوها فَلا عِزٌّ لَديهم وَلا فَخرُ

Her stolen glory is gone; it is not reclaimed

Its lost glory cannot be restored

by her sons, so they have neither glory nor pride.

By its sons, who have no glory or pride.

هُمُ رَقَدوا عَنها فَطالَ رُقادُهُم

هُمُ رَقَدوا عَنها فَطالَ رُقادُهُم

فَديتكُمُ هُبُّوا فَقَد طَلعَ الفَجرُ

فَديتكُمُ هُبُّوا فَقَد طَلعَ الفَجرُ

They slept heedless of her, and their slumber grew long.

They slept away from it, and their sleep was prolonged

May I be your ransom! Rise, for dawn has broken.

I ransom you with my soul, arise, for dawn has risen!

أَلمّا تَروا أَن قَد تُقُسِّمَ أَمرُكُم

أَلمّا تَروا أَن قَد تُقُسِّمَ أَمرُكُم

بَأَيدي الأُلى جَدّوا فَهل لكمُ أَمرُ

بَأَيدي الأُلى جَدّوا فَهل لكمُ أَمرُ

Have you not yet seen that your authority has been divided up

Do you not see that your affairs have been divided

by the hands of those who strove? Have you any authority?

By foreign hands? Make haste! Do you have any control?

أَما فيكمُ حُرٌّ إِذا قامَ داعياً

أَما فيكمُ حُرٌّ إِذا قامَ داعياً

إِلى صالحٍ أَوفى فجاوَبَهُ حُرُّ

إِلى صالحٍ أَوفى فجاوَبَهُ حُرُّ

Is there no free man among you who, when he rises to call

Is there no freeman among you who, if he calls

to a worthy cause, is answered by another free man who steps forward?

To reform, a freeman will respond to him?

كَريمان لَمّا يَجثُما عَن عَظيمةٍ

كَريمان لَمّا يَجثُما عَن عَظيمةٍ

وَلا بهما إِذا يُدعوان لَها وَقرُ

وَلا بهما إِذا يُدعوان لَها وَقرُ

Two noble men who have never yet shrunk from a great undertaking,

Two honorable men, when invited to a glorious deed,

and are not deaf when called to it.

Will not cower, nor refrain when called to it.

هُما هَضبَتا عَزمٍ وَحَزمٍ كِلاهُما

هُما هَضبَتا عَزمٍ وَحَزمٍ كِلاهُما

يَخافُهما الخَطبُ المَخُوفُ فَما يَعرو

يَخافُهما الخَطبُ المَخُوفُ فَما يَعرو

They are two mountains of resolve and prudence, both of them;

Both are resolute and prudent,

dreaded calamity fears them, and so does not befall them.

Feared by frightening tribulations, but they do not know fear.

هُما الذُخرُ لِلأَوطانِ إِن جَلَّ حادِثٌ

هُما الذُخرُ لِلأَوطانِ إِن جَلَّ حادِثٌ

فَضاقَت بِهِ ذَرعاً وَأَعوزَها الذُخرُ

فَضاقَت بِهِ ذَرعاً وَأَعوزَها الذُخرُ

They are the homelands' reserve, should a calamity grow grave,

They are the treasure of nations, if disaster befalls,

leaving them unable to cope with it and without a reserve.

Leaving them helpless and deprived of treasure.