1. مَن يُسعِدُ الأَوطانَ غَيرُ بَنيها

    وَيُنيلُها الآمالَ غَيرُ ذَويها

    Who brings happiness to homelands but their sons?

    And who fulfills their hopes but their own people?

  2. لَيسَ الكَريمُ بِمَن يَرى أَوطانَهُ

    نَهبَ العَوادي ثُمَّ لا يَحميها

    The noble man is not one who sees his homelands

    Prey to marauders, then fails to protect them.

  3. تَرجو بِنَجدَتِهِ اِنقِضاءَ شَقائِها

    وَهوَ الَّذي بِقُعودِهِ يُشقيها

    They hope his aid will bring their misery to an end,

    Yet he is the one whose inaction makes them wretched.

  4. وَتَوَدُّ جاهِدَةً بِهِ دَفعَ الأَذى

    عَن نَفسِها وَهوَ الَّذي يُؤذيها

    And they earnestly long for him to ward off harm

    From themselves, yet he is the one who harms them.

  5. سُبُلُ المَكارِمِ لِلكِرامِ قَويمَةٌ

    فَعَلامَ يُخطِئُها الَّذي يَبغيها

    The paths of noble deeds are straight for the noble;

    So why does the one who seeks them miss them?

  6. ما أَكثَرَ المُتَفاخِرينَ وَإِنَّما

    فَخرُ الكِرامِ بِما حَبَت أَيديها

    How many are those who boast! Yet

    The noble take pride only in what their hands have bestowed.

  7. يَحوي الكَريمُ المالَ لا يَبغي بِهِ

    شَيئاً سِوى أُكرومَةٍ يَحويها

    The noble man gathers wealth, not seeking through it

    Anything but a noble deed he may accomplish.

  8. وَالجودُ يُحمَدُ حَيثُ كانَ وَخَيرُهُ

    ما نالَ أَوطانَ الفَتى وَبَنيها

    And generosity is praised wherever it is found; its best form

    Is what reaches a young man's homelands and their sons.

  9. وَلَقَلَّما أَرضى اِمرُؤٌ أَوطانَهُ

    حَتّى تَراهُ بِنَفسِهِ يَفديها

    And seldom does a man satisfy his homelands

    Until you see him ransom them with his own life.

  10. يا آلَ مِصرَ وَما يُؤَدّي حَقَّها

    إِلّا فَتىً يَكفي الَّذي يَعنيها

    O people of Egypt, none can pay her due

    But a young man who wards off what troubles her.

  11. أَيَضنُّ مِنكُم بالمعونة موسرٌ

    يلهو ويمرح كلَّ آنٍ فيها

    Would a wealthy man among you withhold aid,

    While he plays and makes merry within her at every moment?

  12. هي أمُّكُم لا كانَ مِن أَبنائِها

    مَن لا يُواسيها وَلا يُرضيها

    She is your mother; may none be among her sons

    Who neither supports her nor pleases her.

  13. وَهَبَتكُمُ الخَيرَ الجَزيلَ فَهَل فَتىً

    مِنكُم بِحُسنِ صَنيعِها يَجزيها

    She has given you abundant goodness; so is there a young man

    Among you to repay her for her gracious deeds?

  14. سَعِدَت لَعَمري بِالصَنائِعِ حِقبَةً

    وَلَّت عَلى عَجَلٍ فَمَن يَثنيها

    By my life, she prospered through crafts for an age

    That swiftly passed—so who will bring it back?

  15. لَو يَسمَعُ المَوتى الهُمودُ مَقالَتي

    أَسدوا إِلى الأَوطانِ ما يُغنيها

    If the dead, lying motionless, could hear my words,

    They would bestow on homelands what would meet their needs.

  16. دارُ الصَنائِعِ خَيرُ دارٍ تُبتَنى

    فَاللَهُ يَجزي الخَيرَ مَن يَبنيها

    The House of Crafts is the finest house to build;

    So God will reward with goodness whoever builds it.