1. حَيُّوا بمصرَ حُماتَها الأحرارا

    وتَذكَّروا شُهداءها الأبرارا

    Salute Egypt's free defenders,

    And remember her righteous martyrs.

  2. إنّي لأُبصِرُ مصرَ في أعيادها

    وأرى المهارجَ في السَّماءِ كِبارا

    I surely see Egypt amid her festivals,

    And see great festivities in the heavens.

  3. حيَّتكمُ الرُّسُلُ الكِرامُ وجَاءَكم

    وَفدُ الملائكِ يَحملُ الأقمارا

    The noble messengers have greeted you, and to you has come

    A delegation of angels bearing moons.

  4. كبّرتُ واسْتأذنتُ آخُذُ مَوقفي

    بين المصاحفِ أنشدُ الأشعارا

    I proclaimed God's greatness and asked leave to take my place

    Among the Qur'an volumes, reciting poetry.

  5. فإذا الأَئمّةُ يهتدون بِنُورها

    وإذا الخَوارجُ يَذهبون حَيارى

    Then behold, the imams are guided by its light,

    And behold, the Kharijites wander bewildered.

  6. وَحيٌ من الإيمان يَكشفُ نُورُهُ

    حُجُبَ الضَّلالِ ويهتكُ الأستارا

    A revelation from faith, whose light dispels

    The veils of error and tears away the curtains.

  7. باسمِ الذي جَعلَ البيانَ أمانةً

    أقضِي الحُقوقَ وأُكرِمُ الآثارا

    In the name of Him who made eloquence a trust,

    I discharge obligations and honor the legacies.

  8. هيَ هِمّةُ الشّعبِ الأبيِّ وَبأسُهُ

    وَجِهادُه يستدفعُ الأقدارا

    It is the proud people's resolve and valor,

    And their struggle, warding off fate's decrees.

  9. يَنطادُ عُلْويَّ المطالبِ مُمعِناً

    ويصولُ جنِّيَّ القُوى جبّارا

    They soar, lofty in their aims, pressing onward,

    And charge with a jinn's strength, overpowering.

  10. يَطوي الزّلازلَ والرُّجومَ إذا انْبرَى

    يمحو الحُصونَ ويَمسحُ الأسوارا

    They sweep aside earthquakes and pelting stones when they advance,

    Obliterating fortresses and wiping away walls.

  11. تَعِبتْ خطوبُ الدّهرِ فيه فأذعنتْ

    تُلقِي القِيادَ وتَبسطُ الأعذارا

    Time's calamities grew weary against them and yielded,

    Surrendering the reins and offering excuses.

  12. وَلِعَت بِمُضطَرِمِ الإِباءِ ومارسَتْ

    جَلْداً على أهوالها صبّارا

    They fastened upon one ablaze with defiance, and tested

    One hardy and steadfast through their terrors.

  13. والشّعبُ إن جمع الصُّفوفَ مُجاهداً

    غلب الصِّعابَ وأدركَ الأوطارا

    And a people, if they unite their ranks in struggle,

    Overcome hardships and attain their aims.

  14. مَنْ يملكُ السَّيل الأتيَّ إذا انْتحَى

    مِلءَ الشِّعابِ ويُمسِكُ التيّارا

    Who can master the oncoming flood as it sweeps forward,

    Filling the ravines, and restrain the current?

  15. ومَنِ الذي ينهَى الرِّياحَ ذوارياً

    ويَسومُهنَّ إذا عَصَفْنَ قَرارا

    And who can restrain the winds as they scatter,

    And force them into stillness when they rage?

  16. شرُّ السياسةِ أن تَسودَ بَنِي الدُّنَى

    غَصْباً وتلتهمَ الدُّنَى اسْتعمارا

    The worst of politics is to rule the world's peoples

    By force, and devour the world through colonization.

  17. ما شاءَ ربُّكَ أن يكونَ عِبادُهُ

    هَمَلاً ولا خَلقَ الشُّعوبَ أسارى

    Your Lord did not will His servants to be

    Neglected, nor did He create the peoples captive.

  18. هُبّوا بني الشُّهداءِ هذا يومُهم

    هاج البقيعَ أسىً وهزَّ الغارا

    Rise, sons of the martyrs: this is their day!

    It has stirred al-Baqi with grief and shaken the Cave.

  19. أَهُمُ الأُلى رفعوا اللّواءَ تحيّةً

    رُدّوا التحيّةَ وَارْفعوا الأبصارا

    Are they the ones who raised the banner in salute?

    Return the salute and raise your eyes.

  20. هَبطوا كَمُندفِع الشُّعاعِ جَرَى ضُحىً

    يَرِدُ البِقاعَ ويهبطُ الأقطارا

    They descended like a surge of sunlight streaming at midmorning,

    Reaching the lands and descending upon the regions.

  21. وتنزَّلوا مِلءَ الجِواءِ جَلالةً

    وهُدىً ومِلءَ الواديَيْن وقارا

    And they descended, filling the expanse with majesty

    And guidance, and both valleys with solemn dignity.

  22. إنّي لأَنظرُ مُصطَفى ورفاقَهُ

    بين الصُّفوفِ مُكبِّرين جِهارا

    I surely see Mustafa and his companions

    Among the ranks, proclaiming God's greatness aloud.

  23. الله أكبرُ ما لنفسٍ عِصمةٌ

    حتّى يكونَ لها الإِباءُ شِعارا

    God is greatest! No soul has protection

    Until it takes defiance as its emblem.

  24. سكن الضِّعافُ إلى الحياةِ مُذِلَّةً

    وأَبَوْا فكانت عِزَّةً وفَخارا

    The weak settled for life in abasement;

    But these men refused, and it became honor and glory.

  25. والنّاسُ يأبون الصَّغائرَ مطلباً

    إلا إذا حَملوا النُّفوسَ صِغارا

    People refuse to make petty things their aim,

    Unless the souls they carry are themselves small.

  26. دَفعوا العدوَّ عن البلادِ مُناجزاً

    وَرَمَوا به مُتغلِّباً قهّارا

    They repelled the enemy from the land as he fought them,

    And cast him out, a conquering tyrant though he was.

  27. لم يُغنِه الأسطولُ يَغمرُه دماً

    والجيشُ يُطعِمهُ الممالكَ نارا

    His fleet availed him nothing, drenching him in blood,

    Nor his army, feeding him kingdoms aflame.

  28. الحقُّ أُسطولُ الضَّعيفِ وجيشُه

    إن شنَّ حرباً أو أرادَ مَغارا

    Right is the weak person's fleet and army,

    When he wages war or intends a raid.

  29. إن كنتَ مُتّهِمي ولستُ بِمُغرِقٍ

    فَسَلِ القَوِيَّ إذا طَغَى أو جارا

    If you accuse me, though I do not exaggerate,

    Then ask the strong when they transgress or oppress.

  30. كم دولةٍ للظُّلمِ عاتيةٍ رَمَى

    نَفَسُ اللَّهيفِ كِيانَها فانهارا

    How many a state, ruthless in tyranny, has been struck

    To its core by a sufferer's breath, and crumbled!

  31. إنّ الأُلى سَدُّوا السَّبيلَ على العِدَى

    فَتحوا العُقولَ وحَرَّروا الأفكارا

    Those who barred the enemy's way

    Opened minds and freed thought.

  32. نَصروا الكِنانةَ حين ضاقَ خِناقُها

    فتفجّعتْ تستصرخُ الأنصارا

    They aided al-Kinana when her throat was constricted,

    And she lamented, crying to her champions for help.

  33. وَهَبوا لها أعمارَهم وكأنّما

    وَهبتْ لهم من أهلها الأعمارا

    They gave her their lifetimes, as though

    She had granted them the lifetimes of her people.

  34. تَركوا المنازِلَ والدّيارَ فأصبحوا

    سكنوا الخُلودَ منازلاً وديارا

    They left their houses and homes, and came

    To dwell in eternity, their dwelling and their home.

  35. إنّي رأيتُ النّاسَ رُسْلَ هدايةٍ

    بذلوا النُّفوسَ وآخرين تجارا

    I have seen some people as messengers of guidance,

    Who gave their lives, and others as traders.

  36. هلا سألتَ القومَ أين زعيمُهم

    أأصاب رِبحاً أم أصاب خَسارا

    Why not ask the people where their leader is:

    Did he gain a profit, or suffer a loss?

  37. لن يَبعثوهُ ولن يُتاحَ له الغِنَى

    ولوَ اَنّهم جعلوا الضَّريحَ نُضارا

    They will not resurrect him, nor will wealth be granted him,

    Even if they make his tomb pure gold.

  38. يومَ الكنانةِ أنت أبلغُ واصفٍ

    فصِفِ الوقائعَ وانْشُرِ الأخبارا

    O day of al-Kinana, most eloquent of narrators,

    Describe the battles and spread the news.

  39. وانْشُدْ ودائعَ يومِ بَدرٍ إنّه

    أمسى أخاً لكَ صادقاً أو جارا

    And seek the treasures entrusted to the day of Badr, for it

    Has become your true brother, or your neighbor.

  40. أَخَوانِ في ذات الإلهِ كِلاكُما

    نَصرَ الكتابَ وجاهدَ الكُفّارا

    Two brothers in God's cause: each of you

    Championed the Book and fought the unbelievers.

  41. بالمانعين الحقَّ رِيعَ لِواؤُه

    والدّافعينَ عن الحِمَى الأخطارا

    Its banner quailed before the defenders of right,

    And those who warded dangers from the sanctuary,

  42. النَّاهِضينَ إلى اللّقاءِ أعزّةً

    المُعرضينَ عنِ الدِّماءِ طَهارى

    Who rose to meet the foe in honor,

    Who turned away from bloodshed, pure.

  43. مِن كلِّ مُنصَلتٍ أهابَ به الرَّدَى

    فأجابَ لا وَجِلاً ولا خَوّارا

    Each a charging warrior whom death summoned,

    And who answered, neither afraid nor fainthearted.

  44. نَبَتِ الصَّوارِمُ في الكريهةِ فانتضتْ

    منه المَنِيَّةُ صارِماً بتّارا

    Swords failed in the fierce battle; then

    Death drew from him a keen, cleaving sword.

  45. يا يومَ جَدّدَ لِلكنانةِ عَهدَهم

    بُوركتَ يوماً صالحاً ونهارا

    O day that revived their era for al-Kinana,

    Blessed be you, a righteous day and span of daylight!

  46. أرِنا الوغَى تجلو السُّيوفَ بَواتِراً

    والخيلَ جُرْداً والعَجاجَ مُثارا

    Show us battle laying bare the cleaving swords,

    The lean horses, and the dust stirred up.

  47. وأَفِضْ على النّيلِ الدِّماءَ زَكِيَّةً

    تُحيي القُرى مَوْتَى الزُّروعِ قِفارا

    And pour upon the Nile pure blood,

    Reviving the villages, their crops dead, their lands barren.

  48. زَهَتِ البِلادُ وما فَتِئْنَ هوامداً

    ومضى الزّمانُ وما بَرِحْن حِرارا

    The lands grew resplendent, yet remained lifeless,

    And time went by, yet they remained parched.

  49. إنّ الذي منع الكنانةَ رِيَّها

    أخْلى الجداولَ منه والأنهارا

    He who denied al-Kinana her fill of water

    Emptied the channels and rivers of it.

  50. يجري الصَّدَى فيها ويندفعُ الرَّدى

    مُتدفِّقاً مِلءَ القُرى زخّارا

    Thirst flows through them, and death surges,

    In swelling torrents, filling the villages.

  51. سُبحانك اللّهمَّ أنتَ قضيتها

    دُنيا تدورُ صُروفُها أطوارا

    Glory be to You, O God; You ordained it:

    A world whose vicissitudes revolve through changing phases,

  52. تعلو وتسفُلُ بالشّعوبِ حثيثةً

    وتُتابِعُ الإقبالَ والإدبارا

    Swiftly carrying peoples upward and downward,

    And bringing good fortune and adversity in succession.

  53. أَدْرِكْ بفضلك أمّةً موقوذةً

    تشكو إليك رُماتَها الأغرارا

    Rescue, by Your grace, a nation beaten down,

    Complaining to You of the inexperienced marksmen who target her.

  54. ملك القضاءُ سبيلَها فاملكْ على

    عِزريلِها الأنيابَ والأظفارا

    Fate has mastered her course; take control of

    Her Azrael's fangs and claws.

  55. وأَذِقْهُ حُكمكَ في الممالكِ إنّها

    ذاقتْ على يدهِ الحِمامَ مِرارا

    And let him taste Your judgment on kingdoms, for they

    Have tasted death at his hand again and again.

  56. وتولَّنا في المؤمنينَ وآتِنا

    نَصراً يَزيد المجرمين تَبارا

    And take us into Your care among the believers, and grant us

    A victory that increases the criminals' ruin.

  57. لِمَنِ ادّخرت النّصرَ أو أعددتَه

    إن كنتَ تخذُلُ حِزبَكَ المُخْتارا

    For whom have You stored victory, or prepared it,

    If You forsake Your chosen company?

  58. انْظُرْ إليه على تَمرُّدِ خَصمِه

    أَأضاعَ حقّا أم أباحَ ذِمارا

    Look upon it amid its adversary's defiance:

    Has it squandered a right, or surrendered its honor?

  59. إنّا اتّبعنا فيك آثارَ الأُلى

    جعلوا كتابَكَ سُنّةً ومنارا

    We have followed, for Your sake, the footsteps of those

    Who made Your Book a rule of life and a beacon.

  60. ثبِّتْ على الحقِّ المبينِ قُلوبَنا

    في المتّقينَ وزلزلِ الفُجّارا

    Make our hearts steadfast upon the manifest truth

    Among the God-fearing, and convulse the wicked.