عَلَمَ الجِهادِ لَكَ التَحِيَّةُ مِن فَتىً

عَلَمَ الجِهادِ لَكَ التَحِيَّةُ مِن فَتىً

بِكَ يَستَظِلُّ إِذا تَقَدَّمَ يَضرِبُ

بِكَ يَستَظِلُّ إِذا تَقَدَّمَ يَضرِبُ

O banner of struggle, a young man salutes you,

O you who have known jihad, greetings to you from a gallant man

who shelters beneath you when he advances to strike.

With you he takes shelter when he steps forward striking

اخفُق عَلى الجُندِ الَّذي بِسِلاحِهِ

اخفُق عَلى الجُندِ الَّذي بِسِلاحِهِ

يُحمى الذِمارُ وَيُدفَعُ المُتَوَثِّبُ

يُحمى الذِمارُ وَيُدفَعُ المُتَوَثِّبُ

Flutter over the army, by whose weapons

Wave over the army whose weapons

all that is held sacred is defended, and the assailant repelled.

Protect the homelands and repel the transgressor

أَشرَقتَ في ظُلَمِ الحَوادِثِ كَوكَباً

أَشرَقتَ في ظُلَمِ الحَوادِثِ كَوكَباً

وَضَحُ السَبيلُ بِهِ وَبانَ المَذهَبُ

وَضَحُ السَبيلُ بِهِ وَبانَ المَذهَبُ

You shone as a star amid the darkness of calamities;

You shone in the darkness of tribulations like a star

by it the path grew clear, and the way became plain.

The path became clear by it and the approach was evident

لَمَحَتكَ مِصرُ فَأَبصَرتَ آمالَها

لَمَحَتكَ مِصرُ فَأَبصَرتَ آمالَها

تَمشي عَلى السَنَنِ السَوِيِّ وَتَدأَبُ

تَمشي عَلى السَنَنِ السَوِيِّ وَتَدأَبُ

Egypt glimpsed you, and so you saw her hopes

Egypt glimpsed you and saw its hopes

walking the straight path and striving tirelessly.

Walking the straight path persistently

وَرَأَتكَ تَطلُعُ في الوَغى فَتَطَلَّعَت

وَرَأَتكَ تَطلُعُ في الوَغى فَتَطَلَّعَت

فَرَحاً إِلَيكَ وَأَقبَلَت تَتَرَقَّبُ

فَرَحاً إِلَيكَ وَأَقبَلَت تَتَرَقَّبُ

She saw you rising in battle, and looked up

And it saw you rising in the turmoil so it looked

joyfully toward you, and came forward, watching expectantly.

With joy towards you and came closer expecting

لَكَ في قَضِيَّتِها مَواقِفُ باسِلٍ

لَكَ في قَضِيَّتِها مَواقِفُ باسِلٍ

لا الخَصمُ يَخدَعُهُ وَلا هُوَ يُغلَبُ

لا الخَصمُ يَخدَعُهُ وَلا هُوَ يُغلَبُ

In her cause, yours are the stands of a valiant man,

You have in its cause stands of a hero

whom no foe deceives, and who is never defeated.

Neither the opponent deceives him nor he is defeated

حُرٌّ يَصونُ لَها الذِمامَ وَلا يَرى

حُرٌّ يَصونُ لَها الذِمامَ وَلا يَرى

مِن دونِ مَطلَبِها مَراماً يُطلَبُ

مِن دونِ مَطلَبِها مَراماً يُطلَبُ

A free man who keeps faith with her and sees no

A freeman who protects its reins for it and does not see

goal to pursue other than her demand.

Apart from its goal any purpose to be sought

فَرَضَ الجَلاءَ عَلى العَدُوِّ فَما لَهُ

فَرَضَ الجَلاءَ عَلى العَدُوِّ فَما لَهُ

مُتَزَحزِحٌ عَنهُ وَلا مُتَقَلِّبُ

مُتَزَحزِحٌ عَنهُ وَلا مُتَقَلِّبُ

He imposed withdrawal on the enemy; he has no

So it imposed exile on the enemy, who has for him

way to retreat from it, nor any change of course.

No deviating from it or turning away

أَمِنَ الحَمِيَّةِ أَن نَذِلَّ لِغاصِبٍ

أَمِنَ الحَمِيَّةِ أَن نَذِلَّ لِغاصِبٍ

تَشقى البِلادُ عَلى يَدَيهِ وَتُنكَبُ

تَشقى البِلادُ عَلى يَدَيهِ وَتُنكَبُ

Is it a mark of honor to abase ourselves before a usurper,

Are we too proud to be humiliated by an aggressor

at whose hands the land suffers and is stricken?

While the countries suffer at his hands and stumble

نَبغي الحَياةَ فَيَستَطيرُ مَخافَةً

نَبغي الحَياةَ فَيَستَطيرُ مَخافَةً

وَنَئِنُّ مِن أَلَمِ الجِراحِ فَيَغضَبُ

وَنَئِنُّ مِن أَلَمِ الجِراحِ فَيَغضَبُ

We seek life, and he becomes frantic with fear;

We want life so he takes fright

and we groan from the pain of wounds, and he grows angry.

And we moan from the pain of wounds so he is enraged

إِنَّ الَّذي زَعَمَ الحَضارَةَ نَقمَةً

إِنَّ الَّذي زَعَمَ الحَضارَةَ نَقمَةً

يَرمي القَوِيُّ بِها الضَعيفَ لَيَكذِبُ

يَرمي القَوِيُّ بِها الضَعيفَ لَيَكذِبُ

Indeed, whoever claimed that civilization is a scourge

Indeed, he who claimed civilization is a curse

which the strong hurl at the weak is surely lying.

The strong man hurls it at the weak to belie him

الناسُ مِن سَعَةٍ وَمِن حُرِّيَّةٍ

الناسُ مِن سَعَةٍ وَمِن حُرِّيَّةٍ

كَالطَيرِ مُطلَقَةً تَجيءُ وَتَذهَبُ

كَالطَيرِ مُطلَقَةً تَجيءُ وَتَذهَبُ

In ease and freedom, people

People are free and ample

are like birds set free, coming and going.

Like unrestrained birds that come and go

هِيَ فِطرَةُ اللَهِ الكَريمِ لِخَلقِهِ

هِيَ فِطرَةُ اللَهِ الكَريمِ لِخَلقِهِ

لا النَفسُ تَنزِعُها وَلا هِيَ تُسلَبُ

لا النَفسُ تَنزِعُها وَلا هِيَ تُسلَبُ

This is the innate nature God, the Generous, gave His creatures;

It is the generous nature of God to His creation

the soul does not cast it off, nor is it taken away.

Neither the self takes it away nor can it be robbed

اللَهُ حَرَّمَ كُلَّ فاحِشَةٍ فَلا

اللَهُ حَرَّمَ كُلَّ فاحِشَةٍ فَلا

شَعبٌ يُباعُ وَلا بِلادٌ توهَبُ

شَعبٌ يُباعُ وَلا بِلادٌ توهَبُ

God has forbidden every abomination, so no

God has forbidden all abomination so no

nation may be sold, nor any land given away.

Nation is to be sold or country granted