يومَ الشّهيدِ رَجعتَ أيمنَ مرجعِ

يومَ الشّهيدِ رَجعتَ أيمنَ مرجعِ

وَطلعتَ في الأيّام أسعدَ مَطلعِ

وَطلعتَ في الأيّام أسعدَ مَطلعِ

O Martyr's Day, you have returned most auspiciously,

On the martyr's day you returned, O commander, to the noblest abode,

And dawned most happily among all days.

And rose in the days, the happiest rising.

غَيَّضتَ عَبْرَةَ كُلِّ عَينٍ ثَرَّةٍ

غَيَّضتَ عَبْرَةَ كُلِّ عَينٍ ثَرَّةٍ

وشَفَيْتَ لَوعةَ كلِّ قَلبٍ مُوجَعِ

وشَفَيْتَ لَوعةَ كلِّ قَلبٍ مُوجَعِ

You dried the tears of every streaming eye,

You dried the flowing tears of every weeping eye,

And healed the anguish of every aching heart.

And healed the agony of every aching heart.

وَدَّعْتنا جَمَّ الجِراحِ مُروَّعاً

وَدَّعْتنا جَمَّ الجِراحِ مُروَّعاً

وَلَقِيتَنا جذلانَ غيرَ مُروَّعِ

وَلَقِيتَنا جذلانَ غيرَ مُروَّعِ

You bade us farewell, bearing many wounds and stricken with terror,

You bid us farewell, wounded all over,

And met us joyful and unafraid,

And met us dignified, no more terrified.

في موكبٍ عالي الجلالِ مُحبَّبٍ

في موكبٍ عالي الجلالِ مُحبَّبٍ

تَهفو إليه جَوانحُ المُتطلِّعِ

تَهفو إليه جَوانحُ المُتطلِّعِ

In a beloved procession of lofty majesty,

In a lofty, endearing procession,

Toward which the eager beholder's heart yearns.

To which the aspirations of the ambitious soar.

تزهو بتاجٍ دُونَهُ شمسُ الضُّحَى

تزهو بتاجٍ دُونَهُ شمسُ الضُّحَى

مُتألِّقٍ بِدمِ الشَّهيدِ مُرصَّعِ

مُتألِّقٍ بِدمِ الشَّهيدِ مُرصَّعِ

You are resplendent in a crown surpassing the midmorning sun,

Adorned with a crown, lit by the morning sun,

Gleaming and studded with the martyr's blood,

Studded with the martyr's blood, resplendent.

رَيّانَ مِن حقٍّ ومن حُرّيةٍ

رَيّانَ مِن حقٍّ ومن حُرّيةٍ

والحقُّ للوُرَّادِ أطيبُ مَشرعِ

والحقُّ للوُرَّادِ أطيبُ مَشرعِ

Your thirst slaked by justice and freedom;

Imbued with truth and freedom,

And justice is the sweetest watering place for those who come to drink.

And for the loyal, truth is the sweetest hope.

حيَّتْكَ مِصرُ مشوقةً وتلفَّتتْ

حيَّتْكَ مِصرُ مشوقةً وتلفَّتتْ

لِتَرى جَلالَ شَهيدِها في المصرعِ

لِتَرى جَلالَ شَهيدِها في المصرعِ

Egypt greeted you, full of longing, and looked about,

Egypt hailed you yearningly and turned

To behold her martyr's majesty where he fell.

To see the majesty of her martyr in the deathbed.

نَادَتْهُ فَرحَى أينَ أنتَ فَراعَها

نَادَتْهُ فَرحَى أينَ أنتَ فَراعَها

صَوتٌ يُجِيبُ مِن المقامِ الأرفعِ

صَوتٌ يُجِيبُ مِن المقامِ الأرفعِ

Joyfully she called to him, “Where are you?”—and was startled

She called him, where are you? She was startled

By a voice answering from the loftiest station:

By a voice answering from the Highest Station.

هُو ها هنا في صَحْبِه وَرِفاقهِ

هُو ها هنا في صَحْبِه وَرِفاقهِ

بأجلِّ مَنزلةٍ وأَشْرفِ مَوضعِ

بأجلِّ مَنزلةٍ وأَشْرفِ مَوضعِ

He is here among his companions and comrades,

In the most honorable position and noblest place.

In the most exalted station and the noblest place.

Which no ambition can ever attain.

هُوَ ها هنا في نِعمةٍ أبديّةٍ

هُوَ ها هنا في نِعمةٍ أبديّةٍ

للهِ ما في مثلِها مِن مَطمعِ

للهِ ما في مثلِها مِن مَطمعِ

He is here in everlasting bliss—

And with God, no truth is ever wasted.

By God, how one longs for its like!

The youth of the Nile, your efforts

هو ها هنا يا مصر يُعطَى حَقَّهُ

هو ها هنا يا مصر يُعطَى حَقَّهُ

والحقُّ عِند اللهِ غيرُ مُضيَّعِ

والحقُّ عِند اللهِ غيرُ مُضيَّعِ

He is here, O Egypt, being granted his due,

Were weakened by his loss, but did not split.

And no right is ever lost in God's keeping.

You united for the cause a collective front,

هُوَ ها هُنَا يحمي لواءكِ فَانْظُرِي

هُوَ ها هُنَا يحمي لواءكِ فَانْظُرِي

هُوَ هُا هُنا يَشدو بِذكركِ فَاسْمَعي

هُوَ هُا هُنا يَشدو بِذكركِ فَاسْمَعي

He is here, guarding your banner—so look!

Had you not joined forces, it would not have united.

He is here, singing of you—so listen!

You reconciled the leaders after disunity,

مَرْحَى شبابَ النِّيلِ تلك جُهودُكم

مَرْحَى شبابَ النِّيلِ تلك جُهودُكم

ضَنّتْ بِوَحدتِه فلم تتصدَّعِ

ضَنّتْ بِوَحدتِه فلم تتصدَّعِ

Bravo, youth of the Nile! Such are your efforts:

And united passions after reluctance.

They jealously guarded its unity, so it did not splinter.

There were chaotic forces, some partisan

أنتم جَمعتمْ لِلقضيَّةِ جَبهةً

أنتم جَمعتمْ لِلقضيَّةِ جَبهةً

لولا انتظامُ صُفوفِكُمْ لم تُجْمَعِ

لولا انتظامُ صُفوفِكُمْ لم تُجْمَعِ

You yourselves assembled a front for the cause;

Each going his own way, some sectarian

But for the order in your ranks, it would not have been formed.

A war that harmed the community, and an ordeal

ألَّفتُمُ الزُّعماءَ بعد تَفرُّقٍ

ألَّفتُمُ الزُّعماءَ بعد تَفرُّقٍ

ومَلكتمُ الأهواءَ بَعدَ تَمنُّعِ

ومَلكتمُ الأهواءَ بَعدَ تَمنُّعِ

You united the leaders after their division,

That afflicted the country with every tribulation.

And mastered passions after their resistance.

You achieved Egypt's independence, which

كانت قُوىً فَوْضى فَمِنْ مُتحزِّبٍ

كانت قُوىً فَوْضى فَمِنْ مُتحزِّبٍ

يَمضِي لِغايتهِ وَمِن مُتشيِّعِ

يَمضِي لِغايتهِ وَمِن مُتشيِّعِ

There were forces in chaos: some were party partisans,

Extends a hand bidding farewell to terror.

Pursuing their own goals, and others factional adherents.

We have enacted for secularism its law,

حَرْبٌ أضرّتْ بالسَّوادِ وَفِتنةٌ

حَرْبٌ أضرّتْ بالسَّوادِ وَفِتنةٌ

رَمَتِ البلادَ بِكلِّ خَطبٍ مُفزعِ

رَمَتِ البلادَ بِكلِّ خَطبٍ مُفزعِ

War harmed the populace, and strife

Abolishing the law that was never legislated.

Assailed the land with every terrifying calamity.

The law of philosophers who imagined

أدركتمُ اسْتقلالَ مِصرَ وإنّه

أدركتمُ اسْتقلالَ مِصرَ وإنّه

لَيَمُدُّ مِن فَزَعٍ يَمينَ مُودِّعِ

لَيَمُدُّ مِن فَزَعٍ يَمينَ مُودِّعِ

You rescued Egypt's independence, even as it

That we are objects, unable to feel or perceive.

Was stretching out in fear the right hand of one bidding farewell.

Today we rise with a clear proof

إنّا شَرَعنا لِلكنانةِ دِينَها

إنّا شَرَعنا لِلكنانةِ دِينَها

فَقَضَى على الدِّينِ الذي لم يُشرعِ

فَقَضَى على الدِّينِ الذي لم يُشرعِ

Indeed, we ordained her creed for al-Kinana, the Quiver,

That refutes the claims of the claimant.

So it put an end to the creed that had not been ordained—

دينِ الفَلاسفةِ الذين توهَّموا

دينِ الفَلاسفةِ الذين توهَّموا

أنّا جَمادٌ لا نُحِسُّ ولا نعي

أنّا جَمادٌ لا نُحِسُّ ولا نعي

The creed of the philosophers who imagined

That we are lifeless matter, neither feeling nor comprehending.

اليومَ نَنهضُ ظَاهرين بِحُجّةٍ

اليومَ نَنهضُ ظَاهرين بِحُجّةٍ

بَيْضاءَ تَدفعُ تُرَّهاتِ المُدَّعي

بَيْضاءَ تَدفعُ تُرَّهاتِ المُدَّعي

Today we rise triumphant, with a proof

Shining white, refuting the claimant's absurdities.