1. اذكرونا في المُلِمّاتِ الكُبَرْ

    واشْهَدوا أنّا الميامينُ الغُرَرْ

    Remember us in the great calamities,

    And bear witness that we are the blessed, the illustrious.

  2. نَحنُ للإسلامٍ أَعلامُ الظَّفَرْ

    وسُيوفُ الفتحِ تَجلُوها الغُمَرْ

    We are Islam's banners of victory,

    And swords of conquest, polished by the surges of battle.

  3. أُمَّةَ الفُرقانِ زِيدِي عِظَما

    وارْفَعِيهِ للمعالي عَلَما

    O nation of the Criterion, grow in greatness,

    And raise it as a banner to the heights.

  4. امْلكِي الأرضَ وَسُودِي الأُممَا

    إنّه الحكمُ الذي أَمْضَى عُمَرْ

    Possess the earth and rule the nations:

    This is the rule that Umar enacted.

  5. أَنتِ عَلَّمتِ الشُّعوبَ الأُوَلا

    سُبُلَ المجدِ وأسبابَ العُلا

    You taught the peoples of old

    The paths of glory and the means to exaltation.

  6. إن تُريدي شاهِداً أو مَثَلا

    فاسْأَلي الآياتِ واستفتِي السُّوَرْ

    If you desire a witness or an example,

    Then ask the verses and consult the surahs.

  7. جَنِّدِي العِلمَ وسِيري لِلوَغَى

    وابْتَغِي الحقَّ فَنِعْمَ المُبْتَغَى

    Mobilize knowledge and march to battle,

    And seek the truth—what an excellent goal!

  8. خَابَ مَن أَدركَ دُنيا فَطَغَى

    ورأى النّاسَ ضِعافاً فَفَجَرْ

    He has failed who gains worldly fortune and then transgresses,

    And sees the people as weak and acts wickedly.

  9. أنْقِذِي العالمَ مِن آلامِهِ

    واكْشِفي ما اعْتادَ مِن أوهامِهِ

    Save the world from its pains,

    And dispel the delusions it has grown used to.

  10. لا تَخافيِ اللَّيثَ في إقدامِهِ

    واذْكُرِي مَجْدَكِ في مَاضِي العُصُرْ

    Do not fear the lion in its charge,

    And remember your glory in ages past.

  11. اذْكُرِي التّيجانَ حَيْرَى تَرْتَمِي

    والعروشَ الشُّمَّ تَهوِي في الدَّمِ

    Remember the crowns, bewildered as they tumble,

    And the lofty thrones falling in blood.

  12. جَاشَ بُركانُ القَضاءِ المُبْرَمِ

    فَهْيَ غَرْقَى في العُبابِ المُسْتَعِرْ

    The volcano of irrevocable fate erupted,

    So they lie drowned in the blazing flood.

  13. نَحنُ للنّيلِ الشَّبابُ المُجْتَبَى

    نَنْصُرُ اللهَ ونَأْبَى ما أَبَى

    We are the Nile's chosen youth;

    We champion God and reject what He rejects.

  14. ولَنا بينَ العَوالي والظُّبَى

    نَسَبٌ في البأسِ وَضّاحُ الأَثَرْ

    And among lances and sword-edges, we have

    A lineage whose mark in battle shines clear.

  15. هِمَّةُ النَّسرِ إذا ما نَهَضا

    مِنْ سَجايا قَومِنا فِيما مَضَى

    The eagle's resolve when it rises

    Was among our people's traits in times gone by.

  16. زَلزَلوا الدُّنيا فَرِيَعتْ وانْقَضَى

    صَلَفُ الدَهرِ وَطُغيانُ الغِيَرْ

    They shook the world; it took fright, and an end came to

    Time's arrogance and the tyranny of reversals.

  17. أَرَأيتَ القومَ مِمّا غَلَبوا

    عندهم من كلّ عَصْرٍ سَبَبُ

    Have you seen those people? Through their conquests,

    They have a link to every age,

  18. ولهم في كلّ جيلٍ أدبُ

    عبقريُّ الذّكرِ رَنّانُ الخَبَرْ

    And in every generation, theirs is a literature

    Of extraordinary renown and resonant fame.

  19. طَلَعَ الإِسلامُ نُوراً وَهُدَى

    وقَضَى الأمرَ حياةً وَرَدَى

    Islam rose as light and guidance,

    And settled the matter of life and death.

  20. إنّ في السّيفِ وإن جَلَّ الفِدَى

    لَحَياةً تُنْتَضَى أو تُدَّخَرْ

    Indeed, in the sword, though the sacrifice be great,

    There is life to be unsheathed or held in reserve.

  21. يصطفى النَّفَس فَيُعطيها النُّهَى

    ويُريها عَرشَها فَوقَ السُّهَى

    It chooses the soul and grants it reason,

    And shows it its throne above Suha.

  22. هو في الدُّنيا حياةٌ تُشْتَهَى

    وهو في الأُخْرَى نَجاةٌ للبَشَرْ

    It is a life to be desired in this world,

    And in the hereafter, it is salvation for humankind.

  23. نَضرةُ الأوطانِ في أفيائِهِ

    وجَلالُ المُلكِ مِن نَعمائهِ

    The homelands' bloom lies in its shade,

    And the majesty of dominion comes from its blessings.

  24. اصرِفِ اللَّهُمَّ عن أبنائِهِ

    باطِلَ الدُّنيا ومكروهَ القَدَرْ

    O God, turn away from its sons

    The world's falsehood and fate's afflictions.