أعِدِ البناءَ وجدّدِ الميثاقا

أعِدِ البناءَ وجدّدِ الميثاقا

وخُذِ السّبيلَ مُبادِراً سبّاقا

وخُذِ السّبيلَ مُبادِراً سبّاقا

Restore the edifice and renew the covenant.

Rebuild and renew the covenant

And take the path, quick to act and racing ahead.

And take the path, leading and racing ahead

جَدَّ النّضالُ ومن ورائك فتيةٌ

جَدَّ النّضالُ ومن ورائك فتيةٌ

تَهبُ النُّفوسَ وتَبذلُ الأعلاقا

تَهبُ النُّفوسَ وتَبذلُ الأعلاقا

The struggle has grown earnest; behind you stand young men

The struggle intensified, and behind you are youth

who give their lives and sacrifice their prized possessions.

Whose souls blaze and whose determination overflows

عَقدتْ بآياتِ الكتابِ عُهودَها

عَقدتْ بآياتِ الكتابِ عُهودَها

فاعقدْ عليها من سَناهُ نطاقا

فاعقدْ عليها من سَناهُ نطاقا

They sealed their pledges with the verses of the Book;

They pledged by the verses of the Book

so bind around them a girdle of its radiance.

So make them into a wide cloak

إن كنتَ يوماً بانياً ومُجنِّداً

إن كنتَ يوماً بانياً ومُجنِّداً

فَابْنِ العُقول وجنِّدِ الأخلاقا

فَابْنِ العُقول وجنِّدِ الأخلاقا

If ever you are a builder and a recruiter,

If you were once a builder and mobilizer

then build up minds and enlist virtues.

Then build minds and mobilize morals

أوَ ليس منكم من رَمَى بعهودكم

أوَ ليس منكم من رَمَى بعهودكم

ومضَى يُريد بآخرين لِحاقا

ومضَى يُريد بآخرين لِحاقا

And is there not one among you who cast aside your covenants

Is there not among you one who has betrayed your covenants

and went off seeking to join others?

And gone to pursue others

يجدُ القيامَ على الحقوقِ مجانةً

يجدُ القيامَ على الحقوقِ مجانةً

ويرى الوفاءَ خديعةً ونفاقا

ويرى الوفاءَ خديعةً ونفاقا

He deems standing up for rights mere frivolity,

Who finds defending rights easy

and sees loyalty as deceit and hypocrisy.

And sees loyalty as trickery and hypocrisy

مَذِلُ المذاهبِ في الرجالِ مَلولُها

مَذِلُ المذاهبِ في الرجالِ مَلولُها

ما سِيمَ خُطّةَ ماجدٍ فأطاقا

ما سِيمَ خُطّةَ ماجدٍ فأطاقا

Among men, one restless in his principles is soon weary of them;

The disgraced doctrines in men are their worn out ones

never, when charged with a noble man's task, could he bear it.

No honorable person's character did they adapt

إن كنتَ تبغي العِلمَ عند ثِقاتِهِ

إن كنتَ تبغي العِلمَ عند ثِقاتِهِ

فَسَلِ التِّجارَ وحدّثِ الأسواقا

فَسَلِ التِّجارَ وحدّثِ الأسواقا

If you seek knowledge from its trusted authorities,

If you seek knowledge from its trusted keepers

then ask the merchants and speak to the markets.

Then ask the merchants and speak to the markets

جَمحَ الهَوى بمساومينَ أذلَّةٍ

جَمحَ الهَوى بمساومينَ أذلَّةٍ

ركبوا البَوارَ وبايعوا الإخفاقا

ركبوا البَوارَ وبايعوا الإخفاقا

Passion has run away with servile bargainers;

Desire has raged with humiliated bargainers

they mounted ruin and pledged allegiance to failure.

Who rode folly and pledged failure

أجعلتموهم للحفاظِ جُنودَكم

أجعلتموهم للحفاظِ جُنودَكم

وزعمتموهم إخوةً ورفاقا

وزعمتموهم إخوةً ورفاقا

Did you make them your soldiers to defend honor,

You made them your army to guard

and call them brothers and comrades?

And claimed they were brothers and comrades

لمّا أهابت مصرُ تسألُ مَن لها

لمّا أهابت مصرُ تسألُ مَن لها

كانوا عُقوقاً كلُّهم وإباقا

كانوا عُقوقاً كلُّهم وإباقا

When Egypt called out, asking who would stand by her,

When Egypt feared and asked who was for her

they were, every one, disloyalty and desertion.

They were all defiant and fleeing

لولا دفاعُ أوليِ الحميَّةِ أعولت

لولا دفاعُ أوليِ الحميَّةِ أعولت

جَزَعاً وضَجَّ حُماتُها إشفاقا

جَزَعاً وضَجَّ حُماتُها إشفاقا

But for the defense of those with zeal, she would have wailed

Were it not for the defense of the protective

in anguish, and her defenders would have cried out in alarm.

She would have despaired, her defenders lamenting

الحقُّ أضيعُ ما يكون إذا الهوى

الحقُّ أضيعُ ما يكون إذا الهوى

ملكَ النُّفوسَ وصرَّفَ الأعناقا

ملكَ النُّفوسَ وصرَّفَ الأعناقا

Justice is most neglected when passion

Truth is most lost when desire

rules souls and turns their necks.

Rules souls and turns necks

والخَلقُ ليس يَهابُهم في حرمةٍ

والخَلقُ ليس يَهابُهم في حرمةٍ

من لا يهابُ الواحدَ الخلّاقا

من لا يهابُ الواحدَ الخلّاقا

And none respects the sanctity of others

And people do not fear them with sanctity

who does not fear the One, the Creator.

Who do not fear the One Creator

إن كنتَ مُتَّخِذاً لنفسك عُدّةً

إن كنتَ مُتَّخِذاً لنفسك عُدّةً

فَادْعُ الهُداةَ وشاورِ الحُذّاقا

فَادْعُ الهُداةَ وشاورِ الحُذّاقا

If you are gathering resources for yourself,

If you take tools for yourself

then summon the guides and consult the experts.

Then call the guides and consult the experts

ودَعِ المضلّلَ والمُخاتِلَ إنّنا

ودَعِ المضلّلَ والمُخاتِلَ إنّنا

ضِقنا بتضليل الدعاةِ خِناقا

ضِقنا بتضليل الدعاةِ خِناقا

And shun the misleader and the deceiver; indeed, we

And leave the misguided and the deceiving, we

have been choked by the advocates' deception.

Are weary of the misleading of preachers

لولا المروءةُ وَهْيَ من أخلاقِنا

لولا المروءةُ وَهْيَ من أخلاقِنا

مَلأَ العِدَى بحديثنا الآفاقا

مَلأَ العِدَى بحديثنا الآفاقا

But for honor, which is among our virtues,

Were it not for manliness, the trait of ours

the foes would have filled the horizons with talk of us.

Transgression would have filled the horizons with our talk

أنت الرّئيسُ هَداكَ ربُّكَ خُطّةً

أنت الرّئيسُ هَداكَ ربُّكَ خُطّةً

بيضاءَ زِدتَ ضِياءَها إشراقا

بيضاءَ زِدتَ ضِياءَها إشراقا

You are the leader; your Lord guided you to a path

You are the president, your Lord guided you

white, whose light you made still more radiant.

To a white path, you increased its illumination

لمّا طلعتَ ومصرُ حائرةُ الخُطى

لمّا طلعتَ ومصرُ حائرةُ الخُطى

جَعلَ الهُدى قَدَماً لمصرَ وساقا

جَعلَ الهُدى قَدَماً لمصرَ وساقا

When you rose, while Egypt's steps were bewildered,

When you rose and Egypt faltered

guidance was made a foot and a leg for Egypt.

Guidance made a foot and a leg for Egypt

سِرْ باللّواءِ يَدَعْ لجندِكَ شِلْوَهُ

سِرْ باللّواءِ يَدَعْ لجندِكَ شِلْوَهُ

مَنْ ظَنَّ أنّ مجالَها قد ضاقا

مَنْ ظَنَّ أنّ مجالَها قد ضاقا

March with the banner; he will leave your troops his torn corpse—

March with the flag, let your troops' fatigue vanish

he who thought her field had grown narrow.

Who thought its range has narrowed

أرأيتَ إذ يَصفُ الحياةَ لقومِه

أرأيتَ إذ يَصفُ الحياةَ لقومِه

مَن ليس يَعرفُ للحياةِ مذاقا

مَن ليس يَعرفُ للحياةِ مذاقا

Have you seen him describe life to his people—

Have you seen when one describes life for his people

one who knows no taste of life?

Who does not know life's taste?

أرأيتَ إذ يسقيِ الأساةُ بلادهم

أرأيتَ إذ يسقيِ الأساةُ بلادهم

كأساً من الموتِ الزُّؤام دِهاقا

كأساً من الموتِ الزُّؤام دِهاقا

Have you seen the healers serve their lands

Have you seen when the miserable serve their countries

a brimming cup of dreadful death?

A cup of deadly bitter poison?

أرأيت ما صَنَعَ الدُّهاةُ بأمَّةٍ

أرأيت ما صَنَعَ الدُّهاةُ بأمَّةٍ

صاغوا لها الأغلالَ والأطواقا

صاغوا لها الأغلالَ والأطواقا

Have you seen what the schemers did to a nation?

Have you seen what the foolish did to a nation

They forged for her shackles and collars.

They forged shackles and collars for it

هَشَّتْ إلى النَّعشِ المُقامِ حِيالَها

هَشَّتْ إلى النَّعشِ المُقامِ حِيالَها

لمّا رأتْهُ مُزَخْرَفاً بَرّاقا

لمّا رأتْهُ مُزَخْرَفاً بَرّاقا

She brightened at the bier set up before her

It leapt towards the standing bier across from it

when she saw it ornamented and glittering.

When it saw it glittering and shining

هُزّ اللواءَ فما لقومِكَ نُصرةٌ

هُزّ اللواءَ فما لقومِكَ نُصرةٌ

حتّى تَهُزَّ لِواءَكَ الخفّاقا

حتّى تَهُزَّ لِواءَكَ الخفّاقا

Wave the banner, for your people have no succor

Shake the flag, for your people have no victory

until you wave your fluttering banner.

Until you shake your swift fluttering flag

اصدَعْ قُيودَ بني الكنانةِ إنّها

اصدَعْ قُيودَ بني الكنانةِ إنّها

لا تبتغي أسراً ولا استرقاقا

لا تبتغي أسراً ولا استرقاقا

Shatter the chains of the sons of al-Kinana, for she

Break the shackles of the children of Canaan, they

seeks neither captivity nor enslavement.

Do not seek captivity or enslavement