قُل لِلوَزيرِ إِذا خَلا لَكَ وَجهُهُ

قُل لِلوَزيرِ إِذا خَلا لَكَ وَجهُهُ

وَأَصاخَ مَسمَعُهُ إِلَيكَ فَمالا

وَأَصاخَ مَسمَعُهُ إِلَيكَ فَمالا

Say to the minister, when his face is turned to you alone,

Tell the minister, when he is alone with you

And his ear listens intently to you, then inclines:

And turns his ear to listen to you in private

ماذا حَمَلتَ مِنَ الأُمورِ لِأُمَّةٍ

ماذا حَمَلتَ مِنَ الأُمورِ لِأُمَّةٍ

حَمَلَت مُلِمّاتِ الزَمانِ ثِقالا

حَمَلَت مُلِمّاتِ الزَمانِ ثِقالا

What affairs have you shouldered for a nation

What have you brought for the nation of burdens

That has borne the heavy calamities of time?

That have heavily burdened the times?

أَنتَ الرِئيسُ حُكومَةً وَمَشيئَةً

أَنتَ الرِئيسُ حُكومَةً وَمَشيئَةً

وَالوَفدُ أَجمَعُ صورَةً وَمِثالا

وَالوَفدُ أَجمَعُ صورَةً وَمِثالا

You are the leader in governance and will,

You are the head of state in government and desire

And the whole Wafd in form and likeness.

And the delegation altogether an image and ideal

اليَومَ يَنبَلِجُ اليَقينُ لِذي العَمى

اليَومَ يَنبَلِجُ اليَقينُ لِذي العَمى

فَيَرى الأمورَ وَيَعرفُ الأحوالا

فَيَرى الأمورَ وَيَعرفُ الأحوالا

Today certainty dawns for the blind,

Today, certainty will shine for the blind

So he sees affairs and knows the circumstances.

So he may see matters and know conditions

أرأيتَ في القومِ الَّذينَ عَرَفتَهُم

أرأيتَ في القومِ الَّذينَ عَرَفتَهُم

مَن لا يُريدُ لِقَومِهِ اِستِقلالا

مَن لا يُريدُ لِقَومِهِ اِستِقلالا

Have you seen among the people you have known

Have you seen in these people whom you have known

Anyone who does not want independence for his people?

One who does not want independence for his people?

وَوَجَدتَ في تِلكَ المَمالِكِ أُمَّةً

وَوَجَدتَ في تِلكَ المَمالِكِ أُمَّةً

تَرضى الضَياعَ مَغَبَّةً وَمَآلا

تَرضى الضَياعَ مَغَبَّةً وَمَآلا

And have you found in those kingdoms a nation

And you found in those kingdoms a nation

Content with ruin as its outcome and end?

Content with loss, confused and astray

وَعَرفتَ مِن زُعمائِها مَن لا يَرى

وَعَرفتَ مِن زُعمائِها مَن لا يَرى

صبرَ الشُعوبِ عَلى الهَوانِ مُحالا

صبرَ الشُعوبِ عَلى الهَوانِ مُحالا

And have you known among its leaders anyone who does not deem

And you knew among its leaders one who does not see

The peoples' endurance of humiliation impossible?

The patience of nations with humiliation impossible

قُل لِلأُلى اِشتَروا الحِمايَةَ حَسبُكُم

قُل لِلأُلى اِشتَروا الحِمايَةَ حَسبُكُم

أَفَتَشتَرونَ لَنا أَذىً وَنَكالا

أَفَتَشتَرونَ لَنا أَذىً وَنَكالا

Say to those who bought protection: Enough!

Tell those gone astray, buying protection is enough for you

Will you then buy harm and punishment for us?

Will you buy for us harm and misery?

إِن تُنكِروا حُكمَ الرِجالِ فَشاوِروا

إِن تُنكِروا حُكمَ الرِجالِ فَشاوِروا

فيها النِساءَ وَحَكِّموا الأَطفالا

فيها النِساءَ وَحَكِّموا الأَطفالا

If you reject men's judgment, then consult

If you deny the rule of men, then consult

Women about it, and appoint children as judges.

The women in it and judge it by children

خالَفتُمُ العُلَماءَ في تَأويلِها

خالَفتُمُ العُلَماءَ في تَأويلِها

فَدَعوا التَعَصُّبَ وَاِسأَلوا الجُهّالا

فَدَعوا التَعَصُّبَ وَاِسأَلوا الجُهّالا

You have opposed the scholars over its interpretation;

You opposed the scholars in interpreting it

So abandon prejudice and ask the ignorant.

So leave stubbornness and ask the ignorant

تُخفونَ قاصِمَةَ الظُهورِ وَقَد بَدَت

تُخفونَ قاصِمَةَ الظُهورِ وَقَد بَدَت

تُزجي الخُطوبَ وَتَبعَثُ الأَهوالا

تُزجي الخُطوبَ وَتَبعَثُ الأَهوالا

You conceal the back-breaking disaster, though it has appeared,

You hide the back-breaker, and it has appeared

Driving calamities onward and arousing terrors.

To stir up misfortunes and bring horrors

نَظَرَت إِلى الأَهرامِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها

نَظَرَت إِلى الأَهرامِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها

رُكنُ الزَمانِ فَزُلزِلَت زِلزالا

رُكنُ الزَمانِ فَزُلزِلَت زِلزالا

It gazed at the pyramids, which seemed to be

It looked upon the pyramids, which are

The pillar of time; then they were shaken by a quake.

The pillar of time, so it shook an earthquake

فِرعَونُ مِلكَكَ في جَناحَي طائِرٍ

فِرعَونُ مِلكَكَ في جَناحَي طائِرٍ

مَلَكَ العَوالِمَ نَهضَةً وَمَجالا

مَلَكَ العَوالِمَ نَهضَةً وَمَجالا

Pharaoh, your dominion lies in a bird's two wings,

Pharaoh, your king with the wings of a bird

That mastered the worlds in ascent and range.

Ruled the worlds rising and spreading

ارفَع جَناحَكَ وَاِنطَلِق في إِثرِهِ

ارفَع جَناحَكَ وَاِنطَلِق في إِثرِهِ

وَخُذِ الدُهورَ عَلَيهِ وَالأَجيالا

وَخُذِ الدُهورَ عَلَيهِ وَالأَجيالا

Raise your wing and set out in its wake,

Raise your wing and chase after him

And gain on it by ages and generations.

And take the ages against him and the generations

جَمَعَ الحُماةَ بِكُلِّ جَوٍّ حَولَهُ

جَمَعَ الحُماةَ بِكُلِّ جَوٍّ حَولَهُ

فَاِجمَع حُماتَكَ وَاِبعَثِ الأَبطالا

فَاِجمَع حُماتَكَ وَاِبعَثِ الأَبطالا

It gathered defenders around it in every sky;

He gathered protectors under every atmosphere around him

So gather your defenders and send forth the heroes.

So gather your protectors and send out the heroes

أَخَذَ السِماكَ وَنالَ مَنزِلَةَ السُهى

أَخَذَ السِماكَ وَنالَ مَنزِلَةَ السُهى

وَأَراكَ أَبعَدَ مَأخَذاً وَمَنالا

وَأَراكَ أَبعَدَ مَأخَذاً وَمَنالا

It grasped al-Simak and reached al-Suha's station,

He took the fish and attained the position of distinction

And I see you farther beyond grasp and reach.

While I see you farther away in taking and attaining

تَثِبُ العَزائِمُ مِنكَ في دَمِ أُمَّةٍ

تَثِبُ العَزائِمُ مِنكَ في دَمِ أُمَّةٍ

تَأبى الهَوادَةَ أَو يَفيضَ سِجالا

تَأبى الهَوادَةَ أَو يَفيضَ سِجالا

Resolves leap from you into the blood of a nation

Determinations will spring from you in the blood of a nation

That refuses compromise until its blood gushes in bucketfuls.

That refuses to make peace or overflowing strife

إِنَّ المَمالِكَ إِن لَقينَ هَوادَةً

إِنَّ المَمالِكَ إِن لَقينَ هَوادَةً

في النازِلاتِ فَقَد لَقينَ زَوالا

في النازِلاتِ فَقَد لَقينَ زَوالا

For kingdoms, if they encounter compromise

Indeed the kingdoms, if they meet with peace

Amid calamities, have indeed encountered ruin.

In calamities, then they have met with demise