1. قُلْ ما أردتَ فما عليك جُناحُ

    أَسُدىً كذلك تذهبُ الأرواحُ

    Say whatever you wish; no blame rests on you.

    Do souls depart like this in vain?

  2. يا للضحايا الحاملاتِ جِراحَها

    يُغدَى بها مَحمولةً ويُراحُ

    Alas for the victims bearing their wounds,

    Borne away in the morning and again at evening.

  3. فَتَك السّلاحُ بها حَوَاسِرَ ما لها

    غيرُ النُّفوس الوالهاتِ سلاحُ

    Weapons slew them, unarmed, with no

    Weapon but their anguished souls.

  4. هتفتْ تُحيِّي مِصرَ في أتراحها

    فَتُخرِّمَتْ وتوالت الأتراحُ

    They cried out, saluting Egypt amid her sorrows,

    Then were cut down, and sorrow followed sorrow.

  5. أودى رَصاصُ القاذفين بفتيةٍ

    هُمْ بالنُّفوسِ لَدَى الفداءِ سماحُ

    The shooters' bullets killed young men

    Generous with their lives when sacrifice was called for.

  6. غَضِبوا لمِصرَ تُصابُ في آمالها

    ولِحقِّها الغالي المَصُونِ يُباحُ

    They grew angry for Egypt, wounded in her hopes,

    And for her precious, inviolable right, violated.

  7. عَصفتْ بهم أيدي الرَّدى فكأنّما

    عصفتْ بريحانِ الرّياضِ رِياحُ

    The hands of death swept over them, as though

    Winds had swept over the gardens' sweet basil.

  8. يتساقطون مُهذَّبا فُمهذَّباً

    غضَّ الشّبابِ جَبينُهُ وَضّاحُ

    They fall, one noble youth after another,

    Fresh in youth, his brow radiant.

  9. النُّور في دَمِه المُطهَّرِ مُشرِقٌ

    والطِّيبُ مُنتشرُ الشَّذَى فوَّاحُ

    Light shines in his purified blood,

    And perfume spreads its scent, richly fragrant.

  10. يا للشبابِ جرَى على آمالهِ

    قَدَرٌ من الموتِ الزُّؤام مُتاحُ

    Alas for youth, upon whose hopes there fell

    An allotted doom of swift, dreadful death.

  11. ذُخْرُ البلادِ أضاعه أبناؤُها

    فمضى يُشِّيعهُ أسىً ونُواحُ

    The country's treasure, squandered by her sons,

    Departed, escorted by sorrow and lamentation.

  12. خطبٌ تَبيتُ له المدائنُ والقُرى

    شتّى الجراحِ وما درَى الجرّاحُ

    A calamity for which the cities and villages spend the night

    With wounds of every kind, unknown to the surgeon.

  13. لا الليلُ ليلٌ مِن تَطَاوُلِ همِّها

    للغائبين ولا الصَّباحُ صباحُ

    Night is no night, so prolonged is their grief

    For the departed, nor is morning morning.

  14. تبكي على الفتيانِ في آنافِهم

    شَمَمٌ وفيهم نَخوةٌ وطِماحُ

    They weep for the young men, whose noses show

    Proud loftiness, and in whom dwell honor and aspiration.

  15. بِيضُ الصّحائفِ والمواقفِ ما بهم

    خَوَرٌ ولاَ هُمْ بالنّفوسِ شِحاحُ

    Spotless in record and conduct, they have no

    Weakness, nor are they stingy with their lives.

  16. شهداءُ حربٍ ليس من أبطالها

    مَنْ سِلْمُه حَربٌ لنا وكِفاحُ

    Martyrs of a war whose champions do not include

    The man whose peace is war and struggle against us.

  17. يُوحي فتنطلق السِّهامُ وما رمى

    أيدي الرُّماةِ سِهامُه والرّاحُ

    He signals, and the arrows fly, though he has not shot;

    The archers' hands and palms are his arrows.

  18. مَلَكَ السّواعدَ والمناكبَ فهي في

    يدِه سُيوفٌ للأذَى ورِماحُ

    He has possessed the forearms and shoulders, and in

    His hand they are swords and spears for harm.

  19. تلك الحلومُ النّازعاتُ إلى الهوى

    ما للقضيَّةِ أو تثوبَ نجاحُ

    Those minds inclining toward whim—

    The cause cannot succeed until they return to reason.

  20. يا قومُ جِدُّوا لا حياةَ لمن يرى

    أنَّ الحياةَ مَجانةٌ ومِزاحُ

    O people, be earnest: there is no life for whoever believes

    That life is frivolity and jesting.

  21. أنظلّ شتَّى والبلادُ أخيذةٌ

    يُودَى بها من حولنا ويُطاحُ

    Shall we remain divided while the country is captive,

    Brought to ruin and struck down all around us?

  22. أفما لكم إن قام شعبٌ ناهضٌ

    إلا خلافٌ قائمٌ وصياحُ

    Have you, when a people rises to its feet,

    Nothing but persistent discord and shouting?

  23. فيم الخلافُ وقد تبيَّن أمرُكم

    أَفتُنكرون الحقَّ وهو صُراحُ

    Why this discord, when your situation has become clear?

    Do you then deny the truth when it is plain?

  24. مصرُ الحياةُ فما لمن لا يتّقي

    فيها الأُبوَّةَ والبنينَ فلاحُ

    Egypt is life; whoever does not honor

    Fatherhood and sons within her shall not prosper.

  25. داءُ الشعوب الفردُ ليس يُضيرُه

    شعبٌ يُضامُ وأُمةٌ تُجتاحُ

    The scourge of peoples is the individual untroubled by

    A people oppressed and a nation ravaged.

  26. ما عذرُ من يأبى الحياةَ لقومه

    ويقول مُوتوا والنفوسُ صِحاحُ

    What excuse has one who denies his people life

    And says, 'Die,' while their souls are sound?

  27. الموتُ للمرضى الضّعافِ وهذه

    مِصرُ الأبيّةُ قوّةٌ ومِراحُ

    Death is for the sick and weak; this

    Defiant Egypt is strength and exuberance.

  28. نهضت تَسُدُّ على المُغيرِ مجالَه

    وتُريه سَدَّ الموتِ كيف يُزاحُ

    She rose to bar the raider's field of action

    And show him how death's barrier is swept aside.

  29. لم يَثْنِها والظلمُ يَهدِرُ حولها

    كالرّعدِ صَوْبٌ للردى سَحّاحُ

    She was not deterred—with oppression roaring around her

    Like thunder—by a torrential rain of death.

  30. تمشي كما مَشَتِ العروسُ يَزينها

    مِن ساطعِ الدَّم مِطرَفٌ ووشاحُ

    She walks as a bride walks, adorned

    With a cloak and sash of gleaming blood.

  31. أغلى اللآلئِ قيمةً ما ضمَّ من

    تلك القذائفِ تاجُها اللمَّاحُ

    The most precious pearls are what is held

    Of those projectiles in her glittering crown.

  32. نَشْوى ولا غيرَ النُّفوسِ مُراقةً

    من حولها خمرٌ ولا أقداحُ

    Intoxicated, with nothing but lives poured out

    Around her as wine, and no goblets.

  33. أَهِيَ المآتمُ في البلادِ مُقامةٌ

    لِشبابِ مصرٍ أم هي الأفراحُ

    Are these mourning gatherings held throughout the country

    For Egypt's youth, or are they celebrations?

  34. ضَرَمُ الحميّةِ يُطفئ الضَرَمَ الذي

    يَجدُ الحزينُ ويشتكي المُلتاحُ

    The blaze of patriotic zeal quenches the blaze that

    The grieving feels and the anguished laments.

  35. أَتُهانُ مصرُ ونحن حول لوائها

    الموتُ أكرمُ والقبورُ فِساحُ

    Shall Egypt be humiliated while we surround her banner?

    Death is nobler, and graves are spacious.

  36. مهلاً فلا الحجّاجُ في جَبَروته

    يَهوِي بنا صبباً ولا السّفاحُ

    Steady! Neither al-Hajjaj in his tyranny

    Nor al-Saffah can send us plunging down a slope.

  37. إنّا انطلقنا صاعِدينَ لغايةٍ

    للمجد مُنطلَقٌ بها وسَراحُ

    We have set out, ascending toward a goal

    Where glory has an open course and free rein.

  38. ماذا يُرادُ بنا وأين حُلومُنا

    فَسَدَ الزمانُ فما يُرام صلاحُ

    What is intended for us, and where is our judgment?

    The age is corrupt, and no reform is sought.

  39. أَيَظلُّ هُورُ على الكِنانةِ نَاعياً

    فَيُقالُ غَنَّى البُلبلُ الصَّدّاحُ

    Shall Hoare keep proclaiming al-Kinana's death,

    And people say, 'The clear-voiced nightingale has sung'?

  40. أَنَروحُ صُمّاً والحوادثُ رُجَّفٌ

    أَنظلُّ بُكماً والخُطوبُ فِصَاحُ

    Shall we go on deaf while events convulse?

    Shall we remain mute while calamities speak plainly?

  41. لَسْنَا مِن الضّأنِ الذّليلِ فَترتوي

    مِنّا المُدَى ويُبِيدُنا الذّبَّاحُ

    We are not submissive sheep, so that

    Blades may drink their fill of us and the slaughterer destroy us.

  42. لا تَنعمُ الأَرواحُ في عَليائِها

    إلا إذا شَقِيَتْ بها الأشباحُ

    Souls find no bliss in their lofty realm

    Unless bodies suffer for their sake.

  43. ما لِلسياسةِ لا المثالبُ عِندَها

    سُودُ الوُجوهِ ولا الذُّنوبُ قِباحُ

    What ails politics? In its eyes, neither vices

    Are black of face, nor sins ugly.

  44. عِرْضٌ يَشقُّ على الرُّماةِ وَراءَهُ

    وَجهٌ يُبرِّحُ بالهُداةِ وَقاحُ

    An honor hard for archers to assail; behind it

    A brazen face that torments the guides.

  45. تَلِدُ المظالمَ ثُمَّ تَزعُمُ أنّها

    لِلعدلِ بينَ العالَمينَ لَقاحُ

    It gives birth to injustices, then claims to be

    The pollen of justice among all peoples.

  46. حُكمُ الشرّيعةِ من حَبائلِ مكرِها

    والسُّورةُ الغَرّاءُ والإِصحاحُ

    The judgment of sacred law is one of its deceitful snares,

    Along with the radiant surah and the biblical chapter.

  47. خَجلتْ مَسابِحُها وَتِلكَ مُسوحُها

    كادت لِطولِ عَذابها تَنْصاحُ

    Its prayer beads are ashamed, and those hairshirts of its

    Have almost split apart from their long torment.

  48. زيدوا مَلائكةَ الحضارةِ إنّه

    عَملٌ لَكم وَلِعصرِكم فَضّاحُ

    Do still more, angels of civilization! It is

    A deed that shames you and your age.

  49. أنتم مَصابيحُ الشُّعوبِ وهذه

    دُنيا الظّلامِ أَنارها المِصباحُ

    You are the lamps of peoples, and this

    Is the world of darkness the lamp has illuminated.

  50. الشرّقُ أَبصرَ في الحياةِ سَبيلَهُ

    ومَضَى فَنِعمَ العاملُ الكدَّاحُ

    The East has discerned its path in life

    And gone onward—how fine the worker who toils!

  51. اللهُ أكبرُ من يُكذّبُ وعده

    ويظنُّ أن الضيّقَِ لا ينداحُ

    God is greatest! Who would deny His promise

    And think that narrow straits will never widen?

  52. بابُ الحياةِ هدايةٌ من نُورهِ

    وَلمَنْ يلوذُ بِبابهِ المِفتاحُ

    The gate of life is guidance from His light,

    And whoever seeks refuge at His gate has the key.

  53. ربِّ أهدنا واجمع قُوى زُعمائِنا

    فلعلَّنا نُكفَى الأذى ونُراحُ

    Lord, guide us, and unite our leaders' strength,

    So perhaps we may be spared harm and given rest.

  54. أَنظلُّ صرعَى والمصائبُ حولنا

    سُودٌ رواكدُ ما لهنّ بَراحُ

    Shall we remain struck down, while the calamities around us

    Are black, unmoving, with no departure?

  55. حَسْبُ البلادِ سكوتُك المُتمادِي

    أترى حراماً أن تقولَ بلادي

    The country has had enough of your prolonged silence.

    Do you think it forbidden to say, 'My country'?

  56. قُلْها مُحَبَّبَةَ الرَّنينِ شهيّةً

    تمضِي فتبعث من رجاء الوادي

    Say it, beloved in its ringing sound and sweet,

    Let it go forth and revive the valley's hope.

  57. رقد الرّجاءُ كما رقدتَ وكنتما

    إلفين ما خُلِقَا لغيرِ سُهادِ

    Hope has slept as you have slept, though you were

    Two companions made for nothing but sleepless vigil.

  58. مِصرُ التي كنتَ الحياةَ لشعبها

    مَرْضَى الحياةِ قَليلةُ العُوّادِ

    Egypt, whose people once had you for their life,

    Is ailing in life, with few visitors.

  59. تدعوكَ والهةً وتنظرُ هل لها

    من راحمٍ أو مُنقذٍ أو فادِ

    She calls you in anguish and looks to see whether she has

    Anyone to pity, rescue, or ransom her.

  60. أمست تَبوءُ بكلِّ خطبٍ مُنكَرٍ

    وتنوءُ بالأغلالِ والأصفادِ

    She has come to bear every dreadful calamity

    And stagger beneath shackles and fetters.

  61. ما زالتِ الأهواءُ باستقلالها

    حتّى استقلَّ بها المُغيرُ العادي

    Whims kept meddling with her independence

    Until the raiding aggressor took sole possession of her.

  62. ويح الأُلى ضلّوا السبيل أمالهم

    من ناصحٍ أو مُرشدٍ أو هادِ

    Woe to those who lost the way! Have they no

    Counselor, mentor, or guide?

  63. هم خيّبوا أملَ البلادِ وعطّلوا

    دينَ الجهادِ ولاتَ حينَ جهادِ

    They dashed the country's hope and suspended

    The creed of struggle—and now it is too late for struggle.

  64. خدعوا السَّوادَ فراح يَنعقُ حولهم

    فَرِحاً ويُمعِنُ في أذىً وفسادِ

    They deceived the masses, who went cawing around them,

    Joyful, plunging ever deeper into harm and corruption.

  65. عكفوا على أعراسهم وبلادُهم

    في مأتمٍ من همّها وحِدادِ

    They devoted themselves to their wedding celebrations, while their country

    Was at a mourning gathering of grief and bereavement.

  66. تلك المعاهدةُ التي هتفوا بها

    من ساجعٍ طَرِبِ الفُؤادِ وشادِ

    That treaty which they acclaimed,

    Cooing with glad hearts and singing—

  67. أَوَ لم تكن للقومِ فتحاً آمنت

    فيه السّيوفُ بقوّةِ الأَغمادِ

    Was it not a triumph for the people, in which

    The swords put their faith in the strength of scabbards?

  68. وطنٌ يُطيحُ به الكلامُ وأُمّةٌ

    تهوِي مُمزَّقةً بغير جلادِ

    A homeland toppled by words, and a nation

    Falling torn apart without a fight.

  69. كانوا العدوَّ فأصبحوا في ظلِّها

    أَوْلىَ الشُّعوبِ بأُلفةٍ ووِدادِ

    They were the enemy, but beneath its shade they became

    The people most worthy of fellowship and affection.

  70. يحمون ما نحمِي ويرمون الأُلى

    نرمِي من الأعداءِ والأضدادِ

    They defend what we defend and shoot at those

    We shoot at, among enemies and opponents.

  71. لولا بَسالَتُهم وشِدَّةُ بأسِهِم

    لم يبقَ منّا رائحٌ أو غادِ

    Were it not for their valor and their fierce might,

    None of us would be left to go out at evening or dawn.

  72. زُورٌ يُردِّدُهُ الغَويُّ وباطلٌ

    يشدو به من لا يعي ويُنادي

    Lies repeated by the misguided, and falsehood

    Sung and proclaimed by those who do not understand.

  73. أرأيتَ أخسرَ صفقةً من جاهلٍ

    يرجو الحياةَ على يد الجلّادِ

    Have you seen a worse bargain than that of an ignorant man

    Hoping for life at the executioner's hand?

  74. يا مَن وصفتَ لنا الحياةَ رشيدةً

    ماذا ترى من حكمةٍ ورشادِ

    O you who described a rightly guided life for us,

    What do you see of wisdom and right guidance?

  75. الشّعبُ بعدكَ في يَبابٍ مُوحَشٍ

    حَارَ الدليلُ به وضلَّ الحادي

    The people after you are in a desolate wasteland,

    Where the guide is bewildered and the camel-driver has lost his way.

  76. سلكَ المحجّةَ حين كُنتَ دليلَهُ

    ومضى لحاجتهِ بأطيبِ زادِ

    They took the clear road when you were their guide

    And went toward their purpose with the best provisions.

  77. الحقُّ معروفُ المعالم ساطعٌ

    والنُّجْحُ وضّاحُ البشائرِ بادِ

    Truth is radiant, with recognizable landmarks,

    And success appears, its glad omens shining.

  78. نَسيَ الجلاءَ فما يمرُّ بخاطرٍ

    منه ولا يهفو له بفؤادِ

    They have forgotten the withdrawal; it no longer crosses

    Their mind, nor does their heart yearn for it.

  79. ولقد يكون وفيه ساعةُ ذِكرهِ

    روحُ الحزينِ ورِيُّ قلبِ الصّادي

    Yet when it is recalled, there may be in it

    The mourner's solace and the thirsty heart's refreshment.

  80. وارحمتا لكَ ذُبْتَ من حَرِّ الجَوى

    في حُبِّ مِصرَ ولم نَفُزْ بِمُرادِ

    Ah, pity for you! You melted in the heat of anguish

    For love of Egypt, yet we have not gained our aim.

  81. إنّا جُنودُك نبتِني لبلادِنا

    مجداً من الأرواحِ والأجسادِ

    We are your soldiers, building for our country

    Glory out of souls and bodies.