إِلَيها بِالأَمانِيِّ الكِبارِ

إِلَيها بِالأَمانِيِّ الكِبارِ

وَبِالمَجدِ المُؤَثَّلِ وَالفَخارِ

وَبِالمَجدِ المُؤَثَّلِ وَالفَخارِ

To her, with great hopes,

To her with great hopes

And with firmly rooted glory and honor,

And with glorious pride and eminence

وَبِالبَرَكاتِ وَالخَيراتِ طُرّاً

وَبِالبَرَكاتِ وَالخَيراتِ طُرّاً

تَكونُ بِحَيثُ كُنتَ مِنَ الدِيارِ

تَكونُ بِحَيثُ كُنتَ مِنَ الدِيارِ

And with blessings and bounties, all together,

And with blessings and goodness swiftly

That abide wherever you are among the lands;

You will be wherever you were from the homes

إِلى مِصرَ الَّتي ذابَت حَنيناً

إِلى مِصرَ الَّتي ذابَت حَنيناً

إِلَيكَ وَشَفَّها طولُ الأُوارِ

إِلَيكَ وَشَفَّها طولُ الأُوارِ

To Egypt, which has melted with longing

To Egypt which melted longing

For you, and prolonged burning heat has wasted her.

For you and its long nights kindled its passion

مَكانُكَ في البِلادِ وَفي ذَويها

مَكانُكَ في البِلادِ وَفي ذَويها

مَكانُ الرِيِّ في المُهجِ الحِرارِ

مَكانُ الرِيِّ في المُهجِ الحِرارِ

Your place in the land and among its people

Your place in the countries and its people

Is that of thirst's relief in parched hearts.

Is like the place of the vein in the burning entrails

رَحَلتَ تَصونُ مِصرَ مِنَ العَوادي

رَحَلتَ تَصونُ مِصرَ مِنَ العَوادي

وَتَمنَعُ ما ولِيتَ مِنَ الذِمارِ

وَتَمنَعُ ما ولِيتَ مِنَ الذِمارِ

You journeyed to protect Egypt from calamities,

You traveled protecting Egypt from calamities

And defend the honor entrusted to your care.

And preventing what you took charge of from detriment

تُحَلِّقُ صاعِداً بِجَناحِ عَزمٍ

تُحَلِّقُ صاعِداً بِجَناحِ عَزمٍ

يَجِلُّ عَنِ المُحَلَّقِ وَالمَطارِ

يَجِلُّ عَنِ المُحَلَّقِ وَالمَطارِ

You soar upward on a wing of resolve

You soar high with determined wings

That surpasses the heights of soaring and flight.

Lofty over the soaring and the rain

تُجَشِّمُهُ المَناقِبُ يَبتَنيها

تُجَشِّمُهُ المَناقِبُ يَبتَنيها

مُنيفاتِ الذُرى فَوقَ الدَراري

مُنيفاتِ الذُرى فَوقَ الدَراري

Noble deeds make it toil as it builds them,

Exploits adorn you built by

With lofty summits above the brilliant stars.

The hands of time above the abodes

كَأَنَّ مَضاءَهُ قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ

كَأَنَّ مَضاءَهُ قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ

يَسُدُّ عَلى العِدى سُبُلَ الفِرارِ

يَسُدُّ عَلى العِدى سُبُلَ الفِرارِ

As though its force were an ordained fate

As if your light is a fate at hand

That bars the enemies' paths of escape.

That blocks the enemies' escape routes

رَأَت مِنكَ المُلوكُ فَتى خُطوبٍ

رَأَت مِنكَ المُلوكُ فَتى خُطوبٍ

يُدافِعُهُنَّ بِالهِمَمِ الكِبارِ

يُدافِعُهُنَّ بِالهِمَمِ الكِبارِ

Kings saw in you a youth for times of crisis,

The kings saw in you a hero of tribulations

Who wards them off with great determination.

Who defended them with grand ambitions

طَلَعَت بيلدزٍ فَأَطَلَّ نورٌ

طَلَعَت بيلدزٍ فَأَطَلَّ نورٌ

عَلى نورٍ هُنالِكَ مُستَطارِ

عَلى نورٍ هُنالِكَ مُستَطارِ

You rose at Yildiz, and a light shone

You rose in Beirut so a light shone

Upon a light there, diffused far and wide.

Upon a light blazing there

جَلَستَ إِلى اليَمينِ فَكُنتَ يُمناً

جَلَستَ إِلى اليَمينِ فَكُنتَ يُمناً

وَقَد جَلَسَ الصُدورُ إِلى اليَسارِ

وَقَد جَلَسَ الصُدورُ إِلى اليَسارِ

You sat on the right, and were a blessing,

You sat to the right so you were the good omen

While the dignitaries had sat to the left,

While the hearts sat to the left

لَدى أَسَدٍ مِنَ الخُلَفاءِ ضارٍ

لَدى أَسَدٍ مِنَ الخُلَفاءِ ضارٍ

تهابُ عَرينَهُ الأُسدُ الضَواري

تهابُ عَرينَهُ الأُسدُ الضَواري

Before a fierce lion among the caliphs,

Next to a fierce caliph from the successors

Whose lair the savage lions fear.

Whose den the lions dread

أَخافَ الحادِثاتِ فَما تَراها

أَخافَ الحادِثاتِ فَما تَراها

تَبيتُ عَلى أَمانٍ أَو قَرارِ

تَبيتُ عَلى أَمانٍ أَو قَرارِ

He frightened calamities, so you do not see them

He feared events so he didn't see them

Passing the night in safety or repose.

Spend the night safely or settle

سَيَشكُرُهُ الخَليفَةُ حُسنَ رَأيٍ

سَيَشكُرُهُ الخَليفَةُ حُسنَ رَأيٍ

تَبَلَّجَ منك عَن حُسنِ اِختِيارِ

تَبَلَّجَ منك عَن حُسنِ اِختِيارِ

The caliph will thank him for sound judgment

The caliph will appreciate the good opinion

That shone forth from you through a wise choice.

That shone from you from the beauty of choice

وَتِلكَ وُفودُها جاءَتكَ تبدي

وَتِلكَ وُفودُها جاءَتكَ تبدي

من الشوق المبرِّح ما تواري

من الشوق المبرِّح ما تواري

And there are her delegations, come to you to reveal

And those are its delegations that came to you

What she conceals of tormenting longing.

Expressing from keen passion what was hidden

وفودٌ أقبلت مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ

وفودٌ أقبلت مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ

تَموجُ كَأَنَّها لُجَحُ البِحارِ

تَموجُ كَأَنَّها لُجَحُ البِحارِ

Delegations arrived from every mountain pass,

Delegations came from every valley

Surging as though they were the seas' deep waters.

Billowing as if they were seas' tidal waves

سَلِمتَ وَصادَفتَ خَيراً وَيُمناً

سَلِمتَ وَصادَفتَ خَيراً وَيُمناً

رِكابُكَ في رَواحٍ وَاِبتِكارِ

رِكابُكَ في رَواحٍ وَاِبتِكارِ

May you be safe and encounter goodness and good fortune,

You arrived safely and luckily

Your mounts journeying at evening and in the early morning.

Your procession in comfort and innovation