1. لك في البلاد المهرجان الأكبرُ

    يملى صحائفك الزمان وينشرُ

    Yours is the greatest festival in the land;

    Time dictates your pages and publishes them.

  2. أحيى ابن إسمعيل ليلة ذكره

    فيها له بك خير ما تتذكر

    The son of Ismail revived the night of his remembrance;

    in it, through you, he has the finest of remembrances.

  3. أعطى الذي أعطى أبوه مباركاً

    وأناله الجد الأجل الأشهر

    He gave the blessed gift his father had given,

    and which his most august, most renowned grandfather bestowed on him.

  4. قربان مصر إليك وهو مقدس

    أضحت تثاب عليه مصر وتؤجر

    Egypt's offering to you is sacred;

    Egypt is now recompensed and rewarded for it.

  5. سر في المسامع والقلوب مكرماً

    سمحاً يسايرك الربيع الأخضر

    Go forth, honored in ears and hearts,

    gracious, with green spring keeping pace beside you.

  6. اليوم شارف كل فرد باب ما

    تقضي السماء به له وتقدر

    Today each person has neared the threshold of what

    heaven decrees and ordains for him.

  7. وخلا لمصر طريقها ومجازها

    تختار فيه مصيرها وتقرر

    And Egypt's road and passage lie open,

    for her to choose and decide her destiny.

  8. أولى بهذي الغاية العظمى غداً

    هذا الجهاد المستمر المثمر

    Most deserving of this supreme goal tomorrow

    is this unceasing, fruitful struggle.

  9. يا مانح الشورى تعز بفضلها

    مصر التي حررتها وتحرر

    O granter of consultative rule, through its grace grows mighty

    Egypt, whom you freed and are still freeing.

  10. أشركت شعبك في رعاية أمره

    يرضيك منه مهيمن ومسيطر

    You gave your people a share in managing their affairs;

    among them, a guardian and overseer wins your approval.

  11. عبء قد احتملته عنه كواهل

    قويت وأنت لها المعين الأقدر

    A burden already borne for them by shoulders

    grown strong, with you their ablest helper.

  12. سر حرصت عليه ثم أذعته

    وكذا يسر المطمئن ويجهر

    A secret you guarded, then made public;

    and thus the assured man conceals and proclaims.

  13. المستشيرُ بكل أمرٍ ظافرٌ

    والمستبد وإن يصب متعثر

    Whoever takes counsel triumphs in every matter;

    the autocrat stumbles, even when he is right.

  14. ومظاهر الملك المؤيد تاجه

    ولواؤه ومناره والمنبر

    And the emblems of a well-supported monarchy are its crown,

    its banner, its beacon, and the pulpit.

  15. ودعائم استقلال كل عشيرة

    آثارها وخلالها والعنصر

    And the pillars of every tribe's independence

    are its monuments, its virtues, and its lineage.

  16. ووثيقة للشعب طاعته إذا

    أرضى الوزير الشعب والمستوزر

    And the people's obedience is a covenant, when

    the minister and his appointer satisfy the people.

  17. يا صاحب البلد الأمين وإنه

    لأبر ما تحت السماء وأطهر

    O lord of the secure land—for it is truly

    the most righteous and purest of all beneath heaven.

  18. رجع العتاة إليه سلماً بعدما

    وثبوا عليه مرجفين وأنذروا

    The aggressors returned to it in peace, after

    they had pounced upon it, spreading alarm and issuing threats.

  19. ووفى له أحرارهم فتهافتوا

    يتلمسون رضاه وهو مخير

    And their free men kept faith with it and came flocking,

    seeking its approval, while it was free to choose.

  20. وغدا القليل الفخم فيما قدّموا

    سبب الجليل الضخم فيما أخروا

    And the little, though splendid, that they offered became

    the cause of the great and mighty things they deferred.

  21. وإذا خلا الجمعان من بيض ومن

    سود إليك مضى الغريب الآخر

    And when the two groups, made up of white and

    black people, are yours alone, the other foreigner departs.

  22. حرية الإنسان حق شائع

    فيه استوى باديه والمتحضر

    Human freedom is a right shared by all;

    in it, nomad and city-dweller stand equal.

  23. اللّه سخر أرضه لعباده

    ونهاهم أن يرهقوا ويسخِّروا

    God placed His earth at His servants' disposal,

    and forbade them to oppress and enslave.

  24. هل ضاق يوماً عن بنيه موطن

    فيبيح مأوى الآمنِ المستعمرُ

    Has a homeland ever lacked room for its sons,

    that the colonizer should violate the peaceful man's refuge?

  25. يا آل مصر تنافست زعماؤكم

    فكلوا الأمور لهم جميعاً وانظروا

    O people of Egypt, your leaders have contended;

    so entrust affairs to them all, and watch.

  26. سيؤلف القدر المحتم شملهم

    ويعود نائيهم ويصفو الأكدر

    Inevitable fate will reunite their ranks;

    their distant one will return, and the murky grow clear.

  27. يا حبذا فصل الخطاب به اكتفى

    مرتابكم وتفاءل المتطير

    How welcome the decisive word! With it was satisfied

    the doubter among you, and the superstitious grew hopeful.

  28. هل بعد هذا النور في آياته

    لكمُ يهيم مؤول ومفسر

    After such light in its verses,

    can any interpreter or commentator still stray in explaining it to you?

  29. طوت السنين مراحلاً حتى انتهت

    عدد السنين إليه هذي الأسطر

    The years passed through their stages, until

    these lines reached him, as many as the years.

  30. وخلا فريق بالكتاب يخطه

    وأتى فريق بالكتاب يبشر

    And one group withdrew to draft the document,

    while another came with the document, bearing good news.

  31. شغل القرائح والنفوس ليالياً

    شغل الوغى فيها أخف وأصغر

    It engrossed inventive minds and souls through nights

    when the toil of battle was lighter and less.

  32. إن الألى صبروا على عنت العدى

    أولى إلى يوم الندى أن يصبروا

    Surely those who endured the enemy's cruelty

    ought all the more to be patient until the day of bounty.

  33. وإذا أتى ميعاد مقدور فما

    تستصعبون مذلَّلٌ وميسر

    And when a destined hour arrives, what

    you deem difficult is tamed and made easy.

  34. أكبرتم نعمى أخ ونعيذكم

    أن تجهلوا نعمى أخ أو تنكروا

    You esteemed a brother's favor; we would shield you

    from overlooking a brother's favor, or denying it.

  35. أنرى من الأعمى الأصم سكوته

    ذنباً ويعتذر السميع المبصر

    Shall we deem the blind and deaf man's silence

    a sin, while the hearing and sighted man makes excuses?

  36. هذي عقيدتكم وذاك يقينكم

    تتغير الدنيا ولا يتغير

    This is your creed, and that your conviction;

    the world changes, but it does not change.

  37. نلتم به ما لم ينله قشعم

    ماضي الجناح ولم ينله قسور

    Through it you gained what no mighty eagle could reach,

    swift of wing, nor any lion attain.

  38. وغدوتمُ في الشرق أكبر قدوة

    لشعوبه تغريهمُ وتسيِّر

    And in the East you have become the greatest example

    to its peoples, inspiring them and leading them onward.

  39. سيروا على حذر من الدنيا وإن

    ضاء الدجى واستأنس المتنمر

    Go forward, wary of the world, even if

    darkness shines and the tigerish one grows tame.

  40. وتناولوا هذا النصيب وجاهدوا

    في غيره واسترسلوا واستكثروا

    And take this share, and strive

    for more; press onward and seek abundance.

  41. يحميكم الرأي الموفق قبلما

    يحميكمُ أسطولكم والعسكر

    Sound judgment protects you before

    your fleet and army protect you.