1. ملكٌ يزيدُ وأمةٌ تتعالى

    فاغلب بجيلك هذه الأجيالا

    A kingdom grows, and a nation rises;

    so surpass these generations with your own.

  2. وابلغ مكانك في السماء وفي النهى

    ليراك بدراً من رآك هلالا

    And attain your place in the heavens and in human minds,

    so whoever saw you as a crescent may see you as a full moon.

  3. متطلعاً والناس في غمراتهم

    يتآكلون ضغينة وخبالا

    Aspiring upward, while people in their engulfing turmoil

    devour one another in rancor and madness.

  4. قد بات سلمك بعد حربك ضامناً

    أن لا تجشِّمَ عسكريك قتالا

    Your peace, after your war, has now become a guarantee

    that you will not burden your two armies with battle.

  5. إن يذكرا ذاك العناد تنَدَّمَا

    واستغفرا الأعمام والأخوالا

    If the two recall that obstinacy, they will repent

    and seek forgiveness from their paternal and maternal uncles.

  6. هل يرجعون إلى الجفاء ومرِّهِ

    من بعد ما نعموا هوىً ووصالا

    Will they return to estrangement and its bitterness

    after enjoying love and union?

  7. أدرى بأغراض الوشاة من ابتلى

    كيد الوشاة وجرَّبَ الأهوالا

    Best versed in slanderers' aims is one who has endured

    the slanderers' plotting and experienced terrors.

  8. ألقى الحكومة في يمينك من قضى

    للنيل أن يجري بمصر شمالا

    Rule was placed in your right hand by Him who decreed

    that the Nile should flow northward through Egypt.

  9. قدرٌ غلبت به العدى وطبيعةٌ

    لا تقبل التحويل والإبدالا

    A destiny through which you overcame your foes, and a nature

    that accepts neither alteration nor replacement.

  10. تتناكر الأحوال في الدنيا لدى

    غِيَرِ الزمان وأنت أسعد حالا

    The world's conditions grow strange amid

    the reversals of time, while yours is the happiest lot.

  11. أدركت حظك من خلال محمد

    فنشأت أكرم عنصراً وخلالا

    You received your share of Muhammad's virtues,

    and grew noblest in lineage and character.

  12. ولأنت من رمسيس أكبر همة

    وأعز سلطاناً وأكثر مالا

    Indeed, your ambition is greater than Ramesses',

    your sovereignty mightier, and your wealth more abundant.

  13. ما غرك الملك الرحيب فما تُرَى

    صَلِفاً بعزته ولا مختالا

    Your vast kingdom has not made you vain, so you are never seen

    haughty in its might or swaggering with pride.

  14. مصر التي وهب الورى فرعونها

    فدعوه رب العالمين ضلالا

    Egypt, whose Pharaoh bestowed gifts on humankind,

    so they called him Lord of the worlds in their error.

  15. مصر التي شقى الطغاة بها وإن

    وجدوا إليها مسلكاً ومنالا

    Egypt, where tyrants suffered, even when

    they found a path to her and a means of access.

  16. فتنتهمُ بجمالها حتى إذا

    ظفروا بها كانت أذى ووبالا

    She bewitched them with her beauty, until, when

    they won her, she became harm and ruin.

  17. وسعت جميع العالمين فلم تزد

    بضيوفها إلا غنى وجلالا

    She embraced all the world's peoples, and gained

    from her guests only wealth and grandeur.

  18. ما ردها عن طبعها حكمٌ وإن

    لبست لكل حكومة سربالا

    No regime has turned her from her nature, though

    she has donned a robe for every government.

  19. والعهد بالبلد الأمين إذا نبا

    بلد بقوم أن يكون مآلا

    The secure land is known, whenever

    a country rejects a people, to become their refuge.

  20. وقضى حفاظك أن تكون ثماره

    إلا لمن يبغي عليك حلالا

    Your guardianship decreed that its fruits should be

    lawful, save to anyone who wrongs you.

  21. لو أن أقطاراً سواه تحملت

    ما بات يحمل زلزلت زلزالا

    Had other lands borne

    what it now bears, they would have been violently shaken.

  22. ولوَ اَنَّ ملكاً غير ملكك يغتدي

    ويروح فيه الطامحون لزالا

    And were any kingdom but yours a place where, morning

    and evening, the ambitious came and went, it would have fallen.

  23. لكنها مصر تمكَّن ركنُها

    بك فاستخفت هذه الأثقالا

    But this is Egypt: her foundation has grown firm

    through you, so she has found these burdens light.

  24. والنيل من قدم زلال سائغ

    ولقد يكون لمترف جربالا

    The Nile has long been pure and pleasant to drink,

    yet for a pampered man it may become a sieve.

  25. إن يُهدِهِ الأُوَلُ العذارى رغبةً

    فيه فقد أهديته الأبطالا

    If the ancients offered it maidens, seeking

    its favor, you have offered it heroes.

  26. أقصى مناه أن يرى بركاته

    أغنت بنيه فأدركوا استقلالا

    Its greatest wish is to see its blessings

    enrich its sons, so that they gain independence,

  27. ويرى القرى في المهرجان عرائساً

    تُجلَى فيجري صافياً سلسالا

    and to see the villages at the festival as brides

    unveiled, whereupon it flows clear and sweet.

  28. والعرش معتزٌّ مكينٌ فوقه

    تلقى الوفود وتبعث الآمالا

    And the throne stands proud and secure; upon it

    you receive delegations and awaken hopes.

  29. الطلعة الزهراء تهدي آية

    لمهنئيك وراحتاك نوالا

    Your radiant countenance offers a marvel

    to your well-wishers, and your palms bestow gifts.

  30. كادت تسيل قلوبهم لخشوعهم

    لو لم يمروا بالسرير عجالى

    Their hearts would all but have melted in their reverence,

    had they not hurried past the throne.

  31. إن أطرقوا فمن الحياء وإن همُ

    رفعوا النواظر كبَّروا إجلالا

    If they bow their heads, it is from modesty; and if they

    raise their eyes, they cry 'God is greatest!' in awe.

  32. عيد الجلوس وأنت ذكرى غرة

    لعلىً تطول وأنعمٍ تتوالى

    O Accession Day, you are a radiant remembrance

    of glories that rise and blessings that follow one another.

  33. ملأت مجاليك القلوب فأصبحت

    في كل وجه نضرة وجمالا

    Your splendid displays have filled hearts, becoming

    radiance and beauty on every face.