أماناً أستطيع به بيانا

أماناً أستطيع به بيانا

فقد بهرت مهابتك الجنانا

فقد بهرت مهابتك الجنانا

Grant me assurance, that I may speak,

With composure I can express

For your majesty has overwhelmed my heart.

For your awe-inspiring grace has dazzled the heavens

وأنت على وقار منه كادت

وأنت على وقار منه كادت

تميد الأرض ممتلئ حنانا

تميد الأرض ممتلئ حنانا

And you, with a dignity that almost

And you stand with such dignity, the earth itself

Made the earth sway, are filled with tenderness.

Nearly sways, so full of affection

أراك وملء عيني منك حسن

أراك وملء عيني منك حسن

فيفتتن الفؤاد بك افتتانا

فيفتتن الفؤاد بك افتتانا

I see you, and your beauty fills my eyes,

I see you, and my eyes are full of your beauty

So my heart is utterly enchanted by you.

Making my heart completely infatuated

أحبك هائباً والحب أبقى

أحبك هائباً والحب أبقى

على أمل وأقوى مستعانا

على أمل وأقوى مستعانا

I love you in awe, yet love better sustains

I love you in awe, and my love remains

Hope, and is a stronger source of aid.

Upon hope, strengthened and reinforced

يودك ناظري منه قريباً

يودك ناظري منه قريباً

وما خلت الجوانح منك آنا

وما خلت الجوانح منك آنا

My eye longs to have you near it,

My eyes desire you near them

And not for a moment has my breast been without you.

And my innermost being has not stopped thinking of you

أصاحب مصر سعياً في سلام

أصاحب مصر سعياً في سلام

كفاك نجاحه الحرب العوانا

كفاك نجاحه الحرب العوانا

O ruler of Egypt, your striving in peace—

I accompany Egypt striving for peace

Its success has spared you renewed war.

It is enough that its war has succeeded

فما ولاك ربك مصر إلا

فما ولاك ربك مصر إلا

لترجع مجدها والعنفوانا

لترجع مجدها والعنفوانا

For your Lord made you ruler of Egypt only

For your Lord did not make you rule Egypt

To restore her glory and youthful vigor.

Except to restore its glory and determination

فكان وقد نهضت به وحيداً

فكان وقد نهضت به وحيداً

عليك صلاح أهليها ضمانا

عليك صلاح أهليها ضمانا

So, when you alone undertook the task,

And so when you took charge of it alone

Her people's welfare was yours to guarantee.

The well-being of its people was your guarantee

وما كلَّفتهم تعباً ولكن

وما كلَّفتهم تعباً ولكن

أمرت عسير أمرهمُ فهانا

أمرت عسير أمرهمُ فهانا

And you burdened them with no hardship, but

You did not burden them with toil, rather

Commanded their difficult affairs, and they grew easy.

You eased their most difficult affairs, so they became easy

تنقل في القرى مثل الغوادي

تنقل في القرى مثل الغوادي

جعلنَ لكلِّ إقليمٍ أوانا

جعلنَ لكلِّ إقليمٍ أوانا

Travel through the villages like morning rainclouds

You travel among the villages like flowing streams

That have set a season for each region.

Making time for each region

قسمت حظوظها في الخير عدلاً

قسمت حظوظها في الخير عدلاً

فلم تترك بلا أثر مكانا

فلم تترك بلا أثر مكانا

You allotted their shares of bounty justly,

You divided its blessings with justice

And left no place without your mark.

Not leaving any place devoid of traces

وعلَّمت الوفاء النيل حتى

وعلَّمت الوفاء النيل حتى

رعى ميثاقه فينا وصانا

رعى ميثاقه فينا وصانا

And you taught the Nile faithfulness, until

And you taught the Nile loyalty until

It kept its covenant with us and protected us.

It observed its covenant with us and protected it

ولو خان البلاد اعتضْنَ عنه

ولو خان البلاد اعتضْنَ عنه

محيَّاك المبارك والبنانا

محيَّاك المبارك والبنانا

And should it betray the lands, they would take in its stead

And if it betrayed the country, you would forbid it

Your blessed countenance and fingers.

May you be blessed and grow more graceful

وقد هذبت أخلاق الليالي

وقد هذبت أخلاق الليالي

فعادت في مودتها حسانا

فعادت في مودتها حسانا

And you have refined the manners of the nights,

You have refined the morals of the nights

So they have grown fair in their affection.

So they have returned with even more affection