تقدم بقانونك العادلِ

تقدم بقانونك العادلِ

وأقبل بدستورك الكاملِ

وأقبل بدستورك الكاملِ

Advance with your just law,

Present your just law,

and come forth with your complete constitution.

And come with your complete constitution.

وهات من الرشد العاقل ال

وهات من الرشد العاقل ال

سبيل إلى الراشد العاقل

سبيل إلى الراشد العاقل

And from wise guidance, bring the

And bring from the wise and rational

path to the rightly guided, wise man.

A way to the well-guided and rational.

وقرِّب من الحق ما لم يدع

وقرِّب من الحق ما لم يدع

مكاناً من الخلق الباطل

مكاناً من الخلق الباطل

Bring truth so near that it leaves

And bring closer to the truth what did not

no room for false conduct.

Leave a place for the invalid creation.

ظفرت بتعديل ما في الزمان

ظفرت بتعديل ما في الزمان

وفيك له قوة الناقل

وفيك له قوة الناقل

You have succeeded in reforming the affairs of the age,

You have succeeded in reforming what is in time,

and in you lies the power to transform them.

And in you, it has the power of the conveyor.

وجئت الرجال بميزانهم

وجئت الرجال بميزانهم

تبرِّئه من هوى الهازل

تبرِّئه من هوى الهازل

You brought men their balance,

And you came with the men in their balance,

keeping it free of a trifler's whims.

Acquitting who is infatuated by vanity.

وصنت النيابة من تاجر

وصنت النيابة من تاجر

يساوم فيها ومن خامل

يساوم فيها ومن خامل

You protected parliamentary representation from a trader

And you protected parliament from a merchant

who bargains over it, and from an idler.

Who bargains in it and from the lazy one.

ووسعت للرغبات الخيا

ووسعت للرغبات الخيا

ر في الموعد الجامع الفاصل

ر في الموعد الجامع الفاصل

You widened choice to accommodate wishes

And you have given the sincere wishes

at the appointed time of gathering and decision.

A vast appointment, the comprehensive separator.

وأنت المدبّر للعاجل ال

وأنت المدبّر للعاجل ال

عتاد الكريم وللآجل

عتاد الكريم وللآجل

You are the one who arranges, for the present,

And you are the manager of the urgent -

noble provision, and for the future too.

The generous is not accustomed, and of the postponed.

وأنت الكفيل بحسن المصي

وأنت الكفيل بحسن المصي

ر للمبدأ الثابت الفاضل

ر للمبدأ الثابت الفاضل

And you guarantee a good outcome

And you are responsible for the good fate

for the steadfast, virtuous principle.

Of the solid, virtuous principle.

أمانة قومك أديتها

أمانة قومك أديتها

وحق المنيل على النائل

وحق المنيل على النائل

You have fulfilled the trust of your people,

The trust of your people you have performed,

and the giver's rightful claim upon the receiver.

And the right of the attainable upon the attainer.

فما للذي كان عوناً لما

فما للذي كان عوناً لما

تشاء استحال إلى عاذل

تشاء استحال إلى عاذل

Why, then, has he who once aided what

So why has he who was a supporter

you wished turned into a reproacher?

Of what you desire changed into a blamer?

وعاب شؤونك وهو العليم

وعاب شؤونك وهو العليم

بعذرك في الواقع الحاصل

بعذرك في الواقع الحاصل

He faulted your affairs, though fully aware

And he criticized your affairs, and he is knowledgeable

of your excuse in the circumstances at hand.

Of your excuse in the present situation.

يصد سفينك فوق العبا

يصد سفينك فوق العبا

ب والعابثون على الساحل

ب والعابثون على الساحل

He obstructs your fleet upon the billowing sea,

He obstructs your ship above the waves,

while the triflers are on the shore.

And the troublemakers on the coast.

ويشمت بالصلح خصم الزما

ويشمت بالصلح خصم الزما

ن فيه وفي الصاحب الواصل

ن فيه وفي الصاحب الواصل

And the age's foe gloats at the reconciliation,

And he gloats over the reconciliation of the opponent

over him and the friend who maintains ties.

Of time in it and the affiliated friend.

وما برحت شيعة الغاضبي

وما برحت شيعة الغاضبي

ن حرباً على الرجل العامل

ن حرباً على الرجل العامل

The faction of the angry has remained

The angry faction did not cease to wage

at war with the man who works.

War on the working man.

وإنك في شاغل من أمو

وإنك في شاغل من أمو

ر مصر وهم منك في شاغل

ر مصر وهم منك في شاغل

You are preoccupied with the affairs

While you are busy with Egypt's affairs,

of Egypt, while they are preoccupied with you.

And they are busy with you.

وأنت لأدرانهم غاسل

وأنت لأدرانهم غاسل

وهم يحقدون على الغاسل

وهم يحقدون على الغاسل

You wash away their stains,

And you are washing them of their filth,

yet they resent the one who cleanses.

While they resent the washer.

تلطفت يوماً بهم فاعتدوا

تلطفت يوماً بهم فاعتدوا

على الجار والأهل والنازل

على الجار والأهل والنازل

One day you treated them gently, and they assaulted

One day you were gentle with them, so they

neighbor, kin, and guest.

Transgressed upon the neighbor, family and lodger.

وهل أذعنوا لك بعد الذي

وهل أذعنوا لك بعد الذي

تلقّوه من بأسك الهائل

تلقّوه من بأسك الهائل

And did they submit to you after what

After what they received of your terrible might,

they received of your formidable might?

Did they ever submit to you?

وإن انتزاعك سلطانهم

وإن انتزاعك سلطانهم

كنزع السلاح من القاتل

كنزع السلاح من القاتل

Indeed, your wresting away their power

Indeed, your seizure of their power

is like wrenching a weapon from a killer.

Is like taking a weapon from a killer.

مجانين بالحكم يبغونه

مجانين بالحكم يبغونه

وحسبهم الدهر من حائل

وحسبهم الدهر من حائل

Mad for power, they seek it,

Insane with power they want it

and time is obstacle enough against them.

And time has been a barrier for them.

وفي أي شرع سوى شرعهم

وفي أي شرع سوى شرعهم

تكون الرياسة للجاهل

تكون الرياسة للجاهل

And under what law but their own

By what law other than theirs

does leadership belong to the ignorant?

Can leadership be for the ignorant?

وفي أي عهد سوى عهدهم

وفي أي عهد سوى عهدهم

تكون الحكومة للغافل

تكون الحكومة للغافل

And in what age but their own

And in what era other than theirs

does government belong to the heedless?

Can rule be for the heedless?

وقد يئسوا من مثار النفوس

وقد يئسوا من مثار النفوس

ومن عود نجمهم الآفل

ومن عود نجمهم الآفل

They have despaired of stirring souls,

They have despaired of the yield of souls

and of their setting star's return.

And the return of their fading star.

وطال سبيلهم والتوى

وطال سبيلهم والتوى

فعادوا إلى السند المائل

فعادوا إلى السند المائل

Their path grew long and winding,

Their path has been long, and it twisted,

so they returned to the leaning prop.

So they returned to the leaning pillar.

يبثون رسلهم في الدجى

يبثون رسلهم في الدجى

ويلتمسون رضى الخاذل

ويلتمسون رضى الخاذل

They send their envoys out into the darkness,

They dispatch their messengers in the darkness,

and seek the favor of the one who forsakes them.

And seek the satisfaction of the betrayer.

يماطلهم وهمُ واقفون

يماطلهم وهمُ واقفون

على بابه وقفة السائل

على بابه وقفة السائل

He puts them off while they stand

He stalls them while they stand

at his door as a beggar stands.

At his door, the stance of a beggar.

وليس يبالي بذلِّ المقي

وليس يبالي بذلِّ المقي

مِ منهم ولا بأسى الراحل

مِ منهم ولا بأسى الراحل

He cares nothing for the abasement of the one who stays

He does not care about their loss,

among them, nor for the sorrow of the one who leaves.

Nor the sorrow of the traveler.

وشاهد منك المراس الشديد

وشاهد منك المراس الشديد

فجاء بتسليمه الشامل

فجاء بتسليمه الشامل

He witnessed your fierce resistance,

And he saw your stern correspondence,

and so offered his complete surrender.

So he came with his comprehensive surrender.

وصار غنياً بهذا الوداد

وصار غنياً بهذا الوداد

إليك عن العنت الزائل

إليك عن العنت الزائل

And he has found, in this affection

And he became, with this affection for you,

toward you, release from the hardship now fading.

Rich without the fleeting trouble.

ملكت فدى الشعب في حزبه

ملكت فدى الشعب في حزبه

وعقباه في يومك الحافل

وعقباه في يومك الحافل

You held the people's ransom within their party,

You have owned, so the people in their party redeemed,

and their ultimate fate on your eventful day.

And their outcome on your eventful day.

ومكنته باتحاد الرفا

ومكنته باتحاد الرفا

ق من حقه الراجع الآيل

ق من حقه الراجع الآيل

You empowered them through the comrades' unity

And you enabled it, by the unity of allies,

to claim their right, restored and reverting to them.

From its returning, rightful due.

يقين المصرِّ على رأيه

يقين المصرِّ على رأيه

ألفت ومقدرة الآمل

ألفت ومقدرة الآمل

The conviction of one who holds fast to his view

Certainty upon the perseverance of Egyptians you have accustomed,

you joined with the strength of one who hopes.

And the power of hope.