1. رفعتك مصر وأنت أفضل واقِ

    بروائعِ الآداب والأخلاقِ

    Egypt has exalted you, and you are the finest protector,

    through splendid manners and noble character.

  2. وتخيرتك لمنصب لم ترضه

    إلا بعيداً عن هوىً ووثاق

    And she chose you for an office you would not accept

    unless free of partiality and constraint.

  3. نهدي المواطن منه كل مهذب

    عفِّ الفؤاد إلى العلى سبّاق

    From it we offer the regions every cultivated man,

    pure of heart, ever racing toward the heights.

  4. عهدتك في حرب الزمان وسلمه

    توفي لها بالعهد والميثاق

    She has known you in time's war and peace,

    keeping covenant and pledge with her.

  5. خلص رفاقك من هوان قيودهم

    ومكاره الأغلال والأطواق

    Free your companions from the humiliation of their fetters

    and the torments of shackles and collars.

  6. آمنهمُ من خوفهم واكشف لهم

    عن حق مصر الأبلج البرّاق

    Give them safety from their fear, and reveal to them

    Egypt's clear and radiant right.

  7. وارفع رؤسهمُ لها وعيونهم

    من بعد طول الغضِّ والإطراق

    And raise their heads and their eyes toward her,

    after so long with lowered gaze and bowed heads.

  8. فلعلَّهم يجدون عما ضيَّعوا

    عوضاً لقومك في الرجاء الباقي

    Perhaps they may find, for what they squandered,

    recompense for your people in the hope that remains.

  9. ما أكرم الأضياف إن تركوا الحمى

    لوليِّه في ذمةٍ ووفاق

    How noble the guests are, if they leave the domain

    to its guardian, in covenant and concord.

  10. يستأذنوك وما يضنُّ عليهمُ

    بالمال صاحبه ولا الأرزاق

    They seek your permission, and they are not begrudged

    wealth by its owner, nor provisions.

  11. ينهى ويأمر لا مشير سوى ذوي

    رشد ولا حكم سوى الخلّاق

    He forbids and commands, with no adviser save those

    of sound judgment, and no arbiter save the Creator.

  12. تسع البرايا مصر إن يتعهدوا

    بالطيبات منابت الأعلاق

    Egypt has room for all humankind, if they tend

    with good things the places where treasures grow.

  13. والحر يؤثر أن يجود بنفسه

    إن يسألوه سجية العشاق

    And the free man prefers to give his life freely,

    if they ask him—such is the lovers' nature.

  14. ويهيج إن سلبوه ثوباً بالياً

    حتى يضرج بالدم المهراق

    Yet he rages if they rob him of a worn-out garment,

    until he is drenched in shed blood.