1. استشر حزبك فيما تفعلُ

    واجمع الرأي على ما تأملُ

    Consult your party about what you do,

    And unite opinion around what you hope for.

  2. واسمع الفتوى يقيناً أو هوى

    ولك الحكم المحق المبطل

    And hear the counsel, be it conviction or caprice;

    And yours is the judgment that vindicates or invalidates.

  3. حزبك الأمة في أحرارها

    وعلى أحرارها المتَّكل

    Your party is the nation, embodied in its free people,

    And on its free people one relies.

  4. ترتضي الدولة ما يرضى ولا

    تقبل الدولة ما لا يقبل

    The state approves what your party approves, nor

    Does the state accept what your party does not accept.

  5. ساعة الفصل وما أعظمها

    وصلتها مصر فيما تصل

    The hour of decision—how momentous it is!

    Egypt has reached it on her onward course.

  6. فهي تستقبل ما تختاره

    والمصير الضخم ما تستقبل

    For she faces what she chooses,

    And what she faces is a momentous destiny.

  7. جاءك الجبار يلقى عهده

    فحملت العهد فيما تحمل

    The mighty one came to you, offering his pledge,

    So you bore the pledge among all you bear.

  8. تاركاً خمسين عاماً خلفه

    تختفي أحقادها والغيل

    He left fifty years behind him,

    Their hatreds and treachery fading from sight.

  9. ورعى الحق الذي لجت به

    كتب اللّه وضج الرسل

    And he upheld the right insistently proclaimed

    By God's books and loudly voiced by the messengers.

  10. جل حتى ضاق عن موسوعه

    أبد الدهر وقل الأزل

    It was so sublime that its vastness could not be contained

    By endless time, and eternity past fell short.

  11. وتناولت الذي مهَّده

    ليديك الشهداء الأول

    And you took up what had been laid ready

    For your hands by the first martyrs.

  12. صنت للعامل ما قدمه

    وتأهَّبت له تستكمل

    You preserved for the worker what he had contributed,

    And readied yourself to complete it for him.

  13. وتناسيت الذي تبذله

    وذكرت الصحب فيما بذلوا

    And you put from mind what you give,

    And remembered your companions for what they gave.

  14. وتلطَّفت فلم تبق لمن

    يشتكي معذرةً تنتحل

    And you were gracious, leaving anyone who

    Complains no excuse to contrive.

  15. فليقل ما شاءه معترض

    وليقل ما شاءه ممتثل

    So let an objector say whatever he wishes,

    And let one who obeys say whatever he wishes.

  16. ليس يجري غير ما شئت ولا

    تنتهي إلا إليك السبل

    Nothing comes to pass but what you will, nor

    Do the paths lead anywhere but to you.

  17. أي شك في الذي صرفته

    بعد ما أثنت عليه الدول

    What doubt remains about what you have managed,

    After the nations have praised it?

  18. أعجب العرش به مستبشراً

    ومضى الشعب به يحتفل

    The throne admired it, rejoicing,

    And the people went on celebrating it.

  19. حزمك الصالح أبقى أثراً

    بالذي أعيتك فيه الحيل

    Your sound resolve left a lasting mark

    Where stratagems had failed you.

  20. أنت أدرى في الذي قمت به

    كيف تُأتَى وتُداوَى العلل

    You know best, in what you have undertaken,

    How ailments are approached and treated.

  21. كاد من عاداك ظلماً يهتدي

    ومن ارتد ضلالاً يعقل

    Whoever wrongfully opposed you has almost found guidance,

    And whoever turned back in error has almost seen reason.

  22. ولك السلطان يحمي أملاً

    أنت بانيه الحكيم البطل

    And yours is the power that guards a hope;

    You are its builder—the sage, the hero.