1. لعام ميمون أغرُّ سعيدُ

    فيه رجاء للبلاد جديدُ

    Indeed, an auspicious, radiant, happy year,

    in which there is new hope for the country.

  2. هذي لياليه الحسان تجمّلت

    للمسلمين كأنما هي غيد

    These lovely nights of its have adorned themselves

    for the Muslims, as though they were lissome maidens.

  3. وأخوه لاقته النصارى طالعاً

    معه كما صحب النديد نديد

    And the Christians greeted its brother as it rose,

    beside it, as one peer accompanies another.

  4. جمعت قلوب الملتين يداهما

    وتفاءل التثليث والتوحيد

    Their two hands united the hearts of both faiths,

    and Trinity and divine Oneness saw a good omen.

  5. وكأنما هذا الهلال طليعة

    تتقدم الآمال وهي وفود

    And this crescent seems a vanguard,

    leading hopes that come as delegations,

  6. تُزجَى كما تُزجَى إليك مواكبٌ

    في مهرجان أو تسير جنود

    ushered onward as processions are ushered toward you

    at a festival, or as troops march.

  7. وإذا أردت فكل واد جنة

    وإذا أمرت فكل يوم عيد

    And if you wish, every valley is a paradise,

    and if you command, every day is a feast.

  8. وضيوف مصر منحتهم فملكتهم

    فغدوا وكلهم إليك ودود

    And Egypt's guests—you gave them gifts and won them over,

    so they became, every one, affectionate toward you.

  9. ورأوا طريقك سمحة مأمونة

    وتبينوا مرماك وهو بعيد

    And they found your way gracious and safe,

    and discerned your goal, distant though it was.

  10. لهمُ رحيق النيل مطَّرد ومن

    أخلاق شعبك سلسل مورود

    For them the Nile's nectar flows unceasingly, and from

    your nation's virtues comes sweet water sought for drinking.

  11. نعموا بطَيِّبِه وأشهدهم على

    غاياته برهانُه المشهود

    They delighted in its goodness, and were made witnesses to

    its aims by its manifest proof.

  12. لو راضت المرّيد خلته اغتدى

    ملكاً كريماً ذلك المرّيد

    Were those virtues to tame a rebellious fiend, you would think he had become

    a noble angel—that very rebellious fiend.

  13. السلم عدته وعدة غيره

    نار كثير شرها وحديد

    Peace is its armament; the armament of others is

    fire, whose harm is great, and iron.

  14. وأجل قادته هداك وذكره

    ما نال آباء وحاز جدود

    And its noblest guides are your guidance and its remembrance

    of what fathers attained and forefathers won.

  15. يا من له سلطان مصر وعرشها

    ولواؤها ورواقها الممدود

    O you who hold Egypt's sovereignty and throne,

    and its banner and its outspread canopy,

  16. وابن الذين استخلفوك مزوداً

    تبنى على آثارهم وتشيد

    and son of those who made you their well-equipped successor,

    you build upon their legacy and raise it high.

  17. فمن النبي لك المحبة والرضى

    ومن الإله لعزمك التأييد

    So from the Prophet come love and approval for you,

    and from God, support for your resolve.

  18. وإذا امتطيت الدهر فيما تمتطي

    فعلى الغداة المأرب الموعود

    And when you take Time as one of your mounts,

    then on the morrow awaits the promised goal.

  19. ألف السلامة والفلاح مجاهد

    يتعجل الآمال وهو رشيد

    Safety and success are familiar to a striver

    who hastens toward his hopes with sound judgment.