الآن صح العهد والميثاقُ

الآن صح العهد والميثاقُ

لك وارتضاك الخلق والخلاقُ

لك وارتضاك الخلق والخلاقُ

Now the pledge and covenant stand firm

Now the covenant and pact are fulfilled

for you; humankind and the Creator have approved you.

For you, and creation and the Creator have chosen you

عرض السفير كتابه فأجابه

عرض السفير كتابه فأجابه

مما ألفت الحزم والإشفاق

مما ألفت الحزم والإشفاق

The ambassador presented his letter, and answering him

The ambassador presented his letter and you answered him

were the resolve and compassion familiar to you.

With composure and compassion

رحبت محتفلاً به ورعيته

رحبت محتفلاً به ورعيته

كرماً وأنت الشائق المشتاق

كرماً وأنت الشائق المشتاق

You welcomed him with honor and cared for him

You welcomed him and his nation

generously—you who inspire longing and long yourself.

With generosity while you are the passionate eager one

فصل الخطاب وإنه لَخِتامُ ما

فصل الخطاب وإنه لَخِتامُ ما

وصل الدهاة إليه والحذاق

وصل الدهاة إليه والحذاق

The decisive word: indeed, it is the culmination of all

The discourse has concluded and it is the seal of what

that the shrewd and the skilled have attained.

The experts and professionals have reached

لم تمضه عن مصر إلا ناقداً

لم تمضه عن مصر إلا ناقداً

فيه لك التقييد والإطلاق

فيه لك التقييد والإطلاق

You ratified it for Egypt only with discernment;

You would not let it leave Egypt except reviewing it

within it, you hold the power to bind and release.

In it, you have the binding and releasing

كان الوثاق لها فعاد لخصمها

كان الوثاق لها فعاد لخصمها

وغريمها الجبار وهو وثاق

وغريمها الجبار وهو وثاق

It had been her fetter, but became her enemy's

It was binding on her so it returned to her opponent

and her tyrannical adversary's—a fetter still.

And enemy, the tyrant, while it is binding

وأخذت من ثمر السلام وظله

وأخذت من ثمر السلام وظله

ما شاءت الآمال والأخلاق

ما شاءت الآمال والأخلاق

And you took from peace's fruit and shade

And she took from the fruits of peace and its shade

all that hopes and virtues desired.

What hopes and morals desired

سجلت فيه لقومك استقلالهم

سجلت فيه لقومك استقلالهم

فاعتز إيلافٌ وجلَّ وفاق

فاعتز إيلافٌ وجلَّ وفاق

In it you recorded your people's independence;

It registered her people their independence

so amity grew strong and concord rose in stature.

So there was honored harmony and revered agreement

وقضيت حقَّهمُ عليك وما انتهى

وقضيت حقَّهمُ عليك وما انتهى

لهمُ تقاضٍ بعدُ واستحقاق

لهمُ تقاضٍ بعدُ واستحقاق

You fulfilled their claim upon you, and there is no end

And you fulfilled their right upon you, and no more

yet to their demands and entitlements.

Claims and entitlements for them after that

وتفاءل الشرق الموفَّق واقتدى

وتفاءل الشرق الموفَّق واقتدى

بك واطمأنَّ إلى الحجاز عراق

بك واطمأنَّ إلى الحجاز عراق

The fortunate East took hope and followed

And the blessed East became hopeful and emulated

your example, and Iraq put its trust in the Hejaz.

You, and Iraq was reassured by Hejaz

صلحت أمورك في أناتك مثلما

صلحت أمورك في أناتك مثلما

صلحت وأنت المسرع السبّاق

صلحت وأنت المسرع السبّاق

Your affairs prospered when you took your time, just as

You settled your affairs in your softness just as

they prospered when you were swift and foremost.

You settle while you are the swift pioneer

واجتزت غايات الظنون فساغ لي

واجتزت غايات الظنون فساغ لي

فيك الغلوُّ وجاز لي الإغراق

فيك الغلوُّ وجاز لي الإغراق

You surpassed the limits of expectation, so I was justified

And you attained the goals of ambitions so for me

in praising you to excess, and free to go beyond measure.

Exaggeration in you is allowed and overflowing is justified

هل يسلم الإنسان من حكامه

هل يسلم الإنسان من حكامه

من بعد ما قادوه أمس وساقوا

من بعد ما قادوه أمس وساقوا

Will humankind be safe from its rulers

Can man be safe from his rulers

after they led and drove it yesterday,

After they led him yesterday and marched?

ويقي حضارته صواعقه فلا

ويقي حضارته صواعقه فلا

يجتاحها الإغراق والإحراق

يجتاحها الإغراق والإحراق

and shield its civilization from its own thunderbolts, so

And protect his civilization from their threats so

that flooding and burning do not ravage it?

No flooding or burning overtakes it?

وتحرِّم الحربَ الشعوبُ جميعها

وتحرِّم الحربَ الشعوبُ جميعها

إن قام خلفٌ بينهم وشقاق

إن قام خلفٌ بينهم وشقاق

And will all peoples forbid war

And all people prohibit war

if disagreement and discord arise among them?

If understanding arises between them, not conflict?

وضمان ذي الحق المقدس بينهم

وضمان ذي الحق المقدس بينهم

رأيُ المحكَّمِ لا الدم المهراق

رأيُ المحكَّمِ لا الدم المهراق

And the safeguard of one with a sacred right among them

And the guarantee of the sacred right between them

is the arbitrator's judgment, not blood spilled.

Is the arbitrator's view, not spilled blood?

وشرائع الإنسان وهي كثيرة

وشرائع الإنسان وهي كثيرة

ما سنت العادات والأذواق

ما سنت العادات والأذواق

And humankind's laws, many as they are,

And human laws, which are many

are what customs and tastes have ordained.

Habits and tastes instituted?

والحكم ما ملك القلوب سماحه

والحكم ما ملك القلوب سماحه

لا ما عنت لمراسه الأعناق

لا ما عنت لمراسه الأعناق

And rule is that whose tolerance wins hearts,

And rule what its kindness possessed hearts

not that to whose harshness necks submit.

Not what forced necks to its milestones?

من لي بيوم في السماء وموضع

من لي بيوم في السماء وموضع

والأرض قدسٌ والأنام رفاق

والأرض قدسٌ والأنام رفاق

Who can grant me a day and a place in heaven,

Who can grant me a day in the sky and a place

with earth a sanctuary and humankind companions,

While the earth is holy and people are companions?

ومضارب الجند الرهيب يعيدها

ومضارب الجند الرهيب يعيدها

وهي الرياض الخضر والأسواق

وهي الرياض الخضر والأسواق

and the camps of the fearsome army restored

And the terrifying soldiers' camps become

as green gardens and marketplaces

Gardens and markets again?

بطل الحمى وأمينه من بعد ما

بطل الحمى وأمينه من بعد ما

هزَّ الحمى الإرعاد والإبراق

هزَّ الحمى الإرعاد والإبراق

by the homeland's champion and guardian, after

The protector of sanctuary and its trustee after

thunder and lightning shook the homeland?

Thunder and lightning shook sanctuary?

سكن الزمان إلى رضاك ولم يزل

سكن الزمان إلى رضاك ولم يزل

صخب المكابر فيك وهو نفاق

صخب المكابر فيك وهو نفاق

Time found peace in your contentment, yet there persists

Time settled to your satisfaction and did not cease

the obstinate opponent's clamor against you—hypocrisy.

The clamor of hypocrisy in you?

ولو اكتفت صحف العناد بمنذر

ولو اكتفت صحف العناد بمنذر

ما كان إلغاء ولا إغلاق

ما كان إلغاء ولا إغلاق

Had the defiant newspapers been content with a warning,

And if the tablets of obstinacy sufficed with a warner

there would have been no suppression or closure.

There would be no abolishing or closing

ومن الضرورة أن تحل بكاتب

ومن الضرورة أن تحل بكاتب

تلك الشكائم بعد والأطواق

تلك الشكائم بعد والأطواق

And necessity requires that a writer be subjected

And it is necessary the writer of

thereafter to those bits and collars.

Those insults suffers chains after

إن زرت إقليمي ففيه بقدر ما

إن زرت إقليمي ففيه بقدر ما

أحسنت تقبيلٌ غداً وعناق

أحسنت تقبيلٌ غداً وعناق

If you visit my province, there await, befitting all

If I visit my region, in it according to

your kindness, kisses and embraces tomorrow.

Your benevolence, kissing tomorrow and embracing

لبيت دعوته وخير رجائه

لبيت دعوته وخير رجائه

إشرافك الميمون والأشواق

إشرافك الميمون والأشواق

You answered its call—its fondest hope is

For the house you invited and the best of hopes

your auspicious arrival—and its yearnings.

Is your auspicious care and passions

تهدي سلامك عاطراً أجواؤه

تهدي سلامك عاطراً أجواؤه

وتردد الذكرى لك الآفاق

وتردد الذكرى لك الآفاق

Its skies offer fragrant greetings to you,

Your fragrant peace sends its greetings to its air

and the horizons echo remembrance of you.

And recollection of you echoes the horizons

أيعدُّ ما أوليته وأقل ما

أيعدُّ ما أوليته وأقل ما

تسدي إليه البرء والأرزاق

تسدي إليه البرء والأرزاق

Can what you have bestowed on it be counted, when the least

Does it count what I was granted and little of what

you grant it is healing and sustenance?

Innocence and sustenance give to it?