1. أنت المرجَّى نائباً ووكيلا

    وأبرُّ قومك نائلاً ومُنيلا

    You are the one hoped for as deputy and representative,

    And the most virtuous of your people in receiving and bestowing.

  2. أتممت مرحلةً وأنت موفقٌ

    فاختر لأخرى عدَّة وسبيلا

    You completed a stage with success;

    So choose provisions and a path for another.

  3. ثقة ظفرت بها وعهد عشيرة

    وكلَت لك استقلالها المأمولا

    Trust you have won, and the pledge of a clan

    That entrusted you with its hoped-for independence.

  4. حسبُ البلاد صنيعُ أمسك شاهداً

    بجميل صنعك في غدٍ ودليلا

    Your deeds of yesterday suffice the country as witness

    And proof of the good you will do tomorrow.

  5. المقبلون لحر رأيك أقبلوا

    يتناوبون الحمد والتبجيلا

    Those drawn to your independent judgment came forward,

    Taking turns in praise and veneration.

  6. حملوا إليك ولاءهم في مَحفِلٍ

    لاقيتَ فيه على الجميل جميلا

    They brought you their allegiance at a gathering

    Where you received kindness in return for kindness.

  7. وجدوا نجيباً فيك شرّف قدرَهم

    ووجدتَ أهلاً فيهمُ وقبيلا

    They found in you a noble man who raised their standing,

    And you found in them family and a tribe.

  8. صدقوك في ميعادهم وصَدقتهم

    ومطلت ذاك الماطل الممطولا

    They kept their promise to you, and you kept yours to them,

    And you kept that procrastinator waiting in his turn.

  9. قربى إليك بها يفون وطالما

    وفّيتَ قرباهم رضىً وقبولا

    They honor their bond of kinship with you; how often

    You have repaid their kinship with favor and acceptance.

  10. يا صاحب الكرسي تحمل فوقَه

    عبءَ البلاد وعهدَها المسؤولا

    O holder of the chair, upon it you bear

    The country's burden and its trust, for which you must answer.

  11. في دار ندوتها ودارِ مصيرها

    أجملت قولاً واعتززت فعولا

    In its house of assembly and the house of its destiny,

    You excelled in speech and took pride in deeds.

  12. في كل حاضرة وكل مدينة

    لك دعوة تدع العدو خليلا

    In every town and every city,

    Yours is a call that makes the enemy a close friend.

  13. أعلنتها ميمونة وكأنها

    وحيٌ به جاء الخطيب رسولا

    You proclaimed it—a blessed call—as though it were

    A revelation the orator brought as a messenger.

  14. فَزع الرجال إلى الموفّق بينهم

    وكأنهم فزعوا إلى جبريلا

    The men hastened to the favored one among them,

    As though they had sought refuge with Gabriel.

  15. وأبرُّ ممن فك أسرى أمة

    ترجو لمصرَ الجيش والأسطولا

    And you are more beneficent than one who freed a nation's captives,

    Hoping for Egypt an army and a fleet.

  16. إن الذي استرعاك أمر عباده

    ولاك للأجيال هذا الجيلا

    Indeed, He who entrusted you with His servants' affairs

    Placed this generation in your charge for generations to come.

  17. لا يطمئن إلى الزمان مجاهدٌ

    حتى يصون لأمر مصر النيلا

    No fighter puts his trust in time

    Until he safeguards the Nile for Egypt's cause.

  18. ورفاق ملك في الجنوب تعاهدوا

    أن لا يطيعوا في الرفاق عذولا

    And partners in dominion in the south have pledged

    Not to heed a detractor against their partners.

  19. إني بشير القوم باستقلالهم

    وكفى بميثاق الخطيب كفيلا

    I bring the people glad tidings of their independence,

    And the orator's covenant is guarantor enough.