عنيت بحزبك حتى اكتملْ

عنيت بحزبك حتى اكتملْ

وسرت بركبك حتى وصلْ

وسرت بركبك حتى وصلْ

You tended your party until it was complete,

I was loyal to your party until it was fulfilled

and led your caravan until it arrived.

And I walked in your path until it led to the goal

وجئت الرفاق بفضل الخطاب

وجئت الرفاق بفضل الخطاب

وأشهدتهم ثمرات العمل

وأشهدتهم ثمرات العمل

You came to your comrades with noble words,

And I came with comrades by the grace of your speech

and showed them the fruits of labor.

And I witnessed for them the fruits of deed

وحملت كل أخ عبئه

وحملت كل أخ عبئه

وأنت المعين على ما حمل

وأنت المعين على ما حمل

You charged each brother with his burden,

And I carried with each brother his burden

and you help him bear what he carries.

While you were the helper in what was carried

ومن طاف حولك فهو الرشيد

ومن طاف حولك فهو الرشيد

ومن جد خلفك فهو البطل

ومن جد خلفك فهو البطل

Whoever circles around you is rightly guided,

And whoever circled around you is the right-guided one

and whoever strives in your wake is a hero.

And whoever strived behind you is the hero

ومن كان إيمانه زاده

ومن كان إيمانه زاده

تنقل بين يديه الجبل

تنقل بين يديه الجبل

For whoever has faith as his provision,

And whoever's faith was his provision

the mountain moves before him.

Could move mountains in his hands

يكابر في فضلك الخارجون

يكابر في فضلك الخارجون

عليك وقد أكبرتك الدول

عليك وقد أكبرتك الدول

Your merit is stubbornly denied by those who rebel

The dissenters stubbornly resist your superiority

against you, though nations have honored you.

Though you were made great by the states

وقد كاد يطغي عليهم نداك

وقد كاد يطغي عليهم نداك

ويشملهم بعد فيما شمل

ويشملهم بعد فيما شمل

Your bounty has nearly overwhelmed them,

And your might had nearly overwhelmed them

and still embraces them among all it embraces.

And included them in what it included

فمالهمُ وثقوا بالغري

فمالهمُ وثقوا بالغري

مِ وهو على مطله لم يزل

مِ وهو على مطله لم يزل

Why, then, have they trusted the debtor,

So what is with them, they trusted the stranger

who has never ceased delaying payment?

While he is still peering from his lookout

يعدون من جانب المعرضين

يعدون من جانب المعرضين

رسول الرضى كل ضيف نزل

رسول الرضى كل ضيف نزل

From those who turn away, they take

They count those who turn away

each arriving guest as a messenger of approval.

As envoys of consent, every guest who lodged

ويرجون بالمخزيات السبيل

ويرجون بالمخزيات السبيل

إلى الحكم وهو مكان العلل

إلى الحكم وهو مكان العلل

Through shameful deeds they seek a path

And they hope through vile means for a way

to power, itself the seat of maladies.

To rule, which is the place of defects

وما هم سوى عقبات الزما

وما هم سوى عقبات الزما

ن أخليته منهمُ فاعتدل

ن أخليته منهمُ فاعتدل

They are nothing but the obstacles of time;

And they are but obstacles of time

you cleared it of them, and it was set right.

I rid it of them, so it straightened

تفانوا وما ملكوا موعداً

تفانوا وما ملكوا موعداً

لأمر ولا لوفاء أجل

لأمر ولا لوفاء أجل

They wore themselves out, yet could fix no date

They perished and did not own a promised time

for any affair, nor for a term's fulfillment.

For a matter or for the fulfillment of a term

وقاضوا زمانك وهو البريء

وقاضوا زمانك وهو البريء

وألقوا عليه ذنوب الأول

وألقوا عليه ذنوب الأول

They put your era on trial, though it was innocent,

And they spent your time, and it is the innocent one

and laid upon it the sins of those before.

And cast upon it the sins of the first ones

وترجِفُ صحْفُهم بالوعيد

وترجِفُ صحْفُهم بالوعيد

وما هو إلا الجوى والوجل

وما هو إلا الجوى والوجل

Their newspapers spread threats and alarm,

And their pages tremble with threats

yet it is nothing but anguish and fear.

Yet it is nothing but delusion and terror

وما هي إلا بقايا اليمي

وما هي إلا بقايا اليمي

ن هاموا بها في بقايا الطلل

ن هاموا بها في بقايا الطلل

And they are only remnants of the Right,

And they are but ruins of the right

with which they are besotted amid the remnants of ruins.

They wandered among ruins in the remnants of traces

وقد خجلت مصر مما انتهوا

وقد خجلت مصر مما انتهوا

إليه وما يعرفون الخجل

إليه وما يعرفون الخجل

Egypt has blushed at what they have come

Egypt was ashamed of what they came to

to, while they themselves know no shame.

And they do not know shame

فإن كنت منتظراً نية

فإن كنت منتظراً نية

تواصَوا بها فهي أخرى الحيل

تواصَوا بها فهي أخرى الحيل

So if you are awaiting an intention

So if you wait for an intention

they have urged upon each other, it is their latest ruse.

They conspired with, it is another of tricks

منعت زعيمهم أن يعي

منعت زعيمهم أن يعي

شَ مما ادعاه ومما انتحل

شَ مما ادعاه ومما انتحل

You stopped their leader from living

I prevented their leader from living

off his claims and his pretensions.

From what he claimed and from what he pretended

جنون الرياسة ينتابه

جنون الرياسة ينتابه

وما في الرياسة غير الفشل

وما في الرياسة غير الفشل

A mania for leadership seizes him,

The madness of leadership befalls him

yet in leadership he finds only failure.

And there is nothing in leadership but failure

ولو يسرتها الليالي له

ولو يسرتها الليالي له

تجنبها ثانياً واعتزل

تجنبها ثانياً واعتزل

Were the nights to make it attainable for him,

And if the nights had made it easy for him

he would shun it a second time and withdraw.

He would have avoided it a second time and withdrawn

وكان خليقاً بترك المجا

وكان خليقاً بترك المجا

لِ وهو شقي به لو عقل

لِ وهو شقي به لو عقل

He ought to have left the field,

And it was fitting for him to leave the arena

where he is wretched, had he any sense.

While he was wretched in it, had he been rational

وذنب الحوادث عند الحسو

وذنب الحوادث عند الحسو

دِ نيلك منها الذي لم ينل

دِ نيلك منها الذي لم ينل

To the envious man, events are guilty

And the sin of events is, for the envious

because you gained from them what he did not.

Your attainment of them, which he did not attain

وهل في المقادير يغني العتاب

وهل في المقادير يغني العتاب

وهل في العيان يفيد الجدل

وهل في العيان يفيد الجدل

Can reproach avail against fate?

Does blaming avail against the decrees?

Can argument help against what is plain to see?

And does arguing benefit what is seen?

وللأمة البيتُ أم للذئاب

وللأمة البيتُ أم للذئاب

تدبر للناس فيه الغيل

تدبر للناس فيه الغيل

Is the house for the nation, or for wolves

Is the house for the nation or for the wolves?

that plot the people's murder within it?

It schemes against people therein harm

وهل لسوى الكيد تلك الصلاة

وهل لسوى الكيد تلك الصلاة

صلاة المشعوذ بين الهمل

صلاة المشعوذ بين الهمل

Is that prayer for anything but scheming—

Is that prayer anything but cunning?

the charlatan's prayer among the rabble?

The prayer of the sorcerer among the crazed

وهل في المساجد هذا النفاق

وهل في المساجد هذا النفاق

وهل في الكنائس ذاك الدجل

وهل في الكنائس ذاك الدجل

Is there such hypocrisy in mosques?

Is this hypocrisy in the mosques?

Is there such deceit in churches?

And is that fraud in the churches?

وهل للمحبة هذا العناق

وهل للمحبة هذا العناق

وهل للكرامة تلك القبل

وهل للكرامة تلك القبل

Is this embrace for love?

Is this the embrace of love?

Are those kisses a mark of respect?

And are those the kisses of dignity?

وهل في الدروب يكون الجها

وهل في الدروب يكون الجها

دُ بالهرْج والهَزَجِ المبتذل

دُ بالهرْج والهَزَجِ المبتذل

Is struggle in the streets waged

Can there be strife in the roads

with uproar and vulgar chanting?

With rabble rousing and worthless commotion?

ألاعيب يلهو بها في النهار

ألاعيب يلهو بها في النهار

ولو سترته الدياجي قتل

ولو سترته الدياجي قتل

Tricks with which he amuses himself by day;

Tricks to play with during the day

but were the dark nights to cloak him, he would kill.

And if the darkness covered him, it would kill

تحديت من جد في بغيه

تحديت من جد في بغيه

عليك وأغضيت عمن هزل

عليك وأغضيت عمن هزل

You challenged those in earnest in their aggression

I seriously challenged his hatred of you

against you, and overlooked those who jested.

And ignored whoever jested

وعقبى الأواخر من زمرة ال

وعقبى الأواخر من زمرة ال

غضاب إليك ورُجعى الأُوَل

غضاب إليك ورُجعى الأُوَل

And the fate of the latter among the band

And the outcome of the late ones from the company

of the angry is to come to you; the former will return.

Of wrath is to you, and my first is a return

وإني ابن إقليمِك المطمئن

وإني ابن إقليمِك المطمئن

إلى ما جرى وإلى ما حصل

إلى ما جرى وإلى ما حصل

And I, a son of your province, am reassured

And I am a son of your secure region

by what has unfolded and what has come to pass.

Regarding what transpired and what occurred

وإني نصيرك فيما اعتزمت

وإني نصيرك فيما اعتزمت

قوي اليقين عظيم الأمل

قوي اليقين عظيم الأمل

And I am your supporter in what you have resolved,

And I am your supporter in what you intended

firm in conviction, great in hope.

Strong of conviction, great of hope