1. رفعتك مصر وأنت أفضل واقِ

    بروائعِ الآداب والأخلاقِ

    Egypt has raised you high, and you are the finest guardian,

    With splendid manners and noble character.

  2. وتخيرتك لمنصب لم ترضه

    إلا بعيداً عن هوىً ووثاق

    And she chose you for a post you would not accept

    Except far removed from caprice and constraint.

  3. نهدي المواطن منه كل مهذب

    عفِّ الفؤاد إلى العلى سبّاق

    Through it we guide each well-mannered citizen,

    Pure of heart, foremost in the race to greatness.

  4. عهدتك في حرب الزمان وسلمه

    توفي لها بالعهد والميثاق

    She has known you, in time's war and peace,

    To keep your pledge and covenant with her.

  5. خلص رفاقك من هوان قيودهم

    ومكاره الأغلال والأطواق

    Free your companions from the humiliation of their chains

    And the miseries of shackles and neck-rings.

  6. آمنهمُ من خوفهم واكشف لهم

    عن حق مصر الأبلج البرّاق

    Make them safe from their fear, and reveal to them

    Egypt's clear and radiant right.

  7. وارفع رؤسهمُ لها وعيونهم

    من بعد طول الغضِّ والإطراق

    And raise their heads and eyes toward her,

    After long lowering of gazes and bowing of heads.

  8. فلعلَّهم يجدون عما ضيَّعوا

    عوضاً لقومك في الرجاء الباقي

    Perhaps they will find, for what they have squandered,

    Recompense for your people in the hope that remains.

  9. ما أكرم الأضياف إن تركوا الحمى

    لوليِّه في ذمةٍ ووفاق

    How noble the guests, if they leave the protected domain

    To its guardian, in good faith and accord.

  10. يستأذنوك وما يضنُّ عليهمُ

    بالمال صاحبه ولا الأرزاق

    They ask your leave, and are not begrudged

    Wealth by its owner, nor sustenance.

  11. ينهى ويأمر لا مشير سوى ذوي

    رشد ولا حكم سوى الخلّاق

    He forbids and commands, with no adviser but those

    Of sound judgment, and no arbiter but the Creator.

  12. تسع البرايا مصر إن يتعهدوا

    بالطيبات منابت الأعلاق

    Egypt has room for all humanity, if they tend

    With wholesome things the ground where treasures grow.

  13. والحر يؤثر أن يجود بنفسه

    إن يسألوه سجية العشاق

    And the free man prefers to give his very life,

    If they ask him—such is the nature of lovers.

  14. ويهيج إن سلبوه ثوباً بالياً

    حتى يضرج بالدم المهراق

    And he rages if they rob him of a threadbare garment,

    Until he is drenched in spilled blood.