الجلاء الجلاء رددت الأصداء

الجلاء الجلاء رددت الأصداء

بشرى ويا لها اليوم بشرى

بشرى ويا لها اليوم بشرى

Evacuation! Evacuation! the echoes repeated.

Liberation, liberation, the echoes reiterated,

Glad tidings—and what glad tidings today!

Good tidings, and what good tidings today!

لم يقلها فرد ولا الجيش والشعب

لم يقلها فرد ولا الجيش والشعب

ولكن كل الذي عد مصرا

ولكن كل الذي عد مصرا

Neither an individual nor the army and the people uttered it,

Not uttered by one man or the army and people,

but all that was counted as Egypt,

But all who ever counted Egypt as their own.

من ثراها ومن سماها ومن

من ثراها ومن سماها ومن

كل الذي أنبتته فنا وفكرا

كل الذي أنبتته فنا وفكرا

from her soil and from her sky, and from

All who adored her, named her, and

all she brought forth as art and thought,

All whom art and thought ever begot,

في نشيد مثل المزامير

في نشيد مثل المزامير

حلو رنح الأنبياء من قبل دهرا

حلو رنح الأنبياء من قبل دهرا

in a hymn like the psalms,

In a psalm like the prophets' of old

sweet, that once made the prophets sway for an age.

Sweetly scented like the breath of seers from time before.

سمعته الآثار فاهتاج فيها

سمعته الآثار فاهتاج فيها

عزة والنخيل فاهتز فخرا

عزة والنخيل فاهتز فخرا

The ancient monuments heard it, and within them stirred

The monuments heard it and were roused,

dignity; and the palms swayed with pride.

Pride stirred in them, and the palms waved proudly,

وتهادى النيل الذي كان

وتهادى النيل الذي كان

من قبل أسيرا إذ أصبح اليوم حرا

من قبل أسيرا إذ أصبح اليوم حرا

And gently flowed the Nile, which had been

The Nile, which was once captive, now flows free,

a captive before, now that today it had become free.

And the valiant guardians who drove out the Hyksos

والحماة الأبطال من طردوا الهكسوس

والحماة الأبطال من طردوا الهكسوس

أضحى لهم فتوحا ونصرا

أضحى لهم فتوحا ونصرا

And the heroic defenders who drove out the Hyksos—

Have opened the way to triumph and victory.

for them it became conquests and victory.

And the armies of Kemet since the days of Ramesis

وجيوش الكماة من عهد رمسيس

وجيوش الكماة من عهد رمسيس

أطلوا مهللين وسكرى

أطلوا مهللين وسكرى

And the armies of armored warriors from Ramses' age

Emerged rejoicing and intoxicated.

appeared, cheering and intoxicated.

No eye has seen them, but hearts

ما رأتهم عين ولكن رأتهم

ما رأتهم عين ولكن رأتهم

مهج بالوفاء للأمس حرى

مهج بالوفاء للأمس حرى

No eye saw them, but they were seen by

Burning with loyalty to the past perceived them.

hearts aflame with loyalty to yesterday.

And the dreams of a generation upon generation

ورأتهم أحلام جيل وجي

ورأتهم أحلام جيل وجي

رقصت كالضياء لحنا وشرا

رقصت كالضياء لحنا وشرا

And the dreams of a weary generation saw them,

Danced like beams of light, singing and chanting.

they danced like light, in melody and evil [as written].

The vivacious Khazamiyya who represented

والخزامى الحيية التي مثلت

والخزامى الحيية التي مثلت

مصر جمالا وعبرت عنه عطرا

مصر جمالا وعبرت عنه عطرا

And the shy lavender that embodied

Egypt's beauty and gave off her scent,

Egypt in beauty, and expressed that beauty in fragrance—

You are one of them, my garden's dweller,

أنت بعض منها نزيلة بستاني

أنت بعض منها نزيلة بستاني

فهيا نعيد اليوم جهرا

فهيا نعيد اليوم جهرا

you are part of her, a guest in my garden;

So let us repeat today openly:

so come, let us celebrate today aloud.

Those were my tears of joy I scattered,

ذاك دمعي من فرحتي نثرته

ذاك دمعي من فرحتي نثرته

مهجتي فارشفيه حبا وشكرا

مهجتي فارشفيه حبا وشكرا

These are my tears of joy, scattered by

My heart paved them with love and thanks.

my heart—so sip them with love and gratitude.

If we are not like the Westerns, never

إن نكن نحن كالغربيين لم

إن نكن نحن كالغربيين لم

نبرح بإيمانها المخلد أدرى

نبرح بإيمانها المخلد أدرى

Even if we are like Westerners, we have not

Straying from her immortal faith, more aware,

ceased to understand her everlasting faith better.

Life overwhelmed us from her though

غمرتنا منها الحياة على

غمرتنا منها الحياة على

البعد كأن الأثير قد حال غمرا

البعد كأن الأثير قد حال غمرا

Life from her has flooded us, despite

We were distant, as if the ether had poured a flood.

the distance, as though the ether had become a flood.

So we flourished, and every feast but the feast

فانتشينا وكل عيد

فانتشينا وكل عيد

سينسى غير عيد لفك أشرى واسرى

سينسى غير عيد لفك أشرى واسرى

So we grew intoxicated, and every festival

To undo the most evil and free the captive will be forgot.

will be forgotten, except a festival of freeing [unclear word] and captives.