أبا البلاد الذي تسمو البلاد به

أبا البلاد الذي تسمو البلاد به

جاها وحلما وتصريفا وأحكاما

جاها وحلما وتصريفا وأحكاما

O father of the nation, through whom the nation rises

O father of the country, the country is exalted through you

in prestige, forbearance, governance, and judgment.

With glory, forbearance, governance, and wisdom

بوركت من ظالم للنفس يرهقها

بوركت من ظالم للنفس يرهقها

كيما يكافح أشرارا وظلاما

كيما يكافح أشرارا وظلاما

Blessed are you, who wrong your own soul by wearing it out

You were blessed who wronged himself to burden it

to combat evildoers and darkness.

So he may fight evils and darkness

إن التقشف لما بت تؤثره

إن التقشف لما بت تؤثره

أضحى غنى وغدا نورا وإلهاما

أضحى غنى وغدا نورا وإلهاما

Indeed, austerity, when you came to favor it,

Indeed, as austerity persisted

became wealth, and turned to light and inspiration.

It became wealth and light and inspiration

ما غرّك البذخ الضافي إلى أجل

ما غرّك البذخ الضافي إلى أجل

إن النزاهة قد أولتك ما داما

إن النزاهة قد أولتك ما داما

Abundant luxury, lasting only a while, did not beguile you;

What made you tempted by extravagance leading to ruin

integrity has indeed bestowed on you what endures.

Indeed, integrity has given you permanence

هيهات يبلغ ما بلغت منتقص

هيهات يبلغ ما بلغت منتقص

أنت الذي جعل الأيام أياما

أنت الذي جعل الأيام أياما

A detractor could never reach what you have reached;

Far from you, deficient one, to attain what you reached

you are the one who made the days truly days.

You who made days into days

أنت الذي عفوه من نبل شيمته

أنت الذي عفوه من نبل شيمته

مهما أسيء ويلقى الطعن بساما

مهما أسيء ويلقى الطعن بساما

You are the one whose pardon springs from his noble nature,

You whose pardon is from the nobility of his morals

however he is wronged, and who meets the thrusts smiling.

No matter how much evil is done and blame is cast

أنت الذي قد تسامى حول عفته

أنت الذي قد تسامى حول عفته

شعب وأبدع في الحرمان إنعاما

شعب وأبدع في الحرمان إنعاما

You are the one around whose purity there rose

You who transcended around his chastity

a people, and who created bounty amid deprivation.

A people and excelled in destitution through favor

أنت الذي ما ادعى يؤما لهمته

أنت الذي ما ادعى يؤما لهمته

باسا وأشبعنا حزما وإقداما

باسا وأشبعنا حزما وإقداما

You are the one who never claimed for his resolve

You who never claimed his determination lent him

any might, yet filled us with firmness and daring.

Courage, and we were sated, resolute and daring

أنت الذي نطقت تلك الجراح به

أنت الذي نطقت تلك الجراح به

حثا لمن خاف أو من خاب إحجاما

حثا لمن خاف أو من خاب إحجاما

You are the one of whom those wounds spoke,

You who those wounds spoke of

encouraging those who feared, or failed through hesitation.

Encouraging those afraid or failed from hesitation

أنت الذي لا الرئاسات التي ازدهرت

أنت الذي لا الرئاسات التي ازدهرت

خانته يوما ولا أضغاث من ناما

خانته يوما ولا أضغاث من ناما

You are the one whom neither the high offices that flourished

You whom neither presidencies that thrived

ever betrayed, nor the tangled dreams of those who slept.

Betrayed him one day, nor rubbish from those who slept

أنت الذي كل ما يعنيه واجبه

أنت الذي كل ما يعنيه واجبه

دينا ودنيا وتحقيقا وأحلاما

دينا ودنيا وتحقيقا وأحلاما

You are the one whose duty is all that concerns him,

You for whom everything his duty means

in faith and worldly life, in fulfillment and dreams.

Religion, life, realization, and dreams

أنت الذي يرهب الطاغوت حكمته

أنت الذي يرهب الطاغوت حكمته

وإن يحاصره أسيافا وألغاما

وإن يحاصره أسيافا وألغاما

You are the one whose wisdom the tyrant fears,

You whom tyranny fears his wisdom

even if he besieges him with swords and mines.

Even if sieged by swords and mines

أنت الذي قد حمته من كرامته

أنت الذي قد حمته من كرامته

فيالق حين يحمي السيف أصناما

فيالق حين يحمي السيف أصناما

You are the one who has been guarded by his dignity's

You whom his dignity protected him

legions, while the sword guards idols.

So he may face when the sword protects idols

أنت الذي أينما قد حل موكبه

أنت الذي أينما قد حل موكبه

حل التقى والهدى برا وإسلاما

حل التقى والهدى برا وإسلاما

You are the one—wherever his procession alights,

You where, wherever his procession settled

piety and guidance alight, as righteousness and Islam.

Righteousness and guidance innocently and Islamically settled.

حامى عن النيل والسودان شاهده

حامى عن النيل والسودان شاهده

فأين من بزّه لو عنهما حامى

فأين من بزّه لو عنهما حامى

He defended the Nile, and Sudan is his witness;

Protector of the Nile and Sudan, his witness on them

where, then, is one who could surpass him, were he to defend them both?

So where is one who surpassed him if he protected them

فخر لمصر على الأدهار سيرته

فخر لمصر على الأدهار سيرته

إن الوداعة أسمت كل من سامى

إن الوداعة أسمت كل من سامى

His conduct is Egypt's pride throughout the ages;

Pride of Egypt through the ages, his conduct

indeed, gentleness has exalted everyone who strove for greatness.

As meekness named everyone exalted

يا من له بيته غنيان مملكة

يا من له بيته غنيان مملكة

ورمزه الحق إحسانا وإحكاما

ورمزه الحق إحسانا وإحكاما

O you whose home suffices in place of a kingdom,

O you whose house enriches him a kingdom

and whose emblem is truth, in beneficence and mastery;

And his symbol is benevolence and wisdom

ومن له العدل نبراس وأوّله

ومن له العدل نبراس وأوّله

أن يمحو العدل أتراحا واسقاما

أن يمحو العدل أتراحا واسقاما

and you for whom justice is a beacon, its first task

And who justice is his torch and made it first

being that justice erase sorrows and ailments,

To erase injustices and illnesses

وأن يزيل جهالات مضلّلة

وأن يزيل جهالات مضلّلة

ويهزم الجمع مهما عم إجراما

ويهزم الجمع مهما عم إجراما

and remove ignorance that leads astray,

And to remove misguided ignorance

and defeat the host, however rampant its criminality,

And defeat the group no matter how widespread the crime

وأن يبدد عريا لا مجال له

وأن يبدد عريا لا مجال له

والقطن ينشر أثوابا وأعلاما

والقطن ينشر أثوابا وأعلاما

and dispel nakedness, for which there is no place,

And to dispel nakedness with no place

while cotton unfurls garments and banners.

As cotton spreads clothes and flags

أزجي إليك تحايا الشعر أنغاما

أزجي إليك تحايا الشعر أنغاما

ووصفه الحر مثالا ورساما

ووصفه الحر مثالا ورساما

I offer you poetry's greetings as melodies,

I extend to you the greetings of poetry as melodies

and its unfettered portrayal, as sculptor and painter.

And the free described him as an example and painter