سَمِعنا حَديثاً كَقَطرِ النَدى

سَمِعنا حَديثاً كَقَطرِ النَدى

فَجَدَّدَ في النَفسِ ما جَدَّدا

فَجَدَّدَ في النَفسِ ما جَدَّدا

We heard a speech like drops of dew,

We heard a talk like drops of dew

And it renewed so much within the soul.

That renewed in the soul what it renewed

فَأَضحى لِآمالِنا مُنعِشاً

فَأَضحى لِآمالِنا مُنعِشاً

وَأَمسى لِآلامِنا مُرقِدا

وَأَمسى لِآلامِنا مُرقِدا

So it revived our hopes,

So it became refreshing for our hopes

And lulled our pains to sleep.

And a place of rest for our pains

فَدَيناكَ يا شَرقُ لا تَجزَعَن

فَدَيناكَ يا شَرقُ لا تَجزَعَن

إِذا اليَومُ وَلّى فَراقِب غَدا

إِذا اليَومُ وَلّى فَراقِب غَدا

We would be your ransom, O East—do not be dismayed!

O Orient, do not despair

When today departs, watch for tomorrow.

If today departs, watch for tomorrow

فَكَم مِحنَةٍ أَعقَبَت مِحنَةً

فَكَم مِحنَةٍ أَعقَبَت مِحنَةً

وَوَلَّت سِراعاً كَرَجعِ الصَدى

وَوَلَّت سِراعاً كَرَجعِ الصَدى

For many an ordeal has followed another,

For how many troubles follow troubles

And swiftly passed, like an echo's return.

And pass quickly like the echo's return

فَلا يُيئِسَنَّكَ قيلُ العُداةُ

فَلا يُيئِسَنَّكَ قيلُ العُداةُ

وَإِن كانَ قيلاً كَحَزِّ المُدى

وَإِن كانَ قيلاً كَحَزِّ المُدى

So never let your enemies' words dishearten you,

So do not despair however the enemies say

Even if those words cut like knives.

Though their saying be as piercing as a spear's thrust

أَتودَعُ فيكَ كُنوزُ العُلومِ

أَتودَعُ فيكَ كُنوزُ العُلومِ

وَيَمشي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرفِدا

وَيَمشي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرفِدا

Are the treasures of knowledge stored within you,

I entrust in you the treasures of knowledge

And does the West come to you seeking aid,

And the West walks to you to gain them

وَتُبعَثُ في أَرضِكَ الأَنبِياءُ

وَتُبعَثُ في أَرضِكَ الأَنبِياءُ

وَيَأتي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرشِدا

وَيَأتي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرشِدا

And are prophets sent forth in your land,

And prophets are sent in your land

And does the West come to you seeking guidance,

And the West comes to you for guidance

وَتَقضي عَلَيكَ قُضاةُ الضَلالِ

وَتَقضي عَلَيكَ قُضاةُ الضَلالِ

طِوالَ اللَيالي بِأَن تَرقُدا

طِوالَ اللَيالي بِأَن تَرقُدا

Yet do the judges of error sentence you

And judges of misguidance decree upon you

To slumber throughout the nights?

To spend the long nights asleep

أَتَشقى بِعَهدٍ سَما بِالعُلومِ

أَتَشقى بِعَهدٍ سَما بِالعُلومِ

فَأَضحى الضَعيفُ بِها أَيِّدا

فَأَضحى الضَعيفُ بِها أَيِّدا

Do you suffer in an age that has soared through science,

Do you suffer with a pact made with knowledge

So that through it the weak man has grown mighty?

So the weak through it become aided?

إِذا شاءَ بَزَّ السُها سِرَّهُ

إِذا شاءَ بَزَّ السُها سِرَّهُ

وَأَدرَكَ مِن جَريِهِ المَقصِدا

وَأَدرَكَ مِن جَريِهِ المَقصِدا

If he wills, he wrests its secret from al-Suha,

Whenever He wills, the worshipped reveals His secret

And grasps the purpose of its course.

And attains from His running the goal

وَإِن شاءَ أَدنى إِلَيهِ النُجومَ

وَإِن شاءَ أَدنى إِلَيهِ النُجومَ

فَناجى المَجَرَّةَ وَالفَرقَدا

فَناجى المَجَرَّةَ وَالفَرقَدا

And if he wills, he draws the stars near him,

And if He wills, He brings the stars closer to Him

Then communes with the Milky Way and al-Farqad.

And confides to the galaxy and the Pleiades

وَإِن شاءَ زَعزَعَ شُمَّ الجِبالِ

وَإِن شاءَ زَعزَعَ شُمَّ الجِبالِ

فَخَرَّت لِأَقدامِهِ سُجَّدا

فَخَرَّت لِأَقدامِهِ سُجَّدا

And if he wills, he shakes the lofty mountains,

And if He wills, He shakes the pinnacles of mountains

So they fall prostrate at his feet.

So they bow prostrate before His feet

وَإِن شاءَ شاهَدَ في ذَرَّةٍ

وَإِن شاءَ شاهَدَ في ذَرَّةٍ

عَوالِمَ لَم تَحيَ فيها سُدى

عَوالِمَ لَم تَحيَ فيها سُدى

And if he wills, he sees within an atom

And if He wills, He sees in an atom

Worlds that have not come to life there in vain.

Worlds no heedlessness has lived in

زَمانٌ تُسَخَّرُ فيهِ الرِياحُ

زَمانٌ تُسَخَّرُ فيهِ الرِياحُ

وَيَغدو الجَمادُ بِهِ مُنشِدا

وَيَغدو الجَمادُ بِهِ مُنشِدا

An age in which the winds are harnessed,

A time when winds are subjugated

And in it inanimate matter becomes a singer,

And inanimate matter through it becomes a chanter

وَتَعنو الطَبيعَةُ لِلعارِفينَ

وَتَعنو الطَبيعَةُ لِلعارِفينَ

بِمَعنى الوُجودِ وَسِرِّ الهُدى

بِمَعنى الوُجودِ وَسِرِّ الهُدى

And nature bows to those who know

And nature inclines for the gnostics

The meaning of existence and the secret of guidance.

With the meaning of existence and the secret of guidance

إِذا ما أَهابوا أَجابَ الحَديدُ

إِذا ما أَهابوا أَجابَ الحَديدُ

وَقامَ البُخارُ لَهُ مُسعِدا

وَقامَ البُخارُ لَهُ مُسعِدا

Whenever they call, iron answers,

So when they address it, iron answers

And steam rises to lend it aid,

And steam rises for them, facilitating

وَطارَت إِلَيهِم مِنَ الكَهرَبا

وَطارَت إِلَيهِم مِنَ الكَهرَبا

بُروقٌ عَلى السِلكِ تَطوي المَدى

بُروقٌ عَلى السِلكِ تَطوي المَدى

And from electricity fly toward them

And flashes of electricity come to them

Flashes along the wire, folding up the distance.

Lightning over the wire traversing the distance

أَيَجمُلُ مِن بَعدِ هَذا وَذاكَ

أَيَجمُلُ مِن بَعدِ هَذا وَذاكَ

بِأَن نَستَكينَ وَأَن نَجمُدا

بِأَن نَستَكينَ وَأَن نَجمُدا

Is it fitting, after this and that,

After this and that, is it beautiful

That we should submit and stand still?

That we be resigned and frozen?

وَها أُمَّةُ الصُفرِ قَد مَهَّدَت

وَها أُمَّةُ الصُفرِ قَد مَهَّدَت

لَنا النَهجَ فَاِستَبَقوا المَورِدا

لَنا النَهجَ فَاِستَبَقوا المَورِدا

And behold, the yellow-skinned nation has paved

And lo, the nation of zeroes has paved

The path for us—so race to the watering place.

The way for us, so vie in reaching the watering place

فَيا أَيُّها الناشِئونَ اِعمَلوا

فَيا أَيُّها الناشِئونَ اِعمَلوا

عَلى خَيرِ مِصرٍ وَكونوا يَدا

عَلى خَيرِ مِصرٍ وَكونوا يَدا

So, O young people, work

O youths, work

For Egypt's good, and be one hand.

For the best of Egypt and become a hand

سَتُظهِرُ فيكُم ذَواتُ الغُيوبِ

سَتُظهِرُ فيكُم ذَواتُ الغُيوبِ

رِجالاً تَكونُ لِمِصرَ الفِدا

رِجالاً تَكونُ لِمِصرَ الفِدا

Days bearing the unseen will bring forth among you

The hidden will show through you

Men who will be Egypt's ransom.

Men who would sacrifice themselves for Egypt

فَيالَيتَ شِعرِيَ مَن مِنكُمُ

فَيالَيتَ شِعرِيَ مَن مِنكُمُ

إِذا هِيَ نادَت يُلَبّي النِدا

إِذا هِيَ نادَت يُلَبّي النِدا

So, would that I knew which of you,

I wish I knew which of you

When she calls, will answer the call!

When it calls will respond to the call

لَكَ اللَهُ يا مُصطَفى مِن فَتىً

لَكَ اللَهُ يا مُصطَفى مِن فَتىً

كَثيرِ الأَيادي كَثيرِ العِدا

كَثيرِ الأَيادي كَثيرِ العِدا

God be with you, O Mustafa—what a youth,

Yours, O Chosen One, is a young man

Rich in benefactions, rich in foes!

Of abundant helping and abundant number

إِذا ما حَمِدتُكَ بَينَ الرِجالِ

إِذا ما حَمِدتُكَ بَينَ الرِجالِ

فَأَنتَ الخَليقُ بِأَن تُحمَدا

فَأَنتَ الخَليقُ بِأَن تُحمَدا

Whenever I praise you among men,

When I praise you among men

You are indeed worthy of praise.

You are worthy to be praised

سَيُحصي عَلَيكَ سِجِلُّ الزَمانِ

سَيُحصي عَلَيكَ سِجِلُّ الزَمانِ

ثَناءً يُخَلِّدُ ما خُلِّدا

ثَناءً يُخَلِّدُ ما خُلِّدا

Time's ledger will tally for you

The record of time will recount to you

Praise it will perpetuate as long as it endures;

Praise that makes immortal what is made immortal

وَيَهتِفُ بِاِسمِكَ أَبناؤُنا

وَيَهتِفُ بِاِسمِكَ أَبناؤُنا

إِذا آنَ لِلزَرعِ أَن يُحصَدا

إِذا آنَ لِلزَرعِ أَن يُحصَدا

And our sons will cry out your name

And our sons will acclaim your name

When it is time for the crop to be reaped.

When it is time for the harvest to be reaped