يا مِصرُ سيري عَلى آثارِهم وَقِفي

يا مِصرُ سيري عَلى آثارِهم وَقِفي

تِلك المَواقِفَ في أَسنى مجالِيها

تِلك المَواقِفَ في أَسنى مجالِيها

O Egypt, follow in their footsteps, and take

O Egypt, follow in their footsteps and stop

Those stands in their most splendid forms.

At those stations in their most sublime paths

لا يُؤيسَنَّكِ ما قالوا وما كتَبوا

لا يُؤيسَنَّكِ ما قالوا وما كتَبوا

بين البَرِيَّةِ تَضليلاً وَتَمويها

بين البَرِيَّةِ تَضليلاً وَتَمويها

Let not what they said and what they wrote drive you to despair,

Do not let what they said or wrote discourage you

Among the people, to mislead and deceive.

Misleading and obscuring in the wilderness

إن يَمنَعوا الناسَ من قَولٍ فما مَنعوا

إن يَمنَعوا الناسَ من قَولٍ فما مَنعوا

أن يَنطِقَ الحقُّ بِالشَكوى وَيُبديها

أن يَنطِقَ الحقُّ بِالشَكوى وَيُبديها

If they prevent the people from speaking, they have not prevented

If they prevent people from speaking, they haven’t prevented

Truth from voicing its grievance and making it known.

Truth from speaking out with complaint and expressing it

الحقُّ أكبَرُ من أَن تَستَبدَّ بهِ

الحقُّ أكبَرُ من أَن تَستَبدَّ بهِ

يدٌ وَإن طالَ في بُطلٍ تماديها

يدٌ وَإن طالَ في بُطلٍ تماديها

Truth is too great to be dominated by

Truth is too great to be dominated

A hand, however long it persists in falsehood.

By a hand, no matter how long the ignorance persists

ما ضيَّعَ اللَهُ ظلماً أمَّةً نَهَجَت

ما ضيَّعَ اللَهُ ظلماً أمَّةً نَهَجَت

إلى المفاخرِ نَهجاً وهوَ هاديها

إلى المفاخرِ نَهجاً وهوَ هاديها

God has never unjustly forsaken a nation that has followed

God did not let any nation go astray that walked

A path toward glory, with Him as its guide.

The path of pride with Him as its guide

فَقَلِّدوا الأُمَّةَ الكُبرى وَقد رَكِبَت

فَقَلِّدوا الأُمَّةَ الكُبرى وَقد رَكِبَت

مَتنَ الفخارِ وكانَ الجِدُّ حاديها

مَتنَ الفخارِ وكانَ الجِدُّ حاديها

So emulate the great nation, which has mounted

So emulate the greatest nation that rode

The back of glory, with earnest striving as its camel-driver.

The saddle of glory when purpose led it

تَماسَكَت وَهيَ شَتّى فهيَ واحدَةٌ

تَماسَكَت وَهيَ شَتّى فهيَ واحدَةٌ

في القَصد حينَ رَأت كثراً أعاديها

في القَصد حينَ رَأت كثراً أعاديها

It held together, though scattered, and so stood as one

It remained united though diverse, so it is one

In purpose, when it saw its enemies were many.

In purpose when it saw many adversaries

يا آية الفَخرِ هلّا تَنزِلينَ كما

يا آية الفَخرِ هلّا تَنزِلينَ كما

نَزَلت ثمَّ على مصرٍ وَأهليها

نَزَلت ثمَّ على مصرٍ وَأهليها

O emblem of glory, will you not descend—as

O sign of pride, why don't you descend as

You descended there—upon Egypt and her people,

You descended upon Egypt and its people

كيما تجُرّ ذُيولاً منكِ جرَّرها

كيما تجُرّ ذُيولاً منكِ جرَّرها

من قَبلِنا التُركُ في أَوطانِهم تيها

من قَبلِنا التُركُ في أَوطانِهم تيها

So that she may trail skirts of yours, once trailed

So that you may drag behind you, dragged

Before us by the Turks in their homelands, in pride?

By us before, the Turks wandering their homelands

يا عابدين لأَنتِ اليومَ مَصدَرُها

يا عابدين لأَنتِ اليومَ مَصدَرُها

وفي ذَراكِ بِإذن اللَهِ موحيها

وفي ذَراكِ بِإذن اللَهِ موحيها

O Abdin, today you are indeed its source,

O worshippers, you are its source today

And in your shelter, by God’s leave, is its inspirer.

And in your protection, God willing, its inspiration