1. فَخَارٌ لِلْكِنَانَةِ أَنْ تَكُونِي

    رَئِيسَةَ الاتِّحَادِ اليَعْرُبِي

    It is an honor for Egypt that you should be

    president of the Arab Union,

  2. وَإِنْ تَتَبَوَّئِي مَكَانٍ

    بِنَدْوَةِ الاتِّحَادِ العَالَمِي

    and an honor if you take a place

    in the World Union's assembly.

  3. بِفَضْلِكِ فِي بِلادِ الضَّادِ هَبَّتْ

    عَقَائِلُهَا تُجَاهِدُ بِسَعْدِ لأْيِ

    Thanks to you, in the lands of ḍād arose

    their noble women, striving with toil's good fortune.

  4. وَنُورُ هُدَاكِ نَهْضَتَهُنَّ تَمَّتْ

    عَلَى قَدَرٍ وَلَمْ تُوصَمْ بِغِيِّ

    And by the light of your guidance their awakening was fulfilled

    in due measure, untainted by error.

  5. وَكَانَتْ فِي الحَيَاةِ سبِيل صِدقٍ

    لَينْتَصِفُ الضَّعِيفَ مِنَ القَويّ

    And it became, in life, a path of truth,

    that the weak might gain redress from the strong.

  6. نِسَاءُ الشَّرْقِ سِرْنَ مُبَارِيَاتٍ

    نِسَاءُ الغَرْبِ فِي السِّنَنِ السويِّ

    The women of the East went forth, vying with

    the women of the West along the upright path.

  7. وَفِي هَذَا التَّنَافُسِ كلُّ خَيرٍ

    يُرَجَّى لِلْحَضارَةِ وَالرُّقِيِّ

    And in this rivalry lies every good

    that one could wish for civilization and progress.

  8. بِمُؤْتَمَرِ النِّسَاءِ جلَوْتِ وَجْهاً

    يَقِرُّ بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنْهُ المُحيِّي

    At the women's congress you unveiled a face

    a glance from which gladdens its greeter.

  9. وَأَبْدَيْتِ الَّذِي أُوتِيتَ خُلْقاً

    وَخَلْقاً مِنْ كَمَالٍ عَبقَريِّ

    And you displayed what you were granted in character

    and form: an extraordinary perfection.

  10. فِلَسْطِينُ المُصَابَةُ ذُدْتِ عَنْهَا

    مِنَ الإِبْهَامِ وَالكَيْدِ الخَفِيِّ

    Afflicted Palestine—you shielded her

    from obfuscation and hidden intrigue.

  11. ولِلأُمَمِ المُباحَةِ كُنْتِ أَقْوَى

    مُؤَازَرَةٍ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ العَتِيِّ

    And for nations laid open to plunder you were the strongest

    support against ruthless time.

  12. إِذَا قِيل السَّلامُ وَذَاكَ لَفْظٌ

    لَهُ معنَاهُ فَهْوَ أَجَلُّ شيِّ

    If 'peace' is spoken—and that word

    bears its meaning—then it is the noblest thing.

  13. وَإِلاَّ فهو تَضْلِيلٌ يلهي

    بِهِ البَاكونَ فِي كَوْنٍ شَقِيِّ

    Otherwise, it is deception that distracts

    those who weep in a wretched world.

  14. لَقَدْ بَيَّنْتِ مَا نَهَجَ التَّصَافِي

    بِأَبْلَغِ حِجَّةٍ وَأَسَدِّ رأْيِ

    You have indeed made clear what mutual amity has charted,

    with the most eloquent argument and soundest judgment.

  15. وقَالَتْ فِيهِ صاحِبَتَاكِ قَوْلاً

    أَصابَ مكَامِنَ الدَّاءِ الدَّوِيِّ

    And your two companions spoke about it words

    that struck the lurking places of the grievous disease.

  16. فَأَهْلاً بِالَّتِي آبَتْ بِفَوزٍ

    يُكَلِّلُهَا بِإِكْلِيلٍ سَنِيِّ

    So welcome to her who has returned with victory,

    which crowns her with a radiant wreath.