لِيَنْتَشِرْ بَعْدَ طَيٍِّ ذَلِكَ الْعَلَمُ

لِيَنْتَشِرْ بَعْدَ طَيٍِّ ذَلِكَ الْعَلَمُ

وَلْيَنْتَعِشْ أَمَلٌ يَكْبُو بِهِ الألمُ

وَلْيَنْتَعِشْ أَمَلٌ يَكْبُو بِهِ الألمُ

Let that banner unfurl again after it was folded away.

Let that flag unfurl after being folded;

And let hope revive—a hope before which pain stumbles.

And let the hope that pain makes falter revive.

لا خَطْبَ أَكْبَرُ مِمَّا رَاعَ أَثْبَتَكُمْ

لا خَطْبَ أَكْبَرُ مِمَّا رَاعَ أَثْبَتَكُمْ

لَكِنْ أُعِيذُكُمُ أَنْ تَضْعُفَ الْهِمَمُ

لَكِنْ أُعِيذُكُمُ أَنْ تَضْعُفَ الْهِمَمُ

No calamity is greater than that which dismayed the most steadfast among you.

No calamity is greater than what has shaken your most steadfast;

Yet I adjure you not to let your high resolve weaken.

But I pray you be spared a weakening of resolve.

ذَاكَ اللِّوَاءُ الَّذِي لُفَّ الرَّئِيسُ بِهِ

ذَاكَ اللِّوَاءُ الَّذِي لُفَّ الرَّئِيسُ بِهِ

زِيدَتْ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ فِي أَعْنَاقِنَا ذِمَمُ

زِيدَتْ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ فِي أَعْنَاقِنَا ذِمَمُ

That is the banner in which they wrapped the leader;

That banner in which the leader was wrapped—

today our obligations to it have multiplied upon our necks.

Today our necks bear added obligations toward it.

وَعَادَ أَوْلَى بإِجْلالٍ وَتَفْدِيَةٍ

وَعَادَ أَوْلَى بإِجْلالٍ وَتَفْدِيَةٍ

مِنْ حَيْثُ أُدْرِجَ فِيهِ ذَلِكَ الْعَلَمُ

مِنْ حَيْثُ أُدْرِجَ فِيهِ ذَلِكَ الْعَلَمُ

It has become still worthier of our reverence and sacrifice,

And it has become more deserving of reverence and sacrifice,

since that eminent figure was enfolded within it.

Since that luminary was enfolded within it.

إِني أَرَى وَجْهَ مِصْرٍ تَحْتَ غُرَّتِهِ

إِني أَرَى وَجْهَ مِصْرٍ تَحْتَ غُرَّتِهِ

يُخْفِي تَقَرُّحَ جَفْنَيْهِ وَيَبْتَسِمُ

يُخْفِي تَقَرُّحَ جَفْنَيْهِ وَيَبْتَسِمُ

I see Egypt’s face beneath its radiant crest,

Indeed, I see Egypt's face beneath its white blaze,

hiding the sores of its eyelids, yet smiling.

Hiding the rawness of its eyelids and smiling.

وَأَجْتَلِي قَلْبَهَا مَا بَيْنَ أَنْجُمِهِ

وَأَجْتَلِي قَلْبَهَا مَا بَيْنَ أَنْجُمِهِ

يَهْتَزُّ تِيهاً وَ سَعْدٌ فِيهِ مُرْتَسِمُ

يَهْتَزُّ تِيهاً وَ سَعْدٌ فِيهِ مُرْتَسِمُ

And I behold her heart amid its stars:

And I behold her heart among its stars,

her heart throbs proudly, with Saad portrayed upon it.

Quivering with pride, with Saad imprinted within it.

لا تَأْخُذِ الْغُمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى مَآخِذَهَا

لا تَأْخُذِ الْغُمَّةُ الْكُبْرَى مَآخِذَهَا

مِنْكُمْ وَإِنْ صَغُرَتْ تِلْقَاؤهَا الْغُمَمُ

مِنْكُمْ وَإِنْ صَغُرَتْ تِلْقَاؤهَا الْغُمَمُ

Do not let the supreme sorrow exact its full toll

Let not the greatest anguish take hold

from you, though all other sorrows are small beside it.

Of you, even though other sorrows are small beside it.

تِلْكَ النَّوَى إِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ صَدْعَهَا حَسُنَتْ

تِلْكَ النَّوَى إِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ صَدْعَهَا حَسُنَتْ

عُقْبَى لِمِصْرٍ وَعُقْبَى غَيْرِهَا نَدَمُ

عُقْبَى لِمِصْرٍ وَعُقْبَى غَيْرِهَا نَدَمُ

That parting—if you behold the breach it wrought—has brought a happy

That parting, if you perceive its breach, will prove good

outcome for Egypt; for others, the outcome is regret.

In its outcome for Egypt; for others, the outcome is regret.

أَمَاتَ سَعْدٌ وَرُوحُ الشَّعْبِ بَاقِيَةٌ

أَمَاتَ سَعْدٌ وَرُوحُ الشَّعْبِ بَاقِيَةٌ

وَالرَّأْيُ مُؤْتَلِفٌ وَالشَّمْلُ مُلْتَئِمُ

وَالرَّأْيُ مُؤْتَلِفٌ وَالشَّمْلُ مُلْتَئِمُ

Can Saad be dead while the people’s spirit endures,

Has Saad died, while the people's spirit lives on,

while counsel is united and the ranks are knit together?

And views are in accord and the ranks are united,

وَالرَّمْزُ بَاقٍ وَذَاكَ الصَّوْتُ نَسْمَعُهُ

وَالرَّمْزُ بَاقٍ وَذَاكَ الصَّوْتُ نَسْمَعُهُ

مَهْمَا تَنَوَّعَتِ الأَصْوَاتُ وَالْكَلِمُ

مَهْمَا تَنَوَّعَتِ الأَصْوَاتُ وَالْكَلِمُ

The emblem remains, and still we hear that voice,

And the symbol endures, and we hear that voice,

however varied the voices and the words.

However varied the voices and words may be?

إِنَّ اتِّحَادَ قُوَاكُمْ بَعْدَهُ عِوَضٌ

إِنَّ اتِّحَادَ قُوَاكُمْ بَعْدَهُ عِوَضٌ

مِمَنْ دَهَى مِصْر فِيهِ الثُّكْلُ وَاليَتَمُ

مِمَنْ دَهَى مِصْر فِيهِ الثُّكْلُ وَاليَتَمُ

Indeed, the union of your strength after him is recompense

Indeed, the union of your forces after him is recompense

for him through whose loss bereavement and orphanhood struck Egypt.

For him whose loss afflicted Egypt with bereavement and orphanhood.

وَالبِرُّ مِنْكُمْ بِهِ بِر بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ

وَالبِرُّ مِنْكُمْ بِهِ بِر بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ

إِمَّا الْوُجُودُ بِمَعْنَاهُ أَوِ الْعَدَمُ

إِمَّا الْوُجُودُ بِمَعْنَاهُ أَوِ الْعَدَمُ

Your devotion to him is devotion to yourselves:

And your devotion to him is devotion to yourselves:

either existence in its fullest meaning, or nonexistence.

Either existence in its true sense, or nothingness.