عِيدٌ تَجَدَّدَ فِيهِ مَجْدُ عَدْنَانِ

وَقَدْ تَآخَى المَلِيكَانِ الوَفِيَّانِ

A festival renewed, wherein Adnan’s glory

Is restored, as the two revered kings are allies

إِنْ مَثَّلا وَطَنَيْنِ اليَوْمَ فِي وَطَنٍ

فَمَا العُروبَةُ إِلاَّ شَمْلُ أَوْطَانِ

If our two homelands are compared today in one home

Then Arabism is nothing but the union of homelands

هَزَّ ائْتِلافُهُمَا الدُّنْيَا وَبَشَّرَهَا

بِيُمْنِ حَالٍ لأَجْيَالٍ وَأَزْمَانِ

Their alliance shook the world and gave it good tidings

Of blissful days and eras to come for generations

وَمَا يُوَثِّقُ عَهْداً فِي أَوَاصِرِه

كَمَا يُوَثِّقُهُ بِالوُدِّ قَلْبَانِ

And nothing makes a covenant firmer in its bonds

As two hearts do, when bound by affection

فَارُوقُ يَا مَنْ كَفَاهُ فِي حَصَافَته

وَعَدْله أَنَّهْ فَارٌوقٌ الثَّانِي

Reign in goodness, o you who suffice in his integrity

And justice that he is the second Rightly-Guided

أَوْلَيْنَ مِصْرَ مِنَ الآلاءِ مَا نَطَقَتْ

بِهِ رَوَائِعُ إِصْلاحٍ وَعُمْرَانِ

Bestow upon Egypt the utmost care, according to

What monuments of reform and urban growth have uttered

إِلَى مَفَاخِرَ مِلْءِ الشَّرْقِ مِنْ أَدَبٍ

وَمِنْ فُنُونٍ وَمِنْ تَثْقِيفِ أَذْهَانِ

To the glories that have filled the East with literature

And arts and cultivation of minds and common sense

وَاليَوْمَ ضَاعَفْتَ مَا تُسْدِي بِمَأْثَرَةٍ

أَعْيَتْ بِلُطْفِ المَعَانِي كُلَّ تِبْيَانِ

And today, you have redoubled whatever you bestow as a feat

That has exhausted all eloquence, despite its lucidity

فَقَدْ أَتَحْتَ لِمِصْرٍ مُلْتَقًى عَجَباً

جَلا لَهَا مَطْلَعَ البَدْرَيْنِ فِي آنِ

You have thus opened extraordinarily for Egypt a summit

That gathered the shining of two full moons in one moment

مَا أَعْجَزَ الشِّعْرَ عَنْ إِيفَاءٍ حَقِّهِمَا

لَوْ أَنَّهُ صِيغَ مِنْ دُرٍّ وَعِقْيَانِ

Poetry falls short of fulfilling their due right

Even if it were made of pearls and peridot

أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً بِمَنْ فِي القَلْبِ مَنْزِلُهُ

بِالعَاهِلِ العَربِيِّ البَاذِخِ الشَّانِ

Greetings and welcome to him who dwelling is in the heart

The lofty Arab ruler, eminent and high of station

كَالنَّجْمِ بُعْداً وَتُدْنِيه مُؤَانَسَةٌ

كَاللَّيْثِ بَأْساً وَفِيهِ حِلْمُ إِنْسَانِ

So far, like a star, and amity brings him closer

Conqueror, like a lion, and humanity of a human being

رَصَانَةٌ وَذَكَاءٌ وَانْبِسَاطْ يَدٍ

أَكْرِمْ بِهَا يَدَ سَمْحٍ غَيْرِ مَنَّانِ

Composure, brilliance, openhandedness

With which he honours the hand of generous non-miser

سَلْ أَهْلَ نَجْدٍ وَسَلْ أَهْلَ الحِجَازِ بِهِ

تَسْمَعُ أَحَادِيثَ سُمَّارٍ وَرُكْبَانِ

Ask the people of Nejd and ask the people of Hejaz about him

You hear the tales of cavaliers and riders' brigades

وَسَلْ أُولِي عَبْقَرِيَّاتٍ جَرَوْا مَعَهُ

عَنْ عَبْقَرِيَّته فِي كُلِّ مَيْدَانِ

And ask the intelligent ones who have benefited from his

Genius in every sphere and domain

نِعْمَ الأَمِينُ لِبَيْتِ الله يُوسِعُهُ

بِرّاً وَيَرْعَاهُ فِي تَقْوَى وَإِيمَانِ

How excellent the trustee of God's house who expands it

With righteousness and protects it in piety and faith

أَقَرَّ حَاضِرَهُ وَبَادِيَهُ

مَا أَنْفَعَ العَدْلَ مُقْرُوناً بِإِحْسَانِ

He provides settlement for his sedentary and nomadic people

How beneficial is justice combined with kindness

بَنَى القُرَى فِي أَقَاصِي البِيدِ يَعْمُرُهَا

وَقَبْلَهُ لَمْ تُبَاشِرْهَا يَدَا بَانِ

He built villages on the outskirts of plains to populate them

While none before had cultivated these desolate lands

يَسْتَقْبِلُ العَيْشَ فِيهَا مِنْ تَدَيَّرَهَا

وَلا تُرَاعُ لَهُ شَاءٌ بِذُؤْبَانِ

Their dwellers find sustenance wherever they roam

Without worrying they would be preyed on by predators

وَأَخْرَجَ الدَّرَّ مِنْ آَخْلافِ جَلْمَدهَا

لِلعَائِلِينَ وَمِنْ أَجْوَافِ غِيرَانِ

And he extracted riches from the depths of their solidity

To provide for families and from stony interiors

فِي الرِّزْقِ مَاءٌ لإِرْوَاءٍ وَتَغْدِيَةٍ

وَفِيهِ مَاءٌ لأَنْوَارٍ وَنَيدَانِ

In sustenance there is water to quench thirst and nourish

And in it there is water for lights and lamps

وَالمَاءُ وَالنَّارُ جَلَّ اللهُ رَبُّهُمَا

فِي النَّفْعِ لِلنَّاسِ أَوْ فِي الضُّرِّ سِيَّانِ

And God has ennobled water and fire

Whether benefitting or harming mankind, they're the same

حَيَّاكَ رَبُّكَ يَا ضَيْفاً أَلَمَّ بِنَا

وَنَحْنُ مِنْ جَذَلٍ أَشْبَاهُ ضِيفَانِ

May your Lord preserve you, o guest who has favoured us

While we remain always eager hosts

إِنَّ البِلادَ الَّتِي وَلَّتْكَ سُدَّتَهَا

لَهَا هَوَى مِصْرَ فِي سِرٍّ وَإِعْلانِ

The countries you rule have such passion for Egypt

Publicly declared and secretly held

هَوًى وَشَائِجُهُ فِيهَا مُقَدْسَةٌ

وَقَدْ أَقَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ كُلِّ بُرْهَانِ

A passion whose bonds therein are sacred

Fortified by every proof and evidence

هَلْ أَبْصَرَ الرَّكْبُ حَشْداً غَيْرَ مُبْتِهِجٍ

فِيهَا وَعَاجَ بِمَغْنًى غَيْرِ مُزْدَانِ

Has any caravan seen masses who are not joyful?

Delighting without melody or adornments

آلُ السُّعُودِ هُمُ الصِّيْدُ الأولَى كَتَبَتْ

آيًَ السُّعُودِ لَهُمْ أَقْلامُ مُرَّانِ

The clan of Saud, they are the prime game that destinies hunted

By God's will, have the pens of Providence inscribed

صَحَائِفُ المَجْدُ خَطُّوهَا وَزَيَّنَها

عَبْدُ العَزِيزِ بِتَاجٍ فَوْقَ عُنْوَانِ

Tablets of Glory lettered and decorated

By King Abdul Aziz with a crown above the title

فَمَا غَوَى جَيْشُ مِصْرٍ فِي تَحِيَّته

رَبَّ الكَتَائِبِ مِنْ رَجْلٍ وَفُرْسَانِ

Thus, did the army of Egypt err in greeting

The Lord of legions of footmen and horsemen

يَا سَادَةَ العُرْبِ مِنْ صُيَّابَةٍ نُجُبٍ

أُوتُوا الرِّياسَاتِ أَوْ أَرْبَابُ تِيجَانِ

O masters of Arabs, from esteemed and pure ancestors

Granted leadership or owners of crowns

تَضُمُّهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ الضَّادِ جَامِعَةٌ

كُلٌّ بِهَا لأَخِيهِ خَيْرُ مِعْوَانِ

They are united by the Arabic letter ’D’ into one league

Wherein each is for their brother the best helper

هَلْ بُغْيَةُ العُرْبِ إِلاَّ صَوْنُ غِزَّتِهِمْ

بِالاِئْتِلافِ وَإِلاَّ دَرْءُ عُدَوَانِ

Is the goal of Arabs other than to protect their glory?

Through solidarity, or to deflect aggression

لَمْ تَشْهَدُونَا وَأَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ أَعْيُنِنَا

وَرُبَّ قَاصٍ عَلَى رَغْمِ النَّوَى دَانِ

You were not spectating us, while being before our eyes

And how often does an archer hit despite unwillingness!

وَيَا مَلِيكَيْنِ فُزْنا مِنْ لِقَائِهِمَا

بِنِعْمَةٍ عَزَّ أَنْ نُوفَى بِشُكْرَانِ

O two lords, we gained from meeting you

A blessing we are too meek to repay with gratitude

عِيشَا وَزِيدَا فَخضارَ الأُمَّتَيْنِ بِمَا

آتَاكُمَا اللهُ مِنْ جَاهٍ وَسُلْطَانِ

Live long and prosper; and may your two nations thrive

With what God has granted you of status and kingdom