1. رَبَّةَ الدَّوْلَةِ وَالجَاهِ المَكِينْ

    عُدْتِ يَحْدُو رَكْبَكِ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينْ

    O lady of sovereignty and firmly established prestige,

    you returned, the Trustworthy Spirit urging your caravan onward.

  2. عُدْتِ فِي مُنْشَأَةٍ مُعْتَزَّةٍ

    بِكِ وَالبَحْرُ ذَلُولٌ مُسْتَكِينْ

    You returned aboard a vessel proud

    of you, while the sea lay docile and submissive.

  3. يَتَلَقَّاهَا بِرِفْقٍ صَدْرُهُ

    وَيُحَيِّي عَنْ شِمَالٍ وَيَمِينْ

    Its breast receives her gently

    and greets her from the left and right.

  4. قُلِّدَتْ مَا قُلِّدَتْ مِنْ شَرَفٍ

    وَلَهَا أَعْلَى لِوَاءٍ فِي السَّفِينْ

    She has been adorned with all her honors,

    and hers is the highest banner among ships.

  5. بَسَمَ الأُفْقَيْنِ فِي آنٍ بَدَتْ

    آيَتَا الإِحْسَانِ وَالحُسْنِ المُبِينْ

    Both horizons smiled as, at once, there appeared

    the twin signs of benevolence and manifest beauty.

  6. بَزَغَتْ شَمْسُ الضُّحَى مِنْ سِتْرِهَا

    وَهِلالُ العِيدِ مِنْ أَنْقَى جَبِينْ

    The morning sun rose from behind her veil,

    and the crescent of Eid from the purest brow.

  7. مَرْحَباً بِالفَضْلِ وَالنُّبْلِ مَعاً

    طَلَعَا بِاليُمْنِ لِلْمُرْتَقِبِينْ

    Welcome to excellence and nobility together,

    risen with good fortune for those awaiting them.

  8. هَذِهِ جَنَّات مِصْرٍ أَبْرَزَتْ

    لَكِ مِنْ زِينَتِهَا مَا تَشْهَدِينْ

    Here are Egypt's gardens; they have displayed

    for you the adornments you behold.

  9. لَبِسَتْ سُنْدُسَهَا الأَرْضُ لِمَنْ

    أَلْبَسَتْهَا الفَخْرُ بَيْنَ الأَرَضِينْ

    The land has donned her fine silk for her

    who clothed her in pride among the lands.

  10. آتَتِ الأَشْجَارُ مَا اسْتَنْبَتَهَا

    بِرُّهَا مِنْ أُكُلٍ لِلآكِلينْ

    The trees have yielded what they were made to grow

    by her goodness—fruit for those who eat.

  11. شَدَتِ الأَطْيَارُ تَتْلُو حَمْدَهَا

    بَعْدَ حَمْدِ الله رَبِّ العَالَمِينْ

    The birds sang, reciting her praise

    after praising God, Lord of the worlds.

  12. حَبَّذَا تَغْرِيدُهَا فِي جَذَلٍ

    بَعْدَ شَجْوٍ رَدَّدَتْهُ وَأَنِينْ

    How lovely their singing in gladness,

    after the sorrow they echoed and their moaning.

  13. إِنَّ آمَالَ بِلادٍ وَمُنَى

    أُمَّةٍ مُوحِيَةٌ مَا تَسْمَعِينْ

    Indeed, a country's hopes and the wishes

    of a nation inspire what you hear.

  14. لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ مُدَاجَاةٍ وَهَلْ

    يَصْدُقُ الإِنْشَادُ وَالقَلْبُ يمينْ

    There is no dissimulation in it; and can

    song ring true while the heart lies?

  15. فَاضَ مَجْرَى النِّيلِ مِنْ يَنْبُوعِهِ

    بَاسِطاً أَذْرُعَهُ لِلْمُسْتَقِينْ

    The Nile's stream overflowed from its source,

    spreading its arms to those who draw water.

  16. يَحْمِلُ الخِصْبَ وَمَا عُنْصُرُهُ

    غَيْرُ مَا يُهْدِي مِنَ الكَنْزِ الثَّمِينْ

    It bears fertility, and its substance is

    nothing but the precious treasure it bestows.

  17. أَرْخَصَ العَسْجَدَ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ

    جَازَ فِي المَأْلُوفِ أَنْ يُسْمَى بِطِينْ

    It has made gold so cheap that it

    may, in common usage, be called clay.

  18. فَهْوَ فَوْقَ التُّرْبِ تِبْرٌ ذَائِبٌ

    وَهْوَ للوُرَّادِ سَلْسَالٌ مَعِينْ

    For upon the soil it is molten gold,

    and for those seeking water, a sweet, flowing stream.

  19. عَوْدُكِ المَحْمُودُ عِيدٌ لِلْحِمَى

    وَلأَهْلِيهِ عَلَى مَرِّ السِّنِينْ

    Your welcome return is a feast for the homeland

    and its people through the passing years.

  20. لَوْ تَسَنَّى فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ

    جَمْعُهُمْ أَلْفَيْتِهِمْ مُجْتَمِعِينْ

    Were it possible in a single place

    to gather them, you would find them assembled.

  21. ذَلِكَ الوُدُّ قَديمٌ زَادَهُ

    كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبَبٌ مِنْكِ مَتِينْ

    That affection is longstanding; it has been deepened

    each day by a strong bond from you.

  22. مَكْرُمَاتٌ أَلَّفَتْ بَيْنَهُمُ

    إِنْ يُرَوا فِي غَيْرِهَا مُخْتَلِفِينْ

    Generous deeds have united them,

    even if in other things they are seen divided.

  23. كَيْفَ لا يُصْفِيكِ وُدّاً مَعْشَرٌ

    لَكِ بِالشُّكْرِ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ مَدِينْ

    How could a community not give you sincere love,

    forever indebted to you in gratitude?

  24. زِدْتهِ بِرّاً بِأَنْ كُنْتِ لَهُ

    نِعْمَةَ القُدْوَةُ فِي دُنْيَا وَدِينْ

    You showed it still more kindness by being for it

    a blessed example in worldly life and faith.

  25. لاَ كَبَا جَدُّكِ مِنْ سَيِّدَةٍ

    فَضْلُهَا يَشْمَلُهُ فِي كُلِّ حِينْ

    May your fortune never falter, O lady,

    whose bounty embraces it at every moment.

  26. لَوْ عَدَدْنَا فِيهِ مَنْ أَسْعَدْتِهِ

    لَعَدَدْنَاهُمْ أُلُوفاً وَمِئِينْ

    If we counted within it those you have made happy,

    we would count them in thousands and hundreds.

  27. تُخْطِيءُ الحَصْرَ أَيَادٍ لَمْ تَدَعْ

    مَوْضِعاً لِلْحُزْنِ فِي قَلْبٍ حَزِينْ

    Benefactions defy counting; they have not left

    room for sorrow in a grieving heart.

  28. زَارَتِ الدَّهْمَاءَ فِي أَخْصَاضِها

    وَاسْتَزَارَتْهَا قُصُورُ المَالِكِينْ

    She visited the common people in their huts,

    and the palaces of lords invited her to visit.

  29. كَمْ بَنَتْ مَأْوىً وَشَادَتْ مَلْجَأً

    لِلأَيَامَى وَاليَتَامَى البَائِسِينْ

    How many shelters she built and refuges raised

    for widows and destitute orphans!

  30. وَأَقَامَتْ دَارَ عِلْمٍ نَشَّأَتْ

    خَيْرَ جِيلٍ مِنْ بَنَاتٍ وَبَنِينْ

    And she founded a house of learning that raised

    the finest generation of girls and boys.

  31. يَا لَهَا مِنْ مَأْثَرَاتٍ كُلُّهَا

    خَالِدٌ فِي ذِكْرَيَاتِ الذَّاكِرِينْ

    What noble deeds are hers—each one

    immortal in the memories of those who remember!

  32. دُمْتِ لِلإِحْسَانِ مَا طَالَ المَدَى

    وَأَعَزَّ اللهُ أُمَّ المُحْسِنِينْ

    May you live for benevolence as long as time endures,

    and may God exalt the Mother of Benefactors.