1. هُمْ يَفْتَحُونَ السَّمَاءَ

    وَيَمْلكُونَ الهَوَاءَ

    They open the sky,

    and master the air,

  2. وَيَقْطَعُونَ الصَّحَارَى

    وَيَعْبُرُونَ المَاءَ

    and traverse the deserts,

    and cross the water.

  3. وَنَحْنُ نَمْكُثُ فِي عُقْـ

    ـرِ دَارِنَا غُرَبَاءَ

    While we remain in the heart

    of our own home, strangers,

  4. كَأَنَّنَا قَدْ خُلِقْنَا

    نُلاَمِسُ الغَبْرَاءَ

    as though we had been created

    to touch the dusty earth.

  5. نَرْنُو وَنَأْسَى وَنُفْنِي

    دَمْعَ العُيُونِ بُكَاءَ

    We gaze, and grieve, and exhaust

    our eyes' tears in weeping.

  6. وَلاَ نَرَى غَيْرَ ذِكْرَى

    أَجْدَادِنَا تَأْسَاءَ

    And we see nothing but the memory

    of our forefathers as consolation.

  7. نَالَ التَّوَاكُلُ مِنَّا

    وَالضَّعْفُ مَا الجَهْلُ شَاءَ

    Idle dependence has done to us—

    and weakness too—what ignorance wished.

  8. وَاللَّهْوُ حَطَّ قُوَانَا

    وَسَفَّلَ الأَهْوَاءَ

    Idle amusement has sapped our strength

    and debased our desires.

  9. وأَوْشَكَ اليَأْسُ أَنْ يُسْـ

    ـئِمَ الكِرَامَ البَقَاءَ

    And despair would almost have made

    the noble weary of life,

  10. لَوْ لَمْ يُقَيِّضْ لَنَا اللَّـ

    ـهُ نُخْبَةً نُبَلاَءَ

    had God not appointed for us

    a chosen band of noble men.

  11. تَنَافَسُوا فِي سَبِيلِ الْـ

    ـحِمَى نَدىً وَفِدَاءَ

    They vied with one another for

    the homeland, in generosity and self-sacrifice,

  12. وَبِالمَآثِرِ رَدَّوا

    إِلىَ النُّفُوسِ الرَّجَاءَ

    and through noble deeds restored

    hope to souls.

  13. حَيتْ سَمَاءُ المَعَالِي

    نَجْماً جَدِيداً أَضَاءَ

    The heaven of high achievement hailed

    a new star that shone.

  14. وَصَانَ كَالِيءُ مِصْرٍ

    سَرَاتَهَا العُظَمَاءَ

    And Egypt's guardian protected

    her foremost, illustrious men,

  15. وَخَصَّ فِيهَا بِخَيْرٍ

    قَلِّينِيَ المِعْطَاءَ

    and there singled out for favor

    Qallini, the bountiful,

  16. أَلأَرِيحِيَّ سَلِيلَ الْـ

    ـبَيْتِ الرَّفِيعِ بِنَاءَ

    the openhanded scion of

    a house of lofty stature.

  17. يَا ابْنَ الأَمَاجِدِ مِنْ

    مَحْتِدٍ سَمَا الجَوْزَاءَ

    O son of illustrious men, from

    a lineage that rose above al-Jawza!

  18. لِلهِ مَكْرُمَةٌ جَا

    زَتِ الظُّنُونَ سَخَاءَ

    God be praised for a noble deed that surpassed

    all expectations in generosity!

  19. هَلِ المَقَالَةُ تُوفِي

    مَا تَسْتَحِقُّ ثَنَاءَ

    Can words render

    the praise you deserve?

  20. هَذِي البُيُوتُ تُرَبِّي

    البَنَاتِ وَالأَبْنَاءَ

    These houses rear

    the daughters and the sons.

  21. هِيَ المَنَابِتُ يَزْكُو

    فِيهَا الغِرَاسُ نَمَاءَ

    They are the seedbeds; there flourish

    the plantings, ever growing.

  22. هِيَ العُيُونُ الصَّوَافِي

    تُرْوِي القُلُوبَ الظِّمَاءَ

    They are the clear springs

    that quench the thirsty hearts.

  23. بِالعِلْمِ تُدْرِكُ مِصـ

    ـرُ الْحُرِيَّةَ العَصْمَاءَ

    Through knowledge, Egypt attains

    unassailable freedom,

  24. وَتَسْتَعِيدُ الفَخَارَ

    القَدِيمَ وَالعَلْيَاءَ

    and regains her glory

    of old, and her lofty rank,

  25. وَتَسْتَرِدُّ مِنَ الدَّهْـ

    ـرِ عِزَّهَا وَالرَّخَاءَ

    and reclaims from time

    her dignity and prosperity.

  26. شَبَابُهَا صَفْوَةُ النَّـ

    ـشْىءِ فِطْنَةً وَذَكَاءَ

    Her youth are the finest of the

    rising generation in discernment and intelligence.

  27. إِنْ ثُقِّفُوا بَهَرُوا الْـ

    ـخَلْقَ هِمَّةً وَمَضَاءَ

    If educated, they dazzle

    humanity with zeal and resolve.

  28. هُمُ المَخَايِلُ فِي أَوْجُـ

    ـهِ العُلَى تَتَرَاءَى

    They are the signs of promise, on the faces

    of greatness coming into view.

  29. هُمُ البَشَائِرُ تَجْلُو

    لِلرَّاقِبِينَ ذُكَاءَ

    They are the glad tidings that unveil

    the sun to those who watch,

  30. فِي فَجْرِ عَصْرٍ جَدِيدٍ

    يَزْهُو سَنىً وَسَنَاءَ

    at the dawn of a new age

    resplendent in radiance and grandeur.

  31. بَنَاتُهَا لاَ يُضَارَعْـ

    ـنَ زِينَةً وَحَيَاءَ

    Her daughters cannot be rivaled

    in beauty and modesty.

  32. إِذَا سَفَرْنَ أَغَرْ

    نَ الكَوَاكِبَ الزَّهْرَاءَ

    When they unveil themselves, they make

    the shining stars envious.

  33. حَرَائِرُ الطَّبْعِ غَبْنٌ

    أَنْ يَغْتَدِينَ إِمَاءَ

    Free women by nature—it is a wrong

    that they should become bondwomen.

  34. وَكَيْفَ يُنْجِبْنَ فِي الرِّ

    قِّ سَادَةً طُلَقَاءَ

    And how can they bear, in bondage,

    masters who are free?

  35. أَرْقَى الشُّعُوبِ رِجَالاً

    أَرْقَى الشُّعُوبِ نِسَاءَ

    The nations most advanced in men

    are those most advanced in women.

  36. فَيَا سَرِيًّا بِأْسْنَى الهِبَـ

    ـاتِ زَكَّى الثَّرَاءَ

    So, O noble man, through the finest gifts

    you have purified wealth,

  37. وَمُفْرَداً فِي زَمَانٍ

    أَبَى لَهُ النُّظَرَاءَ

    and peerless one, in an age

    that would grant you no equal—

  38. أَلشَّرْقُ يَذْكُرُ بِالْحَمْدِ

    هَذِهِ الآلاءِ

    the East remembers with praise

    these benefactions,

  39. وَمِصْرُ تَرْفَعُ تِيهاً

    جَبِينَهَا الوَضَّاءَ

    and Egypt proudly raises

    her radiant brow.

  40. فَاسْلَمْ لَهَا وَخَلَقَّ التَّـ

    ـخْلِيدَ فِيهَا جَزَاءَ

    So remain safe for her, and [receive]

    immortality within her as your reward.