عُد لِلمَعالي يا فُؤادُ فُؤاداً

عُد لِلمَعالي يا فُؤادُ فُؤاداً

لِلمَلك رُكناً لِلبِلاد عِمادا

لِلمَلك رُكناً لِلبِلاد عِمادا

Return, O Fuad, as the heart of noble pursuits,

Return to glory, O heart, a heart

a pillar for the king, a mainstay for the land;

A pillar for the nation, a pillar for the country

كَالشَمس مِن بَعد التَنَقُل في العُلى

كَالشَمس مِن بَعد التَنَقُل في العُلى

تَقضي إِلى البُرجِ العَليّ معادا

تَقضي إِلى البُرجِ العَليّ معادا

like the sun, which, after traveling through the heights,

Like the sun after moving through the heights

completes its return to the lofty celestial mansion.

It makes its way to the highest mansion

هَذا هُوَ اليَوم السَعيد فَإِنَّهُ

هَذا هُوَ اليَوم السَعيد فَإِنَّهُ

أَهدى لَنا الأَفراح وَالأَسعادا

أَهدى لَنا الأَفراح وَالأَسعادا

This is the happy day, for it

This is the auspicious day for it

has given us joys and good fortune.

Brought us joys and delights

طَفحت عَلى الأَكوانِ فيهِ مَسَرَةٌ

طَفحت عَلى الأَكوانِ فيهِ مَسَرَةٌ

عَمَت فَأَطرَبَت الجَمادَ فَمادا

عَمَت فَأَطرَبَت الجَمادَ فَمادا

Joy overflowed upon all creation that day;

Happiness has overflowed the cosmos on it

it spread everywhere, enrapturing lifeless matter until it swayed.

It has spread and made even the inanimate dance

قَد كُنتَ مُدَّخِراً لِكُلِ مُلمَةٍ

قَد كُنتَ مُدَّخِراً لِكُلِ مُلمَةٍ

فَطَلَعتَ تَشهرُ لِلخَطوبِ حدادا

فَطَلَعتَ تَشهرُ لِلخَطوبِ حدادا

You had been held in reserve for every calamity,

You used to hoard every distress

then you arose, brandishing blades against adversity.

But you rose to declare calamities invalid

وَالجَوهَر الفَرد العَزيز وَجودهُ

وَالجَوهَر الفَرد العَزيز وَجودهُ

أَبَداً يَكون لِمَن حَواهُ عِتادا

أَبَداً يَكون لِمَن حَواهُ عِتادا

And the peerless jewel, whose existence is rare,

The unique, precious essence of his existence

is always a resource for whoever possesses it.

Will always arm those who contain it

فَازح سَواد المُشكِلات بِفكرَةٍ

فَازح سَواد المُشكِلات بِفكرَةٍ

مَلَأت عُقول العالَمين رَشادا

مَلَأت عُقول العالَمين رَشادا

So dispel the darkness of difficulties with a thought

Repel the darkness of problems with an idea

that has filled humankind’s minds with sound judgment.

That has filled the minds of both worlds with guidance

وَاِدفَع عِناد الجامِحين بِهَمَةٍ

وَاِدفَع عِناد الجامِحين بِهَمَةٍ

لَو صادَمَت صَرف الزَمان لَبادا

لَو صادَمَت صَرف الزَمان لَبادا

And repel the obstinacy of the unruly with a resolve:

And repel the stubbornness of the raging with determination

if it clashed with time’s vicissitudes, they would surely perish.

That if it clashed with the course of time, it would annihilate it

أَنتَ الَّذي بِرَشادِهِ وَسَدادِهِ

أَنتَ الَّذي بِرَشادِهِ وَسَدادِهِ

وَجِهادِهِ محق الفَساد فَسادا

وَجِهادِهِ محق الفَساد فَسادا

You are the one who, through your guidance and sound judgment,

You are the one whose guidance, integrity

and your striving, eradicated corruption and thus prevailed.

And struggle has erased corruption and corruption

أَنتَ الَّذي اِلتَفَّت عَلَيكَ بِنو المَلا

أَنتَ الَّذي اِلتَفَّت عَلَيكَ بِنو المَلا

وَالكَون أَجمَعَهُ بِمَدحِكَ نادى

وَالكَون أَجمَعَهُ بِمَدحِكَ نادى

You are the one around whom the sons of the notables gathered,

You are the one kings have rallied around

and the whole universe cried out in praise of you.

And the universe has called out your praise

أَنتَ الَّذي كَلِمات فيكَ إِذا سَرَت

أَنتَ الَّذي كَلِمات فيكَ إِذا سَرَت

كانَت لِأَعمال المُلوك قِيادا

كانَت لِأَعمال المُلوك قِيادا

You are the one: words about you, when they spread,

You are the one whose words when they are revealed

become reins for the actions of kings.

Become guides for the actions of kings

لَكَ في جَبين العَصر أَعظَم مِنَّةٍ

لَكَ في جَبين العَصر أَعظَم مِنَّةٍ

قَد طَوَقَت بِجَميلَكَ الأَجيادا

قَد طَوَقَت بِجَميلَكَ الأَجيادا

Yours, upon the brow of the age, is the greatest benefaction;

You have the greatest blessing on the forehead of the age

it has encircled necks with your kindness.

Which has crowned your beauty with glory

تُحيي القُلوب لحاظ طَرفك إِن تَشا

تُحيي القُلوب لحاظ طَرفك إِن تَشا

وَإِذا أَرَدتَ تَزعزع الأَطوادا

وَإِذا أَرَدتَ تَزعزع الأَطوادا

The glances of your eye revive hearts, if you wish,

A glance from your eye enlivens hearts

and if you desire, they shake the great mountains.

And if you wish, you shake mountains

نَصرَ الإِلَهُ مَليكَنا فَجَميلَهُ

نَصرَ الإِلَهُ مَليكَنا فَجَميلَهُ

في الداخِلية أَنعَشَ الأَكبادا

في الداخِلية أَنعَشَ الأَكبادا

May God grant our king victory, for his kindness

God has granted victory to our King, so his beauty

in internal affairs has revived the livers.

Revived spirits domestically and animated them

أَحيي مَعالِمُها كَما بِفوادِهِ

أَحيي مَعالِمُها كَما بِفوادِهِ

أَرخَتهُ لِلخارِجِيَةِ جادا

أَرخَتهُ لِلخارِجِيَةِ جادا

He revived its landmarks, just as, with his Fuad,

His features have revived it as his gallantry

he gave generously to Foreign Affairs—I recorded its date.

Has draped the foreign sphere with generosity