أنت دنيا ما أنت لوح خيال

أنت دنيا ما أنت لوح خيال

ما على العلم غاية بمحال

ما على العلم غاية بمحال

You are a world, not a screen of illusion.

You are a world; you are not merely a screen of shadows,

No goal is impossible for science.

In the realm of science, no goal is deemed impossible.

أنت دنيا عريضة من بلاد

أنت دنيا عريضة من بلاد

وعباد وأبحر وجبال

وعباد وأبحر وجبال

You are a vast world of lands,

You are a vast world comprised of many lands,

And people, seas, and mountains,

Of peoples, of oceans, and of mountains;

بين حالي سعادة وشقاء

بين حالي سعادة وشقاء

وزماني وداعة وقتال

وزماني وداعة وقتال

Between the two states of happiness and misery,

Oscillating between states of felicity and misery,

And the two times of peacefulness and battle.

And times of tranquility and combat.

في ملاهيك جد للعين والأذ

في ملاهيك جد للعين والأذ

ن ضروب من الرؤى والأمالي

ن ضروب من الرؤى والأمالي

In your entertainments there have arisen, for eye and ear,

In your amusements, there is novelty for the eye and the ear,

Varied visions and recitations.

Manifold forms of visions and aspirations.

آن للذوق منك والشم واللـ

آن للذوق منك والشم واللـ

ـمس نوال فجد لها بالنوال

ـمس نوال فجد لها بالنوال

It is time for taste, smell, and touch to receive from you

The time has come for taste, smell, and touch

A bounty; so lavish your bounty upon them.

To receive a bounty from you, so grant them that bounty.

ليس بدعا أن يحدث العلم فيها

ليس بدعا أن يحدث العلم فيها

بك إلمامة وبعض اتصال

بك إلمامة وبعض اتصال

It is no strange thing that science should create in them

It is no heresy if science brings about within it

Some acquaintance with you and a measure of contact.

An encounter and a measure of connection.

جمع الجيل فيك والجيل حتى

جمع الجيل فيك والجيل حتى

صرت يا لوح مجمع الأجيال

صرت يا لوح مجمع الأجيال

Generation after generation was gathered in you, until

Generation upon generation has gathered within you, until

You became, O screen, the gathering place of generations.

You became, O screen, the meeting place of ages.

صور من ممالك قائمات

صور من ممالك قائمات

وتقاليد من هدى وضلال

وتقاليد من هدى وضلال

Images of kingdoms standing,

Images of kingdoms still standing,

And traditions of guidance and error.

And traditions of guidance and error alike.

فكأني أرى القيامة قامت

فكأني أرى القيامة قامت

وأرى الخلق مهطعين حيالي

وأرى الخلق مهطعين حيالي

It is as though I see the Resurrection come to pass,

It is as though I see the Resurrection taking place,

And see creation hastening before me.

And I behold all creation hastening before me.

فكأني أرى شريطك عرضا

فكأني أرى شريطك عرضا

فيه فضت صحائف الأعمال

فيه فضت صحائف الأعمال

As though I see your filmstrip displayed,

It is as though I view your reel displayed,

Within it, the scrolls of deeds have been unsealed.

Wherein the scrolls of deeds are broken open.

عظ به يا جماد من كان حيا

عظ به يا جماد من كان حيا

فمقال الجماد فصل المقال

فمقال الجماد فصل المقال

Admonish through it, O lifeless thing, whoever is alive;

Admonish, O inanimate object, those who live;

For the speech of the lifeless is the decisive word.

For the speech of the inanimate is the decisive word.

هون الموت عالم لك فيه

هون الموت عالم لك فيه

كل حي مخلد بمثال

كل حي مخلد بمثال

A world of yours has made death easier: in it,

Death is made light in a world where you hold

Every living being is immortalized in an image.

Every living being, immortalized in an image.

والتقى حاضر الزمان بماضيه

والتقى حاضر الزمان بماضيه

كأن لم يكن به من زوال

كأن لم يكن به من زوال

The present age has met its past,

The present of time has met with its past,

As though nothing in it had ever passed away.

As if it had never suffered any demise.

ووعى الناس ألسنا مند شتى

ووعى الناس ألسنا مند شتى

في مغاز علمية ذات بال

في مغاز علمية ذات بال

And people understood tongues [unclear word] of many kinds,

People have understood diverse tongues,

In scientific themes of consequence.

Through scientific pursuits of high import.

وتجلت فصحى اللغات كشمس

وتجلت فصحى اللغات كشمس

فخبا كل كوكب متلالي

فخبا كل كوكب متلالي

And the most eloquent of tongues shone forth like a sun,

And the most eloquent of languages shone forth like a sun,

So every glittering star grew dim.

Causing every glittering star to fade away.

زانك الضاد من لسان بديع

زانك الضاد من لسان بديع

أيها الفيلم البديع الجمال

أيها الفيلم البديع الجمال

The ḍād of a wondrous tongue adorned you,

The letter "Dad" adorned you with a marvelous tongue,

O film of wondrous beauty!

O Film of wondrous beauty.

فهو وحي إلى شهودك يوحى

فهو وحي إلى شهودك يوحى

من سماء الحجى وعرش الجلال

من سماء الحجى وعرش الجلال

For it is a revelation revealed to your viewers,

It is a revelation inspired unto your beholders,

From the heaven of reason and the throne of majesty.

From the heaven of wisdom and the throne of majesty.

وبدا الشرق فيك للغرب مرعى

وبدا الشرق فيك للغرب مرعى

للحضارات مخصبا بالرجال

للحضارات مخصبا بالرجال

And in you the East appeared to the West as a pasture

Through you, the East appeared to the West as a fertile pasture

For civilizations, fertile with men.

For civilizations, teeming with great men.

حي قوما أبوا سوى الكشف عما

حي قوما أبوا سوى الكشف عما

أودع الشرق من عظات غوالي

أودع الشرق من عظات غوالي

Salute a people who insisted on uncovering what

Salute a people who refused all but to reveal

The East has stored of precious lessons.

The precious lessons deposited within the East.

ناولونا من الكنانة سهما

ناولونا من الكنانة سهما

ومعينا من نيلها السيال

ومعينا من نيلها السيال

They handed us an arrow from al-Kināna, the quiver,

They handed us an arrow from the Quiver of Egypt,

And a spring from its ever-flowing Nile.

And a pure spring from its flowing Nile.

تلد مصر مثوى الفراعين في الما

تلد مصر مثوى الفراعين في الما

ضي ومأوى بنيهم في الحال

ضي ومأوى بنيهم في الحال

Egypt's ancient heritage, the pharaohs' abode in the past,

Egypt brings forth the resting place of Pharaohs in the past,

And their sons' refuge in the present.

And the sanctuary of their sons in the present.

ضل «أنشودة الفؤاد» فؤاد

ضل «أنشودة الفؤاد» فؤاد

لم يصلها بعطفه المتوالي

لم يصلها بعطفه المتوالي

A heart has strayed from “Song of the Heart”

A heart has gone astray that "The Song of the Heart"

That has not sustained it with its unceasing affection.

Has not reached with its unceasing affection.

نسم من جوانب النيل أفشى

نسم من جوانب النيل أفشى

نغم النيل تحت جنح الليالي

نغم النيل تحت جنح الليالي

A breeze from the banks of the Nile spread

A breeze from the banks of the Nile has spread,

The Nile's melody beneath the wing of night.

Diffusing the melody of the Nile beneath the wing of night.

نم عن مائه النمير وعما

نم عن مائه النمير وعما

حوله من ماثر وخلال

حوله من ماثر وخلال

It told of its sweet water, and of what

It revealed the secrets of its sweet waters, and of that

Lay around it—glorious deeds and virtues.

Which surrounds it of glories and noble traits.

عرف الشرق مشرقا من قديم

عرف الشرق مشرقا من قديم

وجديد على الفلا والتلال

وجديد على الفلا والتلال

It made the East known, radiant with the ancient

The East has been known as radiant from ancient times,

And the new, over deserts and hills.

As well as modern, over the deserts and the hills.

وكأني به أطل على الغر

وكأني به أطل على الغر

ب مع الشمس ضاحكا عن لآلي

ب مع الشمس ضاحكا عن لآلي

And I seem to see it looking out over the West,

It is as though I see it overlooking the West,

With the sun, smiling to reveal pearls.

Alongside the sun, smiling to reveal pearls of light.

وكأني بالغرب أذعن للشر

وكأني بالغرب أذعن للشر

ق اعترافا بما له من كمال

ق اعترافا بما له من كمال

And I seem to see the West yielding to the East,

And it is as though I see the West yielding to the East,

Acknowledging the perfection it possesses.

In acknowledgement of the perfection it possesses.