عرشٌ بطولِ مدارِ السبعَةِ الشهبِ

عرشٌ بطولِ مدارِ السبعَةِ الشهبِ

والشمسُ في تاجِهِ لا حليةَ الذهبِ

والشمسُ في تاجِهِ لا حليةَ الذهبِ

A throne as long as the orbit of the seven blazing stars,

A throne as long as the orbit of the seven stars

with the sun in its crown, not an ornament of gold.

With the sun as its crown, not gold's adornment

حيّ الزمانَ بكفِّ العزِّ مالكهُ

حيّ الزمانَ بكفِّ العزِّ مالكهُ

فصافحتْ منهُ كفَّ المجدِ والحسبِ

فصافحتْ منهُ كفَّ المجدِ والحسبِ

Its master greeted Time with the hand of honor,

It revived the times with the palm of glory owning it

and Time clasped his hand of glory and noble lineage.

So the palm of glory and merit greeted it

على جوانبهِ نورٌ تلألأَ منْ

على جوانبهِ نورٌ تلألأَ منْ

نورِ الأميرِ وأجدادٍ لهُ وأبِ

نورِ الأميرِ وأجدادٍ لهُ وأبِ

Along its sides a light sparkled, drawn from

On its sides shone a light that sparkled

the light of the prince, his forefathers, and his father.

From the light of the Prince and ancestors of his and father

يدني النفوسَ وتقصيها مهابتهُ

يدني النفوسَ وتقصيها مهابتهُ

كزخرفِ الشمسِ في الهنديةِ القضُبِ

كزخرفِ الشمسِ في الهنديةِ القضُبِ

It draws souls near, yet its majesty drives them away,

Its awe draws souls near and examines them

like the sun's glitter upon Indian blades.

Like the sun's decor in Indian aloe wood canes

وما راى وجهَ عباسٍ يقابلهُ

وما راى وجهَ عباسٍ يقابلهُ

إلا تهللَ بينَ التيهِ والعجبِ

إلا تهللَ بينَ التيهِ والعجبِ

And never did it see Abbas's face before it

And none who saw Abbas's face facing it

without beaming with pride and wonder.

Except they were delighted between bewilderment and wonder

مولايَ إنَّ بيومٍ قدْ رقيتُ لهُ

مولايَ إنَّ بيومٍ قدْ رقيتُ لهُ

من رحمةِ اللهِ سرّاً بانَ للحقبِ

من رحمةِ اللهِ سرّاً بانَ للحقبِ

My lord, in a day to which I have risen,

My Master, I have indeed risen with it one day

lies a secret of God's mercy, revealed to the ages.

Through God's mercy, a secret made clear by time

يوم تمنتهُ مصرَ قبلَ سوّغها اللّ

يوم تمنتهُ مصرَ قبلَ سوّغها اللّ

ه المنى وغدتْ موصولة السببِ

ه المنى وغدتْ موصولة السببِ

A day Egypt longed for, before God granted her

The day Egypt wished for before God made its attainment permissible

her wishes, and her bond became unbroken.

And it became connected by cause

عباسُ أسعدها واللهُ أيدها

عباسُ أسعدها واللهُ أيدها

والدهرُ مجَّدها بالعلمِ والأدبِ

والدهرُ مجَّدها بالعلمِ والأدبِ

Abbas brought her happiness, and God strengthened her;

Abbas made it prosperous and God supported it

and Time glorified her through learning and literature.

And time honored it with knowledge and literature

فامتدَّ جانبها واشتدَّ صاحبها

فامتدَّ جانبها واشتدَّ صاحبها

وارتدَّ خاطبها عن ذلكَ الأربِ

وارتدَّ خاطبها عن ذلكَ الأربِ

So her reach expanded, and her master grew strong,

So its side expanded and its companion strengthened

and her suitor turned away from that desire.

And its suitor retreated from that sand dune

والنيلُ مذ نسبوهُ للأميرِ جرى

والنيلُ مذ نسبوهُ للأميرِ جرى

ينافرُ السينَ والتاميزَ في النسبِ

ينافرُ السينَ والتاميزَ في النسبِ

And the Nile, since they linked it to the prince, has flowed,

And since they attributed the Nile to the Prince it flowed

vying with the Seine and Thames in lineage.

Repelling the rivals and the envious in lineage

مثل العروسِ إذا زُفتْ تبختر في

مثل العروسِ إذا زُفتْ تبختر في

استبرقٍ عجبٍ أو سندسٍ قشبِ

استبرقٍ عجبٍ أو سندسٍ قشبِ

Like a bride led to her wedding, it struts in

Like a bride when she is brought on her wedding day swaggering

wondrous brocade or fresh fine silk;

In wondrous silk brocade or shiny Chinese satin

أو كالقصيدةِ في مدحِ العزيزِ إذا

أو كالقصيدةِ في مدحِ العزيزِ إذا

ما امتدَّ في الأرضِ مدَّ الشعرِ في الكتبِ

ما امتدَّ في الأرضِ مدَّ الشعرِ في الكتبِ

or like a poem in praise of the mighty one, when

Or like a poem in praise of the glorious when it extends

it stretches across the land as verse stretches through books.

Across the land like poetry's extension in books

يا صاحبَ النيلِ يحميهِ ويحرسهُ

يا صاحبَ النيلِ يحميهِ ويحرسهُ

من كيدِ ذي غللٍ في الصدرِ ملتهبِ

من كيدِ ذي غللٍ في الصدرِ ملتهبِ

O master of the Nile, who protects and guards it

O Nile's companion protecting and guarding it

from the schemes of one with burning rancor in his breast:

From the guile of one with covered hatred in his heated chest

لو يستطيعُ بنو مصرٍ لقد خبأوا

لو يستطيعُ بنو مصرٍ لقد خبأوا

ذا النيلَ في كلِّ جفنٍ غيرَ منتحبِ

ذا النيلَ في كلِّ جفنٍ غيرَ منتحبِ

if Egypt's sons could, they would surely hide

If Egypt's people could they would have hidden

this Nile within every eyelid that does not weep.

This Nile in every eyelid that is not weeping

فابسطْ يديكَ ليجري لائذاً بهما

فابسطْ يديكَ ليجري لائذاً بهما

إنب أرى الروعَ في آذيِّهِ الصخبِ

إنب أرى الروعَ في آذيِّهِ الصخبِ

So spread your hands, that it may flow seeking refuge in them;

So extend your hands that it may take refuge in them

indeed, I see terror in its clamorous waves.

I see alarm in its loud injured cries

هذي القلوبُ أحلتكَ الشغفُ فلم

هذي القلوبُ أحلتكَ الشغفُ فلم

تخفقْ وأنتَ بها إلا من الطربِ

تخفقْ وأنتَ بها إلا من الطربِ

These hearts have lodged you in their depths, so they have never

These hearts you have captivated with passion so they

beaten, with you within them, except out of rapture.

Throb for none but you out of joy

وكنَّ في مضضٍ لم يألها وأجاً

وكنَّ في مضضٍ لم يألها وأجاً

واليومَ طبْنَ ولولا أنتَ لم تطبِ

واليومَ طبْنَ ولولا أنتَ لم تطبِ

They had been in anguish that spared them no burning pain,

And they were in distress that did not subside until

and today they are well; without you, they would not be.

Today when they are sated, and were it not for you, they would not be sated

أفزرتَ مصرَ على ريحٍ تكفؤها

أفزرتَ مصرَ على ريحٍ تكفؤها

كبَّ السفينةِ في التيارِ والعببِ

كبَّ السفينةِ في التيارِ والعببِ

You [supported?] Egypt against a wind that overturned her,

You have made Egypt triumphant on a wind equaling it

as a ship is capsized amid the current and the swells.

Like the ship's captain in the currents and open waters

وقيتها حينَ لا أمنٌ ولا رغدٌ

وقيتها حينَ لا أمنٌ ولا رغدٌ

وجئتها بحياةٍ وهي في العطبِ

وجئتها بحياةٍ وهي في العطبِ

You protected her when there was neither safety nor ease,

And you protected it when there was no safety or prosperity

and brought her life while she lay in ruin.

And you came to it with life when it was failing

فكنتَ جُنتها من كلِّ طارقةٍ

فكنتَ جُنتها من كلِّ طارقةٍ

وكنتَ جَنتها في ربعها الخصبِ

وكنتَ جَنتها في ربعها الخصبِ

So you were her shield against every calamity,

So you were its shield against every intruder

and you were her garden within her fertile abode.

And you were its shield in its fertile region

أنتَ النجابةُ من آبائها ظهرتْ

أنتَ النجابةُ من آبائها ظهرتْ

فلستُ أعجبُ إن قالوا أبو النُّجبِ

فلستُ أعجبُ إن قالوا أبو النُّجبِ

You are her forefathers' nobility made manifest;

You are the excellence from its forefathers has emerged

so I am not surprised if they call you 'Father of the noble.'

I am not surprised if they say father of excellences

سموتَ بالصاعدينَ الجد والحسبَ العا

سموتَ بالصاعدينَ الجد والحسبَ العا

لي وبالساعدينَ الجِدَ والطلبِ

لي وبالساعدينَ الجِدَ والطلبِ

You rose through two uplifters—ancestry and lofty lineage—

You have ascended with the ascending greatness and merit

and through two supporting arms—diligence and striving.

And with the striving the effort and quest

فَدُمْ لمصر فلم يُثَبتْ سواكَ لها

فَدُمْ لمصر فلم يُثَبتْ سواكَ لها

صدقُ العزيمةِ والأيامُ في كذبِ

صدقُ العزيمةِ والأيامُ في كذبِ

So live on for Egypt; none but you has shown her

So stay for Egypt for none but you has been proven loyal to it

true resolve, while the days are steeped in falsehood.

By resolve's sincerity and time's lies

إن الزمانَ لمن جدوا على بَصَرٍ

إن الزمانَ لمن جدوا على بَصَرٍ

بالرايِ وهو على الساهينَ باللعبِ

بالرايِ وهو على الساهينَ باللعبِ

Time belongs to those who strive with discernment,

Verily time is for those who strove with insight

using judgment, while it toys with the heedless.

With policy while it toys with the heedless