أحرارَ مصرَ الأوفياء سلامُ

لكمُ وعهد دائم وذمامُ

O Egypt's loyal and noble freemen, greetings

To you, and an everlasting covenant and bond

فارقتُمُ السجن الذي فيه لكم

عدد المآثر كانت الأيام

I left behind the prison where for you

Deeds were as numerous as the days gone by

عودوا كما أمضى المهند صيقل

عزماً وعاود غيلَه الضرغام

Return as the Indian sword was burnished

With resolve, and honed again its edge

طلب الغريم المال منكم فدية

وفِداكمُ الأرواح والأجسام

The foe asked you for ransom

But your lives and bodies were payment enough

حرية الأقوام ليست سلعة

تبتاعها وتبيعها الأقوام

The freedom of nations is no commodity

To be bought and sold by people

ولو ارتضيتم بالنضار شراءها

حالت نضاراً هذه الأهرام

And had you agreed to pay for it with vigor

This vigor would have moved mountains

إطلاقكم إقرار خصمكمُ لكم

بالحق لا عفو ولا إنعام

Your release acknowledges your opponent

Granted you right, not grace or favor

كانت مكابرة فعادت عندكم

وهي امتثال منه واستسلام

Obstinacy it was, now in you

Acquiescence and surrender on his part

أينال منكم بعد وهو مساوم

ما لم ينل من قبل وهو لزام

Could he gain from you after bargaining

What he failed to gain before by force?

ويجوز في شرف مساومة ولو

أمضى الحياة الحر وهي ضرام

And it is excusable in matters of honor

If the free man spends his life in misery

حسب المجاهد أن يبيت وبره

لذويه عند عدوه آثام

Enough for the warrior if he sleeps while

His sins against his people lie with his foe

هل ينكر الحق المبين ويدعي

ما لم تجزه شريعة ونظام

Can he deny the clear truth and claim

What no law or system allowed?

ويحرِّم القول الصريح مغالطاً

وجميع ما كسبت يداه حرام

And forbid frank speech, deceiving,

Deeming all his hands wrought as illicit?

لم يشفع الشفعاء فيكم مثلما

عذل الظلوم الحاسبون ولاموا

No pleaders interceded for you like

The oppressors, who censured and blamed

سر الرفاق خلاصكم فكأنهم

عادوا إلى أوطانهم وأقاموا

The secret of your deliverance your comrades

As though returned to their homelands to stay

وكأنما التقت الجموع وضمهم

شمل وتمت غاية ومرام

As though the throngs had met and a reunion

Enfolded them, and the goal was achieved

نعم الثواب لأهل مصر نجاتكم

من بعد ما صلّوا لمصر وصاموا

Well deserved is Egypt’s reward for saving you

After praying and fasting for Egypt

عيد له أعلام مصر خوافق

ولغيره من بعده أعلام

A feast for it are Egypt’s banners in concord

And for others to come banners in turn

أزكى المقاصد والمطالب ما زكا

فيه دم ومدامع وكلام

The purest aims and wants are those rendered pure

By blood, tears, and words

وإذا النفوس خلت إلى إيمانها

أضحت ومن لذاتها الآلام

And when souls turn to their faith

Pains become joys for their own sake

وطن تداركه جهادُ أعزةٍ

ومراس أبطال فليس يضام

A nation redeemed by the struggle of nobles

And well-aimed blows of heroes suffers no wrong

قسم الفرائض بينهم فتكافأت

أعباؤهم وتساوت الأقسام

It apportioned duties among them, so matched

Were their burdens, even their shares

ولقد جنت بعض الثمار بلادكم

وإلى الكمال الدأب والإقدام

Some fruits your country has reaped already

But effort and resolve will lead to perfection

الحق ما قضت السماء به لكم

لا ما قضاه مدفع وحسام

True is the right the heavens ordained for you

Not what cannon and sword ordained

يا حبذا الصلح العتيد وراءه

عهد كما شاء الحمى ووئام

Blessed the coming peace in its wake

A covenant as the protector willed and concord

جمع الفريقين اليقين على الرضا

وانجابت الأحقاد والأوهام

Certainty of consent joined the two sides

And suspicions and resentments were dispelled