مصر أُمُّ الدنيا كما لقبوها
ليس في الخصب مثلها مكان
Egypt, as they have titled it, is the mother of the world
There is no place like it in fertility
حسبها نيلها المبارك يحكي
جريه النيرين في الحسبانِ
It is enough for it, its blessed Nile narrates
Its two streams flow in the account
ذلن النيلُ وهو والدُ مصرٍ
حافظٌ برَّ أمهِ السودان
That Nile, and it is the parent of Egypt
A devoted son to his black mother Sudan
كان معبودَ الاقدمين ولا ينف
فكُّ معشوق اهل هذا الاوانِ
It was the idol of the ancients, and does not refuse
To unveil its beloved to the people of this era
أي شيءٍ في النيل غيرُ شهيٍّ
ليس يدعو للعشق والافتتانِ
What is in the Nile other than marvelous?
It does not call for love and infatuation
كلُّ ما فيه يعشق العقلُ معنا
هُ وتهوى جماله العينان
All that is in it, the mind loves meaningfully
And its beauty is adored by the eyes
فاذا شحّ فهو ذَوبُ لُجينٍ
واذا فاض فهو من عقيان
So when it lessens, it melts ice
And when it overflows, it is from springs
وهو في الحالتين حاجاتنا كا
فٍ وشافٍ لغلة الظمآنِ
And in both states, it meets our needs
Quenching the thirst of the thirsty
وكفاه وفاؤه فهو فيه
مثَلٌ دائرٌ بكل لسانِ
And its loyalty suffices, for it is in it
An example circulated in every tongue
كلَّ عامٍ يُهدي الى مصرَ اغلى
ما لديهِ بصورةِ الفيضانِ
Every year it sends to Egypt the most precious
That it has in the image of the flood
ذاك وعدٌ عدانهُ الصيفَ والني
ل ضمينُ الوفاءِ في العدانِ
That is the promise it made to summer and the Nile
The guarantor of loyalty in the covenant
كلما اضرم الهجير لظاه
لافحاً للنبات والحيوانِ
Whenever the hot wind blazed
Scorching plants and animals
اخمد النيل نارهَ بمفيضٍ
غامرٍ للبقاع والغيطان
The Nile extinguished its fire with an abundant outpour
Flooding the plains and hills
وحباها بعد الاوام ارتواءً
وجلاها في حَّلة العمرانِ
And after the afflictions, it gave it satiation
And adorned it in the dress of urbanization
وسقانا ما دونه كوثرُ الكر
خ وصهبا معرَّة النعمانَ
And irrigated for us what is apart from it, a river of generosity
And crowned it, known for blessings