نحنُ أبناء مصر لولا ظفرُنا

بمعالي مجْدِه ما ظهرنا

We are Egypt's sons, were it not for our victory

In attaining the heights of its glory, we would not have appeared

إن سرّ العزيز سرٌّ عجيبٌ

قد هدانا سُبلِ الرشادِ فسرْنا

Indeed, the secret of the Almighty is a wondrous secret

It has guided us to the paths of righteousness, so we succeeded

سهرَ الليالي لاكتساب المعالي

فاقتفينا طريقَه وسهرنا

Staying up nights to gain supreme virtues

We followed his path and stayed up

صادقُ الوعد سابقُ السعد مولى

صحَّ إسعادُنا به فافتخرنا

The truthful promise, the foremost of bliss, our Master

His felicitating us with it came true, so we took pride

وإذا قيل من به أهلُ مصرٍ

سابقوا للعلا إليه أشرنا

And when it was said who in Egypt was its people

They hastened to the heights, we pointed to him

وجرْينا في حومةِ السبق ركضاً

وسبقنا إلى مدىً وانتصرنا

And we raced in the throngs of competition, running

And we raced to the farthest point and emerged victorious

كم بسطنا بساطَ عزٍ ومجد

كان قبلاً قد انطوى فنشرنا

How much we unfurled the carpet of might and glory

Which was once folded up, so we spread it out

عمرك الله إنْ أردتَ اختبارا

في ميادين سبْقِنا فاخْتَبرْنا

May God grant you long life, if you wish to test

Our fields of precedence, then test us

قد جانا الخديو تشويقَ مجد

بجميل الثنا عليه ابتدرنا

The Khedive has inspired us to glory's honor

With his beautiful praise of him we took initiative

خصَّنا ودُّه بأبهى امتيازٍ

فنظمنا لآلئاً ونثرنا

He distinguished us with his love's most splendid favor

So we strung pearls of poetry and prose for him

وطلبنا لدولةِ العز حفظاً

وبقاءً وبالدعاء جهرنا

And we asked for the state of might to be preserved

And for its permanence, and declared so out loud

كلنا شاكرٌ فيا سعدُ أرّخْ

بجميلٍ كافأتنا فشكرنا

We are all thankful, so O bliss record

With kindness you rewarded us, so we thanked