جَبر الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيدِ

في طالع بِسَماء مَصر سَعيدِ

The Nile has watered the land of Sa'id

Under the auspicious skies of happy Egypt

وَالغَيث مِن راحات هَذا الداوري

غَمر القُرى ببحيرة وَصَعيد

And rain from this minister's comfort

Flooded the villages with a delta and plateau

وَكَسا البقاع مِن الخصوبة حلةً

خَضرا بِرَأي صائب وَسَديد

It clothed the land with a garment of fertility

Green with sound, right opinion

وَبِيمنه حمل السَحاب رِسالةً

لِلنَيل في مِيعاده المَحدود

With its auspice, it carried the clouds a message

To the Nile about its limited appointment

فَأتى عَلى عجل لِيَروي أَرضه

وَيَعمَّها مِن فَيضه بِمَديد

So it came hurriedly to water its land

And inundate it with its abundant flooding

وَرَثى لِفَرط حَنينها وَصَفا له

مِنها الحَشا بَعدَ اِنقِضاء حَصيد

And it mourned its ardent longing for it and described it

With thickets after the harvest was over

وَصَبا لَها فاحمرَّ عِندَ وُصولِها

خَجَلاً وَأَحيا ميتها بورود

It blushed on arriving to it

And revived its dead with roses

وَاخضرّ غبَّ الريِّ مِنها حَزنُها

وَالسَهل جادَ ببرّه المَعهود

And its tearful sorrow turned green

And the plain yielded its expected righteousness

وَغَدَت بِتَدبير العَزيز حَصينةً

مَحفوفة بِعَساكرٍ وَجُنود

And it became, by the administration of the Almighty, fortified

Surrounded by armies and soldiers

فَاللَه للأَوطان يَكلؤه عَلى

طُول المَدى في هَيبة وَسُعود

So may God protect the homelands for

Generations with awe and prosperity

لِيمدّها مِن عَدله بِتَمَدُّنٍ

وَتَقدّمٍ بَينَ الأَنام جَديد

To provide them advancement

And progress amongst the people anew

وَيَردَّ عَنها خَصمَها بِمَدافع

نيرانُها في الحَرب ذات رُعود

And repel their enemy with cannons

Whose fires thunder in war

وَيظلَّنا أَبَداً بِوارف ظله

فيها وَيُرغمَ أَنف كُلِّ حَسود

And may He shade us forever with the canopy of His shade

Triumphant over every envier

وَيَفوزَ بالذكر الجَميل وَبِالثَنا

مِن كُل عَبد للمَديح مُجيد

And may He win fair praise and commendation

From every servant competent in glorious praise

ما الخَصب قال بِمهد مصر مؤرخاً

جَبرُ الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيد

The Nile in Egypt's cradle did not say, chronicling,

The Nile has watered the land of Sa'id