نُبِّئتُ ما صَنَعَ الَّذينَ تَأَلَّفوا
يَتَذاكَرونَ مَواطِنَ الأَحسابِ
I was told what those who came together did
They reminisce places of reckoning
يَدعونَ مِصر وَمِصرُ مَجدُ أُبُوَّةٍ
عالٍ وَعِزُّ عَشيرَةٍ وَصِحابِ
They call out to Egypt, and Egypt is the glory of fatherhood
Exalted and the honor of a tribe and companions
فَرَضيتُ ثُمَّ عَلِمتُ ما لَم يَصنَعوا
فَغَضِبتُ ثُمَّ رَضيتُ غَيرَ مُحابِ
So I was pleased, then I knew what they did not do
Then I was angry, appeased without favor
نَفَضوا الأَكُفَّ مِنَ الأُلى جَمَحَت بِهِم
شُرُدُ النُهى وَعوازِبُ الأَلبابِ
They shook off the palms from the weak, they were assailed by
The madness of prohibitions and the unruliness of minds
وَرَعوا ذِمامَ بِلادِهِم بِوَصِيَّةٍ
نَكَصَ الغَوِيُّ لَها عَلى الأَعقابِ
They held back the reins of their countries by a covenant
The deviant recoiled from it on his heels
يا عُدَّةَ الوادي لِيَومِ رَجائِهِ
وَعَتادِهِ لِلحادِثِ المُنتابِ
O supplies of the valley for the day of his hopes
And his preparations for the sudden misfortune
روضوا المَطالِبِ بِالرَوِيَّةِ وَاِعلَموا
أَنَّ السَكينَةَ أَنجَحُ الأَسبابِ
Quench the demands with calm, and know
That tranquility is the most successful of causes
إِن شيبَ حَقُّ العالَمينَ بِباطِلٍ
أَعيَت وَسائِلُهُ عَلى الطُلّابِ
If the hair of the Truth is whitened by falsehood
Its means have failed for the seekers
إِن الأَناةَ لِذي الشَجاعَةِ عِصمَةٌ
وَالحَزمُ دِرعُ الأَغلَبِ الوَثّابِ
Verily, deliberation is protection for the brave
And wisdom is the impenetrable armor of the winner
وَالأَمرُ إِن حَجَبَ الظَلامُ وُجوهَهُ
فَالرَأيُ أَسطَعُ كَوكَبٍ وَشِهابِ
And the matter, if darkness veils its faces
Then reason is the brightest star and flame
مَن ذا يُجادِلُ في الحُقوقِ وُلاتَها
وَيُصيبُهُم بِمَلامَةٍ وَعِتابِ
Who will dispute the rights and their people
And rebuke them with blame and reproach
وَيَقولُ لِلصادي المُصَفِّقِ وِردُهُ
أَتَموتُ أَم تَحيا بِغَيرِ شَرابِ
And say to the compliant clapper his rejection
Do you die or live without a drink?
يَرِدُ المَنِيَّةَ إِذ يَفيضُ ذُعافُها
وَيَرى الزُلالَ يَغيضُ في الأَكوابِ
He refuses death when its flames overflow
And sees the fresh water boiling in the cups
مَن ذا يَرُدُّ عَنِ الحَياةِ دُعاتَها
وَيُريدُها لِلناسِ سَوطَ عَذابِ
Who will deter the inviters of life from it
And wants it for people as a whip of torment?
مَن ذا يُماري الناسَ في شَمسِ الضُحى
مَن ذا يُقَنِّعُ وَجهَها بِنِقابِ
Who will contend with people in the sun of morning?
Who will veil its face with a mask?
لا تُشمِتوا الأَعداءَ إِنَّ عُيونَهُم
نُصِبَت لَكُم في جَيئَةٍ وَذَهابِ
Do not gloat, enemies, verily their eyes
Were set upon you in coming and going
لا شَيءَ أَبهَجُ مَنظَراً فيما تَرى
مِن نَكبَةٍ تَجتاحُكُم وَمُصابُ
Nothing you see is more dazzling
Than a calamity that befalls you and affliction
سُدّوا سَبيلَ الشَرِّ وَاِجتَنِبوا الأَذى
وَخُذوا الأُمورَ بِحِكمَةٍ وَصَوابِ
Block the way of evil, avoid harm
And take matters with wisdom and right
ذو العَقلِ إِن سَنَّ الوُلاةُ وَأَدَّبوا
في سُنَّةٍ مِن عَقلِهِ وَكِتابِ
The reasonable one, if the governors enact
In a tradition of his reason and scripture
أَنتُم وُلاةُ الحَقِّ في أَوطانِكُم
وَالحَقُّ يَصدَعُ شُبهَةَ المُرتابِ
You are the guardians of truth in your homelands
And the truth splits the doubt of the skeptic
اللَهُ أَكبَرُ هَل لَكُم مِن دونِها
وَطَنٌ يُرامُ لِغابِرِ الأَحقابِ
God is Greater! Do you have apart from it
A homeland lasting to the vanishing eras?
اللَهَ في أَمَلٍ لِمِصرَ مُحَبَّبٍ
هَتَفَ البَشيرُ بِهِ عَلى الأَبوابِ
God in hope for beloved Egypt
The harbinger shouted it at the doors
رُدّوا التَحِيّةَ هادِئينَ وَعالِجوا
بِالرِفقِ كُلَّ سِتارَةٍ وَحِجابِ
Return the greeting calmly and treat
With gentleness every veil and barrier
وَتَيَمَّنوا بِالطَيرِ سَعداً وَاِحذَروا
لِلنَحسِ طَيراً دائِمَ التَنعابِ
And take good omens from the birds, and beware
The birds of ill omen, ever grumbling
لوذوا بِآدابِ الحَياةِ وَراقِبوا
نَزَواتِ قَومٍ ناقِمينَ غِضابِ
Take refuge in the manners of life, and observe
The whims of a resentful folk, angry
