أَعيدوا لَنا عَصرَ الجِهادِ مُظَفَّراً

وَزيدوهُ عَصراً مِن جَمالٍ وَزُخرُفِ

Bring back to us the victorious era of jihad

And add to it an age of beauty and splendor

وَجِدّوا بِنا إِنَّ الحَياةَ مَنازِلٌ

وَإِنّا سَئِمنا مَنزِلَ المُتَخَلِّفِ

Urge us on, for life is but stages

We are tired of the station of one who lags behind

فَيا قُربَ ما بَينَ الحَياةِ وَبَينَنا

إِذا ما تَبَدَّلنا مَطاراً بِمَوقِفِ

How close is the separation between life and us

When we exchange a downpour for taking a stand

أَلا ثَقِّفوا الشَعبَ الَّذي نامَ جَدُّهُ

فَما مَلَكَ الدُنيا كَشَعبٍ مُثَقَّفِ

Educate the people who slumber like their ancestors did

No ignorant nation has ever ruled the world

أَلا فَاِنظُروا دُنيا النُسورِ وَسابِقوا

إِلى المَجدِ فيها كُلَّ نَسرٍ مُرَفرِفِ

Look to the world of eagles and race

To glory among them, every fluttering eagle

دَعوها حَياةً مَن يَبِت راضِياً بِها

يَبِت نِضوَ داءٍ ذي عَقابيلَ مُتلِفِ

Let one who sleeps satisfied call it life

They sleep the slumber of combined chronic diseases

أَرى كُلَّ نَهّاضٍ إلى المَجدِ صاعِداً

بِعَزمٍ مَتى يَركَب جَناحَيهِ يَعصِفِ

I see every rouser to glory ascending

With resolve, when it rides its wings it storms

إِلى الأُفُقِ الأَعلى بَني مِصرَ فَاِنهضوا

سِراعاً وَرُدّوا غارَةَ المُتَخَطِّفِ

To the highest horizon, rise up my Egyptians

Quickly and repel the attack of the abductor

إِلى الغايَةِ القُصوى فَسيروا عَلى هُدىً

وَخَلّوا سَبيلَ الحائِرِ المُتَعَسِّفِ

To the ultimate goal march guided

And clear the way for the lost capricious one