حَيّوا الهِلالَ وَحَيّوا أُمَّةَ النيلِ
وَاِستَقبِلوا العيدَ عيدَ العَصرِ وَالجيلِ
Greet the crescent moon and greet the nation of the Nile
And welcome the feast, the feast of the age and generation
يا أَيُّها العامُ يُزجي كُلَّ مُرتَقَبٍ
مِنَ الرَجاءِ وَيُدني كُلَّ مَأمولِ
O year that brings closer all hopes
And nears all expectations
بَشِّر بِأَصدَقِ أَنباءِ المُنى أُمَماً
أَنحى الزَمانُ عَلَيها بِالأَباطيلِ
Give glad tidings with the most truthful news of wishes, O nations
Time has declined upon them with falsehoods
طالَ الرجاءُ فَعافَت كُلَّ تَسلِيَةٍ
مِنَ الأُساةِ وَمَلَّت كُلَّ تَعليلِ
Hope grew long so all consolations from sorrows wearied
And all arguments expired
اكشِف لَنا مِن خَفايا الغَيبِ ما كَتَمَت
حُجبُ الحَوادِثِ مِن مُرخىً وَمَسدولِ
Reveal to us from the unseen's mysteries what misfortunes'
Veils concealed of what was postponed and delayed
إِنّي أَرى الأَمرَ قَد لاحَت مَخايِلُهُ
في صادِقٍ مِن عُهودِ اللَهِ مَسؤولِ
Indeed I see the matter's mirages
In a truthful one of God's covenants, requested
يَمشي النَبِيُّ بِهِ وَالآلُ هاتِفَةٌ
وَالروحُ ما بَينَ تَكبيرٍ وَتَهليلِ
The prophet walks with it and the progeny hastening
And the Spirit between exaltations and praises
سارٍ مِنَ الوَحيِ مَن يُنكِر جَلالَتَهُ
يَكشِف لَهُ اللَهُ عَن رَوعاتِ جِبريلِ
Flowing from revelation, whoever denies its majesty
God reveals to him the awe of Gabriel
مَن يَمنَعُ الأَمرَ يَقضي اللَهُ واقِعَهُ
وَيَدفَعُ الحَقَّ مِن وَحيٍ وَتَنزيلِ
Whoever prevents the matter, God fulfills its certainty
And repels falsehood from an inspiration and a revelation
يا داعِيَ اليَأسِ يَرجو أَن يُرَوِّعَنا
اِنظُر إِلى الآيِ هَل ريعَت بِتِبديلِ
O summoner of despair, hoping to frighten us
Look to the signs, did they waver with changes?
ماذا يُريبُكَ إِذ تَبغي بِنا شَطَطاً
مِن مَوعِدٍ في ذِمامِ اللَهِ مَكفولِ
What makes you doubt when you want to lead us astray
From a promised time in God's protections, guaranteed?
يا أَيُّها العامُ أَطلِق مِن مَواقِفِنا
في مِصرَ كُلَّ أَسيرِ الساحِ مَكبولِ
O year, release from our positions in Egypt
Every captive of the plains, shackled
وَاِسأَل مَنابِرَها العُليا أَما رَجَفَت
لَمّا هَوى الدَهرُ بِالغُرِّ البَهاليلِ
And ask its supreme pulpits, did they not tremble
When time fell with heavy calamities?
كانوا المَصاقِعَ يَهدي كُلَّ مُعتَسِفٍ
ما يَنطِقونَ وَيَشفي كُلَّ مَخبولِ
They were platforms every transgressor guided
With what they say, and heals every crazed
إِذا اِستَهَلّوا بِها اِرتَجَّت جَوانِبُها
وَاِرتَجَّتِ الأَرضُ ذاتُ العَرضِ وَالطولِ
When they declaimed with them, their sides shook
And the earth shook, of vast breadth and length
لا يَعرِفُ الناسُ هَل جاءوا بِبَيِّنَةٍ
مِن رائِعِ القَولِ أَم جاءوا بِإِنجيلِ
The people do not know, did they bring clear proofs
Of an amazing saying, or did they come with a Gospel?
الأَنبِياءُ وَرُسلُ اللَهِ نَعرِفُهُم
أَوفى الهُداةِ وَأَولاهُم بِتَفضيلِ
The prophets and God's messengers we know them
The most faithful guides, and the most preferred of them
أوتوا اليَقينَ فَلَم تُخذَل لَهُم هِمَمٌ
لَم تُبقِ في الأَرضِ جَيشاً غَيرَ مَخذولِ
They were given certainty so no ambitions failed them
No army remained on earth except vanquished
تَساقَطَت لَهُمُ التيجانُ مِن رَهَبٍ
عَنِ المَعاقِدِ مِن واهٍ وَمَحلولِ
Crowns fell from them in awe
From the heads of the weak and toppled
مَراتِبُ الفَضلِ لَم تُقدَر لِذي خَوَرٍ
وَلَم تُتَح لِضَعيفِ البَأسِ إِجفيلِ
Ranks of virtue were not judged for one with conceit
And not opened for the weak in power, debased
وَالحَقُّ لَولا الأُنوفُ الشُمُّ تَرفَعُهُ
عَلاهُ كُلُّ وَضيعِ النَفسِ مَرذولِ
And the truth - if not for the proud souls raising it -
Every vile soul would deem it lowly outcast
لَولا العَزائِمُ لَم تَظفَر بِمَنقَبَةٍ
يَدٌ وَلَم تَغتَبِط نَفسٌ بِتَبجيلِ
Were it not for resolves, no hand would win a feat
And no soul would rejoice in veneration
إِنَّ السُيوفَ لَيَمضي كُلُّ ذي شُطَبٍ
في الرَوعِ مِنها وَيَنبو كُلُّ مَفلولِ
Indeed, the swords let every marked one
Succumb to their terror and every coward flee
سَنَّ النَبِيُّ لَنا أَيّامَ هِجرَتِهِ
مِن صادِقِ العَزمِ شَرعاً غَيرَ مَجهولِ
The Prophet exemplified for us, in his emigration days
Sincere determination, an ununknown law
مَضى عَلى الحَقِّ لَم تَعصِف بِهِمَّتِهِ
ريحُ الضَلالِ وَلَم يَحفِل بِتَهويلِ
He walked the truth, the winds of misguidance did not shake his resolve
And he did not care for intimidation
غيظَت قُرَيشٌ فَهاجَت كُلَّ مُنصَلِتٍ
ذي ساعِدٍ يَقطَعُ الهِندِيَّ مَفتولِ
Quraysh grew angry so every unsheather
With arms that sever the Indian sword drawn
يَبغونَ بِالقَتلِ مِقداماً يَصولُ عَلى
دينٍ لَهُم في حِمى الأَصنامِ مَقتولِ
Seeking to kill an assailant ravaging
A religion for them protected in the idols' sanctuary
لا يَرهَبُ الناسَ إِن قَلّوا وَإِن كَثُروا
في مطلَبٍ جَلَلٍ لِلَهِ أَو سولِ
He does not frighten people, whether few or many
In a revered pursuit of God or a messenger
رامَ المَدينَةَ جَمَّ العَزمِ يَبعَثُهُ
قَضاءُ أَمرٍ لِرَبِّ الناسِ مَفعولِ
He intended to go to Medina, gathering his resolve
By God's ordainment of a matter to be done
فَاِستَعصَمَ الغارُ وَاِستَعلَت جَوانِبُهُ
بِعِصمَةِ اللَيثِ وَالأَشبالِ وَالغيلِ
So he sought refuge in the cave, and its sides rose high
With the protection of the lion, and the cubs and the forest
لَمّا رَأى غَمرَةَ الصَدّيقِ كَشَّفَها
بِمُشرِقٍ مِن بَيانِ اللَهِ مَصقولِ
When he saw the darkness of the truthful one, he unveiled it
With an illumination from God's clear proofs
فَثابَتِ النَفسُ وَاِرتَدَّ اليَقينُ بِها
وَاِنجابَ ما كانَ مِن ظَنٍّ وَتخييلِ
So the steadfast soul and certainty returned through it
And answered what was of assumption and imagination
وَاِستَرسَلَت بِرَسولِ اللَهِ هِمَّتُهُ
تَرمي الصِعابَ وَتَلوي بِالعَراقيلِ
And through God's Messenger determination flowed
It casts aside difficulties and twists past obstacles
يُزجي الضَلالُ سَراياهُ فَيَضرِبُهُ
بِصارِمٍ في يَمينِ اللَهِ مَسلولِ
Misguidance marches its troops so he strikes it
With a blade in God's right hand unsheathed
حَتّى عَلا الحَقُّ في الآفاقِ وَاِطَّرَدَت
بيضُ الشَرائِعِ تَهدي كُلَّ ضِلّيلِ
Until truth rose in horizons and the whiteness of laws spread
Guiding every lost one
وَاِستَجمَعَ الخَيرُ يَمشي بَعدَ مَصرَعِهِ
عَلى دَمٍ مِن دُعاةِ الشَرِّ مَطلولِ
And good gathered, walking after his death
Over blood of inviters to evil, spilled
مَدّوا مِنَ الغَيِّ حَبلاً رَدَّهُ بِيَدٍ
غالَت قُواهُ فَأَمسى غَيرَ مَوصولِ
They extended a rope of mischief but he pushed it back with a
Hand whose strength overwhelmed, so it remained unbound
رَمى المُلوكَ فَلَم تَترُك نَوافِذُهُ
مِنهُم لَدى الكَرِّ شِلواً غَيرَ مَأكولِ
He shot arrows at kings, leaving no openings for them
Beside attacks, undeterred and unbroken
يَهُدُّ عَرشاً بِعَرشٍ طارَ قَيصَرُهُ
عَنهُ وَيَقذِفُ إِكليلاً بِإِكليلِ
He topples a throne with a throne, Caesar's flew
From it, and he hurls a crown with a crown
النَفسُ تَغلُبُ إِن صَحَّت عَزيمَتُها
فَتكَ الجُيوشِ وَتَدميرَ الأَساطيلِ
The soul defeats if its determination is sound
Splitting armies and sinking armadas
وَلَن يَنالَ مَصونَ المَجدِ طالِبُهُ
إِلّا بِغالٍ مِنَ الأَعلاقِ مَبذولِ
And the protected glory is unattained by its seeker
Except through a blood-stained throat offered
ما أَبعَدَ النُجحَ عَمَّن لا مَضاءَ لَهُ
وَأَضيَعَ الأَمرَ بَينَ القالِ وَالقيلِ
How far from success is one with no resolve
Who wasted the matter between saying and telling
الناسُ شَعبانِ شَعبٌ كُلُّهُ عَمَلٌ
يَبغي الحَياةَ وَشَعبٌ كَالتَماثيلِ
The people are of two kinds, all work
Seeking life, and of kinds like statues
يا حِجَّةً وَقَفَت مِصرٌ تُوَدِّعُها
خُذي مَكانَكِ خَلفَ الدَهرِ أَو زولى
O Egypt that stands farewelling it
Take your place after time has passed or settled
كَم فادِحٍ فيكِ لَولا ما يُؤَيِّدُنا
مِن قُوَّةِ اللَهِ أَضحى غَيرَ مَحمولِ
How grave upon you were it not for what reassures us
Of God's power that has become inevitable
ما تُبصِرُ العَينُ مِن شَيءٍ يَلوحُ لَها
إِلّا رَأَت عِندَهُ تِمثالَ عِزريلِ
The eye sees nothing showing her
Except it saw beside it Ezrael's statue
إِذا المَنايا اِرتَمَت حَيرى أَهاب بِها
تَهدارُ حادٍ عَلى الآجالِ مَدلولِ
When deaths pounced confused, frightened by them
Is the uproar of one fateful upon lifespans ripped
ما أَطلَقَ الحَتفَ إِلّا اِنسابَ في أَجَلٍ
مُصَفَّدٍ في يَدِ الأَقدارِ مَغلولِ
No neck was released except flowing in a predetermined
Lifespan shackled in the hands of fate chained
نَفسٌ تَطيرُ وَأُخرى لا قَرارَ لَها
إلّا عَلى عِدَّةٍ تُرجى وَتَأميلِ
A soul that flies and another that has no peace
Except upon a number hoped for and expected
يَدعو اللَهيفُ لِحَقٍّ لا مُجيرَ لَهُ
نائي الحُماةِ إِلى الدَيّانِ مَوكولِ
The weak call upon a right with no protector
Far from defenders, entrusted to the Judge
لا يُبصِرُ الرُشدَ في أَمرٍ يُدَبِّرُهُ
وَلا يَفيءُ إِلى رَأيٍ وَمَعقولِ
He does not see guidance in a matter he plans
Nor turns to an opinion and reasonable
عادٍ مِنَ الخَطبِ لَم تَسكُن رَوائِعُهُ
عَن ذاهِلٍ مِن بَني مِصرٍ وَمَشغولِ
Recurring misfortunes that did not calm their horrors
From an Egyptian man or busy
لَم نَنسَ مِصرَ وَلَم يَخدَع عَزائِمَنا
ما حَدَّثونا عَنِ العَنقاءِ وَالغولِ
We did not forget Egypt, and our resolves were not fooled
By what they told us of the long-necked and the ghoul
سِرنا عَلى النَهجِ نَبغي خُطَّةً رَشَداً
تَمحو الظُنونَ وَتَنفي كُلَّ تَأويلِ
We walked the path seeking a reasonable plan
That would erase suspicions and negate interpretations
لا مَطلَبُ المَجدِ بِدعاً في الشُعوبِ وَلا
ذو الحَقِّ في سَعيِهِ يَوماً بِمَعذولِ
The pursuit of glory is no innovation among nations, nor
Is the rightful in his quest ever rejected
مَن عَلَّمَ القَومَ أَنَّ الحَقَّ يَدفَعُهُ
زورُ الأَقاويلِ أَو سوءُ الأَفاعيلِ
Who taught people that truth will be pushed
By the falsity of tales or the vileness of deeds?
قالوا أَقاطيعُ يَغشى الذُلُّ جانِبَها
فَاِهتاجَتِ الأُسدُ تَحمي عِزَّةَ النيلِ
They said, O multitudes that disgrace covers their sides
So the lions roared protecting the Nile's dignity
وَأَقبَلَت مِصرُ يَمشي أَهلُها زُمراً
مِن حاشِدينَ وَمِن شَتّى أَبابيلِ
And Egypt approached, its people walking in groups
Of defenders, and diverse troops
تُهدي الرَياحينَ مِن غَضٍّ وَمِن خَضِلٍ
مُضمَّخٍ بِدُموعِ الغيدِ مَطلولِ
Guiding the winds of fragrances and greens
Dyed with tears of parting, spilled
لَم تَبقَ في خِدرِها بَيضاءُ ناعِمَةٌ
مِنَ العذارى وَلا العوذِ المَطافيلِ
No tender white-skinned virgin remained in its bosom
Nor chaste mothers of highborn boys
تَلَهَّبَ البَأسُ إِذ خَفَّت عَقائِلُها
بَينَ الأَساوِرِ مِنها وَالخَلاخيلِ
Rage blazed when its anklets rang softly
Among its bracelets and anklets
يُنشِدنَ مِن رائِعاتِ الآيِ مُطرِبَةً
يَزِدنَها حُسنَتَرديدٍ وَتَرتيلِ
Reciting verses of signs enchantingly
Increasing in beauty of recital and chant
يَهتِفنَ مِصرُ وَمِصرٌ كُلُّ مُنجِبَةٍ
وَمُنجِبٍ مِن بَنيها غَيرِ مَفضولِ
Egypt shouts, and every mother of Egypt
And father, unfailing, shouts
مَن كانَ يَحذَرُ تَنكيلَ الخُطوبِ بِهِ
لا يَبرَحِ الدَهرَ مَفجوعاً بِتَنكيلِ
Whoever feared violent trials befalling him
Does not remain lifetimes suffering trials
قالوا السَلامُ فَهَزَّ الكَونَ صارِخُهُم
عَن مُنهَلٍ بِدَمِ الأَبطالِ مَعلولِ
They said peace, so their cry shook the universe
From a meadow with the blood of heroes, shed
وَاِستَرسَلَت تَرفَعُ النَجوى وَتَنفُثُها
أَيدي اليَتامى وَأَفواهُ المَراميلِ
And orphaned hands unleashed cries and blew them
And mouths of infants, bereaved
وَبَشَّرونا بِما سَنَّ الرَئيسُ لَنا
مِن شِرعَةٍ ذاتِ تِبيانٍ وَتَفصيلِ
And they gave us glad tidings of what the president exemplified for us
Of a law of clear proofs and details
وَغالَطوا الدَهرَ فيما حَدَّثوهُ بِهِ
حَتّى اِنقَضى بَينَ تَفويضٍ وَتَوكيلِ
And they misled time in what they told it
Until it passed between entrusting and delegation
لا يَصعُبُ الأَمرُ يوهي الشَعبُ جانِبَهُ
بِمَنكِبَيهِ وَيَرميهِ بِتَذليلِ
The matter is not hard when the nation supports it
With its shoulders, and casts it easily
اليَومَ يَعطِفُ أَحرارُ الشُعوبِ عَلى
وَعدٍ لِمِصرَ بَعيدِ العَهدِ مَمطولِ
Today, the free people of nations incline
To a promise for Egypt, of old covenant breached
لَو قيلَ يَومَ يَقومُ الناسُ مَوعِدُنا
قالوا مَساريعُ راعونا بِتَعجيلِ
If it was said, the day we rise, our promise is
They would say, hastening, "We have come at your service!"
اللَهُ يَمنَعُ ما شاءَت عِنايَتُهُ
أَلّا يُباحَ وَيَأبى كُلَّ مَدخولِ
God prevents what His care willed
Not to be permitted, and refuses all trespassing
اِنظُر إِلى البَيتِ هَل ضاعَت مَحارِمُهُ
لَمّا أَغارَ عَلَيهِ صاحِبُ الفيلِ
Look to the House, did its sanctities disappear
When the elephant's rider attacked it?
رَماهُ بِالطَيرِ مِلءَ الجَوِّ مُسرِعَةً
تَهوي إِلَيهِ وَتَرميهِ بِسِجّيلِ
He pelted it with flocks of birds filling the air
Diving at it and stoning it with burning stones
إِنّا لَعَمرُ الأُلى ظَنّوا الظُنونَ بِنا
لا بِالضِعافِ وَلا القَومِ التَنابيلِ
We - by the life of the Exalted - they assumed vain assumptions about us
Not of the weak, nor the worthless people
نَسمو إِلى الشَرَفِ الأَعلى وَيَرفَعُنا
مَجدٌ لَنا لَم نَزِدهُ غَيرَ تَأثيلِ
We rise to the highest honor, and raise us
A glory for us we did not increase except in enacting
راسٍ عَلى الدَهرِ إِن جاشَت زَلازِلُهُ
تَطوي الجِبالَ وَتَرميها بِتَحويلِ
Steadfast over time, if its quakes clash
Twisting mountains and hurling them in change
نَصونُ مِصرَ وَنَحميها بِما عَلِمَت
مِنَ الدُروعِ الغَوالي وَالسَرابيلِ
We protect Egypt and guard it with what it knows
Of strong shields and chainmail
تِلكَ القُلوبُ الَّتي تَرعى وَدائِعَها
مِن كُلِّ صَبٍّ بِها حَرّانَ مَتبولِ
Those hearts that keep its secrets safeguarded
From every melting youth in it, burning in fervor
يَرتَدُّ أَمضى الظُبى عَنها وَإِن عَبَثَت
بِها الهُمومُ فَأَمسَت كَالغَرابيلِ
The strongest beasts recoil from them even if
Worries toyed with them and left them like rags
لَم يَبرَحِ الوَجدُ يَطغى في جَوانِبِها
حَتّى رَماها بِداءٍ ذي عَقابيلِ
Passion did not cease overflowing in its sides
Until it infected them with a chronic disease
يا مصرُ عامُكِ عامُ الخَيرِ فَاِرتَقِبي
فيهِ المُنى وَثِقي مِنهُ بِتَنويلِ
O Egypt, your year is a year of good, so expect in it
Wishes, and trust in shifts
اللَهُ خَوَّلَكِ النُعمى الَّتي عَظُمَت
هَل يَسلُبُ اللَهُ نُعمى بَعدَ تَخويلِ
God has given you the bounty which has grown great
Will God deprive bounty after bestowing?
ما أَخلَفَ اللَهُ مِن وَعدٍ وَلا كَذَبَت
آمالُ شَعبٍ بِلُطفِ اللَهِ مَشمولِ
God did not break a promise nor did the hopes of a nation
Blessed with God's gentleness, fail
