نادى الشَّبابَ فهبَّ من إغفائِهِ
بَطَلٌ يَهُزُّ الجيلَ رَجعُ نِدائهِ
You called upon the youth, so they awoke from their slumber
A hero shaking the generation, his call returning
حيٌّ على مَرِّ الدُّهور مُدَجَّجٌ
تتساقطُ الأجيالُ حول لوائهِ
Alive through the passing of ages, armored
Generations fall around his banner
تَفْنَى الوقائعُ وَهْوَ في مَرَحِ الصِّبَى
جَذلانُ مُغتَبِطٌ بِطولِ بَقائهِ
Events fade while he plays joyfully like a youth
Eternally glad with his enduringness
سَيفٌ أضاءَ الحقُّ مِلءَ فِرِنْدِهِ
وتَأَلَّقَ الإيمانُ مِلءَ مَضائهِ
A sword the truth lit up, the hilt filled with it
And faith shone, filled with its glow
نَظَر الكُماةُ فما رَأَوْا ذَا رَونقٍ
في حُسْنِ رونقهِ وصِدقِ بَلائِهِ
The cowards looked but saw no elegance
In the elegance of his pose and the truth of his ordeal
عَضْبٌ حَمَى عِرضَ الكنانةِ حَدُّهُ
وَرَعى ذِمامَ الشَّرقِ في أبنائهِ
Wrath that protected the honor of Egypt, its edge
Tending to the reins of the East among its sons
وَجَد المُغيرَ يَجولُ في أحشائها
فَأَبَى القَرارَ وَجالَ في أحشائهِ
He found the aggressor wandering in its belly
So he refused settlement and wandered in its bowels
اللهُ أَوْدَعَهُ حَمِيَّةَ رُسلهِ
وأَمدَّهُ بالنّصرِ من خُلفائهِ
God endowed him with the zeal of His messengers
And aided him with victory from His caliphs
أَوْفَى على الوادي فَكبَّرَ واحْتَفَى
بالمُصطَفى المختارِ من زُعمائِهِ
He fulfilled his duty in the valley and glorified
The Chosen One from among its leaders
النّافِثِ العَزَماتِ في أكنافِهِ
والباعِثِ النَّهَضاتِ في أنحائهِ
Who breathes determination into its folds
And inspires renaissance in its parts
المُستعانِ على العدوِّ إذا طَغَى
المُستعين بِصبرِهِ وَإبائِهِ
The one sought for aid against the enemy when he transgressed
And sought help through his patience and refusal
مَن لا يَرى أنّ الجهادَ مُروءةٌ
حتّى يكونَ المرءُ من شُهدائِه
One who does not see that jihad is chivalry
Until one becomes a martyr among its martyrs
مَن عَلَّمَ المِصريَّ حُبَّ بِلادهِ
وأَقامَ من دَمِهِ مِثالَ وَفائِه
One who taught the Egyptian love of his country
And set an example with his blood of his loyalty
مَن أَنكرَ اليأسَ المُذِلَّ وعَابَهُ
لأَخِي الحياةِ فمدَّ حَبلَ رَجائِه
One who denied humiliating despair and faulted it
For the brother of life, extending his rope of hope
ما قَالَ حِينَ صبا بلادي يَشتكي
أَلَم الهَوَى ويَضِجُّ من بُرحَائهِ
When his country complained, burdened with
The pain of passion and boiling with its expanses
لكنّها نَجوى المشوقِ وآيةٌ
عُذريّةٌ من حُبّهِ وولائهِ
But it is the whispering of longing and a sign
Of excuse from his love and loyalty
لم يَلْقَِ قَيْسٌ في هَوى ليلاه ما
لاقَى ولا ابنُ خزامَ في عَفرائِهِ
No Qais found in his love of Layla what
He found, nor Ibn Khuzama in his looseness
أدَّى الرّسالةَ والممالكُ هُتَّفٌ
لِجَلالِ مَشهدهِ وَحُسْنِ أدائهِ
He fulfilled the message while the kingdoms acclaimed
The majesty of his scene and the beauty of his performance
نُورٌ من الوحي المُباركِ ساطعٌ
في أُمَّةٍ حَيْرَى وشعبٍ تائهِ
A light from the blessed revelation shining
Among a confused nation and wandering people
ورسولُ حقٍّ ما اسْتَبدَّ به الهَوى
يوماً ولا أعياهُ مُعضِلُ دائهِ
A messenger of truth not corrupted by passion
A day, nor overwhelmed by the complexity of his case
يَرمِي بحكمتِه النُّفوسَ إذا الْتَوَتْ
ورَمَى الغبيُّ بمكرهِ ودَهائِه
He throws souls with his wisdom when they falter
While the ignorant throw with their cunning and tricks
يستنزل الخَصمَ العنيدَ على يدٍ
تَتناولُ المرّيخَ من عَليائهِ
He brings down the stubborn opponent with a hand
That handles Mars despite its haughtiness
أخذت كُرومَر فَاسْتبِيحَ ولم يَزَلْ
يُسْقَى عُصارةَ بَغْيهِ وعَدائِه
He seized Cromer so it was violated but he did not stop
Watering the fruit of its aggression and enmity
يَبغِي على الشَّعبِ الضّعيفِ بِأرضِه
ويُغالِبُ الدّيانَ فَوقَ سَمائِه
The justice of fate was fairer than its tyranny
In Denshawai and the heinousness of its judgment
ألقَى السِّلاحَ وَرَاحَ يَنعَقُ ماله
جُندٌ سِوَى هَذَيانهِ وهُرائِه
When he brought the oppressed the news,
The doves harmonized after their weeping
ذُعِرَتْ لِنكبتِه الجنودُ أعِزَّةً
وتَفزّعَ الأُسطولُ في دأمائهِ
O supporter of the weak, you slept but did not sleep
The tormentor of this people over its weak
عَدلُ القضاءِ أَدالَ مِن طُغيانهِ
في دنشوايَ ومن أَثيمِ قضائِه
Your time has passed, O slain by its worries
So ask it, did its time pass from its ordeal?
لمّا أتى المُسْتَضْعَفِينَ حَديثهُ
أَلِفَ الحَمامُ السَّجعَ بعد بُكائِه
Fate made it mischievous so weakened its bones
And it overwhelmed it, so increased its burdens
يا ناصرَ الضُّعفاءِ نِمتَ ولم يَنَمْ
جَلّادُ هذا الشّعبِ عن ضُعفائِه
It suffers bearing sickness, if not for the need
Within itself, it would have ended its chaos
وَلَّى زَمانُكَ يا صريعَ هُمومهِ
فَاسألهُ هل وَلَّى زَمانُ عَنائِه
When you went away, and you were the refuge of its affair,
The hoped-for doctor went away for its healing
الدّهرُ شاغَبَهُ فأوهنَ عَظمَهُ
وطغَى عليهِ فَزادَ في أعبائِه
Your successor trustees after you are present
While one's refuge is to one's trustees
يشقى بِحمل الدّاءِ لولا حاجةٌ
في نفسِه لَقَضَى على حَوْبائهِ
They made your passion a law and avoided
Whoever deviated from you, lost in their passions
لمّا ذهبتَ وكُنتَ مَرجعَ أمرهِ
ذَهبَ الطّبيبُ المُرْتَجَى لِشفائِه
They are the valley's ammunition for its day of peace
And its equipment hoped for during its turbulence
خُلفاؤُك الأمناءُ بعدك حُضَّرٌ
والمرءُ مَرجعُه إلى أُمنائِهِ
The youth were energized and it was said, oh Egypt arise
And the path of truth appeared after its concealment
جَعلوا هَواكَ شريعةً وتجنَّبوا
من مَالَ عنكَ وضلَّ في أهوائهِ
And if the youth passes away trying for a request
It accomplishes the impossible and wanders in its lanes
هُمْ عُدَّةُ الوادي ليومِ سلامِه
وعَتادهُ المرجوُّ في هَيْجائِه
This is your building, nothing erodes it
Your Lord suffices as protector of its structure
نَشطَ الشّبابُ وَقِيلَ يا مصرُ انْهضِي
وبَدَا سَبيلُ الحقِّ بعد خَفَائِه
The fortress of the cause arises, the valley on
Its sides roams in its expanses
وإذا الشّبابُ مَضَى يُحاوِلُ مَطلباً
نَفذَ المحالَ وجَالَ في أثنائِه
Say to those smiling, be gentle, and between their eyes
A people thrown into the hell of their misery
هذا بناؤُكَ مَالَهُ مِن هادمٍ
وكفَى بِربِّك حافظاً لِبنائِه
Do not mock the people in your weddings
They are in their bereavements and in their losses
حِصنُ القضيّةِ يَنهضُ الوادي على
جَنَباتِهِ ويجولُ في أفيائِهِ
The men knew life through you and saw
What death covers beneath its sheets
قُلْ لِلأُلىَ نَعِمُوا وبين عُيونهم
شَعبٌ تَردَّى في جَحيم شقائِه
And it became clear that humiliation is for one content
With his time through his hypocrisy and pretense
لا تسخروا بالشَّعبِ في أعراسِكم
هو في مآتمِه وفي أَرزائِه
No one dead while alive except a hypocrite
Whose conscience is wrapped in its cloak
عَرَفَ الرّجالُ بك الحياةَ وَأَبصَرُوا
ماذا يُواري الموتُ تحتَ غِطائهِ
The religion of politics and men levels
You are the unique imam among its jurists
وتَبيَّنُوا أنّ الهوانَ لِقانعٍ
مِن دَهرهِ بِنفاقهِ وريائهِ
What do kingdoms matter if their little demons
Cast the usurper assassin without disgrace
ما مَيِّتُ الأحياءِ غيرُ مُنافقٍ
بَالي الضّميرِ مُكفَّنٍ بِردائهِ
And most hostile of the country’s sons
Is one who does not see the occupier as his enemy
دينُ السياسةِ والرّجالُ مراتبٌ
أَنتَ الإمامُ الفردُ مِن فُقَهائِه
It is in its majesty the protector of its sons
And resting place of those past of its fathers
ما للممالكِ إن رَمَى عِزريلُها
بالغاصبِ المغتالِ غيرُ جلائِه
Is one who sells his country like one who defends it
Keeping it from his sale and trade?
وأشدُّ أبناءِ البِلادِ عَداوةً
مَن لا يرى المحتلَّ مِن أعدائهِ
The people of Egypt are not of a nature
To abandon the loyal among its supporters
هي في جلالتها حِمَى أبنائِه
ومضاجعُ الماضين من آبائهِ
Indeed, the arrogant have heard the report distorted
They do not know the plain from its news
أفَمَن يَبيعُ بلادَهُ كمجاهدٍ
ينأى بها عن بَيْعهِ وشرائهِ
We are not protectors of the Nile if they gain it
Until the blood of men flows like its water
شعبُ الكنانةِ ليس من أخلاقِه
أن يخذلَ المُوفين من نُصرائهِ
إنّ الأُلى سَمِعوا الحديث مُلفَّقاً
جَهِلوا الصّريحَ المحضَ من أنبائهِ
لسنا حُماةَ النّيلِ إن ظفروا بهِ
حتّى يَسيلَ دَمُ الرجالِ كمائِهِ
