مَن لي بِأَجنِحَةِ العَواصِفِ مَركَبا
وَأَرى مَطايا الهَمِّ أَبعَدَ مَطلَبا
Who will lend me the wings of storms as my conveyance
As I see the steeds of worries have gone farther away
يا بَرقُ حَيِّ عَلى السَحابِ مَنازِلاً
تَسقي حَيا البَينِ الرِفاقَ الغُيَّبا
O lightning alive upon the clouds, make homes
That quench the thirst of those distant from their loved ones
أَنتَ الرِسالَةُ وَالرَسولُ فَكُن لَهُم
مِنّا عَلى النَأيِ الكِتابَ المُذهَبا
You are the message and messenger so be for them
For us in estrangement, the gilded missive
أَلِفوا الوُجومَ وَلِلجَوانِحِ ضَجَّةٌ
سَمعَ السِماكُ هَزيمَها فَتَهَيَّبا
They have gotten used to gloom and the predatory birds clamor
The fish heard its defeat so hesitated in fear
هَل يَذكُرونَ لِمِصرَ واجِبَ حَقِّها
أَم يَحفَظونَ لَها الذِمامَ الأَقرَبا
Will they remember Egypt’s due right
Or do they keep for it the nearest rope
وَيَرَونَ غَمرَتَها وَمَوقِفَ أَهلِها
يَتَنازَعونَ سَبيلَها وَالمَذهَبا
And they see its flooding and the stand of its people
They quarrel over its path and doctrine
تَجري الأُمورُ بِها عَلى أَهوائِهِم
كُلٌّ يَرى رَأياً وَيَطلُبُ مَأرَبا
Matters regarding it flow according to their whims
Each sees an opinion and seeks personal gain
أَأَرى بِلاداً تَستَقِلُّ وَأُمَّةً
تَأبى الحِمايَةَ أَم أُشاهِدُ مَلعَبا
Shall I see a country become independent and a nation
That refuses protection or do I behold a playing field
لَولا الحِفاظُ لَراحَ كُلُّ مُجاهِدٍ
يُلقي السِلاحَ وَيَستَبيحُ المَهرَبا
If not for the defenders every fighter would have
Cast down arms and deemed fleeing permissible
لا عَذَّبَ اللَهُ الكِنانَةَ إِنَّها
لَتُغادِرُ الحُرَّ الكَريمَ مُعَذَّبا
May Allah not torment cowardice for it
Would leave the noble free man tormented
لَيسَ الَّذي جَعَلَ الوَفاءَ جَزاءَها
كَمَنِ اِستَهانَ بِعَهدِها فَتَقَلَّبا
The one who made loyalty its reward is not
Like one who took lightly his pact and flipped
إِنَّ الَّذي وَهَبَ النُفوسَ خِلالَها
جَعَلَ الوَفاءَ إِلى الكِرامِ مُحَبَّبا
Indeed the one who granted souls their nature
Made loyalty to the noble beloved
لِلحَقِّ جُندٌ إِن مَشى بِلِوائِهِ
غَلَبَ الأَعَزَّ مِنَ الجُنودِ الأَغلَبا
The truth has troops and if they march under its banner
They will defeat the proudest of armies
لَيتَ الأُلى شَهِدوا الكَريهَةَ حَدَّثوا
أَيَّ القَواضِبِ كانَ أَصدَقَ مَضرَبا
I wish the vanished had witnessed the ugly scene and spoken
Which of the boats was the most steadfast
حَجَبوا المَقاتِلَ بِالدُروعِ حَصينَةً
وَالحَتفُ يَهتِكُ حاسِراً وَمُحَجَّبا
They shielded the fighter with impenetrable armor
Yet the skulls tore them open, shattering the helmed
عَصَفَ الهَوى بِالجامِحينَ وَرُبَّما
صَدَعَ العِمايَةَ مَن أَهابَ وَثَوَّبا
Passion blew away the reckless and perhaps
Cracked the shaky one who hesitated and delayed
ما عُذرُ مَن تَرَكَ المَنارَ وَراءَهُ
وَمَضى يَخوضُ مِنَ الضَلالَةِ غَيهَبا
No excuse for one who left the minaret behind
And went plunging into the depths of ruin
اللَهَ في وَطَنٍ يَظَلُّ مُصابُهُ
يَقضي عَلى أَعقابِكُم أَن تُنكَبا
By Allah, in a land whose wounds still bleed
That will seal the fate of your heels to stumble
ما لِلحُلومِ ذَهَبنَ أَبعدَ مَذهَبٍ
أَعلِقنَ مِن عَنقاءَ مُغرِبَ مَخلَبا
What ails these dreamers? They have gone farther astray
Than a pendant from the neck of a western belle
