عَهدٌ لِمِصرَ مِنَ الحَياةِ جَديدُ
أَرَأَيتَ شَعبَ النيلِ كيف يَسودُ
A new life is promised to Egypt
Have you seen how the Nile's people prevail?
جَمَعت قُلوبَ الأُمَّتَينِ عَلى الرِضى
ذِمَمٌ لِمِصرَ مَصونَةٌ وَعُهودُ
The hearts of both nations concur in consent
Egypt's pledges are protected and its covenants stand
عَقَدت يَدُ اللَهِ القَوِيِّ حِبالَها
وَالرُسلُ وَالمَلَأُ العَلِيُّ شُهودُ
The hand of mighty God has tied its ropes
The messengers and the Most High are witnesses
طَرفٌ عَلى كَفِّ المَسيحِ يَمُدُّهُ
طَرفٌ بِكَفِّ مُحَمَّدٍ مَشدودُ
One side held in the Messiah’s palm extended
The other tied fast in Muhammad’s clenched hand
هَل تَنزَعُ الطَرَفَينِ مِن كَفَّيهما
كَفٌّ تَرومُ حِماهُما وَتُريدُ
Would you try to loose those two hands’ grip
When a hand aspires to protect them both?
آلَ المُقَوقَسِ وَهوَ عَهدٌ خالِدٌ
يَرِثُ الدُنى وَالناسَ حينَ تَبيدُ
The lineage of the Mukaukis, this is an eternal bond
Inheriting eras as people pass away
وَيُشَيِّعُ الأَهرامَ يَومَ يُصيبُها
أَجَلُ الدُهورِ وَأَهلَها فَتَميدُ
Bidding farewell to its pyramids when
The appointed time for it and its people has run out
أَنتُم لِمَجدِ النيلِ رُكنٌ قائِمٌ
عالي الجَوانِبِ لِلخُلودِ مَشيدُ
You are a pillar for the Nile’s glory
Lofty of flanks, built to last
حَمَتِ الشُموسُ جَلالَهُ وَأَعَزَّهُ
مِن آلِ رَمسيسَ المُلوكُ الصيدُ
Suns have protected its grandeur and strengthened it
Among the kings, the royal hunters of Ramessis
تُعليهِ تيجانٌ لَهُم وَأَرائِكٌ
وَتَزيدُ فيهِ مَواكِبٌ وَجُنودُ
Crowns for them and thrones
And processions and armies increase
تَمشي العُصورُ الشُمُّ بَينَ صُفوفِها
وَالأَرضُ تَرجِفُ وَالمُلوكُ تَحيدُ
Eras walk between its ranks
The earth quakes and kings stray
وَالشَعبُ يَسمَحُ خاشِعاً في مَوقِفٍ
يَعلو لِبِنتاؤورَ فيهِ نَشيدُ
The people bow submissively in positions
Hymns to Pentawere exalted among them
فِرعَونُ يُصغي في مَظاهِرِ عِزِّهِ
وَالجُندُ حَولَ لِوائِهِ مَحشودُ
The Pharaoh listens to displays of his might
While troops around his banners throng
فَيُجِلُّ شاعِرَهُ وَيُكرمُ قَومَهُ
وَيُعَلِّمُ الشُعَراءَ كَيفَ تُجيدُ
Honoring his poet, favoring his people
And teaching poets how to excel
المُلكُ عالٍ وَالمَواكِبُ فَخمَةٌ
وَسَنا الحَضارَةِ واسِعٌ مَمدودُ
The sovereign is exalted, the processions splendid
The path of civilization lying long extended
وَالناسُ شُغلٌ وَالبِلادُ رِعايَةٌ
وَالعَيشُ مَجدٌ وَالفُنونُ خُلودُ
The people are busy, the land cared for
Life glorious, arts everlasting
وَالنيلُ خِصبٌ في القُرى مُتَدَفِّقٌ
وَالزَرعُ مِنهُ قائِمٌ وَحَصيدُ
The Nile fructifying villages flows
Crops from it standing and harvests reaped
مِصرُ الخَزائِنِ في وِلايَةِ يوسُفٍ
وَالعالَمونَ قَوافِلٌ وَوُفودُ
Egypt's treasure stores in Joseph's trusteeship
Caravans of scholars and delegations, a constant flood
تُعطي فَتَحتَفِلُ البِلادُ وَتَحتَفي
أُمَمٌ عَلَيها بِالحَياةِ تَجودُ
It gives and countries celebrate, feast
Nations upon it giving life bestowed
أَبناءُ يَعقوبٍ حِيالَ عَزيزِها
يَشكونَ ما جَنَتِ الخُطوبُ السودُ
Jacob’s sons facing its minister
Complain of the woes dark misfortunes once sewed
يَستَعطِفونَ أَخاً رَموهُ بِكَيدِهِم
فَإِذا المَكائِدُ أَنعُمٌ وَسُعودُ
Pleading with a brother their schemes had rejected
Thereafter bounties and ease flowed
وَضَعَ الصِواعَ فَفي الرِحالِ جِنايَةٌ
يُعيي الشَوامِخَ حَملُها وَيَؤودُ
He placed the measure, but plots in their bags
Would have wearied towering giants carrying such loads
لا يَحمَدُ المَلِكُ الكَبيرُ أَمينَهُ
حَتّى يُرَدَّ صواعُهُ المفقودُ
Nor will the great king thank his trustee
Until his missing bushel is bestowed
تركوا أخاهم فاستبدَّ بشيخهم
همّان همٌّ طارِفٌ وَتَليدُ
They left their brother controlling their sheikh
Two grieving worries, painful and concatenated
يَجِدُ الحَياةَ نَدِيَّةً أَنفاسُها
مِن ريحِ يوسُفَ وَالفُؤادُ كَميدُ
He finds life gently breathed
In Joseph’s wind, his heart is tenderized
وَأَتى القَميصُ فَعادَ مِن بَعدِ العَمى
بَصَرٌ لَهُ حَيُّ الضِياءِ حَديدُ
The shirt arrived and from blindness
Came back to him sharp-sighted vision
جاءوا الكِنانَةَ يَنظُرونَ فَراعَهُم
مُلكٌ لِيوسُفَ ما يُرامُ عَتيدُ
They came to Canaan and were filled with awe
A dominion for Joseph unforeseen
مَلَأَ النَواظِرَ وَالقُلوبَ جَلالُهُ
فَإذا الجَميعُ عَلى الجِباهِ سُجودُ
His majesty filled sights and hearts
Where all bowed foreheads down
رُؤيا العَزيزِ تَأَوَّلَت وَمِنَ الرُؤى
لِذَوي البَصائِرِ واقِعٌ مَشهودُ
The minister’s dream interpreted, and dreams
For prudent visions, witnessed and avowed
إِنَّ الحَوادِثَ لِلرِجالِ تَجارِبٌ
وَمِنَ المَصائِبِ ضائِرٌ وَمُفيدُ
Events are tests for men
Out of calamities, some harmful and some beneficial
يَشكو الفَتى نَكَدَ الحَياةِ وَرُبَّما
خَبَأَ المَيامِنَ عَيشُهُ المَنكودُ
The youth complains of life’s miseries and perhaps
His good fortune lies hidden, out of view
يا أُمَّةَ الإِنجيلِ آمِناً بِهِ
ما بِالنَبِيِّ وَلا يَسوعَ جُحودُ
O people of the Bible, believing in it
Neither the prophet nor Jesus denied
الدينُ في أَمرٍ وَنَهيٍ واحِدٌ
وَاللَهُ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ المَعبودُ
Religion is one in order and prohibition
And God, majestic is His majesty, the Worshipped
دُنيا المَمالِكِ لا تُحَدُّ وَدينُها
وَقفٌ عَلى دَيّانِها مَحدودُ
The world of kingdoms has no limit, though faith
Upon its Judge is qualified and defined
دَرَجَ الزَمانُ عَلى المَوَدَّةِ بَينَنا
وَأَراهُ يَنقُصُ وَالإِخاءُ يَزيدُ
Time has marched on goodwill between us
But I see it decrease as brotherhood is spread
ذُخرُ البَنينَ نَصونُ مِن مَوروثِهِ
ما صانَ آباءٌ لَنا وَجدودُ
The legacy of ancestors that fathers
Handed down to us should not be thin
بِرّاً بِمِصرَ وَمِصرُ أَعظَمُ حُرمَةً
مِن أَن يَضيعَ رَجاؤُها المَنشودُ
Virtue to Egypt! Egypt greatest in sanctity
That its coveted hopes be not squandered
إِلّا يَكُن مَجدٌ أَشَمُّ وَسُؤدُدٌ
فَحَياةُ شَعبٍ صالِحٍ وَوُجودُ
Unless a glory loftier and more lasting
The life of an upright nation and its presence
شُدّوا القُلوبَ عَلى الإِخاءِ فَإِنَّها
مِصرٌ وَإِنَّ بَلاءَها لَشَديدُ
Bind your hearts to brotherhood, for trials upon her
Are severe, of Egypt the beloved home
أَنَرى المَمالِكَ كُلَّ يَومٍ حَولَنا
تَسعى وَنَحنُ عَلى الرَجاءِ قُعودُ
Shall we see realms every day around us
Scrambling while we sit hoping?
الأَمرُ مُشتَرِكٌ وَمِصرُ لَنا مَعاً
في العالَمينَ مَنازِلٌ وَلُحودُ
The matter concerns us all, and Egypt
For both worlds is dwelling place and refuge nook
وَالنيلُ إِن حَمَلَ القَذى وَإِذا صَفا
فَهوَ الحَياةُ وَوِردُها المَورودُ
If the Nile brought motes, still when clear
It is life and its settlement guaranteed
أَنَخونُ أَنفُسَنا وَنُفسِدُ أَمرَنا
أَن قالَ واشٍ أَو أَرادَ حَسودُ
Do we wrong ourselves and spoil our cause
If some envier wished or malcontent?
زَعَمَ العِدى أَنّا نَعُقُّ بِلادَنا
زَعمٌ لَعَمرُ الأُمَّتَينِ بَعيدُ
Hostility alleged we betray our land
An allegation, by both nations negated
مَن كانَ يَحكُمُ أَن نَعيشَ أَذِلَّةً
بَينَ الشُعوبِ فَحُكمُهُ مَردودُ
Who ruled that we should live disgraced
Among the peoples? His rule is refuted
لا نَعرِفُ اليَأسَ المُميتَ وَلا نَرى
أَنَّ الحَياةَ سَبيلُها مَسدودٌ
We know no deadening despair, we see
No path before us deterred or blocked
أَيُهانُ لِلأَهرامِ مَجدٌ باذِخٌ
وَيُضامُ تَاريخٌ لِمِصرَ مجيدُ
Insult to the pyramids while glory shining bright?
Or history denied to famed Egypt?
إِن تَبكِ مِصرُ عَلى مُؤثَّلِ مَجدِها
فَلَسَوفَ يَرجِعُ عالِياً وَيَعودُ
If Egypt weeps for its vanished magnificence
Sublime it will return and be renewed
