لا يُقيمَنَّ عَلى الضَيمِ الأَسَد
نَزَعَ الشِبلُ مِنَ الغابِ الوَتَد
The lion does not dwell on injustice
The cub pulled out the peg from the forest
كَبُرَ الشِبلُ وَشَبَّت نابُهُ
وَتَغَطّى مَنكِباهُ بِاللُبَد
The cub grew up and his fangs sharpened
And his shoulders were covered with fur
اِترُكوهُ يَمشِ في آجامِهِ
وَدَعوهُ عَن حِمى الغابِ يَذُد
Leave him to roam in his dens
And stop him from protecting the forest
وَاِعرُضوا الدُنيا عَلى أَظفارِهِ
وَاِبعَثوهُ في صَحاراها يَصِد
Show him the world through his claws
And send him to wander in its plains
فِتيَةَ الوادي عَرَفنا صَوتَكُم
مَرحَباً بِالطائِرِ الشادي الغَرِد
Young men of the valley, we know your voice
Welcome O melody singing bird
هُوَ صَوتُ الحَقِّ لَم يَبغِ وَلَم
يَحمِلِ الحِقدَ وَلَم يُخفِ الحَسَد
It is the voice of truth, it did not transgress or
Bore malice, nor hid envy
وَخَلا مِن شَهوَةٍ ما خالَطَت
صالِحاً مِن عَمَلٍ إِلّا فَسَد
And it is free from any desire that corrupts
A righteous deed except that it fails
حَرَّكَ البُلبُلُ عِطفَي رَبوَةٍ
كانَ فيها البومُ بِالأَيكِ اِنفَرَد
The nightingale stirred the branches of a willow
Where an owl in solitude perched
زَنبَقُ المُدنِ وَرَيحانُ القُرى
قامَ في كُلِّ طَريقٍ وَقَعَد
The lily of cities and the basil of villages
Stood at every road and settled
باكِراً كَالنَحلِ في أَسرابِها
كُلُّ سِربٍ قَد تَلاقى وَاِحتَشَد
Early like bees in their swarms
Each swarm gathered and came together
قَد جَنى ما قَلَّ مِن زَهرِ الرُبا
ثُمَّ أَعطى بَدَلَ الزَهرِ الشُهُد
It reaped little of the flowers’ nectar
Then gave instead honey
بَسَطَ الكَفَّ لِمَن صادَفَه
وَمَضى يَقصُرُ خَطواً وَيَمُد
It reached out to whoever it met
Walking with short and long strides
يَجعَلُ الأَوطانَ أُغنِيَتَه
وَيُنادي الناسَ مَن جادَ وَجَد
Making countries into its songs
And calling people, those who give and find
كُلَّما مَرَّ بِبابٍ دَقَّهُ
أَو رَأى داراً عَلى الدَربِ قَصَد
Knocking on every door it passes
Or heads towards any house on the road
غادِياً في المُدنِ أَو نَحوَ القِرى
رائِحاً يَسأَلُ قِرشاً لِلبَلَد
Walking in cities or towards villages
Going asking for coins for the country
أَيُّها الناسُ اِسمَعوا أَصغوا لَهُ
أَخرِجوا المالَ إِلى البِرِّ يَعُد
O people, listen and pay attention to it
Bring out money for this goodness that counts
لا تَرُدّوا يَدَهُم فارِغَةً
طالِبُ العَونِ لِمِصرٍ لا يُرَد
Do not send back its hands empty
The seeker of help for a country that matters
سَيَرى الناسُ عَجيباً في غَدٍ
يَغرِسُ القِرشُ وَيَبني وَيَلِد
People will see wonders tomorrow
The coin will plant, build, and give birth
يُنهِضُ اللَهُ الصِناعاتِ بِهِ
مِن عِثارٍ لَبَثَت فيهِ الأَبَد
God will make industries rise through it
From ruin that lingered forever
أَو يَزيدَ البِرَّ داراً قَعَدَت
لِكِفاحِ السُلِّ أَو حَربِ الرَمَد
Or increase goodness by a house that settled
Due to the struggle of poverty or the fight of distress
وَهوَ في الأَيدي وَفي قُدرَتِها
لَم يَضِق عَنهُ وَلَم يَعجِز أَحَد
And it is within hands and in its ability
No one was too narrow or incapable for it
تِلكَ مِصرُ الغَدِ تَبني مُلكَها
نادَتِ الباني وَجاءَت بِالعُدَد
That is tomorrow's Egypt building its reign
It called the builder and came with supplies
وَعَلى المالِ بَنَت سُلطانَها
ثابِتَ الآساسِ مَرفوعَ العَمَد
And it built its rule on money
With strong foundations and raised pillars
وَأَصارَت بَنكَ مِصرٍ كَهفَها
حَبَّذا الرُكنُ وَأَعظِم بِالسَنَد
And it made the bank of Egypt its cave
The cornerstone blessed and supremely supported it
مَثَلٌ مِن هِمَّةٍ قَد بَعُدَت
وَمَداها في المَعالي قَد بَعُد
An example of ambition that reached far
With its horizons far in the heights
رَدَّها العَصرُ إِلى أُسلوبِهِ
كُلُّ عَصرٍ بِأَساليبَ جُدُد
The age returned it to its ways
Every age has its renewed methods
البَنونَ اِستَنهَضوا آبائَهُم
وَدَعا الشِبلُ مِنَ الوادي الأَسَد
The young roused their fathers
And the cub called the lion from the valley
أَصبَحَت مِصرُ وَأَضحى مَجدُها
هِمَّةَ الوالِدِ أَو شُغلَ الوَلَد
Egypt became and its glory dawned
The ambition of the father or the occupation of the son
هَذِهِ الهِمَّةُ بِالأَمسِ جَرَت
فَحَوَت في طَلَبِ الحَقِّ الأَمَد
This ambition yesterday flowed
Seeking truth with great determination
أَيُّها الجيلُ الَّذي نَرجو لِغَدٍ
غَدُكَ العِزُّ وَدُنياكَ الرَغَد
O generation we hope for tomorrow
Your glory tomorrow and prosperity today
أَنتَ في مَدرَجَةِ السَيلِ وَقَد
ضَلَّ مَن في مَدرَجِ السَيلِ رَقَد
You are on the staircase of a flood, and indeed
Lost is one who sleeps on the staircase of a flood
قُدتَ في الحَقِّ فَقُد في مِثلِهِ
مِن نَواحي القَصدِ أَو سُبلِ الرَشَد
Lead in truth, so lead in its like
From the ways of moderation or paths of righteousness
رُبَّ عامٍ أَنتَ فيهِ واجِدٌ
وَاِدَّخِر فيهِ لِعامٍ لا تَجِد
Many a year you will find
And store in it for a year you will not find
عَلِّمِ الآباءَ وَاِهتِف قائِلاً
أَيُّها الشَعبُ تَعاوَن وَاِقتَصِد
Teach the fathers and proclaim saying
O people, cooperate and be economical
اِجمَعِ القِرشَ إِلى القِرشِ يَكُن
لَكَ مِن جَمعِهِما مالٌ لُبَد
Gather coin to coin, it will become
For you from their gathering a plentiful money
اُطلِبِ القُطنَ وَزاوِل غَيرَهُ
وَاِتَّخِذ سوقاً إِذا سوقٌ كَسَد
Seek cotton and do other
And make a market if a market is impeded
نَحنُ قَبلَ القُطنِ كُنّا أُمَّةً
تَهبِطُ الوادي وَتَرعى وَتَرِد
We before cotton were a nation
Descending valleys, grazing and returning
قَد أَخَذنا في الصِناعاتِ المَدى
وَبَنَينا في الأَوالي ما خَلَد
We took the lead in industries
And built in ancient times what lasted
وَغَزَلنا قَبلَ إِدريسَ الكُسا
وَنَسَجنا قَبلَ داوُدَ الزَرَد
And we spun before Idris the linen
And wove before David the armor
إِن تَكُ اليَومَ لِواءً قائِداً
كَم لِواءٍ لَكَ بِالأَمسِ اِنعَقَد
If you are today a leading banner
How many banners for you in the past rallied
