قُم سابِقِ الساعَةَ وَاِسبِق وَعدَها
الأَرضُ ضاقَت عَنكَ فَاِصدَع غِمدَها
Arise, outrun time and forestall its promise
The earth has narrowed for you, so split open its sheath
وَاِملَأ رِماحاً غَورَها وَنَجدَها
وَاِفتَح أُصولَ النيلِ وَاِستَرِدَّها
And fill its interior and its plateau with spears
And unlock the sources of the Nile and reclaim them
شَلّالَها وَعَذبَها وَعِدَّها
وَاِصرِف إِلَينا جَزرَها وَمَدَّها
Its cataracts, its sweetness, and its course
And divert its islands and its flood back to us
تِلكَ الوُجوهُ لا شَكَونا فَقدَها
بَيَّضَتِ القُربى لَنا مُسوَدَّها
Those are the faces we have long missed
Our kin have whitened their darkened faces for us
سُلِلَت مِن وادي المُلوكِ فَاِزدَهى
وَأَلقَتِ الشَمسُ عَلَيهِ رَأدَها
Extracted from the valley of kings, it rose high
And the sun cast its first rays upon it
وَاِستَرجَعَت دَولَتُهُ إِفرِندَها
أَبيَضَ رَيّانَ المُتونِ وَردَها
Its rule regained its magnificence
It whitened the meadows and restored its freshness
أَبلى ظُبى الدَهرِ وَفَلَّ حَدَّها
وَأَخلَقَ العُصورَ وَاِستَجَدَّها
It wore out the lions of time and broke its edge
And created eras anew and renewed them
سافَرَ أَربَعينَ قَرناً عَدَّها
حَتّى أَتى الدارَ فَأَلفى عِندَها
It traveled forty centuries counting them
Until it reached the house and found next to it
إِنجِلتِرا وَجَيشَها وَلوردَها
مَسلولَةَ الهِندِيِّ تَحمي هِندَها
England, its army, and its lords
Weakened India protecting its India
قامَت عَلى السودانِ تَبني سَدَّها
وَرَكَزَت دونَ القَناةِ بَندَها
Standing over Sudan building its dam
And planted at the Canal its crops
فَقالَ وَالحَسرَةُ ما أَشَدَّها
لَيتَ جِدارَ القَبرِ ما تَدَهدَها
So it said while the deepest regrets consumed it
Would that the grave's wall had not crumbled
وَلَيتَ عَيني لَم تُفارِق رَقدَها
قُم نَبِّني يا بَنتَؤورُ ما دَها
Would that my eyes had not left its sleep
Arise, my lady, what has passed is past
مِصرُ فَتاتي لَم تُوَقِّر جَدَّها
دَقَّت وَراءَ مَضجَعي جازَبَندَها
Egypt, my girl, did not respect its ancestors
It knocked behind my resting place, driving its poles
وَخَلَطَت ظِباءَها وَأُسدَها
وَسَكَبَ الساقي الطِلا وَبَدَّها
And confused its gazelles and its lions
And the cupbearer spilled the wine, wasting it
قَد سَحَبَت عَلى جَلالي بُردَها
لَيتَ جَلالَ المَوتِ كانَ صَدَّها
It dragged over my glory its curtain
Would that the glory of death had blocked it
فَقُلتُ يا ماجِدَها وَجَعدَها
لَو لَم تَكُ اِبنَ الشَمسِ كُنتَ رِئدَها
So I said: O you, its glory and its wound
Had you not been the son of the sun you would have been its monkey
لَحدُكَ وَدَّتهُ النُجومُ لَحدَها
أَرَيتَنا الدُنيا بِهِ وَجِدَّها
Your rule, the stars desired its rule
You showed us the world through it, and we loved it
سُلطانَها وَعِزَّها وَرَغدَها
وَكَيفَ يُعطى المُتَّقونَ خُلدَها
Its sultanate, its honor, and its prosperity
And how can the pious be granted its eternity?
آثارُكُم يُخطي الحِسابُ عَدَّها
اِنهَدَمَ الدَهرُ وَلَم يَهُدَّها
Your deeds, counting surpasses their count
Time collapsed, and you did not support it
أَبوابُكَ اللاتي قَصَدنا قَصدَها
كارتِرُ في وَجهِ الوُفودِ رَدَّها
Your doors, which we frequented, frequented them
Carter turned away the delegations from them
لَولا جُهودٌ لا نُريدُ جَحدَها
وَحُرمَةٌ مِن قُربِكَ اِستَمَدَّها
Were it not for efforts we do not want to deny
And sanctity, from your proximity we drew it
قُلتُ لَكَ اِضرِب يَدَهُ وَقُدَّها
وَاِبعَث لَهُ مِنَ البَعوضِ نُكدَها
I said to you: Strike his hand and drive him
And send him some flies to vex him
مِصرُ الفَتاةُ بَلَغَت أَشُدَّها
وَأَثبَتَ الدَمُ الزَكِيُّ رُشدَها
Egypt, the girl, has come of age
And the pure blood has proven her maturity
وَلَعِبَت عَلى الحِبالِ وَحدَها
وَجَرَّبَت إِرخائَها وَشَدَّها
She played on the ropes alone
She tried its loosening and its pulling
فَأَرسَلَت دُهاتَها وَلُدَّها
في الغَربِ سَدّوا عِندَهُ مَسَدَّها
So she sent her troops and her children
In the West, they closed to him its closure
وَبَعَثَت لِلبَرلَمانِ جُندَها
وَحَشَدَت لِلمِهرَجانِ حَشدَها
And she sent to Parliament her soldiers
And she mobilized for the festival her masses
حَدَت إِلَيهِ شيبَها وَمُردَها
وَأَبرَزَت كِعابَها وَخَودَها
She marched to it her elderliness and her refusal
And showed her dimples and her cheeks
وَنَثَرَت فَوقَ الطَريقِ وَردَها
وَاِستَقبَلَت فُؤادَها وَوَفدَها
And scattered roses over the road
And welcomed its heart and its delegation
مَوئِلَها وَكَهفَها وَرِدَّها
وَاِبنَ الَّذينَ قَوَّموا مَقَدَّها
Its shelters, its caves, and its pasture
And the son who straightened its tilting pillar
وَأَلَّفوا بَعدَ اِنفِراطٍ عِقدَها
وَجَعَلوا صَحراءَ ليبيا حَدَّها
And united after separation its knot
And made Libya's desert its boundary
وَبَسَطوا عَلى الحِجازِ أَيدَها
وَصَيَّروا العاتِيَ فيهِ عَبدَها
And spread over Hijaz its hands
And made the rebel in it its slave
حَتّى أَتى الدارَ الَّتي أَعَدَّها
لِمِصرَ تَبني في ذَراها مَجدَها
Until it reached the house it had prepared
For Egypt to build in its lands its glory
فَثَبَّتَ الشورى وَشَدَّ عَقدَها
وَقَلَّدَ الجيلَ السَعيدَ عَهدَها
So it established the council and tied its bond
And empowered the blessed generation with its era
سُلطَتُهُ إِلى بَنينا رَدَّها
Its authority it restored to our children
O Lord, strengthen its hand and embolden it
يا رَبِّ قَوِّ يَدَها وَشُدَّها
وَاِفتَح لَها السُبلُ وَلا تَسُدَّها
And pave for it the paths, do not obstruct them
And for each step measure what comes after it
وَقِس لِكُلِّ خُطوَةٍ ما بَعدَها
وَعَن صَغيراتِ الأُمورِ حُدَّها
And turn it away from trivial matters
And divert it to the essence of matters
وَاِصرِف إِلى جِدِّ الشُؤونِ جَدَّها
وَلا تُضِع عَلى الضَحايا جُهدَها
And do not overburden the victims with their efforts
And curb the soul's whims and break its hatred
وَاِكبَح هَوى الأَنفُسِ وَاِكسِر حِقدَها
وَاِجمَع عَلى الأُمِّ الرَؤومِ وِلدَها
And unite upon the merciful mother her children
And fill her breast with the milk of brilliance
وَاِملَأ بِأَلبانِ النُبوغِ نَهدَها
وَلا تَدَعها تُحيِ مُستَبِدَها
And do not let an autocrat revive to rule her
Or stamp with its feet and drive away its individuals
وَتَنتَحِت بِراحَتَيها فَردَها
