تاجَ البِلادِ تَحِيَّةٌ وَسَلامُ
رَدَّتكَ مِصرُ وَصَحَّتِ الأَحلامُ
O crown of the country, greetings and peace
Egypt welcomed you back, and dreams came true
العِلمُ وَالمُلكُ الرَفيعُ كِلاهُما
لَكَ يا فُؤادُ جَلالَةٌ وَمَقامُ
Knowledge and noble rule, both
Are for you, O heart, majesty and position
فَكَأَنَّكَ المَأمونُ في سُلطانِهِ
في ظِلِّكَ الأَعلامُ وَالأَقلامُ
It is as if you are Al-Ma'mun in his rule
Under your shadow, the flags and the pens
أَهدى إِلَيكَ الغَربُ مِن أَلقابِهِ
في العِلمِ ما تَسمو لَهُ الأَعلامُ
The West granted you titles in knowledge
To what the flags aspire to
مِن كُلِّ مَملَكَةٍ وَكُلِّ جَماعَةٍ
يَسعى لَكَ التَقديرُ وَالإِعظامُ
From every kingdom and every group
Appreciation and glorification run to you
ما هَذِهِ الغُرَفُ الزَواهِرُ كَالضُحى
الشامِخاتُ كَأَنَّها الأَعلامُ
What are these brilliant halls like the morning
Towering as if they are flags
مِن كُلِّ مَرفوعِ العَمودِ مُنَوِّرٍ
كَالصُبحِ مُنصَدِعٌ بِهِ الإِظلامُ
With every elevated pillar illuminated
Like the dawn, darkness bursts from it
تَتَحَطَّمُ الأُمِّيَةُ الكُبرى عَلى
عَرَصاتِهِ وَتُمَزَّقُ الأَوهامُ
The great illiteracy shatters upon
Its squares, and delusions tear apart
هَذا البِناءُ الفاطِمِيُّ مَنارَةٌ
وَقَواعِدٌ لِحَضارَةٍ وَدِعامُ
This Fatimid structure is a beacon
And foundations for a civilization and pillars
مَهدٌ تَهَيَّأَ لِلوَليدِ وَأَيكَةٌ
سَيَرِنُّ فيها بُلبُلٌ وَحَمامُ
A cradle prepared for the newborn and a nest
In which nightingales and doves will sing
شُرُفاتُهُ نورُ السَبيلِ وَرُكنُهُ
لِلعَبقَرِيَّةِ مَنزِلٌ وَمُقامُ
Its balconies are the light of the way, and its corner
For genius, a dwelling and position
وَمَلاعِبٌ تُجري الحُظوظُ مَعَ الصِبا
في ظِلِّهِنَّ وَتوهَبُ الأَقسامُ
And playgrounds where luck runs with youth
In their shade, fates are granted
يَمشي بِها الفِتيانُ هَذا مالَهُ
نَفسٌ تُسَوِّدُهُ وَذاكَ عِصامُ
The young men walk in them, this one has
A soul that makes him swarthy, and that one determination
أَلقى أَواسيهِ وَطالَ بِرُكنِهِ
نَفسٌ مِنَ الصَيدِ المُلوكِ كِرامُ
He threw his stick and leaned on its corner
A soul of noble game, generous heroes
مِن آلِ إِسماعيلَ لا العَمّاتُ قَد
قَصَّرنَ عَن كَرَمٍ وَلا الأَعمامُ
From the family of Ishmael, neither maternal aunts
Fell short of generosity, nor paternal uncles
لَم يُعطَ هِمَّتَهُم وَلا إِحسانَهُم
بانٍ عَلى وادي المُلوكِ هُمامُ
Their enthusiasm and kindness were not given
By any builder in the valley of kings, they are protectors
وَبَنى فُؤادُ حائِطَيهِ يُعينُهُ
شَعبٌ عَنِ الغاياتِ لَيسَ يَنامُ
And Fuad built its two walls helping him
A people striving for the highest goals, not sleeping
اُنظُر أَبا الفاروقِ غَرسَكَ هَلَ دَنَت
ثَمَراتُهُ وَبَدَت لَهُ أَعلامُ
Look, O Abu Al-Farouq, has your plant approached
Fruition and its flags become visible?
وَهَل اِنثَنى الوادي وَفي فَمِهِ الجَنى
وَأَتى العِراقُ مُشاطِراً وَالشامُ
And has the valley bent over, with harvest in its mouth
And Iraq coming to share, and Damascus too?
في كُلِّ عاصِمَةٍ وَكُلِّ مَدينَةٍ
شُبّانُ مِصرَ عَلى المَناهِلِ حاموا
In every capital and every city
Egypt’s youth rushed to the water springs
كَم نَستَعيرُ الآخَرينَ وَنَجتَدي
هَيهاتَ ما لِلعارِياتِ دَوامُ
How much we borrow from others and struggle
Alas! Loans have no permanence
اليَومَ يَرعى في خَمائِلِ أَرضِهِم
نَشءٌ إِلى داعي الرَحيلِ قِيامُ
Today they graze in their lands, a generation
Rising to the call to travel
حُبٌّ غَرَستَ بِراحَتَيكَ وَلَم يَزَل
يَسقيهِ مِن كِلتا يَدَيكَ غَمامُ
Love you planted with your hands, and the clouds
Have not ceased watering it with both your hands
حَتّى أَنافَ عَلى قَوائِمِ سوقِهِ
ثَمَراً تَنوءُ وَراءَهُ الأَكمامُ
Until it bore fruit on the pedestals of its market
Fruit so heavy the sleeves bend under its weight
فَقَريبُهُ لِلحاضِرينَ وَليمَةٌ
وَبَعيدُهُ لِلغابِرينَ طَعامُ
Its near is a feast for the present people
And its far is food for the people of the past
عِظَةٌ لِفاروقٍ وَصالِحِ جيلِهِ
فيما يُنيلُ الصَبرُ وَالإِقدامُ
A lesson for Farouq and the good of his time
In what patience and determination collect
وَنَموذَجٌ تَحذو عَلَيهِ وَلَم يَزَل
بِسَراتِهِم يَتَشَبَّهُ الأَقوامُ
And a model emulated without cease
By successors in their life journeys
شَيَّدتَ صَرحاً لِلذَخائِرِ عالِياً
يَأوي الجَمالُ إِلَيهِ وَالإِلهامُ
You built a lofty palace for treasures
Where beauty and inspiration reside
رَفٌّ عُيونُ الكُتبِ فيهِ طَوائِفٌ
وَجَلائِلُ الأَسفارِ فيهِ رُكامُ
Shelves are the eyes of books in it, types
And great epics in it, volumes
إِسكَندَرِيَّةُ عادَ كَنزُكِ سالِماً
حَتّى كَأَن لَم يَلتَهِمهُ ضِرامُ
Alexandria, your treasure returned safe
As if voracity did not consume it
لَمَّتهُ مِن لَهَبِ الحَريقِ أَنامِلٌ
بَردٌ عَلى ما لامَسَت وَسَلامُ
Its fingers healed it from the flames of fire
Coolness to what they touched, and peace
وَآسَت جِراحَتَكَ القَديمَةُ راحَةٌ
جُرحُ الزَمانِ بِعُرفِها يَلتامُ
And its old wound found comfort and healing
The wound of time is healed by its knowledge
تَهَبُ الطَريفَ مِنَ الفَخارِ وَرُبَّما
بَعَثَت تَليدَ المَجدِ وَهوَ رِمامُ
It bestows the precious from the pottery, and sometimes
Revives the glory of old, though it is ruins
أَرَأَيتَ رُكنَ العِلمِ كَيفَ يُقامُ
أَرَأَيتَ الاِستِقلالَ كَيفَ يُرامُ
Have you seen the pillar of knowledge, how it rises?
Have you seen independence, how it is wanted?
العِلمُ في سُبُلِ الحَضارَةِ وَالعُلا
حادٍ لِكُلِّ جَماعَةٍ وَزِمامُ
Knowledge in the paths of civilization and ascent
Is the leader of every group, and the rein
باني المَمالِكِ حينَ تَنشُدُ بانِياً
وَمَثابَةُ الأَوطانِ حينَ تُضامُ
Builder of kingdoms, when a builder is sought
And refuge of homelands, when relied upon
قامَت رُبوعُ العِلمِ في الوادي فَهَل
لِلعَبقَرِيَّةِ وَالنُبوغِ قِيامُ
The fields of knowledge rose in the valley, so has
Rising for brilliance and genius occurred?
فَهُما الحَياةُ وَكُلُّ دورِ ثَقافَةٍ
أَو دورِ تَعليمٍ هِيَ الأَجسامُ
For they are life, and every cycle of culture
Or education cycle, they are the bodies
ما العِلمُ ما لَم يَصنَعاهُ حَقيقَةً
لِلطالِبينَ وَلا البَيانُ كَلامُ
What is knowledge if not made by them
Reality for the students? And words are not speech
يا مِهرَجانَ العِلمِ حَولَكَ فَرحَةٌ
وَعَلَيكَ مِن آمالِ مِصرَ زِحامُ
O festival of knowledge, around you there is joy
And upon you crowds of Egypt's hopes
ما أَشبَهَتكَ مَواسِمُ الوادي وَلا
أَعيادُهُ في الدَهرِ وَهيَ عِظامُ
How similar to the Nile valley seasons you are
And its holidays throughout time, momentous days
إِلّا نَهاراً في بَشاشَةِ صُبحِهِ
قَعَدَ البُناةُ وَقامَتِ الأَهرامُ
Except a day in the cheer of its morning
The builders sat, and the pyramids stood tall
وَأَطالَ خوفو في مَواكِبِ عِزِّهِ
فَاِهتَزَّتِ الرَبَواتُ وَالآكامُ
And Khufu paraded in the processions of his glory
The hills shook, and the peaks
يومي بِتاجٍ في الحَضارَةِ مُعرِقٍ
تَعنو الجِباهُ لِعِزِّهِ وَالهامُ
My day with a civilization crown, glistening
Foreheads bow to its glory and inspiration
تاجٌ تَنَقَّلَ في العُصورِ مُعَظَّماً
وَتَأَلَّفَت دُوَلٌ عَلَيهِ جِسامُ
A crown that moved honored through the ages
And states were composed around it, strong bodies
لَمّا اِضطَلَعتَ بِهِ مَشى فيهِ الهُدى
وَمَراشِدُ الدُستورِ وَالإِسلامُ
When you took it up, guidance walked in it
And the guides of the constitution and Islam
سَبَقَت مَواكِبُكَ الرَبيعَ وَحُسنَهُ
فَالنيلُ زَهوٌ وَالضِفافُ وِسامُ
Your processions preceded spring and its beauty
The Nile is blossoming, and the banks are adorned
الجيزَةُ الفَيحاءُ هَزَّت مَنكِباً
سُبِغَ النَوالُ عَلَيهِ وَالإِنعامُ
Lively Giza shook its shoulder
Favors poured upon it, and gifts
لَبِسَت زَخارِفَها وَمَسَّت طيبَها
وَتَرَدَّدَت في أَيكِها الأَنغامُ
It wore its decorations, touched its perfume
And melodies circulated in its valleys
قَد زِدتَها هَرَماً يُحَجُّ فِناؤُهُ
وَيُشَدُّ لِلدُنيا إِلَيهِ حِزامُ
You added to it a pyramid, whose loss
Attracts the world to it, binding it
تَقِفُ القُرونُ غَداً عَلى دَرَجاتِهِ
تُملي الثَناءَ وَتَكتُبُ الأَيّامُ
Tomorrow, centuries will stand on its steps
Dictating praise, and writing the days
أَعوامُ جُهدٍ في الشَبابِ وَراءَها
مِن جُهدِ خَيرِ كُهولَةٍ أَعوامُ
Years of effort in youth, and after them
Years of good effort in mature age
بَلَغَ البِناءُ عَلى يَدَيكَ تَمامُهُ
وَلِكُلِّ ما تَبني يَداكَ تَمامُ
The building reached under your hands its perfection
And for all you build, your hands are completeness
