يا راكِبَ الريحِ حَيِّ النيلَ وَالهَرَما

وَعَظِّمِ السَفحَ مِن سيناءَ وَالحَرَما

O rider of the wind, salute the Nile and the pyramids

And glorify the foothills of Sinai and the Sacred House

وَقِف عَلى أَثَرٍ مَرَّ الزَمانُ بِهِ

فَكانَ أَثبَتَ مِن أَطوادِهِ قِمَما

Stop at a trace crossed by time

That was more enduring than its high mountains

وَاِخفِض جَناحَكَ في الأَرضِ الَّتي حَمَلَت

موسى رَضيعاً وَعيسى الطُهرَ مُنفَطِما

And fold your wings over the land that carried

Moses as a suckling babe and the pure Jesus as a newborn

وَأَخرَجَت حِكمَةَ الأَجيالِ خالِدَةً

وَبَيَّنَت لِلعِبادِ السَيفَ وَالقَلَما

And brought forth the eternal wisdom of generations

And explained to mankind the sword and the pen

وَشُرِّفَت بِمُلوكٍ طالَما اِتَّخَذوا

مَطِيَّهُم مِن مُلوكِ الأَرضِ وَالخَدَما

And was honored by kings who for long took

Rulers of earth as their mounts and servants

هَذا فَضاءٌ تُلِمُّ الريحُ خاشِعَةً

بِهِ وَيَمشي عَلَيهِ الدَهرُ مُحتَشِما

This is a space where the wind blows submissively

And time walks over it with humility

فَمَرحَباً بِكُما مِن طالِعينَ بِهِ

عَلى سِوى الطائِرِ المَيمونِ ما قَدِما

So welcome, O you two, coming into it

Above the auspicious bird's precedent did you set foot

عادَ الزَمانُ فَأَعطى بَعدَما حَرَما

وَتابَ في أُذُنِ المَحزونِ فَاِبتَسَما

Time has returned and after denying has given

And relented in the sorrowful one's ear, so he smiled

فَيا رَعى اللَهُ وَفداً بَينَ أَعيُنِنا

وَيَرحَمُ اللَهُ ذاكَ الوَفدُ ما رَحِما

So may God protect a delegation before our eyes

And may God have mercy on that delegation as long as there is mercy

هُم أَقسَموا لِتَدينَنَّ السَماءُ لَهُم

وَاليَومَ قَد صَدَّقوا في قَبرِهِم قَسَما

They swore the sky would submit to them

And today in their graves their oath came true

وَالناسُ باني بِناءٍ أَو مُتَمِّمُهُ

وَثالِثٌ يَتَلافى مِنهُ ما اِنهَدَما

While people build a structure or complete it

And a third avoids what collapsed of it

تَعاوُنٌ لا يُحِلُّ المَوتُ عُروَتَهُ

وَلا يُرى بِيَدِ الأَرزاءِ مُنفَصِما

Cooperation that death does not invalidate its bond

And no weakness is seen in the hands of the virtuous

يا صاحِبي أَدرَميدٍ حَسبُها شَرَفاً

أَنَّ الرِياحَ إِلَيها أَلقَتِ اللُجُما

My friend, it is enough honor for Damireed

That the winds have cast the ships unto it

وَأَنَّها جاوَزَت في القُدسِ مِنطَقَةً

جَرى البِساطُ فَلَم يَجتَز لَها حَرَما

And that it surpassed in Jerusalem a sphere

Where the carpet was spread but did not deem it inviolable

مَشَت عَلى أُفقٍ مَرَّ البُراقُ بِهِ

فَقَبَّلَت أَثَراً لِلخُفِّ مُرتَسِما

It walked upon a horizon which Burraq crossed

And kissed the trace of a hoof left behind

وَمَسَّحَت بِالمُصَلّى فَاِكتَسَت شَرَفاً

وَبِالمَغارِ المُعَلّى فَاِكتَسَت عِظَما

And wiped itself with the place of prayer, acquiring honor

And the sublime cave, acquiring greatness

وَكُلَّما شاقَها حادٍ عَلى أُفُقٍ

كانَت مَزاميرُ داوُدٍ هِيَ النَغَما

And whenever a rebel crossed its horizon

David’s psalms were its melodies

جَشَّمتُماها مِنَ الأَهوالِ أَربَعَةً

الرَعدَ وَالبَرقَ وَالإِعصارَ وَالظُلَما

You charged it with four horrors

Thunder, lightning, gales and darkness

حَتّى حَوَتها سَماءُ النيلِ فَاِنحَدَرَت

كَالنَسرِ أَعيا فَوافى الوَكرَ فَاِعتَصَما

Until the Nile's sky embraced it and it descended

Like an eagle returning, reaching its nest, finding refuge

يا آلَ عُثمانَ أَبناءَ العُمومَةِ هَل

تَشكونَ جُرحاً وَلا نَشكو لَهُ أَلَما

O clan of Othman, sons of the maternal aunt, do you

Complain of a wound while we do not feel its pain?

إِذا حَزِنتُم حَزِنّا في القُلوبِ لَكُم

كَالأُمِّ تَحمِلُ مِن هَمِّ اِبنِها سَقَما

If you are saddened in hearts, for you we have

Like a mother bearing the worries of her son’s illness

وَكَم نَظَرنا بِكُم نُعمى فَجَسَّمَها

لَنا السُرورُ فَكانَت عِندَنا نِعَما

And how often we considered you blind, so happiness

Visualized it for us, and it became bounty

وَنَبذُلُ المالَ لَم نُحمَل عَلَيهِ كَما

يَقضي الكَريمُ حُقوقَ الأَهلِ وَالذِمَما

And we spend money not coerced to it, as

The generous fulfills the rights of family and oaths

صَبراً عَلى الدَهرِ إِن جَلَّت مَصائِبُهُ

إِنَّ المَصائِبَ مِمّا يوقِظُ الأُمَما

Patience over the days, even if its afflictions multiply

Afflictions are among what awakens the nations

إِذا المُقاتِلُ مِن أَخلاقِهِم سَلَمَت

فَكُلُّ شَيءٍ عَلى آثارِها سَلَما

If the warrior’s morals are safe

Then everything in its wake is safe

وَإِنَّما الأُمَمُ الأَخلاقُ ما بَقِيَت

فَإِن تَوَلَّت مَضَوا في إِثرِها قُدُما

The nations last as long as their morals do

And if they decline, they follow them step by step

نِمتُم عَلى كُلِّ ثارٍ لا قَرارَ لَهُ

وَهَل يَنامُ مُصيبٌ في الشُعوبِ دَما

You slept at every place with no stability

Can one afflicted among peoples sleep blood?

فَنالَ مِن سَيفِكُم مَن كانَ ساقِيَهُ

كَما تَنالُ المُدامُ الباسِلَ القَدَما

Whoever made you his cupbearer has had

What the continuing wine makes the valiant drink

قالَ العَذولُ خَرَجنا في مَحَبَّتِكُم

مِنَ الوَقارِ فَيا صِدقَ الَّذي زَعَما

Al-Adhool said, “We went out in love of you

From dignity,” so true is he who claims

فَما عَلى المَرءِ في الأَخلاقِ مِن حَرَجٍ

إِذا رَعى صِلَةً في اللَهِ أَو رَحِما

So there is no embarrassment for one

In morals if he maintains a bond in God or womb

وَلَو وَهَبتُم لَنا عُليا سِيادَتِكُم

ما زادَنا الفَضلُ في إِخلاصِنا قُدُما

If you granted us your highest rule

Excellence would not increase our loyalty one step

نَحنو عَلَيكُم وَلا نَنسى لَنا وَطَناً

وَلا سَريراً وَلا تاجاً وَلا عَلَما

We are above you and do not forget a homeland

Or throne, or crown or flag for ourselves

هَذي كَرائِمُ أَشياءِ الشُعوبِ فَإِن

ماتَت فَكُلُّ وُجودٍ يُشبِهُ العَدَما

These are the precious things of people, so if

They die, all existence resembles nonexistence