أَثنى الحَجيجُ عَلَيكَ وَالحَرَمانِ
وَأَجَلَّ عيدَ جُلوسِكَ الثَقَلانِ
The pilgrims praised you and deprivation,
And postponed the celebration of your accession, the two heavy matters.
أَرضَيتَ رَبَّكَ إِذ جَعَلتَ طَريقَهُ
أَمناً وَفُزتَ بِنِعمَةِ الرِضوانِ
You pleased your Lord when you made His path secure,
And won the blessing of His good pleasure.
وَجَمَعتَ بِالدُستورِ حَولَكَ أُمَّةً
شَتّى المَذاهِبِ جَمَّةَ الأَضغانِ
With the constitution you gathered around you a nation,
Diverse in doctrine, unanimous in purpose.
فَغَدَوتَ تَسكُنُ في القُلوبِ وَتَرتَعي
حَبّاتِها وَتَحُلُّ في الوِجدانِ
So you came to reside in hearts and graze upon
Their seeds and melt into ecstasy.
راعَيتَهُم حَتّى عَلِمتَ بِأَنَّهُم
بَلَغوا أَشُدَّهُمُ عَلى الأَزمانِ
You shepherded them until you knew they had reached
Their prime in life's phases.
فَجَعَلتَ أَمرَ الناسِ شورى بَينَهُم
وَأَقَمتَ شَرعَ الواحِدِ الدَيّانِ
So you made the people's affairs a consultation between them
And upheld the law of the One Judge.
لَو أَنَّهُم وَزَنوا الجُيوشَ بِمَشهَدٍ
رَجَحَت بِجَيشِكَ كِفَّةُ الميزانِ
If they weighed the armies against a spectacle
Your army would tip the scales.
لَو شاءَ زَلزَلَها عَلى أَعدائِهِ
أَو شاءَ أَذهَلَها عَنِ الدَوَرانِ
If He wished He would make them quake over their enemies
Or wished He would confuse them from revolution.
يَمشونَ في حَلَقِ الحَديدِ إِلى العِدا
وَكَأَنَّهُم سَدٌّ مِنَ الإِنسانِ
They walk into the arena of steel to the foe
As if they were a barrier of men.
وَكَأَنَّ مَقدَمَهُم إِذا لَمَعَ الضُحى
سَيلٌ مِنَ الهِندِيِّ وَالمُرّانِ
And as if their vanguard when dawn gleams
Were a torrent of Indian and Syrian steel.
يَتَواقَعونَ عَلى الرَدى وَصُفوفُهُم
رَغمَ الوُثوبِ كَثابِتِ البُنيانِ
They take turns on the remains and their ranks despite the turmoil
Are like the firmness of a building.
فَإِذا المَدافِعُ في النِزالِ تَجاوَبَت
بِزَئيرِها وَتَلاحَمَ الجَيشانِ
So when the cannons in battle thunder
With their roaring and the two armies clash,
وَإِذا القَنابِلُ دَمدَمَت وَتَفَجَّرَت
تَحتَ الغُبارِ تَفَجُّرَ البُركانِ
And when the bombs explode and burst
Exploding beneath the dust like volcanoes,
وَإِذا البَنادِقُ أَرسَلَت نيرانَها
طُلُقاً وَأَسبابُ الهَلاكِ دَواني
And when the rifles unleash their fires
Freely and the means of death run riot,
أَبصَرتَ جِنّاً في مَسالِخِ فِتيَةٍ
وَشَهِدتَ أَفئِدَةً مِنَ الصُوّانِ
You see jinn in the slaughterhouses of youths
And hearts of lions from warriors.
مُرهُم يَخوضوا الزاخِراتِ وَيَنسِفوا
شُمَّ الجِبالِ بِقُوَّةِ الإيمانِ
Undaunted they plunge into the melees and blast
The ridges of mountains with the strength of faith.
ثَلِجَت صُدورُهُمُ وَقَرَّ قَرارُهُم
لَمّا حَلَفتَ بِأَوثَقِ الأَيمانِ
Their breasts iced over and their resolve steadied
When you swore the strongest of oaths.
تَاللَهِ ما شَكّوا بِصِدقِكَ دونَها
هُم يَعرِفونَ شَمائِلَ السُلطانِ
By God, they did not doubt your sincerity toward them,
They know the traits of the Sultan.
لَكِنَّهُم دَرَجوا عَلى سَنَنٍ بِهِ
لِوِقايَةِ الدُستورِ خَيرُ ضَمانِ
But they marched in rhythms by which
To protect the constitution, the best guarantee.
ياأَيُّها الشَعبُ الكَريمُ تَماسَكوا
وَخُذوا أُمورَكُمُ بِغَيرِ تَواني
O noble people, unite
And take your affairs without hesitation.
ما لي أُذَكِّرُكُم وَتِلكَ رُبوعُكُم
مَرعى النُهى وَمَنابِتُ الشُجعانِ
Why should I remind you when those are your meadows
Pasture of integrity and plantation of the valiant?
أَدرَكتُمُ الدُستورَ غَيرَ مُلَوَّثٍ
بِدَمٍ وَلا مُتَلَطِّخاً بِهَوانِ
You attained the constitution unsullied
By blood nor smeared with disgrace.
وَفَعَلتُمُ فِعلَ الرِجالِ وَكُنتُمُ
يَومَ الفَخارِ كَأُمَّةِ اليابانِ
And you acted like men and were on the day of pride
As the Japanese nation.
فَتَفَيَّئوا ظِلَّ الهِلالِ فَإِنَّهُ
جَمُّ المَبَرَّةِ واسِعُ الإِحسانِ
So take shelter in the shade of the crescent, for it
Is perfect in compassion and great in kindness.
يَرعى لِموسى وَالمَسيحِ وَأَحمَدٍ
حَقَّ الوَلاءِ وَحُرمَةَ الأَديانِ
It protects the loyalty of Moses, Christ, and Ahmad
And the sanctity of religions.
فَخُذوا المَواثِقَ وَالعُهودَ عَلى هُدى ال
تَوراةِ وَالإِنجيلِ وَالفُرقانِ
So take the covenants and promises in the guidance of the
Torah, Gospel, and Quran,
وَتَذَوَّقوا مَعنى الحَياةِ فَإِنَّها
في مِصرَ أَلفاظٌ بِغَيرِ مَعاني
And taste the meaning of life, for in Egypt
They are words without meanings.
وَدَعوا التَقاطُعَ في المَذاهِبِ بَينَكُم
إِنَّ التَقاطُعَ آيَةُ الخِذلانِ
And leave sectarian strife between you
For strife is a sign of humiliation.
وَتَسابَقوا لِلباقِياتِ وَأَظهِروا
لِلعالَمينَ دَفائِنَ الأَذهانِ
And compete for the lasting deeds and show
The treasures of minds to both worlds.
وَلّى زَمانُ المُعتَدينَ كَما اِنطَوَت
حِيَلُ الشُيوخِ وَإِمرَةُ الخِصيانِ
The time of transgressors has passed just as the wiles
Of schemers and the authority of eunuchs have waned.
لا الشَكُّ يَذهَبُ بِاليَقينِ وَلا الرُؤى
تُجدي المُسيءَ وَلا رُقى الشَيطانِ
Neither doubt takes away certainty nor do dreams benefit
The evildoer nor does the devil's climbing.
وُضِعَ الكِتابُ وَسيقَ جَمعُهُمُ إِلى
يَومِ الحِسابِ وَمَوقِفِ الإِذعانِ
The Book was placed and their multitude was driven to
The Day of Reckoning and the Station of Submission.
وَتَوَسَّموهُم في القُيودِ فَقائِلٌ
هَذا فُلانٌ قَد وَشى بِفُلانِ
And imagine them in chains, so one says
“That's so-and-so who slandered so-and-so,”
وَمُلَبِّبٌ لِغَريمِهِ وَمُطالِبٌ
بِدَمٍ أُريقَ بِمَسبَحِ الحيتانِ
And a claimant against his foe and a demander
Of blood shed by the whip of monsters.
قَد جاءَ يَومُهُمُ هُنا وَأَمامَهُم
بَعدَ النُشورِ هُناكَ يَومٌ ثاني
Their day has come here and after the resurrection
Beyond is for them another day.
سُبحانَ مَن دانَ القَضاءُ بِأَمرِهِ
لِيَدِ الضَعيفِ مِنَ القَوِيِّ الجاني
Glory to Him whose judgement the hand of the weak
Rules over the oppressor and transgressor.
يا يَومَ عادَ النازِحونَ لِأَرضِهِم
يَتَسابَقونَ لِرُؤيَةِ الأَوطانِ
O day the displaced return to their land
Competing to see the homelands.
لِلَّهِ كَم أَطفَأتَ مِن نارٍ ذَكَت
دَهراً وَكَم هَدَّأتَ مِن أَشجانِ
By God, how many fires you extinguished that kindled
An age and how many griefs you soothed!
هَذا يَطيرُ إِلى فَروقَ وَمَن بِها
شَوقاً وَذاكَ إِلى رُبى لُبنانِ
This one flies joyfully to Upper Egypt, and that
To the slopes of Lebanon in yearning.
خَلَعوا الشَبابَ عَلى البَشيرِ وَأَخلَقوا
بِاللَثمِ عَهدَ خَليفَةِ الرَحمَنِ
They relinquished youth to al-Bashir and created
Through kissing the era of the Caliph of the Merciful.
وَتَعانَقوا بَعدَ النَوى كَخَمائِلٍ
يَحلو بِهِنَّ تَعانُقُ الأَغصانِ
And they embraced after estrangement like lovers
Pleased by the embrace of branches.
فَتَرى النِساءَ مَعَ الرِجالِ سَوافِراً
لا يَتَّقينَ عَوادِيَ الأَجفانِ
So you see the women with the men in droves
Fearing not the disapproval of the censorious.
عَجَباً لَهُنَّ وَقَد خُلِقنَ أَوانِساً
يَبرُزنَ في فَرَحٍ وَفي أَحزانِ
Wondrous are they who were created confidantes
Emerging in joy and in sorrow.
أَهلاً بِحاسِرَةِ اللِثامِ وَمَن إِذا
سَفَرَت عَنّا لِجَمالِها القَمَرانِ
Greetings unveiler of the veil, she who if
She travels her two moons adorn beauty.
خَطَرَت فَعَطَّرَتِ المَشارِقَ عِندَما
هَبَّت نَسائِمُها مِنَ البَلقانِ
She gladdened the east when her breeze blew
From the Balkans.
يا لَيتَها خَطَرَت بِمِصرَ وَأَشرَقَت
في يَومِ أَسعُدِها عَلى طَهرانِ
Would that she gladdened Egypt and shone
On its happiest day in Tahrir.
أَضناهُما شَوقٌ قَدِ اِبيَضَّت لَهُ
كَبِداهُما وَتَصَدَّعَ القَلبانِ
Yearning has whitened their two livers for her and cracked
Their two hearts.
عَرَفَ الوَرى ميقاتَها فَتَرَقَّبوا
تَمّوزَ مِثلَ تَرَقُّبِ الظَمآنِ
The world knew her timing so they awaited
July like the thirsty await drinking.
شَهرٌ بِهِ بُعِثَ الرَجاءُ وَأُنشِرَت
أُمَمٌ وَبُدِّلَ خَوفُها بِأَمانِ
A month in which hope was brought to life and
Nations were freed and fear became safety,
فَلَهُ عَلى الدُنيا الجَديدَةِ نِعمَةٌ
يَشدو بِذِكرِ صَنيعِها الفَتَيانِ
So it has a blessing over the new world
Which the youth sing the tale of its achievement,
وَعَلى فَرَنسيسِ الحَضارَةِ مِنَّةٌ
تُتلى أَناشيدٌ لَها وَأَغاني
And over Frances of civilization a favor
Sung in anthems and songs.
تَمّوزُ أَنتَ أَبو الشُهورِ جَلالَةً
تَمّوزٌ أَنتَ مُنى الأَسيرِ العاني
July you are the father of months in majesty
July you are the asylum of the suffering prisoner.
هَلّا جَعَلتَ لَنا نَصيباً عَلَّنا
نَجري مَعَ الأَحياءِ في مَيدانِ
Why can't you make for us a share so we
Race with the living in the arena?
أَيَعودُ مِنكَ الآمِلونَ بِما رَجَوا
وَنَعودُ نَحنُ بِذَلِكَ الحِرمانِ
Will those hoping through you obtain what they hoped for
And we return with that deprivation?
تَمّوزُ إِنَّ بِنا إِلَيكَ لَحاجَةً
فَمَتى الأَوانُ وَأَنتَ خَيرُ أَوانِ
July we indeed need you
So when is the time and you are the best time?
مِنّي عَلى دارِ السَلامِ تَحِيَّةٌ
وَعَلى الخَليفَةِ مِن بَني عُثمانِ
From me are greetings to the Abode of Peace
And to the Caliph from the sons of Othman,
وَعَلى رِجالِ الجَيشِ مِن ماشٍ بِهِ
أَو راكِبٍ أَو نازِحٍ أَو داني
And to the army men marching, riding, displaced or nearby,
And to the exemplars who settled in virtue except
وَعَلى الأُلى سَكَنوا إِلى الحُسنى سِوى
ذاكَ الَّذي يَدعو إِلى العِصيانِ
He who calls to disobedience,
And to the Hejaz's outcast and what is in it
وَإِلى الحِجازِ الخارِجِيِّ وَما بِهِ
إِلّا اِقتِناصُ الأَصفَرِ الرَنّانِ
Except seizing the chirping sparrow,
What is it to the noble descendent of the best of
ما لِلشَريفِ المُنتَمي حَسَباً إِلى
خَيرِ البَرِيَّةِ مِن بَني عَدنانِ
Humanity from the sons of Adnan,
To befriend and support its misguidance and ignorance
أَمسى يُمالِئُهُ وَيَنصُرُ غَيَّهُ
وَضَلالَهُ بِحُثالَةِ العُربانِ
With the rabble of Arabs?
By God if you two gathered the sands of Naqa
تَاللَهِ لَو جَنَّدتُما رَملَ النَقا
وَنَزَلتُما بِمَواطِنِ العِقبانِ
And descended in the habitations of eagles,
And planted the Hejazi land with spears
وَغَرَستُما أَرضَ الحِجازِ أَسِنَّةً
وَأَسَلتُما بَحراً مِنَ النيرانِ
And ignited a sea of fires,
And established in it impregnable fortresses
وَأَقَمتُما فيها المَعاقِلَ مَنعَةً
مِن أَرضِ نَجدٍ إِلى خَليجِ عُمانِ
From the land of Najd to the Gulf of Oman,
I would annihilate you, pelt you, and scatter you
لَدَهاكُما وَرَماكُما وَذَراكُما
ماحي الحُصونِ وَماسِحُ البُلدانِ
Obliterating the citadels and razing the lands.
Whether you come willingly or I come to you
إِن تَأتِيا طَوعاً وَإِلّا فَأتِيا
كَرهاً بِلا حَولٍ وَلا سُلطانِ
Forcibly, without might or power.
And to you O Branch of the Caliphs, praise
وَإِلَيكَ يا فَرعَ الخَلائِفِ مِدحَةً
عَزَّت شَوارِدُها عَلى حَسّانِ
Whose wild geese settled in Hassaan,
From a poet whose integrity his poetry affirms
مِن شاعِرٍ تَثِبُ النُهى لِقَريضِهِ
وَثبَ النُفوسِ لِرَنَّةِ العيدانِ
And souls thrill to the tinkling of his rhymes,
Who gifts praise to the King chains
يُهدي المَديحَ إِلى المَليكِ سَبائِكاً
تَعنو لَهُنَّ سَبائِكُ العِقيانِ
That the chains of language aspire to,
For when crowns become equal I crown them
إِنَّ المُلوكَ إِذا اِستَوَت أَلبَستُها
بِالمَدحِ تيجاناً عَلى تيجانِ
With praise atop their crowns.
