أَي مَكمَهونُ قَدِمتَ بِال

قَصدِ الحَميدِ وَبِالرِعايَه

Oh you who have come with good intentions and care,

What news have you brought us from the great king and his whims?

ماذا حَمَلتَ لَنا عَنِ ال

مَلِكِ الكَبيرِ وَعَن غِرايَه

Clarify for Egypt the difference

Between sovereignty and protection.

أَوضِح لِمِصرَ الفَرقَ ما

بَينَ السِيادَةِ وَالحِمايَه

And remove doubts that

Have lingered since the beginning.

وَأَزِل شُكوكاً بِالنُفو

سِ تَعَلَّقَت مُنذُ البِدايَه

Leave the empty promises, for they

Were just stories in the past.

وَدَعِ الوُعودَ فَإِنَّها

فيما مَضى كانَت رِوايَه

The lands of the Nile have become

A sultanate when once they were a state.

أَضحَت رُبوعُ النيلِ سَل

طَنَةً وَقَد كانَت وِلايَه

Take charge of it with reconciliation

And do right by it with guardianship.

فَتَعَهَّدوها بِالصَلا

حِ وَأَحسِنوا فيها الوِصايَه

We complain confidently to one who hears complaints,

We desire a free, guaranteed life under a flag,

إِنّا لَنَشكو واثِقي

نَ بِعَدلِ مَن يُشكي الشِكايَه

And we aspire to an education that

Protects us from chaos.

نَرجو حَياةً حُرَّةً

مَضمونَةً في ظِلِّ رايَه

We hope you do not hear

Slander and gossip about us.

وَنَرومُ تَعليماً يَكو

نُ لَهُ مِنَ الفَوضى وِقايَه

You are the doctors of nations

And the noblest people is your goal.

وَنَوَدُّ أَلّا تَسمَعوا

فينا السِعايَةَ وَالوِشايَه

How did you settle in this country

When reform is a sign for you?

أَنتُم أَطِبّاءُ الشُعو

بِ وَأَنبَلُ الأَقوامِ غايَه

The edifice of your glory was built

Above principles and guidance.

أَنّى حَلَلتُم في البِلا

دِ لَكُم مِنَ الإِصلاحِ آيَه

You were just, so you ruled the world,

And in justice alone is sufficiency.

رَسَخَت بِنايَةُ مَجدِكُم

فَوقَ الرَوِيَّةِ وَالهِدايَه

If you support the oppressed,

We are the weakest of them in vengeance.

وَعَدَلتُمُ فَمَلَكتُمُ ال

دُنيا وَفي العَدلِ الكِفايَه

Or if you work for our welfare,

Then see it through to the end.

إِن تَنصُروا المُستَضعَفي

نَ فَنَحنُ أَضعَفُهُم نِكايَه

We have come of age,

Though misguidance precedes maturity.

أَو تَعمَلوا لِصَلاحِنا

فَتَدارَكوهُ إِلى النِهايَه

Do not take us with words,

For there is no crime in complaining.

إِنّا بَلَغنا رُشدَنا

وَالرُشدُ تَسبِقُهُ الغَوايَه

This is Hussein above the banks of the Nile,

Watched over by providence.

لا تَأخُذونا بِالكَلا

مِ فَلَيسَ في الشَكوى جِنايَه

He is best to build for us,

So leave him be to rebuild.

هَذا حُسَينٌ فَوقَ عَر

شِ النيلِ تَحرُسُهُ العِنايَه

هُوَ خَيرُ مَن يَبني لَنا

فَدَعوهُ يَنهَضُ بِالبِنايَه