أَشرِق فَدَتكَ مَشارِقُ الإِصباحِ
وَأَمِط لِثامَكَ عَن نَهارٍ ضاحي
The rising suns dedicate their dawns to you,
So unveil your face to the shining day.
بورِكتَ يا يَومَ الخَلاصِ وَلا وَنَت
عَنكَ السُعودُ بِغُدوَةٍ وَرَواحِ
Blessed is this day of salvation, it shall not
Depart from you at morn or eve.
بِاللَهِ كُن يُمناً وَكُن بُشرى لَنا
في رَدِّ مُغتَرِبٍ وَفَكِّ سَراحِ
By God, be auspicious and good tidings for us
In the return of an exile and freeing of a prisoner.
أَقبَلتَ وَالأَيّامُ حَولَكَ مُثَّلٌ
صَفَّينِ تَخطِرُ خَطرَةَ المَيّاحِ
You came while days around you are adorned
Like two ranks where the flash of blades shimmer.
وَخَرَجتَ مِن حُجبِ الغُيوبِ مُحَجَّلاً
في كُلِّ لَحظٍ مِنكَ أَلفُ صَباحِ
You emerged from the unseen's veils wrapped
In splendor, with a thousand dawns in your every glance.
لَو صَحَّ في هَذا الوُجودِ تَناسُخٌ
لَرَأَيتُ فيكَ تَناسُخَ الأَرواحِ
If transmigration of souls was true in existence
I'd see in you the transmigration of spirits.
وَلَكُنتَ يَومَ اللابِرِنتَ بِعَينِهِ
في عِزَّةٍ وَجَلالَةٍ وَسَماحِ
You would be, as you are, the labyrinth’s day
In might, majesty, and clemency.
يَومٌ يُريكَ جَلالُهُ وَرُواؤُهُ
في الحُسنِ قُدرَةَ فالِقِ الإِصباحِ
A day whose glory and radiance show
In beauty the power of the splitter of dawn.
خَلَعَت عَلَيهِ الشَمسُ حُلَّةَ عَسجَدٍ
وَحَباهُ آذارٌ أَرَقَّ وِشاحِ
The sun cast on it a raiment of submission
And March adorned it with the softest silk.
اللَهُ أَثبَتَهُ لَنا في لَوحِهِ
أَبَدَ الأَبيدِ فَما لَهُ مِن ماحي
God made it lasting for us in His tablet,
Eternal, without erasure or death.
حَيّيهِ عَنّا يا أَزاهِرُ وَاِملَئي
أَرجاءَهُ بِأَريجِكِ الفَوّاحِ
Greet it for us, O flowers, and fill
Its environs with your fragrant breeze.
وَاِنفَحهُ عَنّا يا رَبيعُ بِكُلِّ ما
أَطلَعتَ مِن رَندٍ وَنَورِ أَقاحِ
And waft it for us, O Spring, with all
The dew and light that you make bloom.
تِه يا فُؤادُ فَحَولَ عَرشِكَ أُمَّةٌ
عَقَدَت خَناصِرَها عَلى الإِصلاحِ
Rejoice, my heart, a nation has assumed your throne
United at the waist for reform.
أَبناؤُنا وَهُمُ أَحاديثُ النَدى
لَيسوا عَلى أَوطانِهِم بِشِحاحِ
Our children, the talk of the valleys,
Are not miserly towards their homelands.
صَبَروا عَلى مُرِّ الخُطوبِ فَأَدرَكوا
حُلوَ المُنى مَعسولَةَ الأَقداحِ
They endured bitter tribulations and attained
The sweet fruits diluted in cups.
شاكي سِلاحِ الصَبرِ لَيسَ بِأَعزَلٍ
يَغزوهُ رَبُّ عَوامِلٍ وَصِفاحِ
Bearing the weapon of patience, they are not defenseless,
Assailed by the Lord of elements and cleaving.
الصَبرُ إِن فَكَّرتَ أَعظَمُ عُدَّةٍ
وَالحَقُّ لَو يَدرونَ خَيرُ سِلاحِ
Patience, if you think, is the greatest weapon,
And truth, if they know, is the best armament.
قَد أَنكَروا حَقَّ الضَعيفِ فَهَل أَتى
إِنكارُ ذاكَ الحَقِّ في إِصحاحِ
They denied the rights of the weak, so has
Such denial come in any scripture?
كَم خَدَّرَت أَعصابَ مِصرَ نَوافِحٌ
لِوُعودِهِم كَنَوافِحِ التُفّاحِ
How many times did their vain promises numb
Egypt’s nerves, like the promises of the peach tree.
فَتَعَلَّلَ المِصرِيُّ مُغتَبِطاً بِها
أَرَأَيتَ طِفلاً عَلَّلوهُ بِداحِ
So the Egyptian was falsely content, saying
“Have you seen a child pacified with a toy?”
وَتَأَنَّقوا في الخُلفِ حَتّى أَصبَحَت
أَقوالُهُم تُذرى بِغَيرِ رِياحِ
And they were evasive until their words
Became like motes strewn without winds.
لَمّا تَنَبَّهَ بِالكِنانَةَ نائِمٌ
وَأَصاتَ بِالشَكوى الأَليمَةِ صاحي
When the flatterer awoke and the painful cry was raised,
Those obscurities dissipated and the suns of truth rose.
وَتَكَشَّفَت تِلكَ الغَياهِبُ وَاِنطَوَت
وَبَدَت شُموسُ الحَقِّ وَهيَ ضَواحي
They knew, praise God, that our resolution
In any shade but God’s will not hold.
عَلِموا بِحَمدِ اللَهِ أَنَّ قَرارَنا
في ظِلِّ غَيرِ اللَهِ غَيرُ مُتاحِ
So settle, O flatterer, the flatterer’s sanctum
Was never made permitted.
فَاليَومَ قَرّي يا كِنانَةُ وَاِهدَئي
حَرَمُ الكِنانَةِ لَم يَكُن بِمُباحِ
Who dares attack the lions in their thickets
Or swim with the crocodile’s raft?
مَن ذا يُغيرُ عَلى الأُسودِ بِغابِها
أَو مَن يَعومُ بِمَسبَحِ التِمساحِ
The Nile has an eternal glory in time
From the days of Amon and Fattah.
لِلنيلِ مَجدٌ في الزَمانِ مُؤَثَّلٌ
مِن عَهدِ آمونٍ وَعَهدِ فَتاحِ
So ask the ages about it and ask its relics
In Egypt - how many tourists they have seen.
فَسَلِ العُصورَ بِهِ وَسَل آثارَهُ
في مِصرَ كَم شَهِدَت مِنَ السُيّاحِ
O holder of the Two Lands, you have no equal,
No roamer of the sublime as sublime as you.
يا صاحِبَ القُطرَينِ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ
ما مِثلُ ساحِكَ في العُلا مِن ساحِ
No light shines atop a light as resplendent
As the crown atop your shining brow.
لَم يَبدُ نورٌ فَوقَ نورٍ يُجتَلى
كَالتاجِ فَوقَ جَبينِكَ الوَضّاحِ
Egypt recalled in your rule the days of al-Muizz
And the rule of Salah al-Din.
ذَكَرَت بِعَرشِكَ مِصرُ يَومَ وَليتَهُ
عَرشَ المُعِزِّ بِها وَعَرشَ صَلاحِ
In every drop of your majesty is splendor,
And every drop casts a shade of wing.
في كُلِّ قُطرٍ مِن جَلالِكَ رَوعَةٌ
وَلِكُلِّ قُطرٍ مِنكَ ظِلُّ جَناحِ
Yours are Egypt and Sudan and the river that struts
Between ruby and sapphire shores.
لَكَ مِصرُ وَالسودانُ وَالنَهرُ الَّذي
يَختالُ بَينَ رُبىً وَبَينَ بِطاحِ
And Sudan’s towering trees bear witness
They were planted in your forefathers' days.
وَبَواسِقُ السودانِ تَشهَدُ أَنَّها
غُرِسَت بِعَهدِ جُدودِكَ الفُتّاحِ
No wonder if a chanter sang your praises
Or a eulogist in the eulogist’s arena.
لا غَروَ إِن غَنّى بِمَدحِكَ صائِحٌ
أَو مُسجِحٌ في حَلبَةِ المُدّاحِ
The beauty of song and cry is like its beauty
To the expert alongside prostration.
حُسنُ الغِناءِ مَعَ الصِياحِ كَحُسنِهِ
عِندَ الخَبيرِ بِهِ مَعَ الإِسجاحِ
Or have you not ruled Egypt and her Nile
That flows between her wide meadows -
أَوَ لَم يَكُن لَكَ مُلكُ مِصرَ وَنيلُها
يَنسابُ بَينَ مُروجِها الأَفياحِ
Gardened, nipa-palmed, open-spaced -
As Amr said in her burial grounds:
مَنضورَةَ الجَنّاتِ حالِيَةَ الرُبا
مَطلولَةَ السَرَحاتِ وَالأَرواحِ
You see it as pearls, as if
Strewn with necklaces across its soil.
قَد قالَ عَمرٌو في ثَراها آيَةً
مَأثورَةً نُقِشَت عَلى الأَلواحِ
And to onlookers it is emerald,
Its greenness heals all injuries.
بَينا تَراهُ لَآلِئاً وَكَأَنَّما
نُثِرَت بِتُربَتِهِ عُقودُ مِلاحِ
And it is musk, whose darkness is split
Like leather by the plowman’s blade.
وَإِذا بِهِ لِلناظِرينَ زُمُرُّدٌ
يَشفيكَ أَخضَرُهُ مِنَ الأَتراحِ
Parliament's causes are prepared,
Nothing's left but the key.
وَإِذا بِهِ مِسكٌ تَشُقُّ سَوادَهُ
شَقَّ الأَديمِ مَحارِثُ الفَلّاحِ
It is in your hands, entrusted to a people
Who praise you with eloquent tongues.
البَرلَمانُ تَهَيَّأَت أَسبابُهُ
لَم يَبقَ مِن سَبَبٍ سِوى المِفتاحِ
Return the entrustment, O heart, returning
Entrustments is the mark of the magnificent.
هُوَ في يَدَيكَ وَديعَةٌ لِرَعِيَّةٍ
تُثني بِأَلسِنَةٍ عَلَيكَ فِصاحِ
And carry your people, O heart, to glory,
To an eminent place in existence.
رُدَّ الوَديعَةَ يا فُؤادُ فَإِنَّما
رَدُّ الوَديعَةِ شيمَةُ المِسماحِ
God and creation bear witness that we
Are seekers of clear rights in life.
وَاِنهَض بِشَعبِكَ يا فُؤادُ إِلى العُلا
وَإِلى مَكانٍ في الوُجودِ بَراحِ
To guide the path like the sailor's needle.
Look to it sincerely - you have nothing
فَاللَهُ يَشهَدُ وَالخَلائِقُ أَنَّنا
طُلّابُ حَقٍّ في الحَياةِ صِراحِ
Besides it of bliss and success.
Decision-making is through counsel, this is what
هَذا مَنارُ البَرلَمانِ أَمامَكُم
لِهُدى السَبيلِ كَإِبرَةِ المَلّاحِ
Repels whims and turns back every tyrant.
It does not stray from its path, as if
فَتَيَمَّموهُ مُخلِصينَ فَما لَكُم
مِن دونِهِ مِن غِبطَةٍ وَفَلاحِ
The path was made for it without detours.
Tirelessly it turns back your enemy’s plots
الفَصلُ لِلشورى وَتِلكَ هِيَ الَّتي
تَزَعُ الهَوى وَتَرُدُّ كُلَّ جِماحِ
And foils the misguided invader’s raiding.
Embrace counsel in your independence,
هِيَ لا تَضِلُّ سَبيلَها فَكَأَنَّما
خُلِقَ السَبيلُ لَها بِغَيرِ نَواحي
Let no partisan inclination whisper.
God’s hand is with the collective, so strike
هِيَ لا بَراحَ تَرُدُّ كَيدَ عَدُوِّكُم
وَتَفُلُّ غَربَ الغاصِبِ المُجتاحِ
With the staff of the collective and be victorious.
Be men of action and prove false
فَتَكَنَّفوا الشورى عَلى اِستِقلالِكُم
في الرَأيِ لا توحيهِ نَزعَةُ واحي
The dawn’s harbinger bearing a lantern.
Leave negligence in matters, for the specter
وَيَدُ الإِلَهِ مَعَ الجَماعَةِ فَاِضرِبوا
بِعَصا الجَماعَةِ تَظفَروا بِنَجاحِ
Of negligence is the most dreadful specter.
By God, hardship has not reached the extent with us
كونوا رِجالاً عامِلينَ وَكَذِّبوا
وَالصُبحُ أَبلَجُ حامِلَ المِصباحِ
Save for discord and disagreement amongst ourselves.
Arise, O Egypt's son, you are free,
وَدَعوا التَخاذُلَ في الأُمورِ فَإِنَّما
شَبَحُ التَخاذُلِ أَنكَرُ الأَشباحِ
Regain the glory of ancestors and desire no rest.
Roll up your sleeves and struggle in life, for this
وَاللَهِ ما بَلَغَ الشَقاءُ بِنا المَدى
بِسِوى خِلافٍ بَينَنا وَتَلاحي
Is your world, abode of warring and endeavor.
And drink deeply the sweet water of life,
قُم يا اِبنَ مِصرَ فَأَنتَ حُرٌّ وَاِستَعِد
مَجدَ الجُدودِ وَلا تَعُد لِمَراحِ
But if it becomes bitter, then make do with what's available.
And if sorrows insist, do not despair
شَمِّر وَكافِح في الحَياةِ فَهَذِهِ
دُنياكَ دارُ تَناحُرٍ وَكِفاحِ
And counter insistence with insistence.
Plunge into life though its waves may surge -
وَاِنهَل مَعَ النُهّالِ مِن عَذبِ الحَيا
فَإِذا رَقا فَاِمتَح مَعَ المُتّاحِ
The plunging of seas is the swimmer's regimen.
Make your perception precede your step, guiding you -
وَإِذا أَلَحَّ عَلَيكَ خَطبٌ لا تَهُن
وَاِضرِب عَلى الإِلحاحِ بِالإِلحاحِ
Think not the water shallow like mirage.
And if hardships gather and show hostility,
وَخُضِ الحَياةَ وَإِن تَلاطَمَ مَوجُها
خَوضُ البِحارِ رِياضَةُ السَبّاحِ
Repel them and withdraw with the withdrawing.
On sea let not the fires of battleships bend you,
وَاِجعَل عِيانَكَ قَبلَ خَطوِكَ رائِداً
لا تَحسَبَنَّ الغَمرَ كَالضَحضاحِ
On land let not the forest of spears twist you.
See how the spirit of toil has raised the Westerners
وَإِذا اِجتَوَتكَ مَحَلَّةٌ وَتَنَكَّرَت
لَكَ فَاِعدُها وَاِنزَح مَعَ النُزّاحِ
Among nations to the natural laborer's way.
They mounted the seas though frozen their water,
في البَحرِ لا تَثنيكَ نارُ بَوارِجٍ
في البَرِّ لا يَلويكَ غابُ رِماحِ
The land a melted gravel, blazing embers spewing.
Their youth meets time with marvelous determination
وَاُنظُر إِلى الغَربِيِّ كَيفَ سَمَت بِهِ
بَينَ الشُعوبِ طَبيعَةَ الكَدّاحِ
And audacity, facing tribulations boldly.
He breaches the barrens' expanses venturing forth
وَاللَهِ ما بَلَغَت بَنو الغَربِ المُنى
إِلّا بِنِيّاتٍ هُناكَ صِحاحِ
While the road's nakedness to him is like paved stone.
Yet the flatterer's son in the flattery remains still,
رَكِبوا البِحارَ وَقَد تَجَمَّدَ ماؤُها
وَالجَوَّ بَينَ تَناوُحِ الأَرواحِ
His eye unambitious, desiring nothing.
As you know, he does not utilize his brilliance,
وَالبَرُّ مَصهورَ الحَصى مُتَأَجِّجاً
يَرمي بِنَزّاعِ الشَوى لَوّاحِ
And his brilliance is like the sudden grip of lightning.
He has ended like the Nile's water whose outpouring
يَلقى فَتِيُّهُمُ الزَمانَ بِهِمَّةٍ
عَجَبٍ وَوَجهٍ في الخُطوبِ وَقاحِ
Is lost in the sea amid turbulent erosion.
So arise and leave complaining of time, do not wail
وَيَشُقُّ أَجوازَ القِفارِ مُغامِراً
وَعرُ الطَريقِ لَدَيهِ كَالصَحصاحِ
In deep misery with lamenting.
And profit Egypt with your capital, dignity,
وَاِبنُ الكِنانَةِ في الكِنانَةِ راكِدٌ
يَرنو بِعَينٍ غَيرِ ذاتِ طِماحِ
For ingenuity is the profit's guarantor.
And if you are granted leadership, then weave it
لا يَستَغِلُّ كَما عَلِمتَ ذَكاءَهُ
وَذَكاؤُهُ كَالخاطِفِ اللَمّاحِ
Two coats of resolve and determination.
And drink from the cool water with enjoyment
أَمسى كَماءِ النَهرِ ضاعَ فُراتُهُ
في البَحرِ بَينَ أُجاجِهِ المُنداحِ
For how often you have found the water undrinkable.
Rejoice, my heart, for a nation has assumed your throne
فَاِنهَض وَدَع شَكوى الزَمانِ وَلا تَنُح
في فادِحِ البُؤسى مَعَ الأَنواحِ
United at the waist for reform.
وَاِربَح لِمِصرَ بِرَأسِ مالِكَ عِزَّةً
إِنَّ الذَكاءَ حُبالَةُ الأَرباحِ
وَإِذا رُزِقتَ رِآسَةً فَاِنسُج لَها
بُردَينِ مِن حَزمٍ وَمِن إِسجاحِ
وَاِشرَب مِنَ الماءِ القَراحِ مُنَعَّماً
فَلَكَم وَرَدتَ الماءَ غَيرَ قَراحِ
