سَمِعنا حَديثاً كَقَطرِ النَدى

فَجَدَّدَ في النَفسِ ما جَدَّدا

We heard a talk like drops of dew

That renewed in the soul what it renewed

فَأَضحى لِآمالِنا مُنعِشاً

وَأَمسى لِآلامِنا مُرقِدا

So it became refreshing for our hopes

And a place of rest for our pains

فَدَيناكَ يا شَرقُ لا تَجزَعَن

إِذا اليَومُ وَلّى فَراقِب غَدا

O Orient, do not despair

If today departs, watch for tomorrow

فَكَم مِحنَةٍ أَعقَبَت مِحنَةً

وَوَلَّت سِراعاً كَرَجعِ الصَدى

For how many troubles follow troubles

And pass quickly like the echo's return

فَلا يُيئِسَنَّكَ قيلُ العُداةُ

وَإِن كانَ قيلاً كَحَزِّ المُدى

So do not despair however the enemies say

Though their saying be as piercing as a spear's thrust

أَتودَعُ فيكَ كُنوزُ العُلومِ

وَيَمشي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرفِدا

I entrust in you the treasures of knowledge

And the West walks to you to gain them

وَتُبعَثُ في أَرضِكَ الأَنبِياءُ

وَيَأتي لَكَ الغَربُ مُستَرشِدا

And prophets are sent in your land

And the West comes to you for guidance

وَتَقضي عَلَيكَ قُضاةُ الضَلالِ

طِوالَ اللَيالي بِأَن تَرقُدا

And judges of misguidance decree upon you

To spend the long nights asleep

أَتَشقى بِعَهدٍ سَما بِالعُلومِ

فَأَضحى الضَعيفُ بِها أَيِّدا

Do you suffer with a pact made with knowledge

So the weak through it become aided?

إِذا شاءَ بَزَّ السُها سِرَّهُ

وَأَدرَكَ مِن جَريِهِ المَقصِدا

Whenever He wills, the worshipped reveals His secret

And attains from His running the goal

وَإِن شاءَ أَدنى إِلَيهِ النُجومَ

فَناجى المَجَرَّةَ وَالفَرقَدا

And if He wills, He brings the stars closer to Him

And confides to the galaxy and the Pleiades

وَإِن شاءَ زَعزَعَ شُمَّ الجِبالِ

فَخَرَّت لِأَقدامِهِ سُجَّدا

And if He wills, He shakes the pinnacles of mountains

So they bow prostrate before His feet

وَإِن شاءَ شاهَدَ في ذَرَّةٍ

عَوالِمَ لَم تَحيَ فيها سُدى

And if He wills, He sees in an atom

Worlds no heedlessness has lived in

زَمانٌ تُسَخَّرُ فيهِ الرِياحُ

وَيَغدو الجَمادُ بِهِ مُنشِدا

A time when winds are subjugated

And inanimate matter through it becomes a chanter

وَتَعنو الطَبيعَةُ لِلعارِفينَ

بِمَعنى الوُجودِ وَسِرِّ الهُدى

And nature inclines for the gnostics

With the meaning of existence and the secret of guidance

إِذا ما أَهابوا أَجابَ الحَديدُ

وَقامَ البُخارُ لَهُ مُسعِدا

So when they address it, iron answers

And steam rises for them, facilitating

وَطارَت إِلَيهِم مِنَ الكَهرَبا

بُروقٌ عَلى السِلكِ تَطوي المَدى

And flashes of electricity come to them

Lightning over the wire traversing the distance

أَيَجمُلُ مِن بَعدِ هَذا وَذاكَ

بِأَن نَستَكينَ وَأَن نَجمُدا

After this and that, is it beautiful

That we be resigned and frozen?

وَها أُمَّةُ الصُفرِ قَد مَهَّدَت

لَنا النَهجَ فَاِستَبَقوا المَورِدا

And lo, the nation of zeroes has paved

The way for us, so vie in reaching the watering place

فَيا أَيُّها الناشِئونَ اِعمَلوا

عَلى خَيرِ مِصرٍ وَكونوا يَدا

O youths, work

For the best of Egypt and become a hand

سَتُظهِرُ فيكُم ذَواتُ الغُيوبِ

رِجالاً تَكونُ لِمِصرَ الفِدا

The hidden will show through you

Men who would sacrifice themselves for Egypt

فَيالَيتَ شِعرِيَ مَن مِنكُمُ

إِذا هِيَ نادَت يُلَبّي النِدا

I wish I knew which of you

When it calls will respond to the call

لَكَ اللَهُ يا مُصطَفى مِن فَتىً

كَثيرِ الأَيادي كَثيرِ العِدا

Yours, O Chosen One, is a young man

Of abundant helping and abundant number

إِذا ما حَمِدتُكَ بَينَ الرِجالِ

فَأَنتَ الخَليقُ بِأَن تُحمَدا

When I praise you among men

You are worthy to be praised

سَيُحصي عَلَيكَ سِجِلُّ الزَمانِ

ثَناءً يُخَلِّدُ ما خُلِّدا

The record of time will recount to you

Praise that makes immortal what is made immortal

وَيَهتِفُ بِاِسمِكَ أَبناؤُنا

إِذا آنَ لِلزَرعِ أَن يُحصَدا

And our sons will acclaim your name

When it is time for the harvest to be reaped