إِلَى مِصْرٍ أَزُف عَنِ الشَّآمِ

تَحيَّاتِ الكِرَامِ إِلَى الكِرَامِ

To Egypt I come from Syria

With greetings of honor to the honorable

تحِياتٍ يَفُضُّ الْحَمْدُ مِنْهَا

فَمَ النَّسَمَاتِ عَنْ عَبَقِ الْخَزَامِ

Greetings overflowing with praise

Like the breeze, scented with flowers

نُدِبْتُ لَهَا وَجرَّأَنِي اعْتِدادِي

بِأَقْدَارِ الَدعَاةِ عَلَى الْقِيامِ

I was assigned to her and my confidence emboldened me

Judging myself by the worth of the reformers

إذَا مَا كَانَ مَعْرُوفٌ وَشُكْرٌ

مَبَادَلَةَ التَّصَافِي وَالْوِئَامِ

When good and gratitude prevail

Exchanging sincerity and harmony

فَحُبّاً أَيُّهَا الوْطَنَانِ إِنَّي

وَسِيط الْعِقْدِ فِي هَذَا النِّظَامِ

My beloved homelands, out of love

I am the link in this system

وِسِيطُ الْعِقْدِ لا عَنْ زَهْوِ نَفْسٍ

أَقَلُّ الرَّأْيِ يُلْزِمَنِي مَقَامِي

A link not out of vainglory

My inferior opinion obliges my position

وَلَكِنْ عَنْ وَلاءٍ بِي أكِيدٍ

وَعَنْ رَعْيٍ وَثِيقٍ لِلذِّمَامِ

But out of firm loyalty to me

And close care for the covenant

أعِرْنِي ثَغْرَ بَيْرُوتَ ابْتِساماً

أصُغْ فَرْضَ الجَمِيلِ مِنَ ابْتِسَامِ

Smile at me, O port of Beirut

Listen to the duty of kindness through a smile

وَيَا بَحْراً هُنَاكَ أعِرْ ثَنَائِي

نَفيسَ الدُّرِّ يُنْظَمُ فِي الْكَلامِ

O sea, lend me your precious pearls

To thread into speech

وَيَا غَابَاتِ لُبْنَانَ المُفَدَّى

مِنَ الدَّوْحِ المُجَدَّدِ وَالْقُدَامِ

O forests of sacred Lebanon

Renewed from old vigor and valor

أَرَاكَ عَلَى الْكِنَانَةِ عَاطِفَاتٍ

وَقَدْ ذُكِرَتْ أَمَيْلُكَ مِنْ غَرَامِ

I see you have tender feelings

Your affection was mentioned, aroused from love

أَمِدِّيني بِأَرْوَاحٍ زَوَاكٍ

لأُقْرِئَهَا الزَّكِيَّ مِنَ السَّلامِ

Give me pure kindred souls

To convey the greetings of peace

بِلادِي لا يَزَالُ هَوَاكَ مِنِّي

كَمَا كَانَ الْهَوَى قَبْلَ الْفِطَامِ

My country, your love remains with me

As it was before weaning

أُقَبِّلُ مِنْكَ حَيْثُ رَمَى الأعادِي

رَغَاماً طَاهِراً دُونَ الرَّغَامِ

I kiss your soil where enemies

Cast filth, missing the target

وَأُفْدِي كُلَّ جُلْمُودٍ فَتِيتٍ

وَهَى بِقَنَابِلِ الْقَوْمِ اللِّئَامِ

I sacrifice myself for every frozen arrogance

Which fell from the bombs of the despicable mob

فَكَيْفَ الشِّبْلُ مُخْتَبطاً صَرِيعاً

عَلَى الْغَبْرَاءِ مَهْشُومَ الْعِظَامِ

How can the whelp lie slaughtered?

Its bones crushed on the dusty ground

وَكَيْفَ الطِّفْلُ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ لِذَنْبٍ

وَذَاتُ الخِدْرِ لَمْ تُهْتَكْ لِذَامِ

How can the child be killed though guiltless?

Its innocence undefiled by guilt

لَعَمْرُ المُنْصِفِينَ أَبَعْدَ هَذَا

يُلامُ المُسْتَشِيطُ عَلَى المُلامِ

By the justice of the impartial

Are not the desperate blamed for blaming?

لَحَى اللهُ المَطَامِعَ حَيْثُ حَلَّتْ

فِتِلْكَ أشَدُّ آفَاتِ السَّلامِ

God has made the ambitions barren where they settled

For that is the worst corruption of peace

تَشُوبُ المَاءَ وَهْوَ أَغَرُّ صَافٍ

وَتَمْشِي فِي المَشَارِبِ بِالسِّقَامِ

Troubling pure water

And spreading disease through drinking places

أَيُقْتَلُ آمِنٌ وَيُقَالُ رَفِّهْ

عَلَيْكَ فَمَا حِمَامُكَ بِالحِمَامِ

To kill the safe and say " console yourself -

Your bath is no dove's bath"!

سَتَسْعَدُ بِالَّذِي يَشْفِيكَ حَالاً

وَتَنْعَمُ بَعْدَ خَسْفٍ بِالمَقَامِ

You will be happy with what heals you soon

And enjoy, after sinking, the high position

فَإِمَّا أَنْ تَعِيشَ وَأَنْتَ حُرٌّ

فَذَاكَ مِنَ التَّغَالِي فِي المرَامِ

Either you live free

A peak of aspiration

وَإِمَّا أَنْ تُسَاهمَ فِي المَعَالي

فَطَائِشَةٌ بِمَرْمَاكَ المَرَامِي

Or you contribute to the heights

Your strings aimed at the heights

مَضَى عَهْدٌ يُجَارُ الْجَارُ فِيهِ

وَيُؤْخَذُ لِلْحَلامِ مِنَ الحَرَامِ

An era has passed when neighbor sheltered neighbor

And the unlawful was taken for the weak

وَهَذَا الْعَهْدُ مَيْدَانُ التَّبَارِي

بِلا حَدٍ إِلَى كَسْبِ الْحُطَامِ

This is an age of rivalry

With no limit, to gain ruins

مُبَاحٌ مَا تَشَاءُ فَخُذْهُ إِمَّا

بِحَقِّ الرَّأْيِ أَوْ حَقِّ الْحُسَامِ

Whatever you wish is permitted - take it

By right of opinion or right of sword

وَلا تَكُرُثْكَ نَوْحَاتُ الثَّكَالَى

وَلا شَكْوَى ضَمِيرِكَ فِي الظَّلامِ

Don't heed the wailing of victims

Or your conscience's plaint in darkness

أَساتِذَةً المَطَامِعِ مَا ذَكَرْتُمْ

هُوَ النَّامُوسُ يَقْدُمُ وَهْوَ نَامِ

Masters of greed, you haven't mentioned

What steps up asleep, the law

فَلا يَضْعُفْ ضَعِيفٌ أَوْ نرَاهُ

لِنابِ الليْثِ يُصْلَحُ فِي الطَّعَامِ

So let no weak one be weakened

Or seen as fit food for the lion's grip

فَهِمْنَا مَأْخَذَ الْجَانِي عَلَيْنَا

وَإِعْذَارَ المُسِمِينَ الْعِظَامِ

We understand the course of the aggressor against us

And excuse of the august rulers

وَإِنَّ بَدِيلَ عَصْرٍ كَانَ فِيهِ

عِجَافُ الْقَوْمِ مِلْكاً لِلضِّخَامِ

The alternative to an age in which

The arrogance of the people ruled the titans

زَمَانٌ سَادَ شَعْبٌ فِيهِ شَعْباً

وَأَنْزَلَهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ السَّوَامِ

A time when one people prevailed over another

And reduced it to the status of slaves

فَقَوْمٌ مِنْ مُلُوكٍ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ

مَرَاتِبُهُمْ وَقَوْمٌ مِنْ طَغَامِ

So a people of kings - what were

Their degrees, and a people of tyrants?

وَبَيْنَ الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ خِلافُ نَوْعٍ

عَلَى كَوْنِ الْجَمِيعِ مِنَ الأَنَامِ

Between the two races a difference in kind

Despite all being human

أَقُولُ وَقَدْ أَفَاقَ الشَّرْقُ ذُعْراً

مِنَ الْحَالِ الشَّبِيهَةِ بِالمَنَامِ

I say, and the East has awakened terrified

From a state like a dream

عَلَى صَخَبِ الرَّوَاعِدِ فِي حِمَاهُ

وَرَقْصِ المَوْتِ بَيْنَ طُلىً وَهَامِ

At the roar of thunder defending it

And the dance of death between its hills and sands

أَقُولُ بِصَوْتِهِ لِحُمَاةِ دَارٍ

رَمَاهَا مِنْ بُغَاةِ الغَرْبِ رَامِ

I say with its voice to the defenders of a house

Pelted by rebels of the West, throwing spears

أُبَاةَ الضَّيمِ مِنْ عَرَبٍ وَتُركٍ

نُسُورَ الشُّمِّ أسَادَ المَوَامِي

The pride of Arabs and Turks refusing oppression

Eagles of Syria, lions of the thickets

قَرُومَ العَصْرِ فُرْساناً وَرَجْلاً

نُجُومَ الكَرِّ مِنْ خَلْفِ اللِّثَامِ

The heroes of the age on horse and foot

Stars appearing from behind the veils

بَنَا مَرَضُ النَّعِيمِ فَنَسِّمُونَا

وَغىً يَشْفِي مِنَ الصَّفْوِ العُقَامِ

We are sick with luxury, so wake us

With zeal curing finer slumber

بِنَا بَرْدُ المُكُوثِ فَادْفِئونَا

بِحُمَّى الْوَثْبِ حَيْثُ الْخَطْبُ حَامِ

The numbness of stillness is in us - warm us

With fever of leaping where fear is red

بَنَا عَطَلُ السَّمَاعِ فَشَنِّفُونَا

بِقَعْقَعَةِ الْحَدِيدِ لَدَى الصِّدَامِ

In us the deafness of hearing - so startle us

With the clashing of steel when swords meet

لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ بِبُرْهَانٍ عَظِيمٍ

عَلَى أَنَّا نَعُودُ إِلَى التَّمَامِ

You have brought mighty proof

That we return to perfection

وَأَنَّا إِنْ جَهِلْنَا أَوْ غَلِطْنَا

أَنِفْتَا أَنْ نُعَاتَبَ بِاحْتِكَامِ

That if we err or slip

We refuse to be blamed by force

وَأَنَا حَيْثُ فَاتَحَنَا كَذُوبٌ

بِمِيعَادٍ فَطِنَّا لِلْخِتَامِ

I am here, having failed to keep

Our tryst, discerning the conclusion

فَإِنْ زِينَتْ لَنَا الأَقْوَالُ عِفْنَا

تَعاطِيهَا كَمَاكِرَةِ المُدَامِ

If words seem decorated, we spurn

Using them like the tricks of wine

عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجَاءِ وَنَحْنُ فِيهِ

نَسِيرُ مُوَفَّقِينَ إِلَى الإمَامِ

In this hope we walk steadily

Guided toward the imam

مُثُولِي رَافِعاً إِجْلالَ قَومِي

إِلَى عَبَّاسٍ المَلِكِ الْهُمَامِ

I stand lifting my veneration for my people

To Abbas the intrepid king

إِلَى مَلِكِ التَّضَامُنِ وَالتَّآخِي

عَمِيدِ الشَّرْقِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الإمَامِ

To the king of solidarity and kinship

Leader of the East after the imam

وَجَهْرِي جَهْدَ مَا تَسَعُ المَعَانِي

بِمَدْحِ شَقِيقِهِ السَّنِمِ المقَامِ

I proclaim my utmost capacity

In praising his brother, the lofty summit

مُتِمِّ إمَارَةِ الأَصْلِ المُعَلَّى

بِفَضْلٍ بَاذِخٍ كَالأَصْلِ سَامِ

Perfecting the emirate of the sublime origin

With overflowing merit like the origin's tower

وَأَدْعُو أَنْ يُعِزَّ اللهَ مِصْراً

وَيَولِيَهَا السُّعُودَ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ

And I pray God empowers Egypt

And grants it eternal Sa’ud