حُبَّا دُعَاةً البِرِّ بالإنْسَانِ

وَكَرَامَةً يَا صَفْوَةَ الإخْوانِ

O callers to righteousness through mankind,

And to dignity, O finest of brothers,

إنْ يُذْكَرِ الْفَضَلُ العَظِيمُ فَحَسْبُكُمْ

جَمْعُ الْقُوَى وَإزَالَةُ الشَّنَانِ

If great virtue is mentioned, you suffice,

As a group of strength, removing rancor,

أيُّ اتِّحَادِ كَاتِّحَادِ أعِزَّةٍ

عَقَدُوا خَنَاصِرَهُمْ عَلَى الإحْسَانِ

What unity like the unity of nobles

Who have clasped their arms around benevolence,

لَبَّيْكُمُ إنِّي مُجِيبٌ كُلَّمَا

دَاعِي وِفَاقٍ فِي الْبِلاَدِ دَعَاني

I respond whenever a caller to concord in the country calls me,

The literati of Egypt and her prominent orators,

أُدَبَاءَ مِصْرَ وَنَابِهِي خُطَبَائِهَا

وَثِقَاتِ أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالعِرْفَانِ

And the trusted among the people of merit and knowledge,

This sanctuary of yours, for it there is a great meaning,

إينَاسُكمْ هَذَا الْحِمَى عِيدٌ لَهُ

فِي أَهْله مَعْنًى كَبِيرُ الشانِ

Among its people, grand is its affair,

And I almost cannot fully thank you,

وَأَكَادُ لاَ أُوفِي لَكُمْ شُكْرَانَهَا

لَوْ صُغْتُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الشُّكْرَانِ

If I recited verses of thankfulness,

Groups in which joy has excelled, an assembly

زُمَرٌ بِهَا اسْتَبَقَ السُّرُورُ وَمَجْمَعٌ

زَاهٍ تَقَرُّ بِحُسنِهِ العَيْنَانِ

Shining which delights the eyes,

There is nothing in you but an Egyptian nation,

مَا فِيكِ إلاَّ أُمْةٌ مِصرِيَّةٌ

يَا مِصرُ وَلْيُبْتَرْ لِسَانُ الشَّانِي

O Egypt, and may the tongue of the critic be cut off,

How excellent a sanctuary for one who belongs and grows

نِعْمَ الحِمَى لِمَنِ انْتَمَى وَلِمَنْ نَمَى

مِنْ مَبْدَأِ المَدَيِنَّةِ الهَرَمَانِ

From the principle of the two Harams,

If the foreigner finds with you hospitality,

إنْ يَلْقَ فِيكِ الأَجْنَبِيُّ ضِيَافَةً

لَمْ يَلْقَهَا فِي أسْمَحِ البُلْدَانِ

He has not found it in the most fertile of lands,

How can another be more worthy? They have become your sons,

كَيْفَ الأُولَى أَضَحْوَا بَنِيكِ وَمَالَهُمْ

وَطَنٌ سِوَاكِ وَلاَ مَآبٌ ثَاني

And their wealth, a homeland other than you and no second place of return,

Those who expend souls for you lightly,

ألبَاذِلُونَ لَكِ النُّفُوسَ رَخِيصَةً

وَنَفَائِسَ الدُّنْيَا بِلاَ أَثْمَانِ

And the treasures of the world without prices,

And despite the differences in origins, all of them

وَعَلَى التَّبَايُنِ فِي المَنَابِتِ كُلُّهُمْ

بَرٌّ بِهَا فِي حُبِّهَا مُتَفَانِ

Are devoted in their love for her, self-sacrificing,

By God, differences and tribes are not

تَاللهِ مَا لِلتَّفْرِقَاتِ وَلاَ القِلَى

أغْلَى الفِدَاءَ أعِزَّةُ الفِتْيَانِ

More precious than the sacrifice of the gallant youths,

But for a noble life it has been realized

بَل لِلحَيَاةِ كَرِيمَةً قَدْ حُقِّقَتْ

فِيهَا رَغَائِبُ لِلعُلَى وَأمَانِي

In it the hopes for ascendancy and desires,

So may Egypt live free, rising to

فَلْتَحْيَا مِصْرٌ حُرَّةً تَسْمُو إلى

غَايَاتِهَا فِي غِبْطَةٍ وَأَمانِ

Her goals in felicity and safety,