رَبَّةَ الدَّوْلَةِ وَالجَاهِ المَكِينْ

عُدْتِ يَحْدُو رَكْبَكِ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينْ

O mistress of power and secure glory

Your spirit, the faithful, sings your virtues

عُدْتِ فِي مُنْشَأَةٍ مُعْتَزَّةٍ

بِكِ وَالبَحْرُ ذَلُولٌ مُسْتَكِينْ

You have returned in glorious splendor

With you the sea is tame and submissive

يَتَلَقَّاهَا بِرِفْقٍ صَدْرُهُ

وَيُحَيِّي عَنْ شِمَالٍ وَيَمِينْ

It receives you gently in its chest

Greeting you left and right

قُلِّدَتْ مَا قُلِّدَتْ مِنْ شَرَفٍ

وَلَهَا أَعْلَى لِوَاءٍ فِي السَّفِينْ

You are adorned with every honor

And you hold the highest flag on the ship

بَسَمَ الأُفْقَيْنِ فِي آنٍ بَدَتْ

آيَتَا الإِحْسَانِ وَالحُسْنِ المُبِينْ

In one moment, the two signs appeared

Of kindness and clear beauty

بَزَغَتْ شَمْسُ الضُّحَى مِنْ سِتْرِهَا

وَهِلالُ العِيدِ مِنْ أَنْقَى جَبِينْ

The sun of dawn emerged from its veil

And the crescent of Eid from the purest forehead

مَرْحَباً بِالفَضْلِ وَالنُّبْلِ مَعاً

طَلَعَا بِاليُمْنِ لِلْمُرْتَقِبِينْ

Welcome to merit and nobility together

They have risen with blessings for those who await

هَذِهِ جَنَّات مِصْرٍ أَبْرَزَتْ

لَكِ مِنْ زِينَتِهَا مَا تَشْهَدِينْ

For you their finest adornments that you see

The earth wore its silks for her

لَبِسَتْ سُنْدُسَهَا الأَرْضُ لِمَنْ

أَلْبَسَتْهَا الفَخْرُ بَيْنَ الأَرَضِينْ

Whom glory dressed among all lands

The trees offered their yields

آتَتِ الأَشْجَارُ مَا اسْتَنْبَتَهَا

بِرُّهَا مِنْ أُكُلٍ لِلآكِلينْ

As provisions for those who eat

The birds sang their praises

شَدَتِ الأَطْيَارُ تَتْلُو حَمْدَهَا

بَعْدَ حَمْدِ الله رَبِّ العَالَمِينْ

After praising God, Lord of all worlds

How lovely is their warbling in ardour

حَبَّذَا تَغْرِيدُهَا فِي جَذَلٍ

بَعْدَ شَجْوٍ رَدَّدَتْهُ وَأَنِينْ

After the plaints they echoed and moaned

Indeed a nation's hopes and desires

إِنَّ آمَالَ بِلادٍ وَمُنَى

أُمَّةٍ مُوحِيَةٌ مَا تَسْمَعِينْ

Are truthful, not mere flattery

The Nile overflowed from its source

لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ مُدَاجَاةٍ وَهَلْ

يَصْدُقُ الإِنْشَادُ وَالقَلْبُ يمينْ

Stretching its arms to those who seek water

Bearing fertility and treasures

فَاضَ مَجْرَى النِّيلِ مِنْ يَنْبُوعِهِ

بَاسِطاً أَذْرُعَهُ لِلْمُسْتَقِينْ

Other than what it gives of gems

It has shed its high cost so much

يَحْمِلُ الخِصْبَ وَمَا عُنْصُرُهُ

غَيْرُ مَا يُهْدِي مِنَ الكَنْزِ الثَّمِينْ

That it is normal for it to be called mud

It is above soil, meltable goodness

أَرْخَصَ العَسْجَدَ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ

جَازَ فِي المَأْلُوفِ أَنْ يُسْمَى بِطِينْ

And for the irrigators a lasting spring

Your blessed return is a feast for the bereaved

فَهْوَ فَوْقَ التُّرْبِ تِبْرٌ ذَائِبٌ

وَهْوَ للوُرَّادِ سَلْسَالٌ مَعِينْ

And for your family across the years

If only they could gather in one place

عَوْدُكِ المَحْمُودُ عِيدٌ لِلْحِمَى

وَلأَهْلِيهِ عَلَى مَرِّ السِّنِينْ

I would find them together as thousands and hundreds

That old love you have increased

لَوْ تَسَنَّى فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ

جَمْعُهُمْ أَلْفَيْتِهِمْ مُجْتَمِعِينْ

With your lasting gifts day after day

Acts of kindness have united them

ذَلِكَ الوُدُّ قَديمٌ زَادَهُ

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبَبٌ مِنْكِ مَتِينْ

Though apart they would differ

How could a people not love you purely

مَكْرُمَاتٌ أَلَّفَتْ بَيْنَهُمُ

إِنْ يُرَوا فِي غَيْرِهَا مُخْتَلِفِينْ

When they owe you lifelong gratitude

You have increased their goodness by being

كَيْفَ لا يُصْفِيكِ وُدّاً مَعْشَرٌ

لَكِ بِالشُّكْرِ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ مَدِينْ

An example for them in life and faith

Your grandfather suffered no shame from a lady

زِدْتهِ بِرّاً بِأَنْ كُنْتِ لَهُ

نِعْمَةَ القُدْوَةُ فِي دُنْيَا وَدِينْ

Whose merit encompassed him at all times

If we counted those you brought joy

لاَ كَبَا جَدُّكِ مِنْ سَيِّدَةٍ

فَضْلُهَا يَشْمَلُهُ فِي كُلِّ حِينْ

We would number them in thousands and hundreds

Hands that left no place for sorrow

لَوْ عَدَدْنَا فِيهِ مَنْ أَسْعَدْتِهِ

لَعَدَدْنَاهُمْ أُلُوفاً وَمِئِينْ

In any grieving heart they missed

You visited the suffering in their misery

تُخْطِيءُ الحَصْرَ أَيَادٍ لَمْ تَدَعْ

مَوْضِعاً لِلْحُزْنِ فِي قَلْبٍ حَزِينْ

And the mansions of kings sought your visit

How many shelters you built and established

زَارَتِ الدَّهْمَاءَ فِي أَخْصَاضِها

وَاسْتَزَارَتْهَا قُصُورُ المَالِكِينْ

For orphaned and devastated children

And founded a home of knowledge that raised

كَمْ بَنَتْ مَأْوىً وَشَادَتْ مَلْجَأً

لِلأَيَامَى وَاليَتَامَى البَائِسِينْ

The best generation of girls and boys

O what lasting achievements all of them

وَأَقَامَتْ دَارَ عِلْمٍ نَشَّأَتْ

خَيْرَ جِيلٍ مِنْ بَنَاتٍ وَبَنِينْ

Immortal in the memories of those who remember

Remain ever generous as time passes on

يَا لَهَا مِنْ مَأْثَرَاتٍ كُلُّهَا

خَالِدٌ فِي ذِكْرَيَاتِ الذَّاكِرِينْ

And may God honor the best benefactor

دُمْتِ لِلإِحْسَانِ مَا طَالَ المَدَى

وَأَعَزَّ اللهُ أُمَّ المُحْسِنِينْ