طَلَعْتِ طُلُوعَ الشَّمسِ بِالنُّورِ وَالنَّدَى

فَلاَ زِلْتِ شَمْسَ البِرِّ يَا رَبَّةَ النَّدَى

You rose like the sun with light and dew,

And you remained the sun of righteousness, O mistress of dew!

وَقَدْ تَحْرِمُ الشَّمسُ العُفَاةَ شُعَاعَهَا

وَلَمْ تَحْرِميهِمْ مِنْكِ فِي حَالَة يَدا

The sun may deprive the heedless of its rays,

But you did not deprive them of you, no matter the state.

لِمَقْدَمِكِ الْمَيْمُونِ مِصْرُ تَهَلَّلَتْ

وَجَنَّاتُهَا افْتَرَّتْ وَبُلْبُلُهَا شَدَا

For your auspicious arrival Egypt exulted,

And its gardens blossomed, its nightingales trilled.

أَرَى بَسَمَاتٍ لِلِّقاءِ تَأْلَّقَتْ

عَلَى كُلِّ وَجْهٍ كَانَ إِذْ غِبْتِ مُكْمَدا

I see smiles lighting up every face

That had faded in your absence.

وَأَسْمَعُ فِي الأفَاقِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

أَنَاشِيدَ بُشْرَى فِي النُّفوسِ لَهَا صَدَى

And I hear from all directions,

Songs of glad tidings echoing in souls.

جَمَاهِيرُ فِي طُولِ الْبِلاَد وَعَرْضِهَا

مِنَ الحَافِظِينَ العَهْد غَيباً وَمَشْهَدَا

Throughout the length and breadth of the land

Are loyalists, absent and present,

يُهَنِيءُ كُلُّ مِنْهُمُ النَّفسَ أَنْ يرَى

إِلى الْوَطَنِ الْمُشْتَاقِ عَوْدَكِ أَحْمَدَا

Each congratulating the soul for seeing

Your cherished return to the longing homeland.

تَنَادَتْ بَنَاتُ الشِّعرِ يَضْفَرْنَ لِلَّتِي

تُخَلِّدُهَا الالاءُ تَاجاً مُخَلَّدا

The daughters of verse braided their hair

To immortalize her whom glory immortalizes.

وَذَاكَ إِذَا بَاهَى بِتَاجَيه قَيْصَرٌ

لَهُ رَوْنَقٌ أَزْهَى وَأَبْقَى عَلَى الْمَدَى

And when the Caesar boasts of his two crowns,

They have a luster more splendid and lasting.

أَيُعدَلُ بَاقٍ صِيْغَ مِنْ جَوْهَرِ النُّهَى

بِبَعْضِ الثَّرَى الْفَانِي وَإِنْ كَانَ عَسْجَدَا

Can some passing earthly trinket

Compare to the imperishable jewel of virtue?

حَقِيقٌ بِوَادِي النِّيلِ إِبْدَاءُ سَعْده

عَلَى أَنَّ مَا فِي النَّفْسِ أَضْعَافُ مَا بَدا

It is fitting for the Nile valley to show its joy,

For what's within surpasses all that's displayed.

فَإِنَّ الَّتِي يُعْلَى بِحَقٍّ مَقَامُهَا

لاَهْلٌ بِإِجْمَاعِ المُوالِينَ وَالعِدَى

She whose station is rightly exalted,

Deserves the consensus of loyalists and foes.

أَمَا هِيَ أَرْقَى نِسْوَة الشَّرْقِ شِيْمَةً

وَنُبْلاً وَأَسْمَاهُنَّ جَاهاً ومَحتِدا

Is she not the noblest of Eastern women,

In merit, rank, glory and splendor?

إِلَى أَوْجِهَا الأعْلَى رَفَعْتُ تَحِيَّتي

وَفِي كُلِّ قَلْبٍ رَجْعُهَا قَد تَرَدَّدَا

I send my greetings to her lofty aspects,

And her return echoes in every heart.

وَأَحْسَبُنِي عَنْ مِصْرَ نُبْتُ وَأَهْلِهَا

وَعَنْ مَجْدِ مِصْرٍ دَارِساً وَمُجَدَّدَا

I speak for Egypt, its people and glory,

Studying and renewing them tirelessly.

وَعَنْ كُلِّ مَحْزُونٍ وَعَنْ كُلِّ بَائِسٍ

بِهَا عَادَ عَنْ بَابِ الأمِيرَة بِالْجَدَا

For every sorrowful and wretched soul,

Hope returned at the door of the princess.

وَعَنْ كُلِّ مَلْهُوفٍ أَغَاثتْ وَحُرَّةٍ

مِنْ الْعاثِرَاتِ الجَدِّ مَدَّتْ لَهَا يَدا

For every anguished and fallen woman,

She extended a helping hand.

وَعَنْ كُلِّ خِرِّيجٍ بِعِلْمٍ وَصَنْعَةٍ

أَقَامَتْ لَهُ فِي سَاحَة الْفَضْلِ مَعْهَدَا

For every graduate, skilled and learned,

She provided a place to excel.

وَعَمَّا أَعَدَّتْ لِلْيَتِيمِ فَثَقَّفتْ

فَرُبَّ يَتِيمٍ عَادَ لِلْخَلْقِ سَيِّدَا

And for the orphan whom she enriched,

Many became, through her grace, masters.

أَيَا آيَةَ الشَّرْقِ الَّتِي ضَنَّت العُلَى

بِاشْرَفَ مِنْهَا فِي العُصُورِ وَأَمجَدَا

O jewel of the East, so noble

In the finest of ages, most glorious!

دَعَوكِ بِأُمِّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَأَنَّها

لَدَعْوَةُ صِدْقٍ فِي فَمِ المَجْد سرْمَدا

They call you mother of benefactors,

A true prayer, eternally on lips of glory.

فَأَنْتِ لَهُمُ أُمُّ وَأَنْتِ أَمِيرَةٌ

أَجَلْ وَلَكِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَجْوَادِهَا فِدَى

You are their mother, and their princess -

Yes, yours are the world and its bounty.