يَا مِصْرُ أَنْتِ الأَهْلُ وَالسَّكَنُ

وَحِمىً عَلَى الأَرْوَاحِ مُؤْتَمَنُ

O Egypt, you are home and dwelling,

A sanctuary protecting souls, entrusted.

حُبِّي كَعَهْدِكِ فِي نَزَاهَتِهِ

وًالحُبُّ حَيْثُ القَلْبُ مُرْتَهَنُ

My love for you is like your integrity,

Love resides where hearts are hostage.

مِلْءُ الجَوَانِحِ مَا بِهِ دَخَل

يَوْمَ الحِفَاظِ وَمَا بِهِ دَخَنُ

My being is filled with what it gained,

The day it preserved and inhaled.

ذَاكَ الهَوَى هُوَ سِرُّ كُلِّ فَتىً

مِنَّا تَوَطَّنَ مِصْرَ وَالعَلَنُ

That passion is every youth’s secret,

Among us, settled in Egypt, known and hidden.

هُوَ شُكْرُ مَا مَنَحَتْ وَمَا مَنَعَتْ

مِنْ أَنْ تُنَغِّصَ فَضْلَهَا المِنَنُ

It is gratitude for what you granted and denied,

Lest you embitter your favor and gifts.

هُوَ شِيمَةٌ بِقُلُوبِنَا طَهُرَتْ

عَنْ أَنْ تَشُوبَ نَقَاءهَا الظِّنَنُ

It is a trait that in our hearts has been purified,

Lest doubts taint its clarity.

أَيُّ الدِّيَار كَمِصْرَ مَا بَرِحَتْ

رَوْضاً بِهَا يَتَقَيَّدُ الظُّعُنُ

What land is like Egypt that never ceased,

To be a meadow where hopes are tied?

فِيهَا الصَّفَاءُ وَمَا بِهِ كَدَرٌ

فِيهَا السَّمَاءُ وَمَا بِهَا غَصَنُ

In it is serenity without any bitterness,

In it is the sky without any branches.

مِصْرُ الَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مَنَابِتُهَا

خِلَساً وَمَا فِي مَائِهَا أَسَنُ

Egypt whose growths are not deceitful,

Nor is there impurity in its waters.

مِصْر الَّتِي أَبَداً حَدَائِقُهَا

غَنَّاءُ لا يَعْرَى بِهَا غُصُنُ

Egypt whose gardens are ever melodious,

Where no branch strips bare.

مِصْر الَّتِي أَخْلاقُ أُمَّتِهَا

زَهْرٌ سَقَاهُ العَارِضُ الهَتِنُ

Egypt whose people's morals are a flower,

Watered by the passing cloud's drizzle.

مِصْر الَّتِي أَخْلاقُهَا حُفُلٌ

وَيَدِرُّ الشُّهْدُ وَاللَّبَنُ

Egypt whose ethics are rich gatherings,

Where honey and milk pour forth.

كَذَبَ الأُولى قَالوا مَحَاسِنُهَا

تُوهِي القُوَى وَجِنَانُهَا دِمَنُ

The vulgar claim her virtues weaken powers,

And her gardens are ruined.

فَهْيَ الَّتِي عَرَفَتْ مُرُوءَتَهَا

أُمَمٌ وَيَعْرِفُ مَجْدَهَا الزَّمنُ

But it is she whose honor nations have known,

And time recognizes her glory.

وَهْيَ الني أَبْنَاؤُهَا شُهُبٌ

عَنْ حَقِّ مِصْرٍ مَا بِهَا وَسَنُ

Her sons, elders who never forget,

Egypt’s right, though years accumulate.

يَذْكُو هَوَاهَا فِي جَوَانِحِهِمْ

كَالجَمْرِ مَشْبُوباً وَإِنْ رَصُنُوا

Their passion for her in their hearts kindled,

Like burning embers even if buried.

هُمْ وَارِثُو آلامِهَا وَبِهِمْ

سَتُرَدُّ عَنْ أَكْنَافِهَا المِحَنُ

They inherit her sufferings and through them,

Ordeals shall be dispelled from her sides.

صَحَّتْ عَقِيدَتُهُمْ فَلَيْسَ تَهِي

فِي حَادِثٍ جَلَلٍ وَلا تَهِنُ

Their faith held fast so no incident,

However majestic, makes it bend.

للهِ وَثَبْتَهُمْ إذَا اسْتَبْقَتْ

فِيهَا النُّهَى وَتَبَارَتِ المُنَنُ

By God, may He steady them when,

In her, hardships and blessings vie and contend.

دَاعِي المَبَرَّةِ وَالوَفَاءِ دَعَا

فَأَجَابَتِ العَزَمَاتُ وَالفِطَنُ

The voice of integrity and loyalty called,

So resolves and minds responded.

صَوْتٌ مِنَ الوَادِي تَجَاوَبَ فِي

تَرْدِيدِهِ الأَسْنَادُ وَالقُنَنُ

A voice from the valley echoes back,

Repeated by supporters and canyons.

رُوحُ البِلادِ تَنَبَّهَتْ فَجَرَى

مَا أَكْبَرَتْهُ العَيْنُ وَالأُذُنُ

The soul of the country awoke, so there flowed,

What the eye and ear magnified.

جَرَتِ المَسَالِكِ بِالرِّجَالِ وَقَدْ

غَمَرَتْ بِهِمْ رَحَبَاتِهَا المُدُنُ

The paths poured with men, till

Her plains were flooded by cities.

جَرْيَ الأَتِيِّ يَفِيضُ مُنْطَلِقاً

مِنْ حَيْثُ يَطْغَى وَهْوَ مُخْتَزَنُ

A flow of volunteers overflowing forth,

From where it abounds, stored and hidden.

مِنْ كُلِّ مُدَّثِرٍ بِثَوْبِ هَوىً

لِدِيَارِهِ أَوْ ثَوْبُهُ الكَفَنُ

From each one wearing his homeland’s passion,

Or his shroud, hastening.

رَهَنَ الحَيَاةَ بِعِزِّهَا فَإِذَا

هَانَتْ فَمَا لِحَيَاتِهِ ثَمَنُ

He stakes his life on its dignity, so if

It is disgraced, his life holds no value.

سَادَ الإِخَاءُ عَلَى الجُمُوعِ فَلا

رُتَبٌ تُمَيِّزُهَا وَلا مِهَنُ

Brotherhood prevails over the masses, no

Ranks to distinguish them, or vocations.

فِرَقٌ تَقَارَبَتْ القُلُوبُ بِهَا

وَتَنَاءَتْ البِيئَاتُ وَاللسُنُ

Factions grew close, hearts brought near,

Environments and tongues drew together.

لا جِنْسَ بَلْ لا دِينَ يَفْصِلهَا

وَالخُلْفُ مَمْدُودٌ لَهُ شَطَنُ

Not race or even faith separates them,

And the future stretches before them spacious.

أَلإِلفُ وَالسَّلْمُ الوَطِيدُ يُرَى

حَيْثُ الحَفَائِظُ كُنَّ وَالفِتَنُ

Harmony and strong peace appear,

Wherever guards and seditions are absent.

فَإذَا بَدَا فِي مَوْقِفٍ ضَغَنٌ

لَمْ يَعْدُ رَأْياً ذَلِكَ الضَّغَنُ

So if resentment surfaces in a stance,

That resentment no longer holds an opinion.

أَلشَّعْبُ إٍِنْ يَصْدُقْ تَكَافُلُهُ

بِلُوغِ غَايَاتِ العُلَى قَمِنُ

The people, if their solidarity proves true,

In achieving the heights of glory lies success.

كُلٌّ يَقُولُ وَمَا بِمِقْوَلِهِ

كِذْبٌ وَمَا فِي قَلْبِهِ جُبُنُ

Each says, though his words contain no

Falsehood, nor is there cowardice in his heart.

يَا أَيُّهَا الوَطَنُ العَزِيزُ فِدىً

لَكَ مالُنَا والرُّوحُ وَالبَدَنُ

O precious homeland, for you we ransom,

Our wealth, soul, and body.

مِنْكَ الكَرَامَةُ وَالوُجُودُ مَعاً

فَإذَا اسْتَعَدْتَهُمَا فَلا حَزَنُ

From you, dignity and existence together,

So if you lose them, there is no sorrow.

حُيِّيْتِ يَا صِلَةً مُبَارَكَةً

شُدَّتْ وَلَنْ يُلْفَى بِهَا وَهَنُ

Greetings O blessed bond,

That has tightened and whose weakness will not be found.

أَهْلاً بِرَهْطِ الفَضْلِ مِنْ نُجُبٍ

بِهِمْ التُّقَى وَالعِلْمُ وَاللَّسَنُ

Welcome people of merit and nobility,

In them piety, knowledge, and eloquence.

بِالنَّاصِحِينَ وَنُصْحًهًمْ بَلَجٌ

بِالنَّاهِجِينَ وَنَهْجُهُمْ سَنَنُ

Those who advise and their advice is effective,

Those who call and their call is tradition.

خَيْرُ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى الوفاقِ عَلَى

مَا يَقْتَضِيهِ الشَّرْعُ وَالسُّنَنُ

The best inviters to accord are those

Who act as law and tradition necessitate.

جَادُوا بِسَعْيٍ لا يُوَازِنُهُ

بِالقَدْرِ حَمْدٌُ جَلَّ مَا يَزنُ

They strove with effort that cannot be matched,

In value, praise highly transcending weight.

بِجَمِيلِ مَا صَنَعُوا وَمَا رَفَعُوا

فَازَ الوِئَامُ وَخَابَتِ الإِحَنُ

With the good of what they did and raised,

Harmony won and animosities lost.

حُكَمَاءُ إِنْ عَرَضَتْ لأُمَّتِهِمْ

حَاجٌ فَهُمْ لأَدَقِّهَا فُطُنُ

Wise ones, if their nation faces a need,

For its most delicate matters they are adept.

أَلأَزْهَرُ الأَزْهَى لَهُ مِنَنٌ

عَظُمَتْ وَهَذِي دُونَهَا المِنَنُ

Al-Azhar, the most splendid, it has favors,

That are great, while gifts below it are favors.

فَلْتَحْيَا مِصْرُ وَتَحْيَا أُمَّتُهَا

وَلتَرْقَ أَوْجَ السَّعْدِ يَا وَطَنُ

So may Egypt live, and its nation thrive,

And may it rise to the height of bliss, O homeland!