حُيِّيتِ يَا ذَاتَ المَقَامِ السَّامِي

بِتَحِيَّةِ الإِكْبَارِ وَالإِعْظَامِ

I greet you, O one of sublime station,

With reverence and utmost esteem.

اليُمْنُ وَالإِقْبَالُ عَادَا فِي زَهَا

يَوْمٍ لَهُ شَرَفٌ عَلَى الأَيَّامِ

Good fortune and favor have returned

On a day superior to all days.

عِيدٌ يُجَدِّدُ لِلْبِلادِ وَأَهْلِهَا

بَهَجَاتِهِ بِتَجَدُّدِ الأَعْوَامِ

A feast that renews for the country and its people

Its joys with the renewal of years.

رَاعَ الْعُقُولَ بِآيَتَيْنِ تَرَاءتَا

فِي أُفْقِهِ المُتَهَلِّلِ البَسَّامِ

It has amazed minds with two signs that appeared

In its sparkling serene horizon.

الشَّمْسُ فِي عَلَيْائِهِ مَجْلُوَّةٌ

وَيضدُ النَّوَالِ تَصُوبُ صَوْبَ غَمَامِ

The sun in its loftiness is shrouded,

And rain pours as clouds gather.

مِصْرُ الَّتِي أَعَزَزْتِهَا وَحَبَبْتِهَا

عَنْ ظُهْرِ نَفْسٍ مِنْكِ حُبَّ غَرَامِ

Egypt, whom you have honored and loved

With a sincere love from your soul.

وَأَبَيْتِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَرَامُهَا

فِيمَا شُغِلْتِ بِهِ أجَلَّ مَرَامِ

And you refused but for its hopes

To be where you busied yourself, the highest hopes.

جَعَلَتْ لِرَكْبِكِ مِنْ سَوَادِ قَطِينِهَا

سُوداً وَمِنْ سَادَاتِهَا الأَعْلامِ

You made its darkness your retinue,

And its masters your banners.

حَفَلُوا لأُمِّ المُحْسِنِينَ وَأَمْمَأْوا

بِتَجِلَّةٍ مَصْدُوقَةٍ وَسَلامِ

They gathered for the mother of benefactors and filled

With sincere veneration and peace.

يُبْدُونَ مِنْ وَحْيِ النُّفُوسِ إِشَارَةً

لَطُفَتْ وَلِلْوَحْيِ اللَّطِيفِ مَرَامِ

Showing inspiration from their souls a gesture

That was gentle, inspired by the gentle inspiration.

يَا أَهْلَ هَذِي الدَّارِ لا بَرِحَتْ بِكُمْ

مَأْهُولَةً مَرْفُوعَةَ الأَعْلامِ

O people of this abode, it did not cease to be

Populated, with banners raised.

فَإِذَا نَأَيْتُمْ لا حُرِمْنَا عَوْدَكُمْ

مِنْ عُيَّبٍ مُتَرَقِّبِينَ كِرَامِ

So when you are absent, we are not deprived

Of your pleasing return, O generous ones.

إِنِّي لأُلْهَمُ يَا مُفَدَّاةَ الحِمَى

قولاً وَتَنْبُو دُونَهُ أَقْلامِي

I am inspired, O savior of the sanctuary,

To say words my pen flows with.

شَتَّانَ مَا بَيْنَ الَّذِي يُدْنِينَهُ

وَمَكَانَهُ العَالِي مِنَ الإِلْهَامِ

Far apart is what I utter

And its lofty place of inspiration.

مَنْ لِي بِوَصْفِ عَظَائِمٍ خَلَّدْتِهَا

لَمْ تَتَّسِقْ لِمُخَلَّدِين عِظامِ

Who can describe the magnificent deeds you immortalized

That did not suite the immortal glories?

أَثَرَ الأَصَادِقُ عَنْكِ مَا لَمْ يَأْثُرُوا

عَنْ أُمَّهَاتِ المَجْدِ فِي الإِسْلامِ

The truthful have related about you what they have not

Related about the mothers of glory in Islam.

مِنَنٌ شَمَلْتِ بِهَا المَشَارِقَ فَانْتَفَى

فِيمَا وَسِعْنَ تَبَايُنُ الأَقْوَامِ

Favors you have bestowed that encompassed the horizons,

In all you have reached of the nations' diversity.

فِي كُلِّ قَلْبٍ صُورَةٌ لَكِ أُنْزِلَتْ

مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبٍ مُنْزِلَ الإِكْرَامِ

In every heart an image of you is revealed

From every heart, the abode of honor.

مَاذَا وَجَدْتُ مِنَ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكِ فِي

أَثْنَاءِ كُلِّ تَرَحُّلٍ وَمُقَامِ

What have I found of praising you

During all my travels and sojourns?

دَارَجْتُ ذِكْرَكِ وَالسَّفِينُ مَدَائِنٌ

حَمِلَتْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الخِضَمِّ الطَّامِي

I mentioned you while traveling the cities

Borne on the tossing, surging water.

فَكَأَنَّمَا النَّسَمَاتُ وَهْيَ مُقِلًّةٌ

نَفَحَاتُهُ تَسْرِي بِنَشْرِ خَزَامِ

It was as if the gentle breezes

Were perfumed breaths spreading fragrance.

دَارَجْتُ ذِكْرَكِ فِي الحُزُونِ وَفِي الرُّبَى

مِنْ صَاقِبِ الأَطْرَافِ وَالمُتَرَامِي

I mentioned you in sadness and in joy,

From the horizon's rim to the farthest reach.

فَرَأَيْتُ مِنَ زَهْرِ الرِّيَاضِ هَشَاشَةً

لِحَدِيثِهِ تَبْدُو مِنَ الأَكْمَامِ

I saw in the flowers' bloom a delicacy

Emerging in their fresh youth.

وَطَرِبْتُ للأَطْيَارِ شَادِيَةً بِهِ

وَنَقَعْتُ فِي مَجْرَى الصَّفَاةِ أُوَامِي

I was thrilled by the birds singing it

And wandered in the river's clarity.

دَارَجْتُ ذِكْرَكِ فِي الحَوَاضِرِ وَالقُرَى

بَيْنَ المُرُوجِ الخُضْرِ وَالآكَامِ

I mentioned you in settlements and villages

Between green meadows and sand dunes.

فَبَدَا لِيَ المَعْمُورُ معْمُوراً بِهِ

فِي كُلِّ مُجْتَمَعٍ وَكُل مَقَامِ

The inhabited appeared inhabited by it

In every society and place.

أَيُّ المَحَامِدِ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَكِ نَفْحَةٌ

فِيهِ تَهُزُّ رَصِينَةَ الأَحْلامِ

Which praises have not breathed into you

Shaking the firmness of dreams?

مَنْ بَرَّ بِرَّكِ بِالأيَامَى وَانْتَحَى

مَنْحَاكِ مِنْ حَدَبٍ عَلَى الأَيْتَامِ

Who was kinder than you to the orphans

And more compassionate to the bereaved?

وَلِمَنْ سِوَاكَ إِذَا تَضَرَّمَتِ القُرَى

أَشْفَى نَدىً فِي إِثْرِ كُل ضِرَامِ

For whom, when places were afflicted with drought,

Was dew more soothing after every barrenness?

وَمنِ الَّتِي فِي دَفْعِ كُلِّ مُلِمَّةٍ

هِيَ كَعْبَةُ الآمَالِ لِلْمُعْتَامِ

Who in dispelling every adversity

Is the kaaba of hopes for the blind?

وَعِنَايَةٌ مَحْجُوبَةٌ لَيْسَتْ تُرَى

إِلاَّ بِمَا تُسدِي مِنَ الإِنْعَامِ

And an unseen care, seen only

Through what you provide of favors?

هَذِي تَحِيَّةُ شَاعِرٍ يَقْضِي بِهَا

حَقَّ العُلَى فِي العَامِ بَعْدَ العَامِ

This is the greeting of a poet who fulfils with it

What is due this year and every year after.

يَجْلُو بَدِيعُ نِظَامِهَا مَا تَنْجَلِي

عنه صِفَاتُكِ فِي بَدِيعِ نِظَامِ

The splendor of its system reveals what qualities of yours

Are revealed in the splendor of the system.

بَرِئَت كَذَاتِكِ وَهْيَ مِرْآةٌ لَهَا

مِنْ كُلِّ غَاشِيَةٍ تَرِيبُ وَذَامِ

You were exonerated, being a mirror

Clear of any clouding or blemish.

تتَحَوَّلُ الدُّنْيَا تَجَوُّلَ أَهْلِهَا

وَالعَهْدُ عَهْدِي وَالذِّمَامُ ذِمَامِي

The world changes, its people wander,

While my pledge endures and my banner is my banner.

وَلَقَدْ أُلامُ عَلَى الوَفَاءِ فَمَا أَرَى

لِيَ مَادِحِينَ كَزُمْرَةِ اللُّوَّامِ

I have been tested with loyalty, so I do not see

For me praisers like the cohorts of blamers.

هَلْ لِلْفَتَى عُمْرَانِ يُفْنِي فِيهِمَا

قَلْبَيْنِ بَيْنَ النَّقْضِ وَالإبْرَامِ

Can one have two lifetimes to spend between

Breach and fulfillment of pledges?

إِنَّ الوَفَاءَ سَجِيَّةٌ لَمْ يُؤْتِهَا

إِلاَّ رِجَالُ الرَّأْيِ وَالإِقْدَامِ

Loyalty is an innate trait, only possessed

By men of wisdom and daring.

عِيشِي وَأَبْلِي الدَّهْرَ وَاغْتَفِرِي لَهُ

بِالصَّالِحَاتِ كَبَائِرَ الآثَامِ

Live long, do right, and forgive him

Great sins with good deeds.

تِلْكَ المَآثِرُ لِلدَّوَامِ بَنَيْتِهَا

وَسِوَاكَ مَنْ يَبْنِي لِغَيْرِ دَوَامِ

Those achievements you built to last,

And who else builds for other than lasting?