طَوَّقْتُمُونِي بِأَطْوَاقٍ مِنَ المِنَنِ
فَكَيْفَ أَقْضِي حُقُوقاً جَاوَزَتْ مَنَنِي
You have adorned me with favors beyond count,
How can I fulfill a duty that exceeds what I've been granted?
وَمَا سَبِيلِي إلى أدْنَى الوَفَاءِ بِمَا
لِكُلِّ مُبتَدِرٍ وَافَى لِيُكَرمُنِي
What path is there for me to even minimally repay
Each eager benefactor who honored me?
أَبَالِغٌ بِي وَفَائِي بَعْضَ وَاجِبِهِ
لَوْ أنَّ فِي هَذَا الوَفَاءِ قَني
My loyalty cannot fully discharge even some
Of what I owe, if perfect loyalty were possible.
أخَافُ مِنْ سُوءِ تأَوِيلٍ لِرَأْيُكُمُ
فِي الفَضْلِ لَوْ قُلْتُ إنِّي لَسْتُ بِالقَمِنِ
I fear you may misinterpret my intent,
If I say I am not the lowliest servant.
قَوْمِي وَفِي هَامَةِ العَلْيَاءِ مَنْزِلُهُمْ
هُمْ صَفْوَةُ الخَلْقِ بِالأخْلاَقِ وَالفِطَنِ
My people reside atop the lofty elite,
The finest of humanity in morals and intellect.
إنْ عَزَّ مَنْ مَنَحْوا نَصْراً فَأحْرَبَهُ
أو هَانَ من مَنَعُوهُ النَّصْرَ فَلْيَهُنِ
If the mighty they aided gain triumph, or
The lowly they denied aid become disgraced.
مَوَاطِنُ الضَّادِ شَتَّى فِي مَظَاهِرِهَا
وَفي حَقِيقَتِهَا لَيْسَتْ سِوَى وَطَنِ
The lands of DAD are diverse in appearance
Though essentially they are but one homeland.
مُمَثِّلُوهَا بِهَذَا المُنْتَدَى لَهُمُ
مَفَاجِرٌ مِلْءُ عيْنِ الدَّهْر وَالأُذُنِ
Those representing it in this assembly
Are the best of their age in sight and hearing.
مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي نَسَبٍ أوْ كُلِّ ذِي حَسَبِ
مَا فِي مَصَادِرِهِ مِنْ مَصْدَرٍ أسِنِ
All of noble lineage or proud lineage,
None among their lineage has a purer origin.
وَكُلُّ ذِي مَنْصِبٍ تَعْتَزُّ أمَّتُهُ
بِسَيْفِهِ العَضْبِ أو بِالرَّأُي وَاللَّسُنِ
And all who hold office their nation takes pride
In their sharp swords or wise eloquence.
وَكُلُّ مُقْتَبِلِ الأَيَّامِ مُجْتَهِدٌ
وَكُلُّ طَالِبِ عِلْمٍ نَابِهٍ ذُهُنِ
And all the aspirants and studious scholars,
And the thriving merchants or artisans.
وَمِنْ مُؤثِلِ جَاهٍ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ
أوْ فِي صِنَاعَتِهِ أغْنَى الحِمَى وَغَنِى
The wealthy guarding reputation not wealth,
Hoarding praise not riches.
وَزَارِعٍ صَائِنٍ بِالبِرِّ سِمْعَتَهُ
لِلْمَالِ مُبْتَذِلٍ لِلْحَمْدِ مُخْتَزِنِ
The poets who captivate the world with their verse,
For the warblers trilling artfully have no tunes sweeter.
وَشَاعِرٍ يَطْرُبُ الدُّنْيَا تَرَنُّمُهُ
فَمَا أَفَانِينُ غِرَّيدٍ عَلَى فَنَنِ
The spendthrifts lavishing wealth as though
They'd taken it at no cost.
وَنَائِرٍ مُسْرِفٍ فِي الدُّرِّ يُنَفِقُهُ
كَأَنَّهُ يَتَلَقَّاهُ بِلاَ ثَمَنِ
Oh chief minister, did my position allow
The grandeur of what I present to endure?
يَا لِلوَزِيرِ رَئِيسِ الحَفْلِ هَلْ وَسَعَتْ
شَأَنِي جَلاَئِلُ مَا تُهْدِي إلى الزَّمنِ
May God protect the leader of his nation,
And the Arabs‐may He grant victory and fortify him!
لِيَحْفَظِ اللهُ فَارُوقاً لأُمَّتِهِ
وَلِلْعُرُوبَةِ وَلْيَنْصُرهُ وَلْيصُنِ
He whom eminent nations have known
To deny nothing in public or in secret.
هُوَ الَّذِي خَبَرَتْ مَعْرُوقَةُ أُمَمٌ
فَمَا تَنْكُرُ فِي سِرٍّ وَلا عَلَنِ
Without him Egypt today would not have attained
Her status, nor Arab unity come to be.
لَوْلاهُ لَمْ تَكُ مِصْرُ اليَوْمَ بَالِغَةً
مَكَانَهَا وَاتِّحَادُ العُرْبِ لَمْ يَكُنِ
And may God protect the Kinana's sons with
Well-being and safety from trials and afflictions.
وَلْيَحْفَظِ اللهُ أَبْنَاءَ الكَنَانَةِ فِي
يُمْنٍ وَأَمْنٍ مِنَ الأَحْدَاثِ وَالمِحَنِ
And give long life to all who defended DAD
Whether king or president entrusted over it.
وَلْيَحْيَ مَنْ صَانَ الضَّادَ مِنْ مَلِكٍ
وَمِنْ رَئِيسٍ عَلَيْهِ مُؤْتَمِنِ
For each came in his era, and his is
A history bonded with this glory.
فَكُلُّهُمْ جَاءَ فِي مِيقَاتِهِ وَلَهُ
تَارِيخُ فَضْلٍ بِهَذَا المَجْدِ مُقْتَرِنِ
Endure, and may your days be a thousand flourishing,
Without return of the alternating misfortunes and sorrows.
دُومُوا وَأَيَّامُكُمْ بِالأَلفِ زَاهِرَةٌ
وَلا عَدَتْهُ عَوَادِي الخُلْفِ وَالإِحَنِ
