بَلَغَتْ مَدَاهَا رَوْعَةُ الذِّكْرَى

بِجَلاَلِ هَذِي الْحَفْلَةِ الكُبْرَى

The awe of memory has reached its extent

With the grandeur of this great occasion

أُنْظُرْ إِلى هَذِي الْوُفُودِ وَقَدْ

ضَاقَ النَّدِيُّ بِهَا تَجِدْ مِصْرَا

Look at these crowds, so numerous

The Nile valley is too narrow to contain them

مَا فِي الصُّدورِ وَفِي الْوُجُوهِ سِوَى

قَلْبٍ يَذُوبُ وَمُقْلَةٍ شَكْرَى

In hearts and faces there is nothing but

A melting heart and thankful gaze

رُزْءُ الْكِنَانَةِ رُزْءُ وَالِدَةٍ

مَبْرُورَةٍ تبْكِي ابْنَهَا الْبِرَّا

The sadness of a devoted mother

Weeping for her dutiful son

تَبْكِي المُرَجَّبَ فِي الْبَنِينَ إِذَا

عَدَّتْ بَنِينَ أَعِزَّةً كُثْرَا

She weeps for the most cherished of sons

When counting her dear sons

تَبْكِي سَرِيّاً فِي الْوَفَاءِ لَهَا

أَفْنَى الْقوَى وَاسْتنْفَدَ الْعُمْرا

She weeps for one so loyal, who exhausted his strength

And spent his life in loyalty to her

لَيْسَ التَّقادُمُ فِي فَجِيعَتِها

مِمَّا يُقِرُّ ضُلُوعَهَا الْحَرَّى

The passage of time cannot console

Her grieving, anguished heart

هَيْهَاتَ تَسْلُوهُ ومَا الْتَفتَتْ

أَلْفَتْ لَهُ فِي مَجْدِهَا إِثْرَا

Alas, it cannot comfort her, though she found

Glory by following in his footsteps

بطَلٌ تَعَرَّضَ وَالْقضَاءُ لَهُ

مَجْرىً فحَوَّلَ ذِلك المجْرَى

A hero who defied fate

And changed its course

بِالرَّأْيِ وَالأَسْيَافُ مُغْمَدَةٌ

ضَمِنَ النَّجاحَ وَأَحْرَزَ النَّصرَا

With wisdom and sheathed swords

He ensured success and seized victory

فَازَالَ عَصْراً سامَ أُمَّتهُ

خَسفاً وجدَّدَ لِلْعُلى عَصْرَا

He removed an epoch, rotten through

And renewed a glorious age

كَمْ فِي الْوَقَائِعِ كُلَّمَا بعُدَتْ

غُنْمٌ يَفوزُ بِهِ مَنِ اسْتَقْرَى

In events, the further back they recede

The more gains accrue to the studious

أَيَّامُ ثرْوَتَ ثَرْوَةٌ نَفَسَتْ

بِكُنوزِهَا الْيَاقُوتَ وَالدُّرَّا

Days of abundance, an abundance bursting

With gems and pearls of treasure

فَتَبَيَّنوا الْعِبَرَ الْكِبَارَ بِهَا

لاَ تقْرَؤُنَّ كِتَابَهَا عَبْرَا

So perceive the great lessons in them

Do not read its pages heedlessly

تُؤْتِي صَحَائِفُهَا طَرَائِفَهَا

مَا الطرْفُ مَرَّ بِهَا وَمَا كَرَّا

Its pages unfold novelties

Unseen by any eye or reconnoitered

شَأْنُ الْعَظَائِمِ أَنَّ آتِيَهَا

يَبْنِي عَلَى آثارِ مَا مَرَّا

It is the way of great deeds that their heir

Builds on the ruins of what came before

يهْدِي تَتَبُّعهَا الْحَفِيَّ بِها

سُبُلاً إِلى أَمْثَالِهَا تَتْرَى

Its pursuer is guided by it

To paths leading to the like of them

يَا مَن نُعِيدُ الْيَوْمَ سِيرَتَهُ

فَتَزِيدُنَا بِزمَانِنَا خُبْرَا

O you whose life we celebrate today

Increasing our knowledge of our time

قَدْ كُنْتَ ذُخْراً لِلْبِلاَدِ وَقَدْ

خَلَّفْتَ فِي تَارِيخِهَا ذُخْرا

You were a treasure for the nation

Leaving treasures in its history

تِلْكَ الْحَياةُ وَهَبْتَهَا كَرَماً

وَنَزَاهَةً فَكَسَبْتَهَا فَخْرا

That life you gallantly sacrificed

Gaining glory and integrity from it

أَبْلَيْتَهَا وَشَبَابُها خَلَقٌ

فَأَلْبَسْ شبَاباً خَالِداً نَضْرَا

You spent it in your youth - what principles!

So wear everlasting, verdant youth

أَجْرٌ ظَفِرْتَ بِهِ وَإِنْ تَكُ لمْ

تَتوخَّ يَوْماً ذلِك الأجْرَا

A reward you won though you never

Sought reward for a single day

وَكذاكَ تَجْزِي مِصْرُ فَادِيَهَا

وَكَذَاكَ يُحْسِنُ شَعْبُهَا الشكْرَا

Thus does Egypt reward her liberator

And so does her people give thanks

شعبٌ أَثَارَتْهُ ظلاَمتُهُ

إِنَّ المَظَالِمَ تُرْهِقُ الحُرَّا

A people roused by its darkness

Oppression overwhelms the free

مَا كَانَ بُدٌّ مِنْ تهَالُكِهِ

لِيَعِيشَ أَوْ مِنَ هُلْكِهِ صَبْرَا

Its demise was inevitable

So it could live, or else bear doom

فَنهَضْتَ تَنْفَحُ عنْ قَضِيَّتهِ

مَتحَمِّلاً مِنْ شَأْنِهَا وِقْرَا

You rose to air its cause

Bearing the weight of its affair

وَرَكِبْتَ حِينَ الأَرْضُ وَاجفةٌ

بِالدَّسْتِ ذاكَ المَرْكَبَ الْوَعْرَا

And when the earth was vacant

Boarded that hazardous vessel

تَجْتَازُ مِن خَطَرٍ إِلى خَطَرٍ

وَتَذُودُ عَنْ يُمْنَى وَعَنْ يُسْرَى

Passing from peril to peril

Defying threats from left and right

بِدَهَاءِ ذِي عَدَدٍ وَذِي عُدَد

مِنْ نَفْسِهِ إِنْ كَرَّ أَوْ فَرَّا

With the cunning of the well-equipped and under-equipped

Be they timid or emboldened

جَمَعَ المُرُونَةَ وَالصَّلاَبةَ فِي

أَخْلاَقِهِ وَالصِّدْقُ وَالمَكْرَا

Joining flexibility and firmness in

Character, honesty and guile

وَهَدَتْهُ مَعْرِفة مُحَقَّقةٌ

بِالنَّاسِ فِي تَصْرِيفِهِ الفِكْرَا

Guided by intimate knowledge

Of mankind in its thinking

وأَعَانهُ أَدَبٌ يُرَقْرِقُهُ

فَكأَنهُ يَسْقِي النُّهى خَمْرَا

Aided by manners that make

Forbidden seem like wine

وَجَلاَ النُّبوغُ لهُ الْخَفَاءَ فَلَمْ

تكتمه أَسداف الدّجى سرّا

Genius shone from you, piercing

The gloom that hides secrets

وسما الخلوص بِهِ فأورده

سيّين حلو العيش وَالمرّا

Sincerity drew you to sweet life

And bitter, mingled as one

يمشي إِلى غاياته قمناً

ببلوغها أَوْ يَبْلُغُ العُذْرَا

Striding to your goals indefatigably

Either reaching them or being excused

وَيَرى الصَّعاب فَمَا يزالُ بِهَا

حَتَّى يُبَدِّل عُسرَهَا يُسْرَا

Seeing obstacles, never relenting

Until hardship becomes ease

جُهْدُ المُسَاجِلِ فِي الخُصُومَةِ أَن

يَرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ وَلمْ يُفِدْ أَمْرَا

The utmost a disputant can achieve

Is to turn away, gaining nothing

عنْ صَخْرَةٍ مَلْسَاءَ راسِخةٍ

لاَ مَدَّ يُوهِنُها وَلاَ جَزْرا

From a smooth, firmly rooted boulder

That neither tide nor ebb can shake

شَرفاً أَبَا الدُّسْتُورِ مَا رَفعَتْ

مِصْرٌ لِرَافعِ قَدْرِهَا قدْرَا

Honor! Father of the constitution

Egypt never raised the status of her champion higher

أَلْمُلْكُ فِي إِبّانِ عِزَّتِهِ

شقَّ العنَانَ وطَاولَ الزُّهْرَا

As ruler at the height of her glory

He held the reins taut and reached the zenith

وَالشَّعبُ مَنَّاعٌ لِندْوَتِهِ

يأْبَى ضَيَاعَ دِمَائِهِ هَدْرا

While the people strongly resisted

His friendship, refusing wanton bloodshed

لاَ يكرُثَنَّك أَنَّ وَحْدَتَهُ

صُدِعَتْ وَكَانَ بِرَأْبِهَا أَحْرَى

Do not fret that his unity

Was fractured, it was best to mend it

أَشَهِدْتُ خَيْراً لاَ يُنَاهِضُهُ

شَرٌّ إِلى أَنْ يَدْحَرَ الشَّرَّا

I have witnessed goodness none can oppose

Until goodness dispels evil altogether

يتَغَلَّبُ الرَّأْيُ الأَسَدُّ وَإِنْ

حال التَّناحُرُ دُونَهُ دَهْرَا

Reason, the mighty lion, prevails though

Discord impedes it for ages

حاشَاكَ أَنْ تَخْشَى وَلَمْ تَكُ إِنْ

خاسَ الشُّجاعُ بِخَائِسٍ ذُعْرَا

You could never fear what the craven dreads

When the coward is routed by dread

هذا مِثالُكَ نُصْبَ أَعْيُنِنا

أَجَلاَ مُحَيّاً أَمْ جلاَ بَدْرا

You are the example before our eyes

Did you live nobly or as a full moon?

تِثبُ اللِّحاظُ إِليْهِ مِنْ غرَقٍ

بِدمُوعِهَا فترَى بِهِ بِشْرَا

Eyes drown as they gaze at you

And through their tears you seem a bearer of good news

يَا حُسْنَهُ أَوْفى يُعَلِّمُنا

أَلاَّ نَضِيقَ بِحَادِثٍ صَدْرَا

How excellent to teach us always

To broaden, not narrow, our breasts

وَكَذَاكَ كُنْتَ مَدَى الْحَيَاةِ إِذَا

عَبَسَتْ بِكَ الأَيَّامُ مُفْتَرَّا

Thus were you throughout life: when days

Glowered at you hostile and false

ثِقَةً بِفَوْزِكَ مَا غَلَوْتَ بِهَا

وَيَفُوزُ مَنْ لاَ يَعْدَمُ الصَّبرَا

Trusting in your victory, never going

Too far, and he who is patient wins

مَنْ أَخْطَأَ الأُولَى فَظلَّ عَلى

إِيمَانِهِ لمْ يُخْطِيءِ الأُخْرَى

Who errs at first then keeps his

Faith has not erred in the end