بَنَيْتَ لِمِصْرَ أَوَّلَ بَيْت مَالٍ

بِهِ يُسْتَدُّ عُمْرَانُ الدِّيَارِ

You built Egypt's first treasury

With it the country's prosperity was assured

هَلْ لِمَمَالِكِ الدُّنْيَا قَوَامٌ

بِلاَ وَفْرٍ يُعُدُّ وَلاَ ادِّخَارِ

Can kingdoms in this world endure

Without accumulating and storing wealth?

وَهَلْ تَنْمُوا الْمَرَافِقُ فِي بِلاَدٍ

وَأَصْلُ الْمَالِ مُمْتَنَعُ الثِّمَارِ

And can facilities grow in lands

Where capital's yield is banned?

وَهَلْ يَدْعُو إِلى الإِقْدَامِ شيءٌ

كَمَا يَدْعُو الشُّعُورُ بِالاقْتِدَارِ

Can anything urge endeavor

Like feeling capable and clever?

عَظِيمٌ مَا فَعَلْتَ لِخَيْرِ مِصْرَ

فَمَنْ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَوْلَى بِالْفَخَارِ

Great is what you have done for Egypt's good

So who most deserves pride in the nation?

أَطَلْعَتُ أَنَّ نَجْمُكَ فِي صُعُودٍ

إِذَا عَادَ النُّجُومُ إِلى السَّرَارِ

I saw your star was rising

As stars withdrew to their hiding

فَعِشْ لِصَنِيِعكَ الْمَيْمُونِ وَاشْهَدْ

تَعَاقُبَ الازْدِهَارِ بِالازْدِهَارِ

So live long to see your blessed work

And successive blooms, not just a first spurt!

سَمَحْتَ بِدَعْوَةٍ فَأَجَابَ قَلْبِي

وَعِيقَتْ عَنْكَ عَيْنِي بِاضْطِرَارِ

You allowed a wish, so my heart rejoiced

Yet from you my eyes demurred

فَعَنْ قَلْبِي أَزفُّ إِليْكَ شُكْرِي

وَعَنْ عَيْنِي أَخفُّ لِلاعْتِذَارِ

So my heart sends you thanks

While my eyes apology murmur