تَحِيَّة الإِكْبَارِ تُزْجَى إِلَى

نُورِ الهُدَى مَفْخَرَةِ الشَّرْقِ

Greetings of reverence are offered to

The light of guidance, pride of the East

زَعِيمَةٌ قَدْ خَلَّدَتْ ذِكْرَهَا

فِي نَصْرِهَا لِلْحَقِّ بِالحَقِّ

A leader whose fame is immortal

In her victory for truth and right

تَبْلُغُ مَا تَبْلُغُ مِنْ قَصْدِهَا

بِالعَقْلِ وَالحِكْمَةِ وَالرِّفْقِ

She achieves her aims

With reason, wisdom and care

هَلْ تُصْلِحُ الدُّنْيَا وَنِصْفُ الوَرَى

حُرٌّ بِهَا وِالنِّصفُ فِي رِقَ

Can she reform the world and half the globe

Free under her and half still enslaved

فَهْيَ بِبَذْلِ النَّفْسِ تَبْغِي الفِدَى

وَهْيَ عَلَى الأَمْوَالِ لاَ تُبْقِي

She sacrifices lives seeking ransom

And spares no treasure

كَفَى فَخَاراً إِنَّ آمَالَهَا

مِنَ الرِّضَى السَّامِي عَلَى وَفَقِ

It is enough, pride that her hopes

Are for lofty satisfaction and accord

عَهْدُكَ يَا فَارُوقَنَا المُجْتَبَى

مِنْ نِعَمِ اللهِ عَلَى الخَلْقِ

Your covenant, O our chosen pioneer

Is among God's blessings upon creation

لَمْ يَسْتَعِر مِنْ بَاطِلٍ رَوْنَقاً

وَأَلهَمَّ المدَّاحَ بِالصدق

It gleaned no glamour from falsehood

And inspired the eulogist with truth

هَلْ مَنْبِتٌ لِلْخَيْرِ لَمْ يَرُوِهِ

مِنْكَ سُحَابٌ شَامِلُ الوَرْقِ

Was any fountain of good left unsought

By you, a cloud encompassing the land?

سَلِمْتِ لِلْمَلِكِ العَظِيمِ الَّذِي

يَنْتَظِمُ النَّيلَ وَمَا يَسْقِي

You submitted to the Almighty King

Who regulates the Nile and all it waters