إِذَا أَكْرَمَتْ مِصْرُ الْعَزِيزَةُ ضَيْفَهَا

فَهَلْ عَجَبٌ أَنْ يُكْرَمَ الضَّيْفُ فِي مِصْرِ

When honored Egypt welcomes her guest

Is it strange that the guest is honored in Egypt

عَلَى الرُّحْبِ يَا مَنْ نَحْتَفِي بِلِقَائِه

وَنَعْجِزُ عَنْ إِيفَائهِ وَاجِبَ الشُّكرِ

O you whom we are honored by your presence

And fail to fulfill our duty of gratitude

يُحَيِّيكَ أَعْلاَمُ الثَّقافَةِ وَالحِجَى

بِأَحْسَنِ شَيءٍ فِي تَحَايَا أُولي الذِّكْرِ

The pillars of culture and wisdom salute you

With the best greetings from the people of remembrance

وَيُنْشِيءُ أَرْبَابُ الْبَيَانِ تَجِلَّةً

لِقَدْرِكَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ النَّظمِ وَالنَّثرِ

And the masters of rhetoric cite verses

About your stature from poetry and prose

أَيَنْسَى كرِيمٌ مِنْ بَنِي الُعْربِ فَضلَ مَا

وَقَفْتَ عَلَى تَجْديدهِ مُعْظَمَ الْعُمْرِ

Would a generous one from the Arabs forget the merit of what

You have spent your life renewing

أَعَدْتَ لأَهْلِ الضَّادِ مِنْ ذُخْرِ مَجْدهِمْ

تُرَاثاً نَفِيساً لاَ يُقَاسُ إِلى ذُخْرِ

You have prepared for the people of DAD

A precious heritage that has no equal

وَأَجْرَيْتَ بَحْرَ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ صَدْرِ حَبْرِهِ

فبُورِكَ مِنْ بَحْرٍ وَبُورِكْتَ مِنْ حَبْرِ

And you have made the sea of knowledge flow from its spring

So you have been blessed by a sea and blessed by a spring

تَنقلْ رَعَاك اللهُ فِي كُل مَوْطِنٍ

مِنَ الشَّرْقِ تَعْلَمْ مَا أَصَبْتَ مِنَ الْفَخْرِ

May God shepherd you in every abode

From the East you know what glory you have attained