شِفاكَ لِمصرٍ يا ضِياء عُيونِها

شِفاكَ لِمصرٍ يا ضِياء عُيونِها

شِفاءٌ لَها مِن دائِها وَشُجونِها

شِفاءٌ لَها مِن دائِها وَشُجونِها

Your recovery, for Egypt, O light of her eyes,

Your recovery, O light of her eyes, is for Egypt

is her own recovery from illness and sorrow.

a cure for her illness and her sorrows.

وَأَنتَ حَياة العالمين بقطرها

وَأَنتَ حَياة العالمين بقطرها

وَإِنسان عَين المُلك بَين حصونها

وَإِنسان عَين المُلك بَين حصونها

You are the life of all who dwell throughout her land,

And you are life to all who dwell in her land,

the very pupil of the realm’s eye amid her strongholds.

and the pupil of sovereignty's eye amid her fortresses.

وَإِني إِذا هنأت بِالبرء دَولة ال

وَإِني إِذا هنأت بِالبرء دَولة ال

خديوي سَعيد صَدرِها وَأَمينِها

خديوي سَعيد صَدرِها وَأَمينِها

And when, upon his recovery, I congratulate the realm of

And when I congratulate, on recovery, the realm of the

Khedive Saʿid—her foremost man and faithful guardian—

Khedive Sa'id, her chief and trusted guardian,

فَإِني أَهني المَجدَ وَالسَعدَ وَالصَفا

فَإِني أَهني المَجدَ وَالسَعدَ وَالصَفا

بِصحة هَذا الداوريّ معينها

بِصحة هَذا الداوريّ معينها

I congratulate glory, good fortune, and serenity

then I congratulate glory, good fortune, and serenity

on the health of this sovereign, her mainstay;

on the health of this royal lord, her mainstay:

بصحة خَير الناس وَاِبن مَليكها

بصحة خَير الناس وَاِبن مَليكها

وَحامي حِمى آدابها وَفُنونها

وَحامي حِمى آدابها وَفُنونها

on the health of the best of men, the son of her sovereign,

on the health of the best of men and the son of her king,

protector of the sanctuary of her letters and arts;

and the defender of the sanctuary of her letters and arts,

وَمحيي رُسوم الفَضل بِالبَذل وَالنَدى

وَمحيي رُسوم الفَضل بِالبَذل وَالنَدى

وَأَزكى مَليك قائم بشؤونها

وَأَزكى مَليك قائم بشؤونها

reviver of virtue’s traditions through giving and munificence,

and the reviver of the traditions of excellence through giving and generosity,

and the noblest sovereign, vigilant over her affairs;

and the most virtuous sovereign attending to her affairs,

وَحافظ مَصر مِن عِداها بِهمة

وَحافظ مَصر مِن عِداها بِهمة

لَهُ أَصبَحَت لا تَستَقيم بِدُونها

لَهُ أَصبَحَت لا تَستَقيم بِدُونها

Egypt’s defender against her foes, possessed of a resolve

and Egypt's protector from her enemies, with a resolve

of his without which she could no longer stand.

of his without which she can no longer stand firm.

فَلا زالَ طَير السَعد في النيل جارِياً

فَلا زالَ طَير السَعد في النيل جارِياً

تُلاحَظه عَلياؤُهُ بِعيونها

تُلاحَظه عَلياؤُهُ بِعيونها

May Ṭayr al-Saʿd continue to ply the Nile,

So may the bird of good fortune ever sail upon the Nile,

watched by His Highness with his own eyes.

his lofty glory watching it with her eyes.

وَلا زالَ فَيروزٌ وَمَصر وَزينةٌ

وَلا زالَ فَيروزٌ وَمَصر وَزينةٌ

تَسير بِهِ وَالأُنس فَوقَ مُتونِها

تَسير بِهِ وَالأُنس فَوقَ مُتونِها

And may Fayrūz, Miṣr, and Zaynab continue

And may Fayruz, Misr, and Zina never cease

to carry him onward, with delight upon their decks.

to sail with him, with delight upon their decks.

وَلا اِنفَكَّ فيها لِلجُنود مَسَرَّةٌ

وَلا اِنفَكَّ فيها لِلجُنود مَسَرَّةٌ

بِبَهجته في رَكضها وَسُكونِها

بِبَهجته في رَكضها وَسُكونِها

And may joy never cease for the soldiers aboard them,

And may the troops aboard them never cease rejoicing

at his radiant presence, whether they speed or lie still.

at his radiance, as they race along and lie still.