يا بُغيةَ الملكِ للأَوطان آمالُ

يا بُغيةَ الملكِ للأَوطان آمالُ

نجازُها تَقتضيه مِنكَ أَحوالُ

نجازُها تَقتضيه مِنكَ أَحوالُ

O hope of the realm, the homelands have aspirations;

O seeker of the kingdom's good for homelands, hopes

their fulfillment is demanded of you by circumstances.

Whose fulfillment your condition necessitates

قَد سرّها ذكر إبراهيم خَير أَبٍ

قَد سرّها ذكر إبراهيم خَير أَبٍ

ذلَّت لِعزَّته في الحَرب أَبطال

ذلَّت لِعزَّته في الحَرب أَبطال

The mention of Ibrahim, the best of fathers, has gladdened them;

His mention brought her joy, Ibrahim the best father

heroes were humbled before his might in war.

For his dignity heroes bowed in war

كَم في المآثر مِن جدّ وَمنقبة

كَم في المآثر مِن جدّ وَمنقبة

لَم يُحصِها قَبلَهُ في الكَون أَقيال

لَم يُحصِها قَبلَهُ في الكَون أَقيال

How much glory and noble merit his illustrious deeds contain—

How many glories and virtues

no sovereigns before him in the world could count them.

Not tallied by anyone before in the universe

فَأَنتَ أَعظَم صَدر مِنكَ قَد حسنت

فَأَنتَ أَعظَم صَدر مِنكَ قَد حسنت

في النهي وَالأَمر أَقوالٌ وَأَفعال

في النهي وَالأَمر أَقوالٌ وَأَفعال

So you are the greatest leader; excellent indeed are your

You are the greatest in chest from whom goodness came

words and deeds in forbidding and commanding.

In forbidding and commanding, words and deeds

وَهَذِهِ مَصرك الغرّا قَد اِبتَهَجَت

وَهَذِهِ مَصرك الغرّا قَد اِبتَهَجَت

برفعة قَد علاها مِنكَ إِفضال

برفعة قَد علاها مِنكَ إِفضال

And this, your radiant Egypt, has rejoiced

And here is your Egypt delighted

at her elevation, overspread by your bounty.

By the loftiness with which you blessed it

وَالآن أَعلامها المَطوية اِنتَشَرَت

وَالآن أَعلامها المَطوية اِنتَشَرَت

مِنها عَلى هامة الجَوزاء أَشكال

مِنها عَلى هامة الجَوزاء أَشكال

And now her folded banners have unfurled,

And now its furled banners unfurled

their forms upon the crown of Gemini.

On the brows of Leo figures

وَكَيفَ لا وَهيَ قَد عزت وَطابَ لَها

وَكَيفَ لا وَهيَ قَد عزت وَطابَ لَها

مِنكَ التَهاني وَعَنها غابَ إِذلال

مِنكَ التَهاني وَعَنها غابَ إِذلال

And how could she not, when she has gained honor and delights in

Why not when it gained might and was sweetened for it

your congratulations, while humiliation has left her?

From you congratulations and humiliation left it

وَالدَولة اِرتَفَعَت أَركانُها وَسَمَت

وَالدَولة اِرتَفَعَت أَركانُها وَسَمَت

وَلاحَ حالاً عَلَيها مِنكَ إِجلال

وَلاحَ حالاً عَلَيها مِنكَ إِجلال

And the state's pillars have risen and soared,

And the state, its pillars rose high aiming

and honor from you has shone upon it at once.

And for it your esteem shone a condition

وَقَد عَلَت بِكَ وَاِزدادَت مَحاسنها

وَقَد عَلَت بِكَ وَاِزدادَت مَحاسنها

يَوم الوِلاية آثارٌ وَأَطلال

يَوم الوِلاية آثارٌ وَأَطلال

And it has risen through you, and its beauties have increased:

And with you it increased in beauty

on the day of investiture—monuments and ruins.

On the day of assumption traces and ruins

فَاِنهَض إِلى مسند عال دَعاك لَهُ

فَاِنهَض إِلى مسند عال دَعاك لَهُ

فَضلٌ بِهِ ضُرِبت لِلناس أَمثال

فَضلٌ بِهِ ضُرِبت لِلناس أَمثال

So rise to a lofty seat, to which you have been called by

So rise to the lofty position called you to it

merit through which examples have been set for humankind.

Grace with which examples were given to people

وَالعَدل مَعْك رَبي في المَهد وَاِعتَرَفَت

وَالعَدل مَعْك رَبي في المَهد وَاِعتَرَفَت

بِهِ لعلياك أَملاكٌ وَعُمّال

بِهِ لعلياك أَملاكٌ وَعُمّال

And justice grew up with you in the cradle, and was acknowledged

And justice my Lord in the cradle and it acknowledged

by kings and officials as a mark of your exalted rank.

To your ascendance kingdoms and workers

وَأَنتَ نِعم النصير اِبنُ النَصير وَمن

وَأَنتَ نِعم النصير اِبنُ النَصير وَمن

بحزمه اِندَفَعَت عَن مَصر أَهوال

بحزمه اِندَفَعَت عَن مَصر أَهوال

And you are a fine champion, the champion's son, and one

And you are the best victorious son of the victorious and he who

whose resolve drove terrors away from Egypt;

With his resolve Egypt's horrors evaded

وَمَن عَلَيهِ الرَعايا عوّلت وَمَضى

وَمَن عَلَيهِ الرَعايا عوّلت وَمَضى

عَن القُلوب بِهِ رَوعٌ وَأَوجال

عَن القُلوب بِهِ رَوعٌ وَأَوجال

and one on whom the subjects relied, and gone

And he on whom the subjects depended and passed

from their hearts through him were dread and fears.

From hearts alarm and fears

وَالملك وَالدين وَالتمدين أَنتَ لِما

وَالملك وَالدين وَالتمدين أَنتَ لِما

تَسمو بِهِ يا أَثيل المَجد فَعّال

تَسمو بِهِ يا أَثيل المَجد فَعّال

And the realm, faith, and civilization—you, for whatever

And you are for what you aspire with, O peerless in glory

exalts them, O man of deep-rooted glory, are a man of action.

The kingdom, religion and civilization a doer

فَاقبل هدية مَملوكٍ مَدائحُه

فَاقبل هدية مَملوكٍ مَدائحُه

يا أَوحَد الدَهر لِلتحقيق تمثال

يا أَوحَد الدَهر لِلتحقيق تمثال

So accept a bondsman's gift; his praises,

So accept the gift of a slave whose praises

O peerless one of the age, embody the truth.

O unique one of the times for realization a statue

فَأَنتَ أَولى بِأَمر لا يَقوم بِهِ

فَأَنتَ أَولى بِأَمر لا يَقوم بِهِ

سِواك في هَذِهِ الأَوطان رئبال

سِواك في هَذِهِ الأَوطان رئبال

So you are most worthy of a charge none can fulfill

For you are worthier of a matter none other than you

except you, a lion in these homelands.

In these homelands, a chief, can manage

لا زلت فيها بِما أُوتيت مُبتهجاً

لا زلت فيها بِما أُوتيت مُبتهجاً

وَمِنكَ أَيدها بِالنَصر أَشبال

وَمِنكَ أَيدها بِالنَصر أَشبال

May you ever rejoice in them at what you have been granted,

I have not ceased delighted in it with what I was given

and may lion cubs of your line strengthen them with victory.

And from you its cubs assist it with victory

أَو المَعالي بِها قالت مؤرخة

أَو المَعالي بِها قالت مؤرخة

لِمصر بِالليث إِسماعيل إِقبال

لِمصر بِالليث إِسماعيل إِقبال

Or the lofty honors therein spoke, marking the date:

Or glories with which history said to Egypt

For Egypt, through the lion Ismail, comes good fortune.

With the lion, Ismail good fortunes