بِكَ الدَولة الغَراء في مَصر تصعدُ

بِكَ الدَولة الغَراء في مَصر تصعدُ

عَلى هامة البَدر المُنير وَتَسعَدُ

عَلى هامة البَدر المُنير وَتَسعَدُ

Through you, the illustrious state in Egypt ascends

Through you the splendid state in Egypt ascends

To the crown of the radiant full moon, and prospers.

To the summit of the shining full moon and is content

وَفي ظلك المَمدود تَبلغ سؤلها

وَفي ظلك المَمدود تَبلغ سؤلها

بِحُسن سَداد مِنكَ في الحُكم يُحمد

بِحُسن سَداد مِنكَ في الحُكم يُحمد

And in your outstretched shade it attains its desire,

And through your widespread shade it attains its hopes

Through your excellent, praiseworthy judgment in governing.

Through your excellent, praiseworthy rule

وَيَحيا بِإِذن اللَه مِنها رَميمُها

وَيَحيا بِإِذن اللَه مِنها رَميمُها

وَترفَعُ عَنها ما بِهِ العَين تَرمد

وَترفَعُ عَنها ما بِهِ العَين تَرمد

And, by God's leave, its decayed remains revive,

And it lives, God willing, despite its wounds

And you remove from it what inflames the eye.

And whatever the eye finds distasteful is lifted from it

وَتَمحو مِن الغَيّ الذَميم رُسومَه

وَتَمحو مِن الغَيّ الذَميم رُسومَه

برشد لَها بالامتياز يُؤيد

برشد لَها بالامتياز يُؤيد

And you erase the traces of blameworthy waywardness,

And from ignorance it erases the base forms

By sound guidance for it, reinforced by distinction.

With guidance for it, outstanding and unmatched

وَتَستأصل البَغيَ الوَخيم بِمرهفٍ

وَتَستأصل البَغيَ الوَخيم بِمرهفٍ

عَلى نصرة الإِنصاف في الرَأس يُغمد

عَلى نصرة الإِنصاف في الرَأس يُغمد

And you uproot ruinous oppression with a keen blade,

And it uproots the terrible corruption with a sword

Sheathed in the head in defense of justice.

For championing justice, sheathed at the head

وَتُصمي مِن الجَهل المضر فُؤادَه

وَتُصمي مِن الجَهل المضر فُؤادَه

بِنبلِ عُلومٍ نَفعُها يَتأكّد

بِنبلِ عُلومٍ نَفعُها يَتأكّد

And you mortally pierce the heart of harmful ignorance

And it makes its heart deaf to harmful ignorance

With arrows of learning whose benefit is assured.

With the nobility of beneficial sciences that prove their worth

وَبِالحَزم تُوليها مِن الخَصب وَالغنى

وَبِالحَزم تُوليها مِن الخَصب وَالغنى

وَنَيل المُنى ما فيهِ فَخرٌ مؤبَّد

وَنَيل المُنى ما فيهِ فَخرٌ مؤبَّد

And with resolve you grant it abundance and wealth,

And with determination it grants it fertile, abundant land

And fulfillment of wishes, bringing everlasting glory.

And attainment of wishes, in which is enduring pride

وَتَدفع عَنها كُلَّ خَطب بِهمةٍ

وَتَدفع عَنها كُلَّ خَطب بِهمةٍ

لَها الرَأي وَالتَدبير وَالسَعد أَعبُد

لَها الرَأي وَالتَدبير وَالسَعد أَعبُد

And you ward off every calamity from it with high resolve,

And it deflects from it every peril with effort

Whose slaves are judgment, planning, and good fortune.

Whose opinion, management and fortune are most useful

وَتملؤها عَدلاً وفَضلاً وَحكمةً

وَتملؤها عَدلاً وفَضلاً وَحكمةً

وَنبلاً وَإِقبالاً بِهِ الخَصمُ يَشهَد

وَنبلاً وَإِقبالاً بِهِ الخَصمُ يَشهَد

And you fill it with justice, bounty, and wisdom,

And it fills it with justice, grace, wisdom

And nobility and prosperity, to which the adversary bears witness.

And nobility, prosperity, which the adversary admits

وَتَمنَع عَنها ما عَساه يَصدها

وَتَمنَع عَنها ما عَساه يَصدها

عَن السَبق في مضمار ما يَتجدد

عَن السَبق في مضمار ما يَتجدد

And you keep from it whatever might hinder it

And it prevents from it whatever might bar its path

From taking the lead on the racecourse of new developments.

To excelling in the arena of renewal

وَتَمنحها ما تَبتَغي مِن تَمدن

وَتَمنحها ما تَبتَغي مِن تَمدن

عَلَيهِ مِن الأَمصار لا شَك تُحسَد

عَلَيهِ مِن الأَمصار لا شَك تُحسَد

And you grant it the civilization it seeks,

And it grants it whatever advancements in civilization

For which cities envy it, without a doubt.

It desires, which other cities undoubtedly envy

وَتنصر دين اللَه مِنكَ بِنَهضة

وَتنصر دين اللَه مِنكَ بِنَهضة

يَعز بِها الإِسلام وَالشُرك يَخمد

يَعز بِها الإِسلام وَالشُرك يَخمد

And you uphold God's religion through an endeavor of yours,

And through your rise, it champions God's religion

Through which Islam grows mighty and polytheism is quenched.

And Islam triumphs and paganism is extinguished

وَيَأمَن مِنا في جِوارك خائفٌ

وَيَأمَن مِنا في جِوارك خائفٌ

عَلى نَفسِهِ مِما بِهِ كانَ يوعد

عَلى نَفسِهِ مِما بِهِ كانَ يوعد

And someone fearful among us finds safety under your protection,

And in your protection the fearful are secure

Against what once threatened his own life.

From what they had been threatened with against themselves

وَتَصفو لَنا الأوقات في عصرك الذي

وَتَصفو لَنا الأوقات في عصرك الذي

ينال به الموعود ما منك يعهد

ينال به الموعود ما منك يعهد

And our days grow serene in your age, in which

And through your era, our times are set right

One given a promise receives what is expected of you.

In which the hopeful attain what you promise

وتَفتح فيها لِلسَعادة دائِماً

وتَفتح فيها لِلسَعادة دائِماً

دروباً بها يُثري غُلامٌ وَسَيد

دروباً بها يُثري غُلامٌ وَسَيد

And within it, for happiness, you always open

And in it, it always opens paths to fortune

Paths by which a servant and a master grow rich.

Along which boy and elder alike are enriched

وَتَحمي حِماها مِن عُلاك بِلَمحة

وَتَحمي حِماها مِن عُلاك بِلَمحة

تَقوم لها شمّ الأُنوف وَتقعد

تَقوم لها شمّ الأُنوف وَتقعد

And from your lofty station you guard its domain with a glance,

And it protects those under its care with a glance

At which the high-nosed rise and sit.

At which the noses of the insolent stand still

وَتُعمِل في ردّ المَظالم فكرةً

وَتُعمِل في ردّ المَظالم فكرةً

بِنُور الهُدى طُول المَدى تَتَوقّد

بِنُور الهُدى طُول المَدى تَتَوقّد

And you apply to redressing wrongs a thought

And in redressing wrongs it puts to work an idea

That blazes with the light of guidance for all time.

With the light of guidance, burning far and wide

وَتَطوي بِلا رَيب سَجلَّ مَطامعٍ

وَتَطوي بِلا رَيب سَجلَّ مَطامعٍ

لَها كانَ قَبل الآن غَيرك يُفرَد

لَها كانَ قَبل الآن غَيرك يُفرَد

And, without doubt, you roll up the scroll of ambitions

And without doubt it folds the register of greedy hopes

For which, before now, someone other than you was singled out.

That were singled out before you

وَتَصرف في نَشر القَناعة ما بِهِ

وَتَصرف في نَشر القَناعة ما بِهِ

بِحار المَلاهي وَالشَراهة تَنفد

بِحار المَلاهي وَالشَراهة تَنفد

And you devote to spreading contentment the means by which

And it expends in spreading contentment that which

The seas of amusement and greed run dry.

Fills the sea of frivolity and greed

وَتَنسخُ أَحكاماً قَضَت بابتداعها

وَتَنسخُ أَحكاماً قَضَت بابتداعها

أَمورٌ نَهى عَنها النَبيّ محمد

أَمورٌ نَهى عَنها النَبيّ محمد

And you repeal rulings whose devising was dictated

And it repeals rulings that were falsely made

By matters the Prophet Muhammad forbade.

On matters forbidden by the Prophet Muhammad

وَتُحسن تَدريب الجُيوش الَّتي بِها

وَتُحسن تَدريب الجُيوش الَّتي بِها

أُسود الوَغى عِندَ اللقا تَتَبَدّد

أُسود الوَغى عِندَ اللقا تَتَبَدّد

And you excel in training the armies, through which

And it well trains the armies with which

The lions of battle scatter at the clash.

The lions of strife are scattered when they meet

وَتَغرس في الدُنيا أُصول رَفاهة

وَتَغرس في الدُنيا أُصول رَفاهة

عَنادِلُها في كُل رَوض تغرّد

عَنادِلُها في كُل رَوض تغرّد

And you plant in the world the roots of prosperity,

And it plants in the world origins of prosperity

Whose nightingales warble in every meadow.

Whose seedlings chirp in every garden

وَتَحتَ لِواء العز تظفر بِالمُنى

وَتَحتَ لِواء العز تظفر بِالمُنى

وَتَقلع آثار الذين تَمرّدوا

وَتَقلع آثار الذين تَمرّدوا

And beneath the banner of glory you attain your wishes,

And beneath the banner of glory it attains its wishes

And uproot the traces of those who rebelled.

And uproots the vestiges of those who rebelled

وَيَخدمك المَجد المؤثل ما بَدا

وَيَخدمك المَجد المؤثل ما بَدا

هِلالٌ وَما صَلَّى وَصامَ موحد

هِلالٌ وَما صَلَّى وَصامَ موحد

And deep-rooted glory serves you as long as there appears

And eternal, ripened glory serves you

A crescent, and as long as a believer in one God prays and fasts,

For as long as the crescent has prayed and worshipped the One

وَما تُليت بِالمَدح فيكَ قَصائدٌ

وَما تُليت بِالمَدح فيكَ قَصائدٌ

لَها بَلغاءُ النَظم وَالنَثر تَشهَد

لَها بَلغاءُ النَظم وَالنَثر تَشهَد

And as long as poems are recited in your praise,

And as long as poets with eloquence in verse and prose attest

To which eloquent masters of verse and prose bear witness;

To the eulogies they've composed in praise of you

وَما قُلت في حسن التَهاني مُؤرِّخاً

وَما قُلت في حسن التَهاني مُؤرِّخاً

لِمَصر بِتَوفيق مِن اللَه مسعد

لِمَصر بِتَوفيق مِن اللَه مسعد

And as long as I say, in gracious congratulations, marking the date:

And as long I say in my congratulations, recording

"Egypt has, by God's favor, a bringer of happiness."

Egypt's good fortune, divinely ordained