بَشِمَ القوم بالطعام وجعنا

بَشِمَ القوم بالطعام وجعنا

وعرينا واستمتعوا بالبُرودِ

وعرينا واستمتعوا بالبُرودِ

The people were surfeited with food, while we went hungry.

The people feasted on food while we suffered hunger

And we went naked, while they enjoyed striped cloaks.

We were stripped naked while they enjoyed warmth

وجهلنا وعلّموا أن يرَونا

وجهلنا وعلّموا أن يرَونا

في حماهم جحافِلاً من عبيد

في حماهم جحافِلاً من عبيد

And we were ignorant, while they were taught to see us

They kept us ignorant and taught themselves to look at us

In their domain as legions of slaves.

As legions of slaves among their protectors

وطنى مصر كيف أحيا عليها

وطنى مصر كيف أحيا عليها

أنا فلاحُها حياة الطريد

أنا فلاحُها حياة الطريد

My homeland, Egypt—how can I live there,

My homeland Egypt, how can I live happily in it

I, its peasant, the life of an outcast?

When I am its peasant, living the life of an outcast

وبنو الطين يحلمون مع اللي

وبنو الطين يحلمون مع اللي

لِ بنجو أُنثى ورَنَّةِ عود

لِ بنجو أُنثى ورَنَّةِ عود

And the sons of clay dream at night

While the sons of clay dream in the night

Of a woman's whispers and the twang of an oud.

Of a female slave singing and playing the lute

همُّهم في الحياة أن يقتلوا الشع

همُّهم في الحياة أن يقتلوا الشع

بَ ويلقوا آمالَه في اللحود

بَ ويلقوا آمالَه في اللحود

Their concern in life is to kill the people

Their only concern in life is to kill the people

And cast their hopes into graves.

And cast its hopes into graves

نحن نشقى ليسعدوا وَيحَ شعبٍ

نحن نشقى ليسعدوا وَيحَ شعبٍ

خبّلته الوعودُ إثر الوعود

خبّلته الوعودُ إثر الوعود

We suffer so they may be happy—alas for a people

We suffer so they can be happy, and a people

Maddened by promise after promise.

Whose minds are deranged by promises after promises

عالمٌ تفزَعُ العدالة منه

عالمٌ تفزَعُ العدالة منه

ووجودٌ سئمت فيه وجودي

ووجودٌ سئمت فيه وجودي

A world from which justice recoils,

A world where justice cowers from it

And an existence in which I have grown weary of my own existence.

And existence in it has wearied my existence

ليس في الأرض سيدٌ ومسود

ليس في الأرض سيدٌ ومسود

فدعونا من سيدٍ ومسود

فدعونا من سيدٍ ومسود

There is neither master nor subject on earth,

There is no master or slave on earth

So spare us talk of master and subject.

So leave us be, master and slave!

والحياةالحاية للأمة الحرّ

والحياةالحاية للأمة الحرّ

ةِ فوق الأغلالِ والتقييد

ةِ فوق الأغلالِ والتقييد

And life—life belongs to the free nation,

And life is for the free nation

Above shackles and restraint.

Above shackles and bondage

ذاك دينُ الأحرارِ في كلّ جيل

ذاك دينُ الأحرارِ في كلّ جيل

وهو دينُ الآباءِ بعد الجدودِ

وهو دينُ الآباءِ بعد الجدودِ

That is the creed of the free in every generation,

Such is the religion of the free in every generation

And it is the creed of fathers after forefathers.

It is the religion of forefathers after forefathers