استشر حزبك فيما تفعلُ
واجمع الرأي على ما تأملُ
Consult your party about what you do.
And unite opinion around what you hope to achieve.
واسمع الفتوى يقيناً أو هوى
ولك الحكم المحق المبطل
And hear the counsel, whether born of conviction or desire.
The judgment is yours: to affirm what is right or wrong.
حزبك الأمة في أحرارها
وعلى أحرارها المتَّكل
Your party is the nation, embodied in its free people.
And on its free people you rely.
ترتضي الدولة ما يرضى ولا
تقبل الدولة ما لا يقبل
The state approves what they approve, and
The state rejects what they reject.
ساعة الفصل وما أعظمها
وصلتها مصر فيما تصل
The hour of decision—how momentous it is!
Egypt has reached it among the things it must face.
فهي تستقبل ما تختاره
والمصير الضخم ما تستقبل
For it awaits what it chooses,
And a momentous destiny awaits it.
جاءك الجبار يلقى عهده
فحملت العهد فيما تحمل
The mighty one came to you, laying down his charge.
And you bore that charge among all you bore,
تاركاً خمسين عاماً خلفه
تختفي أحقادها والغيل
Leaving fifty years behind him,
Whose grudges and rancor fade away.
ورعى الحق الذي لجت به
كتب اللّه وضج الرسل
And he upheld the right that
God’s books insisted on and the messengers proclaimed.
جل حتى ضاق عن موسوعه
أبد الدهر وقل الأزل
So great was it that even
All time, let alone eternity, could not encompass its breadth.
وتناولت الذي مهَّده
ليديك الشهداء الأول
And you took up what
The first martyrs had prepared for your hands.
صنت للعامل ما قدمه
وتأهَّبت له تستكمل
You preserved for the worker what he had contributed,
And readied yourself to complete it for him.
وتناسيت الذي تبذله
وذكرت الصحب فيما بذلوا
And you overlooked what you yourself had given,
While remembering what your companions had given.
وتلطَّفت فلم تبق لمن
يشتكي معذرةً تنتحل
And you were gracious, leaving no one who
Complains an excuse to claim.
فليقل ما شاءه معترض
وليقل ما شاءه ممتثل
Let an objector say what he wishes,
And let a supporter say what he wishes.
ليس يجري غير ما شئت ولا
تنتهي إلا إليك السبل
Nothing happens except what you will, and
All paths lead only to you.
أي شك في الذي صرفته
بعد ما أثنت عليه الدول
What doubt is there about the one you dismissed,
After the nations had praised him?
أعجب العرش به مستبشراً
ومضى الشعب به يحتفل
The throne welcomed it with delight,
And the people went on celebrating it.
حزمك الصالح أبقى أثراً
بالذي أعيتك فيه الحيل
Your sound resolve left a greater mark
In the matter where stratagems had failed you.
أنت أدرى في الذي قمت به
كيف تُأتَى وتُداوَى العلل
You know best, in what you have undertaken,
How afflictions arise and how they are treated.
كاد من عاداك ظلماً يهتدي
ومن ارتد ضلالاً يعقل
Even one who opposed you unjustly nearly found guidance,
And one who had turned away in error began to understand.
ولك السلطان يحمي أملاً
أنت بانيه الحكيم البطل
And you have the authority to protect a hope
That you, its wise and heroic builder, have raised.
Sol 6