مصرُEgypt اذكريremember فيamong الخالدينthe immortals فتاكِyour young man
مصرُ اذكري في الخالدين فتاكِ
وصِفيand describe الخلودَimmortality لكلّto everyone منwho يهواكِloves you
وصِفي الخلودَ لكلّ من يهواكِ
Egypt, remember your young man among the immortals,
Egypt, remember me among the immortals
And describe immortality to everyone who loves you.
And describe immortality to all who love you
ممتازُMumtaz منamong شُهداءِthe martyrs حُبِّكِlove of you ماnot صباhe yearned
ممتازُ من شُهداءِ حُبِّكِ ما صبا
إلاexcept إليكِtoward you ولاand not أحبَّhe loved سواكِanyone but you
إلا إليكِ ولا أحبَّ سواكِ
Mumtaz, one of the martyrs of love for you, never yearned
Excellent are your martyrs of pure love
Except for you, nor did he love anyone else.
Who loved none but you, sought no other but you
صبٌّa passionate lover أضاعَlost علىfor هواكِlove of you حياتهhis life
صبٌّ أضاعَ على هواكِ حياته
لكنّهyet he حَفِظَpreserved الهوىlove ورعاكِand cared for you
لكنّه حَفِظَ الهوى ورعاكِ
A passionate lover who lost his life for love of you,
A love that wasted his life for your sake
Yet he preserved his love and cared for you.
Yet kept loving you and obeying you
لمّاwhen رآكِhe saw you إلىfor الحياةِlife وطيبهاand its sweetness
لمّا رآكِ إلى الحياةِ وطيبها
ظمآىthirsting أذابَhe melted شبابَهُhis youth وسقاكِand gave you drink
ظمآى أذابَ شبابَهُ وسقاكِ
When he saw you—for life and its sweetness
When he saw you, and life's goodness
Thirsting—he melted his youth and gave you drink.
Thirsty, melted his youth and quenched it with you
هذاthis شرَابُthe drink الباذلينthose who give نُفوسَهمtheir lives
هذا شرَابُ الباذلين نُفوسَهم
باللهِby God هلdid ...? نَقَعquenched الصَّدىthirst وشفاكِand healed you
باللهِ هل نَقَع الصَّدى وشفاكِ
This is the drink of those who give their lives;
This is the drink of those who gave their souls
By God, did it quench your thirst and heal you?
By God, did the echo drink and heal you?
هلdo ...? تذكرينyou remember علىdespite النَّوىseparation وصُرُوفهاand its vicissitudes
هل تذكرين على النَّوى وصُرُوفها
مِنof حُبِّهhis love العُذريِّchaste ماwhat أصفاكِhe devoted sincerely to you
مِن حُبِّه العُذريِّ ما أصفاكِ
Do you remember, despite separation and its vicissitudes,
Do you remember, over the biers and their turns
What he bestowed on you of his chaste love?
His chaste love, how it purified you?
لاdo not تتركيforsake ياO مصرُEgypt ذِكرَىthe memory of شيِّقٍa yearning lover
لا تتركي يا مصرُ ذِكرَى شيِّقٍ
وَلهانَdistraught with love ليسis not بِتاركٍone who forsakes ذكراكِremembrance of you
وَلهانَ ليس بِتاركٍ ذكراكِ
Do not forsake, O Egypt, the memory of a yearning lover,
Do not neglect, O Egypt, memory of a martyr
Distraught with love, who never forsakes remembrance of you.
Who will not neglect remembering you
نَاجَاكِhe whispered to you يَلهجُhe keeps uttering بالتحيَّةِa greeting غَضّةًfresh
نَاجَاكِ يَلهجُ بالتحيَّةِ غَضّةً
حَيِّsalute الشَّهيدَthe martyr ورَدِّديand repeat نجواكِyour whispered words
حَيِّ الشَّهيدَ ورَدِّدي نجواكِ
He whispered to you, ever uttering a fresh greeting;
He whispered to you tender greetings
Salute the martyr and repeat your whispered words.
Hail the martyr and repeat his whispers
حَيِّsalute النُّبوغَgenius وجدتِهyou found it فحباكِso it gifted you منof
حَيِّ النُّبوغَ وجدتِه فحباكِ من
نَفحاتهِits fragrant breaths وفقدتِهand you lost it فشجاكِso it grieved you
نَفحاتهِ وفقدتِه فشجاكِ
Salute genius: you found it, and it gave you some of
Hail genius you found, and for loving you
Its fragrant breaths; you lost it, and it grieved you.
His breaths exalted you, losing him distressed you
زانتْهُadorned him أخلاقُvirtues الرّجالِmen وزانهاand he adorned them
زانتْهُ أخلاقُ الرّجالِ وزانها
وحَفَفْتِand you encircled أنتِyou yourself سَناهُماthe radiance of both بسناكِwith your radiance
وحَفَفْتِ أنتِ سَناهُما بسناكِ
Men's virtues adorned him, and he adorned them,
His ethics adorned the ethics of men
And you yourself encircled the radiance of both with your own.
While you adorned their years with your years
خاضَhe plunged into الغمارَthe fray يَقيكِshielding you عاديةَthe onslaught of الأذىharm
خاضَ الغمارَ يَقيكِ عاديةَ الأذى
ويصونُand he safeguards منfrom عَبثِthe ravages of الخُطوبcalamities حِماكِyour domain
ويصونُ من عَبثِ الخُطوب حِماكِ
He plunged into the fray, shielding you from harm's onslaught,
He plunged into fray to protect you from harm
And safeguarding your domain from the ravages of calamities.
And guard your tent from reckless misfortunes
ماnot مالhe strayed يوماًon any day عنfrom شريعةِthe law of مُصطفىMustafa
ما مال يوماً عن شريعةِ مُصطفى
ماnot خانhe betrayed عهدكِyour covenant ماnot أعانhe aided عِداكِyour foes
ما خان عهدكِ ما أعان عِداكِ
Never did he stray for a day from Mustafa's law;
He never swayed from Mustafa's law
He never betrayed your covenant, never aided your foes.
Never betrayed your covenant or aided your enemies
تلكthat الشريعةُthe law لاnot وساوسُdelusive thoughts معشرٍa group
تلك الشريعةُ لا وساوسُ معشرٍ
جهلواthey did not know سجاياthe character traits of الغاصبِthe usurper الفتَّاكِmurderous
جهلوا سجايا الغاصبِ الفتَّاكِ
That is the law—not the delusions of a group
That law, no whisperings of an ignorant mob
Who did not know the murderous usurper's nature.
Who did not know the tyrant's wicked nature
مَنwhoever كانwas يَجهلُdoes not know ماwhat أقولُI say فهذهthen here is
مَن كان يَجهلُ ما أقولُ فهذه
مِصرُEgypt الحزينةُsorrowful والشّبابُand the youth الباكيweeping
مِصرُ الحزينةُ والشّبابُ الباكي
For anyone who does not understand what I say, here are
Whoever is ignorant of what I say—this is
Sorrowful Egypt and the weeping youth.
Egypt, grieved, and her youths weeping
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.