في كُلِّ يَومٍ شِرعَةٌ وَنِظامُ

في كُلِّ يَومٍ شِرعَةٌ وَنِظامُ

ما هَكَذا الأَحكامُ وَالحُكّامُ

ما هَكَذا الأَحكامُ وَالحُكّامُ

Every day, a new law and a new order;

Every day there is a new constitution and system

This is not how laws and rulers should be.

Not so are the rules and the rulers

عِشرونَ عاماً وَالدِيارُ مَريضَةٌ

عِشرونَ عاماً وَالدِيارُ مَريضَةٌ

تَنتابُها الأَدواءُ وَالأَسقامُ

تَنتابُها الأَدواءُ وَالأَسقامُ

Twenty years, and the land is sick;

Twenty years and the homeland is sick

Diseases and ailments assail her.

Afflicted with illnesses and epidemics

إِنَّ الأُساةَ لَتَعرِفُ الداءَ الَّذي

إِنَّ الأُساةَ لَتَعرِفُ الداءَ الَّذي

تَرَكَ المَريضَ تُذيبُهُ الآلامُ

تَرَكَ المَريضَ تُذيبُهُ الآلامُ

The physicians surely know the illness that

Indeed the doctor knows the disease that

Left the patient melting away in pain.

Left the patient melting with pain

وَلَرُبَّما غَشَّ الطَبيبُ عَليلَهُ

وَلَرُبَّما غَشَّ الطَبيبُ عَليلَهُ

لِيَعودَ مِنهُ الداءُ وَهوَ عُقامُ

لِيَعودَ مِنهُ الداءُ وَهوَ عُقامُ

And a physician may well deceive his patient,

And sometimes the doctor deceives his patient

So that, through him, the illness returns incurable.

So that the disease returns and he is incurable

كَيفَ الشِفاءُ لِمِصرَ مِن أَدوائِها

كَيفَ الشِفاءُ لِمِصرَ مِن أَدوائِها

أَم كَيفَ يُرجى عِزُّها وَيُرامُ

أَم كَيفَ يُرجى عِزُّها وَيُرامُ

How can Egypt be healed of her diseases,

How can there be healing for Egypt from her diseases?

Or how can her glory be hoped for and sought,

Or how can her glory and height be hoped for?

وَالمُصلِحونَ كَما عَلِمتَ وَأَهلُها

وَالمُصلِحونَ كَما عَلِمتَ وَأَهلُها

عَنها عَلى زَجرِ المُهيبِ نِيامُ

عَنها عَلى زَجرِ المُهيبِ نِيامُ

While the reformers, as you know, and her people

As you know, the reformers and her people

Sleep heedless of her, despite the caller's rebuke?

Are asleep to the roar of the intimidator

و إذا النفوس تعدَّدت أهواؤها

و إذا النفوس تعدَّدت أهواؤها

شقِيَت بها الكتّابُ والأقلامُ

شقِيَت بها الكتّابُ والأقلامُ

And when souls' desires multiply,

And if the souls differ in their whims

Writers and pens suffer because of them.

The writers and pens are miserable

يا دَولَةً رفعَت عَلى أَوطانِنا

يا دَولَةً رفعَت عَلى أَوطانِنا

عَلَماً تُنَكَّسُ تَحتَهُ الأَعلامُ

عَلَماً تُنَكَّسُ تَحتَهُ الأَعلامُ

O state that raised over our homelands

O State that raised over our homelands

A banner beneath which the banners are lowered!

A flag under which flags bow down

أَينَ المَواثيقُ الَّتي أَبرَمتِها

أَينَ المَواثيقُ الَّتي أَبرَمتِها

إِن كانَ مِنكِ لِمَوثِقٍ إِبرامُ

إِن كانَ مِنكِ لِمَوثِقٍ إِبرامُ

Where are the covenants you sealed,

Where are the covenants you concluded?

If you ever sealed a covenant at all?

If you ever concluded a covenant

لَم تَحفِلي بِعُهودِنا فَنَقَضتِها

لَم تَحفِلي بِعُهودِنا فَنَقَضتِها

يا هَذِهِ نَقضُ العُهودِ حَرامُ

يا هَذِهِ نَقضُ العُهودِ حَرامُ

You paid no heed to our pledges, so you broke them;

You did not heed our pacts so you violated them

O you, breaking pledges is forbidden!

O you for whom violating pacts is a sin

عِشرونَ عاماً ما كَفَتكِ وَهَكَذا

عِشرونَ عاماً ما كَفَتكِ وَهَكَذا

تَأتي وَتَذهَبُ بَعدَها الأَعوامُ

تَأتي وَتَذهَبُ بَعدَها الأَعوامُ

Twenty years did not suffice you, and thus

Twenty years did not satisfy you, and so

The years come and go after them.

The years will come and go after it

طالَ المُقامُ وَأَنتِ أَنتِ وَلَم يَكُن

طالَ المُقامُ وَأَنتِ أَنتِ وَلَم يَكُن

لِيَطولَ لَولا الجَهلُ منكِ مُقامُ

لِيَطولَ لَولا الجَهلُ منكِ مُقامُ

Your stay has lengthened, and you are unchanged; it would not

The stay grew long while you are still you, and would not

Have lengthened, this stay of yours, but for ignorance.

Have lingered, had not ignorance from you lingered

دَومي فَما لِلجاهِلينَ دَوامُ

دَومي فَما لِلجاهِلينَ دَوامُ

وَكَذا يَكونُ الجِدُّ وَالإِقدامُ

وَكَذا يَكونُ الجِدُّ وَالإِقدامُ

Endure, for the ignorant cannot endure;

It lasts, for the ignorant have no permanence

And such are earnestness and daring.

And so determination and resolve will be

الأَرضُ أَرضُكِ وَالسَماءُ حَليفَةٌ

الأَرضُ أَرضُكِ وَالسَماءُ حَليفَةٌ

لَكِ وَاللَيالي وَالوَرى خُدّامُ

لَكِ وَاللَيالي وَالوَرى خُدّامُ

The earth is yours, and the sky is an ally

The land is your land, the sky an ally

To you; the nights and humankind are servants.

To you, and the nights and the land your servants

يا أُمَّةً خاطَ الكَرى أَجفانَها

يا أُمَّةً خاطَ الكَرى أَجفانَها

هُبّي فَقَد أَودَت بِكِ الأَحلامُ

هُبّي فَقَد أَودَت بِكِ الأَحلامُ

O nation whose eyelids slumber has sewn shut,

O nation the times have sewn its eyelids

Rise, for dreams have brought you to ruin.

Awake, for dreams have led you to ruin

هُبّي فَما يَحمي المَحارِمَ راقِدٌ

هُبّي فَما يَحمي المَحارِمَ راقِدٌ

وَالمَرءُ يُظلَمُ غافِلاً وَيُضامُ

وَالمَرءُ يُظلَمُ غافِلاً وَيُضامُ

Rise, for no sleeper guards what is sacred,

Awake, for no sleeping defender protects holy places

And a heedless person is wronged and oppressed.

And man is wronged inattentive and oppressed

هُبّي فَما يُغني رُقادُكِ وَالعِدى

هُبّي فَما يُغني رُقادُكِ وَالعِدى

حَولَ الحِمى مُستَيقِظونَ قِيامُ

حَولَ الحِمى مُستَيقِظونَ قِيامُ

Rise, for your sleep avails nothing, while the foes

Awake, your sleep is useless while transgression

Stand awake around the protected land.

Around the sanctuary is awake and standing guard

عَجَباً لِهَذا النّيل كَيفَ نَعَقُّهُ

عَجَباً لِهَذا النّيل كَيفَ نَعَقُّهُ

وَيَدومُ مِنهُ البِرُّ وَالإِكرامُ

وَيَدومُ مِنهُ البِرُّ وَالإِكرامُ

How wondrous this Nile: how ungrateful we are to it,

Strange is this Nile, how we pollute it

Yet kindness and generosity from it endure!

Yet kindness and honour flow enduringly from it

لَو كانَ يَجزينا بِسوءِ صَنيعِنا

لَو كانَ يَجزينا بِسوءِ صَنيعِنا

أَودى بِهاتيكَ النُفوسِ أُوامُ

أَودى بِهاتيكَ النُفوسِ أُوامُ

If it repaid us for our evil deeds,

If it requited our evil with evil

Burning thirst would have destroyed those souls.

Those souls would have been destroyed long ago

لَكِنَّها رَحِمُ الجُدودِ وَلَم تَزَل

لَكِنَّها رَحِمُ الجُدودِ وَلَم تَزَل

تُرعى لَدى أَمثالِهِ الأَرحامُ

تُرعى لَدى أَمثالِهِ الأَرحامُ

But they are the forefathers' kin, and still

But it is mercy of ancestors and has never ceased

Ties of kinship are honored among the likes of it.

To nurture the wombs of its likes

شَيئانِ يَذهَبُ بِالشُعوبِ كِلاهُما

شَيئانِ يَذهَبُ بِالشُعوبِ كِلاهُما

نَومٌ عَنِ الأَوطانِ وَاِستِسلامُ

نَومٌ عَنِ الأَوطانِ وَاِستِسلامُ

Two things, both of which destroy nations:

Two things take peoples away both together:

Slumber heedless of homelands, and surrender.

Sleep from the homeland and surrender

إِلّا يَحِن لِلراقِدينَ قِيامُ

إِلّا يَحِن لِلراقِدينَ قِيامُ

فَعَلَيهِمُ وَعَلى الدِيارِ سَلامُ

فَعَلَيهِمُ وَعَلى الدِيارِ سَلامُ

If the sleepers' time to rise does not come,

Unless those who lie asleep arise

Then farewell to them and to the land.

Upon them and upon the home be peace