Sol 6.1

  1. يا أَيُّها القَومُ ماذا في حَقائِبِكُم

    إِنّي أَرى الشَعبَ قَد أَودى بِهِ القَلَقُ

    O people, what is in your bags?

    I see the people undone by anxiety.

  2. جِئتُم إِلَينا فَباتَت مِصرُ راجِفَةً

    مِمّا حَمَلتُم وَكانَ النيلُ يَحتَرِقُ

    You came to us, and Egypt spent the night trembling

    at what you carried, while the Nile was burning.

  3. أَيَعلَمُ القَومُ أَنّا لا حُلومَ لَنا

    أَم يَجهَلُ الوَفدُ أَنّا لَيسَ نَتَّفِقُ

    Do those people know that we lack sound judgment,

    or does the delegation not know that we do not agree?

  4. لَقَد أَقاموا طَويلاً بَينَ أَظهُرِنا

    فَما وَثِقنا بِهِ يَوماً وَلا وَثِقوا

    They have long dwelt in our midst,

    yet never have we trusted them, nor they us.

  5. شَدّوا العِصابَ وَرَدّوا رَأيَ ساسَتِهِم

    إِنَّ السِياسَةَ مِنها الجَهلُ وَالخَرَقُ

    Bind your headbands tight and reject their statesmen's counsel;

    indeed, politics has its share of ignorance and folly.

  6. لا يَعبَثِ اليَومَ بِاِستِقلالِكُم أَحَدٌ

    وَلا يَغُرَّكُمُ التَضليلُ وَالمَلَقُ

    Let no one tamper with your independence today,

    and let neither deception nor flattery beguile you.

  7. ضُمّوا القُوى حَولَهُ لا تَذهَبوا شِيَعاً

    فَما لَكُم بَعدَهُ في العَيشِ مُرتَفَقُ

    Unite your forces around it; do not disperse into factions,

    for without it you have no comfort in life.

  8. أَما تَمُضُّكُمُ الأَحكامُ جائِرَةً

    وَلا تَعَضُّكُمُ الأَغلالُ وَالرَبَقُ

    Do unjust rulings not torment you,

    and do the shackles and halters not bite you?

  9. ماذا جَنى الوَفدُ إِلّا ما يُقالُ لَكُم

    اللَهُ أَكبَرُ جَدَّ الأَمرُ فَاِستَبِقوا

    What has the delegation reaped but what you are told?

    God is greatest! The matter is grave—so race ahead!

  10. الدَهرُ يَنظُرُ وَالأَجيالُ شاهِدَةٌ

    وَالحُكمُ لِلَهِ لا خَوفٌ وَلا فَرَقُ

    Time looks on, and the generations bear witness,

    and judgment belongs to God: no fear, no dread.

  11. لا تَظلِموا مِصرَ إِنَّ البِرَّ آيَتُهُ

    أَلّا يُرَوِّعُها ظُلمٌ وَلا رَهَقُ

    Do not wrong Egypt; the sign of righteousness is

    that neither injustice nor oppression should terrify her.

  12. هَل عَقَّ مَنبِتَهُ أَو خانَ أُمَّتَهُ

    إِلّا اِمرُؤٌ مالَهُ دينٌ وَلا خُلُقُ

    Has anyone dishonored his native soil or betrayed his nation,

    except a man with neither faith nor moral character?

  13. اِستَعبَدَ المالُ قَوماً لَو يُقالُ لَهُم

    خوضوا إِلَيهِ عَذابَ اللَهِ لَاِنطَلَقوا

    Wealth has enslaved men who, if they were told,

    'Wade through God's torment to reach it,' would rush forth.

  14. هُمُ الأَئِمَّةُ مِن زُهدٍ وَمَن وَرَعٍ

    لَو كانَ يَنخَدِعُ العَرّافَةُ اللَبِقُ

    They are the leaders in asceticism and piety—

    if the shrewd diviner could be deceived!

  15. ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أَن يَقضي القَضاءُ لَنا

    يَوماً فَتَختَلِفُ الأَهواءُ وَالطُرُقُ

    I never thought fate would rule in our favor

    one day, only for passions and paths to diverge.

  16. طالَ اللَجاجُ وَأَمسى الناسُ قَد تَبِعوا

    سُبلَ الخِلافِ فَمُنشَقٌّ وَمُفتَرِقُ

    Contention has dragged on, and the people have come to follow

    the paths of discord—some splitting off, others parting ways.

  17. لا يَدَّعِ القَومُ أَنّا أُمَّةٌ هَمَلٌ

    فَلا وَرَبِّكَ ما بَرّوا وَلا صَدَقوا

    Let those people not claim that we are a nation without order;

    no, by your Lord, they have neither acted rightly nor spoken truth.

  18. سَيَتبَعُ الجِدَّ مَن لا يَستَفيدُ لَهُ

    وَيَعرِفُ الحَقَّ مَن يَهذي وَيَختَلِقُ

    Those who gain nothing from earnestness will yet follow it,

    and those who babble and fabricate will recognize the truth.

  19. صَبراً عَلى قَومِنا حَتّى يَثوبَ لَهُم

    مِن عازِبِ الحِلمِ ما أَلوى بِهِ النَزَقُ

    Be patient with our people until there returns to them

    some of the lost good sense that rashness swept away.