1. جَدِّدوا الذّكرى لأهلِ المشرقِ

    وصِفوا المجدَ لشعبٍ شيِّقِِ

    Renew the remembrance for the people of the East,

    And describe glory to a yearning people.

  2. يَعشَقُ المجدَ فإنْ لجّتْ بهِ

    لَوْعةُ الوَجدِ تَنحَّى يتَّقي

    They love glory; yet if they are beset

    By longing's anguish, they withdraw to protect themselves.

  3. عَلِّموهُ كيف يقضِي حَقَّهُ

    نابِهَ الموقفِ حُرَّ المَصدقِ

    Teach them how to give glory its due,

    With a distinguished stance and noble sincerity.

  4. وأَرُوهُ السُّبْلَ ناراً ودماً

    مَن يَهَبْ فيها المنايا يُصعَقِ

    And show them the paths as fire and blood;

    Whoever fears death upon them is struck down.

  5. مزِّقوا الأوهامَ عنه إنّه

    لَيظُنُّ السُّبْلَ من إسْتَبرقِ

    Tear away their illusions, for they

    Surely imagine the paths are made of silk brocade.

  6. لا وربّي ما لشعبٍ رازحٍ

    من سبيلٍ في الشُّعوبِ السُّبَّقِ

    No, by my Lord, a downtrodden people have no

    Path among the foremost nations.

  7. تلك أشلاءُ الضحايا عندها

    أصدقُ الأنباءِ للمُستوثقِ

    Those are the victims' torn remains; with them lies

    The truest account for anyone seeking certainty.

  8. في سبيلِ السُّؤدُدِ الصّافي دَمٌ

    لا يُصافي الدّمُ إن لم يُهرَقِ

    On the path to pure eminence there is blood;

    Blood is no true friend unless it is shed.

  9. هو في الإشراقِ كالنُّور الذي

    سالَ في بدرٍ ويومَ الخندقِ

    In radiance it is like the light that

    Flowed at Badr and on the day of the Trench.

  10. وهو في الطِّيبِ وفي الطُّهر معاً

    عَبَقُ الفِردوسِ للمُستنِشقِ

    And in fragrance and purity together, it is

    The fragrance of Paradise to one who breathes it in.

  11. يا شهيدَ النّيلِ لو ناجيتَهُ

    لَشفاهُ منكَ عَذْبُ المنطقِ

    O martyr of the Nile, had you spoken intimately to them,

    Your sweet speech would surely have healed them.

  12. شَاقهُ الصَّوتُ البعيدُ المُرتَمى

    والمقامُ الكِسْرَويُّ الرَّونَقِ

    The distant, far-flung voice stirred their longing,

    And the station with its Khosrovian splendor.

  13. وشَجاهُ أن يرى صَمْصَامهُ

    غيرَ وضّاحِ السَّنا في المأزِق

    And it grieved them to see their keen sword

    Not brightly gleaming in the crisis.

  14. جاشَتِ الأحداثُ تَسْتَقْصِي المدى

    وَارتْمَتْ من كلِّ صَوْبٍ تلتقي

    Events surged, sweeping the whole expanse,

    And came hurtling from every quarter, converging.

  15. فاقشعرَّتْ مِصرُ من أهوالِها

    وتمنَّتْ أنّها لم تُخْلقِ

    So Egypt shuddered at their horrors,

    And wished that she had never been created.

  16. وأرى الشَّعبَ على أُرجوحةٍ

    تارةً تهوِي وأخرى ترتقي

    And I see the people on a swing,

    Now plunging, now rising.

  17. سائلِ الأحزابَ ماذا عندها

    غير تَرجافٍ وهمٍّ مقلقِ

    Ask the parties what they have

    Other than alarm-mongering and unsettling worry.

  18. وتأمّلْ هل ترى اليومَ سِوَى

    دَولةٍ فوضى وحُكمٍ أخرقِ

    And reflect: do you see today anything but

    A chaotic state and inept rule?

  19. فات نِيرُونَ رجالٌ رُزِقوا

    من فنون الظُّلمِ ما لم يُرزقِ

    Men have outdone Nero, granted

    Arts of oppression that he was never granted.

  20. لو جرى فرعونُ أو هامانُه

    يتعاطى شأوَهم لم يَلْحَقِ

    Were Pharaoh or his Haman to run,

    Striving to match their pace, he would not catch up.

  21. سجنوا الدُّستورَ طفلاً ناعماً

    واستبدّوا بالسّجين الموثَقِ

    They imprisoned the constitution, a tender child,

    And tyrannized over the bound prisoner.

  22. لا جرى النّيلُ على الوادي ولا

    بُوركَ الشَّعبُ إذا لم يُطلقِ

    May the Nile not flow over the valley, nor

    The people be blessed, if it is not released.

  23. تلك ذكرى النيلِ للنّفسِ التي

    عَكَفَ النّيلُ عليها يستقي

    Such is the Nile's remembrance for the soul to which

    The Nile devoted itself, drawing water.

  24. وهي عَيْنٌ من حَياةٍ عَذبةٍ

    في يَفاعِ من سناءٍ مُشرقِ

    And it is a spring of sweet life,

    On a height of radiant splendor.

  25. لا يذوقُ الموتَ من يطعَمُها

    فَاصْبَحِ القومَ بها ثمَّ اغْبِقِ

    Whoever tastes it does not taste death;

    So give the people its morning draught, then its evening draught.

  26. واعْرِفِ الخُلدَ فإن أدركته

    فابتهِجْ منهُ بِمُلكٍ مُونِقِ

    And know immortality; if you attain it,

    Then rejoice in the delightful dominion it brings.

  27. والْبَسِ التَّاجَ رفيعاً يزدهي

    من ذوي التِّيجانِ أعلى مَفْرقِ

    And wear the lofty crown that adorns

    The highest head among the wearers of crowns.

  28. إن تَحرَّيْتَ اللُّبابَ المُنتقَى

    فاجعلِ الأخلاقَ ممّا تنتقي

    If you seek the choicest essence,

    Then include moral virtues in what you choose.

  29. هي تيجانُ القويِّ المُزْدَهِي

    وَهْيَ أكفانُ الضّعيفِ المُرهَقِ

    They are crowns for the strong and proud,

    And shrouds for the weak and oppressed.

  30. فَزِعَتْ مِصرُ إلى أبطالها

    فالبَسِ النَّقْعَ وسرْ في الفيلقِ

    Egypt has sought help from her heroes;

    So clothe yourself in battle dust and march with the army.

  31. سائلِ القومَ أما من غضبةٍ

    لِذمامٍ صادقٍ أو مَوْثِقِ

    Ask the people: is there no outburst of anger

    For a true bond of honor or a binding pledge?

  32. لا أرى النّجدةَ إلا في الأُلى

    هُمْ أولو العهدِ الأبرِّ الأَصدقِ

    I see no succor except in those

    Who hold the most righteous, truest covenant.

  33. ننصُرُ اللهَ ونحمِي أُمّةً

    نحن منها في الصَّميمِ المُعرقِ

    We champion God and protect a nation;

    We are part of its deeply rooted heart.

  34. هِمَّةُ المِقدَامِ مِن آلائها

    وبَيانُ العبقريِّ المُفلِقِ

    The bold man's resolve is among its blessings,

    As is the eloquence of the masterful genius.