أَعيدوا لَنا عَصرَ الجِهادِ مُظَفَّراً

أَعيدوا لَنا عَصرَ الجِهادِ مُظَفَّراً

وَزيدوهُ عَصراً مِن جَمالٍ وَزُخرُفِ

وَزيدوهُ عَصراً مِن جَمالٍ وَزُخرُفِ

Restore to us the triumphant age of struggle,

Bring back to us the victorious era of jihad

And add to it an age of beauty and splendor.

And add to it an age of beauty and splendor

وَجِدّوا بِنا إِنَّ الحَياةَ مَنازِلٌ

وَجِدّوا بِنا إِنَّ الحَياةَ مَنازِلٌ

وَإِنّا سَئِمنا مَنزِلَ المُتَخَلِّفِ

وَإِنّا سَئِمنا مَنزِلَ المُتَخَلِّفِ

And press on with us: life is a series of stations,

Urge us on, for life is but stages

And we have grown weary of the laggard's station.

We are tired of the station of one who lags behind

فَيا قُربَ ما بَينَ الحَياةِ وَبَينَنا

فَيا قُربَ ما بَينَ الحَياةِ وَبَينَنا

إِذا ما تَبَدَّلنا مَطاراً بِمَوقِفِ

إِذا ما تَبَدَّلنا مَطاراً بِمَوقِفِ

Then how near life would be to us,

How close is the separation between life and us

If we exchanged a place to stand for a place to soar!

When we exchange a downpour for taking a stand

أَلا ثَقِّفوا الشَعبَ الَّذي نامَ جَدُّهُ

أَلا ثَقِّفوا الشَعبَ الَّذي نامَ جَدُّهُ

فَما مَلَكَ الدُنيا كَشَعبٍ مُثَقَّفِ

فَما مَلَكَ الدُنيا كَشَعبٍ مُثَقَّفِ

Take heed: educate the people whose fortune sleeps;

Educate the people who slumber like their ancestors did

For none has ruled the world like an educated people.

No ignorant nation has ever ruled the world

أَلا فَاِنظُروا دُنيا النُسورِ وَسابِقوا

أَلا فَاِنظُروا دُنيا النُسورِ وَسابِقوا

إِلى المَجدِ فيها كُلَّ نَسرٍ مُرَفرِفِ

إِلى المَجدِ فيها كُلَّ نَسرٍ مُرَفرِفِ

Take heed, then look upon the eagles' world, and race

Look to the world of eagles and race

Every eagle beating its wings there toward glory.

To glory among them, every fluttering eagle

دَعوها حَياةً مَن يَبِت راضِياً بِها

دَعوها حَياةً مَن يَبِت راضِياً بِها

يَبِت نِضوَ داءٍ ذي عَقابيلَ مُتلِفِ

يَبِت نِضوَ داءٍ ذي عَقابيلَ مُتلِفِ

They called it life; whoever spends the night content with it

Let one who sleeps satisfied call it life

Spends the night a wreck wasted by a deadly illness with lingering aftereffects.

They sleep the slumber of combined chronic diseases

أَرى كُلَّ نَهّاضٍ إلى المَجدِ صاعِداً

أَرى كُلَّ نَهّاضٍ إلى المَجدِ صاعِداً

بِعَزمٍ مَتى يَركَب جَناحَيهِ يَعصِفِ

بِعَزمٍ مَتى يَركَب جَناحَيهِ يَعصِفِ

I see every vigorous striver ascending toward glory,

I see every rouser to glory ascending

With resolve—whenever he mounts its two wings, he sweeps like a gale.

With resolve, when it rides its wings it storms

إِلى الأُفُقِ الأَعلى بَني مِصرَ فَاِنهضوا

إِلى الأُفُقِ الأَعلى بَني مِصرَ فَاِنهضوا

سِراعاً وَرُدّوا غارَةَ المُتَخَطِّفِ

سِراعاً وَرُدّوا غارَةَ المُتَخَطِّفِ

Toward the highest horizon, sons of Egypt, rise

To the highest horizon, rise up my Egyptians

Swiftly, and repel the swooping marauder's raid.

Quickly and repel the attack of the abductor

إِلى الغايَةِ القُصوى فَسيروا عَلى هُدىً

إِلى الغايَةِ القُصوى فَسيروا عَلى هُدىً

وَخَلّوا سَبيلَ الحائِرِ المُتَعَسِّفِ

وَخَلّوا سَبيلَ الحائِرِ المُتَعَسِّفِ

Toward the furthest goal, then march rightly guided,

To the ultimate goal march guided

And forsake the path of the bewildered, aimless wanderer.

And clear the way for the lost capricious one