مُدّوا السَواعِدَ وَاِرفَعوا الأَبصارا

مُدّوا السَواعِدَ وَاِرفَعوا الأَبصارا

لِمَ لا نَعيشُ أَعِزَّةً أَحرارا

لِمَ لا نَعيشُ أَعِزَّةً أَحرارا

Stretch out your arms and raise your eyes.

Extend your arms and raise your sights

Why do we not live honored and free?

Why should we not live free and dignified?

مَن ذا أَتاحَ لَنا الجُمودَ وَمَن قَضى

مَن ذا أَتاحَ لَنا الجُمودَ وَمَن قَضى

أَنّا نَضلُّ مُكَبَّلينَ أَسارى

أَنّا نَضلُّ مُكَبَّلينَ أَسارى

Who allowed us to stagnate, and who decreed

Who condemned us to stillness, and decreed

That we should go astray, shackled captives?

That we should remain shackled prisoners?

إِنَّ الَّذي خَلَقَ النُفوسَ حَرائِراً

إِنَّ الَّذي خَلَقَ النُفوسَ حَرائِراً

فَكَّ الشُعوبَ وَحَرَّرَ الأَقطارا

فَكَّ الشُعوبَ وَحَرَّرَ الأَقطارا

Indeed, He who created souls free

He who created souls to be free

Unshackled the peoples and liberated the lands.

Liberated nations and freed lands

اليَومَ يَطلُبُ كُلُّ شَعبٍ حَقَّهُ

اليَومَ يَطلُبُ كُلُّ شَعبٍ حَقَّهُ

لا خائِفاً وَجِلاً وَلا خَوّارا

لا خائِفاً وَجِلاً وَلا خَوّارا

Today every people seeks its right,

Today, every people seeks its right

Neither afraid nor anxious nor fainthearted.

Neither timid, nor obsequious, nor submissive

وَفدَ الكِنانَةِ وَالرَجاءُ مُعَلَّقٌ

وَفدَ الكِنانَةِ وَالرَجاءُ مُعَلَّقٌ

بِكَ وَالنُفوسُ كَما عَلِمتَ حَيارى

بِكَ وَالنُفوسُ كَما عَلِمتَ حَيارى

O delegation of al-Kinanah, hope is pinned

Hope and yearning are pinned on you

On you, while souls, as you know, are bewildered.

And souls, as you know, are perplexed

عاهَدتَ مِصرَ عَلى الوَفاءِ فَكَبَّرَت

عاهَدتَ مِصرَ عَلى الوَفاءِ فَكَبَّرَت

لَمّا رَأَت أَبناءَها الأَبرارا

لَمّا رَأَت أَبناءَها الأَبرارا

You pledged fidelity to Egypt, so she cried, 'God is great!'

You pledged loyalty to Egypt

When she saw her righteous sons.

When she saw her noble children

وَحَمَلتَ آمالَ البِلادِ وَأَهلِها

وَحَمَلتَ آمالَ البِلادِ وَأَهلِها

فَحَمَلتَ مَجداً عالِياً وَفَخارا

فَحَمَلتَ مَجداً عالِياً وَفَخارا

And you bore the hopes of the country and its people,

And you carried the hopes of the country and its people

So you bore lofty glory and pride.

So you carried great pride and glory

اطلُب لَنا عِزَّ الحَياةِ فَإِنَّنا

اطلُب لَنا عِزَّ الحَياةِ فَإِنَّنا

لا نَستَطيعُ عَلى الهَوانِ قَرارا

لا نَستَطيعُ عَلى الهَوانِ قَرارا

Seek for us a life of honor, for we

Seek for us the honor of life, for we

Cannot bear to remain in humiliation.

Cannot endure humiliation and submission