أَنتَ المثالُ لِكُلِّ حُرٍّ صادقٍ

أَنتَ المثالُ لِكُلِّ حُرٍّ صادقٍ

يأبَى التقلُّبَ في الأُمورِ سبيلا

يأبَى التقلُّبَ في الأُمورِ سبيلا

You are the model for every free, truthful man

You are the ideal for every free and honest soul

who refuses to take vacillation in affairs as his path.

Who refuses fluctuation in matters as a way

اطلعْ بآفاقِ الكنانةِ هَادياً

اطلعْ بآفاقِ الكنانةِ هَادياً

إنّي أراك إمامَها المأمولا

إنّي أراك إمامَها المأمولا

Rise over Egypt's horizons as a guide;

Rise with the horizons of prudence as a guide

indeed, I see you as its hoped-for leader.

I see you as its hoped for imam

إنّ الأئمةَ غادروك بموقفٍ

إنّ الأئمةَ غادروك بموقفٍ

وَقَف الوصُّي به يصون الغيلا

وَقَف الوصُّي به يصون الغيلا

The leaders have indeed abandoned you at a post

The imams abandoned you in a stance

where the legatee stood, guarding the thicket.

The successor stood in it to protect the slain

تَجِدُ النبيَّ يَجولُ في غَمراتِه

تَجِدُ النبيَّ يَجولُ في غَمراتِه

وترى على أرجائِهِ جِبريلا

وترى على أرجائِهِ جِبريلا

You find the Prophet ranging through its turmoil,

You find the Prophet wandering in his sorrows

and see Gabriel along its bounds.

And you see Gabriel in its corners

وصفوكَ بالفردِ الضّعيفِ وإنّنا

وصفوكَ بالفردِ الضّعيفِ وإنّنا

لَنراكَ وَحدكَ أُمّةً وقبيلا

لَنراكَ وَحدكَ أُمّةً وقبيلا

They described you as a weak, solitary man, yet we

They described you as the lonely weak one, yet we

indeed see you alone as a nation and a tribe.

See you alone as a nation and tribe

ونرى الغُواةَ المُبطلين وإن همو

ونرى الغُواةَ المُبطلين وإن همو

زَادوا على عدِد الرّمالِ قليلا

زَادوا على عدِد الرّمالِ قليلا

And we deem the misguided champions of falsehood—even if they

And we see the transgressors, though they have

outnumber the grains of sand—few.

Increased beyond the number of sands a little

أَحْيَيْتَ دُستورَ البلادِ فَردَّهُ

أَحْيَيْتَ دُستورَ البلادِ فَردَّهُ

عَبَثُ الحُماةِ الصّادقينَ قتيلا

عَبَثُ الحُماةِ الصّادقينَ قتيلا

You revived the country's constitution, but it was left

You revived the constitution of the country so it

slain by the meddling of the faithful guardians.

Returned the honest protectors' killing in vain

حُمِلَ الشّهيدُ على رِقاب رُماتِه

حُمِلَ الشّهيدُ على رِقاب رُماتِه

فَانْظُرْ أَتدرِكُ نعشَهُ المحمولا

فَانْظُرْ أَتدرِكُ نعشَهُ المحمولا

The martyr was borne on the necks of those who shot him;

The martyr was carried on the necks of his carriers

so look: can you reach his bier as it is carried?

So look, will his funeral bier arrive carried

أنت الملومُ وضعتَ في أَيْمانهم

أنت الملومُ وضعتَ في أَيْمانهم

بعد الهزيمةِ سيفَكَ المصقولا

بعد الهزيمةِ سيفَكَ المصقولا

You are to blame: you placed in their right hands,

You are blamed, you placed in their oaths after defeat

after defeat, your polished sword.

Your polished sword

وبَعثتَ مِن ماضِي العُصورِ مُؤدِّباً

وبَعثتَ مِن ماضِي العُصورِ مُؤدِّباً

حُرّاً يُعلِّمُ عَصرَهم والجيلا

حُرّاً يُعلِّمُ عَصرَهم والجيلا

And from bygone ages you brought back an educator,

And you sent from the past ages an educator

a free man, to teach their age and generation.

A free man who teaches his time and generation

والشّعبُ أَشْقَى ما يكونُ بعلمهِ

والشّعبُ أَشْقَى ما يكونُ بعلمهِ

إن سَاءَ أخلاقاً وضَلَّ عُقولا

إن سَاءَ أخلاقاً وضَلَّ عُقولا

And a people is most wretched through its learning

The people are most miserable with his knowledge

if its morals are corrupt and its minds go astray.

If he is immoral and minds go astray

أَأمينُ أَعطيتَ القضيّةَ حَقَّها

أَأمينُ أَعطيتَ القضيّةَ حَقَّها

وحكمتَ فيها حُكمَكَ المقبولا

وحكمتَ فيها حُكمَكَ المقبولا

O Amin, you have given the cause its due,

Trusted one, did you give the issue its right

and judged it with your well-received judgment,

And judge it with your accepted rule

وشرَعتَ لِلزُّعماءِ دينَ هِدايةٍ

وشرَعتَ لِلزُّعماءِ دينَ هِدايةٍ

يمحو الرِّياءَ ويَمحقُ التَّضليلا

يمحو الرِّياءَ ويَمحقُ التَّضليلا

and prescribed for the leaders a creed of guidance

And enact for the leaders a religion of guidance

that effaces hypocrisy and eradicates deception.

That erases hypocrisy and destroys misleading

دينٌ يلوذُ الحقُّ مِن أحكامِه

دينٌ يلوذُ الحقُّ مِن أحكامِه

بالبأسِ صَدْقاً والجهادِ طويلا

بالبأسِ صَدْقاً والجهادِ طويلا

A creed under whose precepts right seeks refuge

A religion in whose rulings the truth takes

in might, in earnest, and in prolonged struggle.

Refuge with determination and lengthy jihad

أُمُّ الكبائر فيه أن يَجِدَ الفَتَى

أُمُّ الكبائر فيه أن يَجِدَ الفَتَى

يَأساً وأن يَغْشَى الكفاحَ مَلولا

يَأساً وأن يَغْشَى الكفاحَ مَلولا

The mother of grave sins in it is for a young man to feel

The greatest sin in it is that a youth finds

despair, and to enter the struggle weary of it.

Despair and struggle is covered in boredom

والكفرُ أجمعُ أن يُساوِمَ خَصْمَهُ

والكفرُ أجمعُ أن يُساوِمَ خَصْمَهُ

يَبْغِي من الخَطرِ الجليلِ بَديلا

يَبْغِي من الخَطرِ الجليلِ بَديلا

And utter unbelief is for him to bargain with his foe,

And disbelief altogether is to negotiate with an enemy

seeking an alternative to grave peril.

Seeking from the great danger an alternative

والخَصمُ لا يُعطيكَ مِن مَنزورِه

والخَصمُ لا يُعطيكَ مِن مَنزورِه

إلا إذا أَخذَ العَطاءَ جزيلا

إلا إذا أَخذَ العَطاءَ جزيلا

And the foe gives you nothing of his scant store

And the enemy will not give you from his treasures

unless he takes a lavish gift in return.

Except if he takes generous payment

هل في كتابِكَ أن يَنالَ حُقوقَهُ

هل في كتابِكَ أن يَنالَ حُقوقَهُ

شَعبٌ يَرَى طَلَبَ الحُقوقِ فُضولا

شَعبٌ يَرَى طَلَبَ الحُقوقِ فُضولا

Is it written in your book that its rights can be won

Is it in your book that a people attain their rights

by a people that deems demanding rights superfluous,

Who see seeking rights as superfluous

وَيُراعُ من ذِكرِ الحياةِ كأنّما

وَيُراعُ من ذِكرِ الحياةِ كأنّما

يَجِدُ الحياةَ من المخافةِ غُولا

يَجِدُ الحياةَ من المخافةِ غُولا

and is terrified at the mention of life, as though

And they worry from mention of life as if they

out of fear, it finds life to be a ghoul?

Find life from fear a ghoul