ولائي كما أخلصتُه لك دائمُ

ولائي كما أخلصتُه لك دائمُ

وحكمك بالإحسان والعدل دائمُ

وحكمك بالإحسان والعدل دائمُ

My allegiance, as I pledged it sincerely to you, endures;

My allegiance as I have sincerely given it to you is always

And your rule through benevolence and justice endures.

And your rule with benevolence and justice is always

وحبك عندي حب مصر وأهلها

وحبك عندي حب مصر وأهلها

وما هو إلا الفرضُ والفرضُ لازم

وما هو إلا الفرضُ والفرضُ لازم

Loving you, to me, is loving Egypt and her people;

And my love for you is the love of Egypt and its people

It is nothing but duty, and duty is binding.

And it is nothing but duty and duty is binding

وتكريمك المشهود تكريم أمة

وتكريمك المشهود تكريم أمة

لك اجتمعت أعيادها والمواسم

لك اجتمعت أعيادها والمواسم

The public tribute paid to you is a nation's tribute;

And your acclaimed honor is the honor of a nation

For you its festivals and festive seasons have gathered.

For you its occasions and seasons have gathered

وما الحزب والنادي الذي فيه يحْتفي

وما الحزب والنادي الذي فيه يحْتفي

بك الحزب إلا دولة وعواصم

بك الحزب إلا دولة وعواصم

The party and the club where celebrations are held

And which party or club that celebrates you

For you by the party are nothing less than a state and capitals.

Except the party is a state and capitals

وزاد لأحرار الحمى في جهادهم

وزاد لأحرار الحمى في جهادهم

وللصحُبِ الأبرار هذي الولائم

وللصحُبِ الأبرار هذي الولائم

And sustenance for the homeland's free men in their struggle,

And an increase for the free spirited in their struggle

And for righteous companions, are these banquets.

And for the righteous companions these feasts

من الكوثر الخلدي ما أنت شارب

من الكوثر الخلدي ما أنت شارب

هنا ومن الفردوس ما أنت طاعم

هنا ومن الفردوس ما أنت طاعم

From everlasting Kawthar comes what you drink

Of the eternal Kawthar what you are drinking

Here, and from Paradise comes what you eat.

And from these morals the one scattering his greetings to you as fragrance and the one composing poems gifts you

ومن هذه الأخلاق يهديك ناثر

ومن هذه الأخلاق يهديك ناثر

تحيتَه عطراً ويهديك ناظم

تحيتَه عطراً ويهديك ناظم

And from these virtues a prose writer offers you

You have reached the hoped extent in the kingdom faultlessly

His greeting as perfume, and a poet offers you his.

And you are to the Lord of the kingdom and the kingdom is your servant

بلغت المدى المأمول في الملك سؤدداً

بلغت المدى المأمول في الملك سؤدداً

وأنت لرب الملك والملك خادم

وأنت لرب الملك والملك خادم

You attained the hoped-for summit of eminence in sovereignty,

You have done your duty to the state

While serving the Lord of sovereignty and the king.

Its pillars have risen and the pillars are firm

قضيت به حقاً عليك لدولة

قضيت به حقاً عليك لدولة

علت واستوت أركانها والدعائم

علت واستوت أركانها والدعائم

Through it you fulfilled an obligation you owed to a state

You have been humble in it abstaining and it is the watering place

That rose high, its foundations and pillars firmly set.

Except you no one else is regretful for what has passed him by of it

تواضعت فيه زاهداً وهو مأرب

تواضعت فيه زاهداً وهو مأرب

سواك على ما فاته منه نادم

سواك على ما فاته منه نادم

You were humble in it, detached, though it is a coveted prize;

If the parties are diverse then consider them

Another regrets what he has missed of it.

And consider from them the suitable harmonious one

إذا كانت الأحزاب شتى فحسبها

إذا كانت الأحزاب شتى فحسبها

وحسبك منها المستعد الملائم

وحسبك منها المستعد الملائم

If the parties are diverse, enough for them,

And God has brought the hearts together so you do not find

And for you among them, is the ready, fitting one.

A way to those wary hearts

وقد جمع اللّه القلوب فلم تجد

وقد جمع اللّه القلوب فلم تجد

سبيلاً إلى تلك القلوب التمائم

سبيلاً إلى تلك القلوب التمائم

God has united hearts, so amulets have found

When the ideal example saw his equal from his time

No path into those hearts.

Following him the greatest things became insignificant to him

إذا المثل الأعلى رأى من زمانه

إذا المثل الأعلى رأى من زمانه

له تبعاً هانت عليه العظائم

له تبعاً هانت عليه العظائم

When the highest exemplar finds his age

And enough for the one who estranged you yesterday that he

Following him, great challenges grow easy for him.

Over what he incurred of your reproach is safe

وحسب الذي جافاك بالأمس أنه

وحسب الذي جافاك بالأمس أنه

على ما تجنّى من عتابك سالم

على ما تجنّى من عتابك سالم

Enough for the man who shunned you yesterday is that,

And whoever did not find refuge for himself and his time

Despite his wrongdoing, he is safe from your reproach.

Except you, you lured him with virtues

ومن لم يجد من نفسه وزمانه

ومن لم يجد من نفسه وزمانه

مآباً إليك استدرجته المكارم

مآباً إليك استدرجته المكارم

Whoever found in himself and his age no

And the one whom you brought near willingly

Path back to you was drawn in by noble deeds.

Is not like the one whom you brought near forcibly

وليس الذي قربته وهو طائعٌ

وليس الذي قربته وهو طائعٌ

كمثل الذي قربته وهو راغم

كمثل الذي قربته وهو راغم

The one you drew near while he was willing is not

And the contentious enemy in poverty is most generous

Like the one you drew near against his will.

In the eyes of the free over an enemy who has passed by insulting

وأكرم في الشحناء خصمٌ مدججٌ

وأكرم في الشحناء خصمٌ مدججٌ

لدى الحر من خصم مضى وهو شاتم

لدى الحر من خصم مضى وهو شاتم

In enmity, a fully armed foe is nobler

You are not exulting over whom you have supported

To a free man than a foe who went off hurling insults.

Nor gloating over whom you have defeated

وما أنت تياه على من نصرته

وما أنت تياه على من نصرته

ولا متشفٍّ بالذي أنت هازم

ولا متشفٍّ بالذي أنت هازم

You do not lord it over those you have helped,

Diverse battles you still fight

Nor gloat over those you defeat.

And in them there are no spoils except the hearts

معارك شتى لا تزال تخوضها

معارك شتى لا تزال تخوضها

وليس بها غير القلوب غنائم

وليس بها غير القلوب غنائم

Various battles you continue to wage,

And the inescapable destiny in what you possess

With no spoils in them but hearts.

Of an incident except the powers and determinations

وما القدر المحتوم فيما ملكته

وما القدر المحتوم فيما ملكته

لواقعة إلا القوى والعزائم

لواقعة إلا القوى والعزائم

And in all you have commanded, the fate ordained

You have had mercy on the unyielding Palestine its protector

For battle is nothing but strength and resolve.

So the whole East became whom you have shown mercy

رحمت فلسطين الأباة حماتُها

رحمت فلسطين الأباة حماتُها

فكان جميع الشرق من أنت راحم

فكان جميع الشرق من أنت راحم

You showed mercy to Palestine, whose defenders are unbowed,

And you saved it from its invaders destroying it

And so all the East was among those you showed mercy.

And its children those spears and swords

وأدركتها من أن تبيد غزاتَها

وأدركتها من أن تبيد غزاتَها

وأبناءها تلك القنا والصوارم

وأبناءها تلك القنا والصوارم

You rescued her, lest her invaders be destroyed,

And if the fates did not intercede for them through you

And her sons, by those spears and keen swords.

Its ruins and relics would have been obscured

ولو لم تشفعك المقادير فيهمُ

ولو لم تشفعك المقادير فيهمُ

بهم خفيتْ أطلالها والمعالم

بهم خفيتْ أطلالها والمعالم

Had destiny not made you their intercessor,

Every empowered king spoke with steel

Her ruins and landmarks would have vanished with them.

So every burning conscience from it is burning

تكلَّم بالفولاذ كل مملَّكٍ

تكلَّم بالفولاذ كل مملَّكٍ

فكل ضمير فاحم منه جاحم

فكل ضمير فاحم منه جاحم

Every crowned ruler spoke through steel,

And in every stronghold there is an inspirer from it

So every coal-black conscience blazed with it.

And in every sea there is a ship from it sailing

وفي كل بر معقل منه سائر

وفي كل بر معقل منه سائر

وفي كل بحر معقل منه عائم

وفي كل بحر معقل منه عائم

On every land is a moving fortress of it,

And for the sinking beneath the worlds and above them

And on every sea a floating fortress of it.

Earthquakes from their hands and catapults

وللخسف تحت العالمين وفوقهم

وللخسف تحت العالمين وفوقهم

زلازل من أيديهمُ ورواجم

زلازل من أيديهمُ ورواجم

And for destruction, beneath mankind and above them,

A doomsday of the world except that its torment

Are earthquakes and missiles from their hands.

The innocent and sinner meet it on earth

قيامة دنيا غير أن عذابها

قيامة دنيا غير أن عذابها

على الأرض يلقاه بريءٌ وآثم

على الأرض يلقاه بريءٌ وآثم

A doomsday in this world, except that its torment

Kingdoms in the world you had them destroyed

Is suffered on earth by innocent and sinner alike.

And you are the reconciler between them and peaceful

ممالك في الدنيا لديك تهالكتْ

ممالك في الدنيا لديك تهالكتْ

وأنت الموالي بينها والمسالم

وأنت الموالي بينها والمسالم

Kingdoms across the world have eagerly sought your favor,

And each group is watching in its place

While among them you remain a friend and a man of peace.

So neither is evil neglected nor getting worse

وكل فريق راصد في مكانه

وكل فريق راصد في مكانه

فلا الشر متروك ولا متفاقم

فلا الشر متروك ولا متفاقم

Each side lies in wait in its position,

And the threats of the vociferous are not significant

So evil is neither abandoned nor allowed to grow worse.

And after sayings no action is decisive

وليس وعيد الصاخبين بمنته

وليس وعيد الصاخبين بمنته

ولا عمل بعد الأقاويل حاسم

ولا عمل بعد الأقاويل حاسم

The threats of the clamorous do not end,

When the cheerful optimistic one calls

Nor does decisive action follow their pronouncements.

The sullen agitated pessimist answers

إذا ما دعا مستبشر متفائل

إذا ما دعا مستبشر متفائل

أجاب العبوس المرجف المتشائم

أجاب العبوس المرجف المتشائم

When a cheerful optimist calls,

And no power of an oppressive tyrant lasts

The grim, alarmist pessimist answers.

His means are his sins and crimes

وما عز سلطان لعات مسلطٍ

وما عز سلطان لعات مسلطٍ

وسائله آثامه والجرائم

وسائله آثامه والجرائم

There is no glory in a domineering tyrant's power,

And no people in the age of minds are led to demise

Whose means are his sins and crimes.

As prey is flung at them

ولا شعب في عصر العقول إلى الردى

ولا شعب في عصر العقول إلى الردى

يساق كما ترمَى إليه السوائم

يساق كما ترمَى إليه السوائم

Nor, in the age of reason, should a people be driven to ruin,

And you even if you empowered your bastion careful

As grazing beasts are hurled toward it.

Of people that the people will not ravage the people suddenly

وأنت وإن مكنت حصنك مشفق

وأنت وإن مكنت حصنك مشفق

على الخلق من أن يدهم الخلق داهم

على الخلق من أن يدهم الخلق داهم

Though you have strengthened your fortress, you are fearful

When your state rises in the land the demolished

For humanity, lest a calamity overwhelm humanity.

Upon it and the destroyer are equal

إذا ما علت في الأرض دولتك استوى

إذا ما علت في الأرض دولتك استوى

هنالك مهدوم عليها وهادم

هنالك مهدوم عليها وهادم

When your state rises high upon the earth, equal stand

Whether from the East or the West a transgressor comes

There before it the destroyed and the destroyer.

And cordial affection has presented itself adjoining

من الشرق يأتي أم من الغرب عابث

من الشرق يأتي أم من الغرب عابث

وقد عرض الود العتيد المتاخم

وقد عرض الود العتيد المتاخم

Whether a mischief-maker comes from East or West,

And came to you with friendliness so you returned his greeting

The well-prepared neighbor has already offered friendship,

An answer from you the conquering armies

وجاك بالزلفى فردتْ سلامه

وجاك بالزلفى فردتْ سلامه

جواباً له منك الجيوش الخضارم

جواباً له منك الجيوش الخضارم

And come to you with overtures; his greeting was returned,

They returned to the one who was deranged by the unknown his sanity

As your answer to him, by your mighty armies.

And interpreted the dream for the one who is dreaming

أعادت إلى من جُنَّ بالغيب عقله

أعادت إلى من جُنَّ بالغيب عقله

وفسرت الرؤيا لمن هو حالم

وفسرت الرؤيا لمن هو حالم

They restored reason to the man crazed by the unseen,

And it was that which he encountered while defending

And interpreted the vision for the dreamer.

A warner of what he will encounter and he is attacking

وكان الذي لاقاه وهو مدافع

وكان الذي لاقاه وهو مدافع

نذيراً بما يلقاه وهو مهاجم

نذيراً بما يلقاه وهو مهاجم

What he encountered while defending

And the desirer of war among the people in its name

Was a warning of what he would encounter while attacking.

Returned an adversary negotiating sometimes and bargaining

وعاد مريد الحرب في الخلق باسمها

وعاد مريد الحرب في الخلق باسمها

غريماً يقاضي تارة ويساوم

غريماً يقاضي تارة ويساوم

The seeker of war among mankind returned, in its name,

Insisting on it for a while so when it presented itself to him

As a claimant, suing at times and bargaining.

His screams calmed so he is abstaining

ألح بها حيناً فلما تمثلت

ألح بها حيناً فلما تمثلت

له سكنت صيحاته فهو واجم

له سكنت صيحاته فهو واجم

He clamored for it awhile; but when it took shape

And came with the covenant of alliance arguing

Before him, his cries fell silent, and he stood grim and mute.

In his pact with whom you are arguing

وأقبل بالعهد الحليف رعاية

وأقبل بالعهد الحليف رعاية

يخاصم في ميثاقه من تخاصم

يخاصم في ميثاقه من تخاصم

The ally came forward, honoring the treaty,

And started calling the Turks in Egypt after

Opposing under his covenant whomever you oppose.

A time had passed and he was blaming the Turks

وأصبح يدعو الترك في مصر بعد ما

وأصبح يدعو الترك في مصر بعد ما

تقضَّى زمانٌ وهو في الترك لائم

تقضَّى زمانٌ وهو في الترك لائم

He began inviting the Turks into Egypt, after

And he used to fear their army while lying in wait

An age had passed in which he reproached the Turks.

So he started hoping for their army and it is coming

وقد كان يخشى جيشهم وهو راصدٌ

وقد كان يخشى جيشهم وهو راصدٌ

فأصبح يرجو جيشهم وهو قادم

فأصبح يرجو جيشهم وهو قادم

He had feared their army as it lay in wait,

Taking refuge in them as companions for Egypt while behind them

But now hopes for their army as it approaches.

Bedouins confusing it and non-Arabs

يلوذ بهم صحباً لمصر وخلفهم

يلوذ بهم صحباً لمصر وخلفهم

أعاريب يسترعونها وأعاجم

أعاريب يسترعونها وأعاجم

He seeks refuge with them as Egypt's friends; behind them

You did not bring him near out of affinity and them

Are Bedouin Arabs and non-Arabs seeking her protection.

But it is his needs and he is in debt

وما قربته منك قربى ومنهمُ

وما قربته منك قربى ومنهمُ

ولكنها حاجاته وهو غارم

ولكنها حاجاته وهو غارم

No kinship drew him near to you or them,

And those are not books between Egypt and them

But his needs, for he is in debt.

But they are those fickle hearts

وما تلك كتب بين مصر وبينهم

وما تلك كتب بين مصر وبينهم

ولكنها تلك القلوب الحوائم

ولكنها تلك القلوب الحوائم

These are not mere documents between Egypt and them,

The two sides compete in you politically

But those hearts hovering around her.

So each tribe from them is infatuated with you

تنافس فيك الجانبان سياسة

تنافس فيك الجانبان سياسة

فكل قبيل منهما بك هائم

فكل قبيل منهما بك هائم

Both sides vied for you in diplomacy,

You have chosen proud of your position between them

Each faction of the two infatuated with you.

So you are neither wronged nor wronging

تخيرت معتزاً مكانك منهما

تخيرت معتزاً مكانك منهما

فلا أنت مظلوم ولا أنت ظالم

فلا أنت مظلوم ولا أنت ظالم

Proudly you chose your place between them,

That is how might determines and might is filling

Neither wronged nor wronging.

Your hands and opinion passes and opinion is decisive

كذلك يقضي البأس والبأس مالئٌ

كذلك يقضي البأس والبأس مالئٌ

يديك ويمضي الرأي والرأي حازم

يديك ويمضي الرأي والرأي حازم

Thus might decides, with might filling

The crowding of the life of the worlds and it has

Your hands; and judgment prevails, with judgment resolute.

No alternative to the tremendous apparatus strengthening the competitors

زحام حياة العالمين وما لها

زحام حياة العالمين وما لها

بغير العتاد الضخم يقوى المزاحم

بغير العتاد الضخم يقوى المزاحم

Humanity's life is a thronging struggle, and in it

And in it the few and powerless are not equal

No contender can prevail without massive armaments.

Nor are its hawks and doves equal

ولا يستوي فيها كميٌّ وأعزل

ولا يستوي فيها كميٌّ وأعزل

ولا تستوي عقبانها والحمائم

ولا تستوي عقبانها والحمائم

An armored warrior and an unarmed man are not equal in it,

And there is no good in a kingdom if it does not have for it

Nor are its eagles equal to its doves.

Troops from its sons and sturdy pillars

ولا خير في ملك إذا لم يكن له

ولا خير في ملك إذا لم يكن له

ضراغم من أبنائه وقشاعم

ضراغم من أبنائه وقشاعم

There is no good in a kingdom unless it has

You have concluded the jihad of the worlds yet

Lions and mighty eagles among its sons.

For the great openings the seals

ختمت جهاد العالمين وإنما

ختمت جهاد العالمين وإنما

لعود الفتوحات الكبار الخواتم

لعود الفتوحات الكبار الخواتم

You brought mankind's struggle to a close; yet

You count them completing what you want

Endings serve only to bring great conquests back.

And for them in it you are leader and ruler

تعدُّهُمُ مستكملاً ما تريده

تعدُّهُمُ مستكملاً ما تريده

وأنت لهم فيه زعيم وحاكم

وأنت لهم فيه زعيم وحاكم

You prepare them, completing what you desire,

And whoever verified his words so his actions

And in this you are their leader and ruler.

Are narrators to the world for him and biographies

ومن صدقت أقواله ففعاله

ومن صدقت أقواله ففعاله

رواة إلى الدنيا له وتراجم

رواة إلى الدنيا له وتراجم

For the man whose words prove true, his deeds

And it suffices me that I am witness to what you have done

Are his narrators and interpreters to the world.

For Egypt and that I am knowledgeable of the outcomes

وحسبيَ أني شاهدٌ ما صنعتَه

وحسبيَ أني شاهدٌ ما صنعتَه

لمصر وأنّي بالعواقب عالم

لمصر وأنّي بالعواقب عالم

Enough for me that I witnessed what you have done

For Egypt, and that I know the outcomes.