1. أشعبان في السنة التاليهْ

    حسانٌ طلائعك الآتيهْ

    O Sha'ban of the coming year,

    Fair are your approaching heralds,

  2. وميعاد مؤتمر المسلمي

    ن في مصرَ للغاية العاليه

    And the appointed time of the Muslims' conference

    In Egypt, for the lofty aim.

  3. نعد اللياليَ محمودة

    إليك ونرقبها دانيه

    We count the nights as blessed,

    Leading to you, and watch them drawing near.

  4. ستجمع فيك شعوبَ اليقي

    ن مصرُ الملبية الداعيه

    In you she will gather the peoples of sure faith—

    Egypt, answering the call and issuing it.

  5. وتسعى الملائك بين الوفو

    د بالوحي رائحة غاديه

    And angels hasten among the delegations,

    Bearing revelation, at evening and at dawn.

  6. يسيرون في أرضها ناضري

    ن تحت سماء لها صافيه

    They walk upon her soil, radiant,

    Beneath her clear sky.

  7. وتروي البروق أحاديثهم

    إلى كل مملكة حاكيه

    And lightning flashes recount their conversations,

    Retelling them to every kingdom.

  8. يحيون أسوار هذا الحمى

    ورايته الحرة الغاليه

    They salute the walls of this sanctuary,

    And its free and precious banner.

  9. يرون الخلافة في تاجه

    كما هي آملة راجيه

    They see the caliphate in its crown,

    Just as she herself hopes and yearns,

  10. مبايعة الواثق المنتهى

    إلى أمد السُّبل الناجيه

    With the allegiance of one sure of arriving

    At the goal of the paths of salvation.

  11. مضى زمن جاء بعض الرجا

    ل فيه بأعذاره الواهيه

    Gone is a time when a certain man came

    With his feeble excuses,

  12. وبرَّأ قوميَ من أهلهم

    يداري غريمهم الداهيه

    And dissociated my people from their kin,

    Placating their crafty adversary,

  13. ورد الخلافة عن أرضهم

    كما تدفع الغرزة الباغيه

    And turned the caliphate away from their land

    As a hostile stab is warded off.

  14. وقد أصبحت مصر ميدانها

    وبيئتها الخصبة الواقيه

    And Egypt has become its arena,

    And its fertile, sheltering home.

  15. كأني أرى في ثغور الحمى

    أساطيله ضخمة راسيه

    I seem to see, in the sanctuary's ports,

    Its massive fleets at anchor,

  16. وجيش الخلافة مستجمعاً

    يسير إلى الغاية القاصيه

    And the caliphate's army, mustered,

    Marching toward the far-distant goal.

  17. ولا بد للحق من قوة

    تحاذرها القوة الطاغيه

    Truth must have a power

    That tyrannical power fears.

  18. أتأخذها مصر محتومةً

    ويطلبها ملك الباديه

    Shall Egypt receive it as her destined charge,

    While the king of the desert seeks it?

  19. دمشق وبغداد مغلولتان

    ومكةُ شاكيةٌ باكيه

    Damascus and Baghdad are in chains,

    And Mecca complains and weeps.

  20. تأست برفقك في حظها

    ولولاك لم تك بالساليه

    She found solace in your kindness in her plight,

    And but for you she would not be consoled.

  21. تود لو انتقلت جانباً

    على النيل أو جاورت ناحيه

    She wishes she could move to a spot

    On the Nile, or somewhere nearby.

  22. وهل بعدما استيقظ المسلمون

    وهبت عواصفهم ذاريه

    And after the Muslims have awakened,

    And their scattering tempests have blown,

  23. وساروا إلى الترك يفدونهم

    وهم دولة المشرق الغاويه

    And they have marched to the Turks to redeem them,

    Though they are the East's wayward state,

  24. وهالوا بني الغرب يستنكرو

    ن ما تفعل الدولةُ العاتيه

    And have terrified the sons of the West, denouncing

    What the tyrannical state does—

  25. تخاطر أنقرة بغتة

    بما هي حاكمة قاضيه

    Will Ankara suddenly take such a risk,

    In her capacity as ruler and judge,

  26. وتقتص من أبرياء الملوك

    وتلك الليالي هِيَ الجانيه

    And exact vengeance on blameless kings,

    Though those nights themselves are guilty,

  27. وينتقل اللقب الفخم من

    صميم الكتاب إلى الحاشيه

    And the august title pass from

    The very body of the book into the margin?

  28. وهل بعد ما آمن الملحدون

    وأخلدت الأنفس العاصيه

    And after the atheists have come to believe,

    And rebellious souls have found repose,

  29. يفارق دينهم المفرقو

    ن فيه مفارقةً جافيه

    Will those sowing discord in their faith forsake it

    In a harsh, unfeeling estrangement?

  30. ولو تبع الدينَ أصحابُه

    لراضوا الوحوش به الضاريه

    And had its followers followed religion,

    They would have tamed the savage beasts with it.

  31. أمان القلوب ونور العقو

    ل في مائج فوقه داجيه

    The hearts' security and the minds' light

    In a surging sea with darkness overhead.

  32. ويا حبذا الدين قيد النفوس

    إذا ما وقاها أذى الهاويه

    And how welcome is religion as a restraint on souls,

    When it protects them from the abyss's harm.

  33. قد ابتلت العصبة المسلمين

    فلم تلق معتبةً قاسيه

    The faction has sorely tried the Muslims,

    Yet met with no harsh reproach.

  34. وأنحت على التاج جبارةً

    بهوجاء قاذفة راميه

    And tyrannically assailed the crown,

    With a reckless onslaught, hurling and shooting.

  35. وهل علمت أنها عاودت

    عصور المغولية الخاليه

    And did it know that it had returned

    To the bygone Mongol ages?

  36. وما تلك أعجوبة في الزمان

    ولكنها علّة فاشيه

    That is no marvel in time,

    But a widespread malady.

  37. وما وقع النجم من هول ما

    قضته ولا قامت الغاشيه

    Nor did the star fall in horror at what

    It decreed, nor did the Overwhelming Hour arise.

  38. فيا صاحب النيل والواديين

    ورب ينابيعه الجاريه

    So, O master of the Nile and the two valleys,

    And lord of its flowing springs,

  39. أبايعك اليوم قبل الشعوب

    بشير خلافتك الساميه

    I pledge allegiance to you today, before the peoples,

    As herald of your exalted caliphate.

  40. تلمسها جدُّك المستعان

    بحجته الحقة الماضيه

    Your forefather sought it—he whose aid is invoked

    Through his rightful, decisive argument.

  41. حماها وفياً لأبنائه

    مؤجلة لهمُ باقيه

    He guarded it, faithful to his sons,

    Deferred for them, yet enduring.

  42. وجازت علياً إلى أحمد

    مقدسة سمحة وافيه

    And it passed over 'Ali to Ahmad,

    Sacred, gracious, and intact.

  43. وأمضى بها أهلك الأولون

    إلى ابن أمينهمُ راضيه

    And your forebears sent it onward

    To their trusted one's son, with its consent.

  44. رأوها عناء لهم بعد ما

    رأوها لمجدهمُ الحاميه

    They saw it as a burden on them, after

    Seeing it as the guardian of their glory.

  45. وصارت منال العدا منهمُ

    وكانت لهم حجر الزاويه

    And it became a means for foes to get at them,

    Though it had been their cornerstone.

  46. سيخلف عهدك عهداً لهم

    مضى بعقائده الباليه

    Your reign will succeed a reign of theirs

    That passed away with its outworn beliefs.

  47. وهم حافظون لمصر الوداد

    ومصر لودهمُ راعيه

    While they preserve affection for Egypt,

    And Egypt cherishes their affection.

  48. وتحفظ يا خامس الراشدي

    نَ جامعة الملة الهاديه

    And you will preserve, O fifth of the Rightly Guided,

    The unifying bond of the guiding faith.

  49. تجيئك تحت لواء السلام

    وتأخذها باليد البانيه

    It will come to you beneath the banner of peace,

    And you will take it with a builder's hand.

  50. وكانت بلادك حصناً لها

    فعادت إلى حصنها ثانيه

    Your land was once its fortress,

    So it has returned to its fortress once again.

  51. ولا هبة ما إليك انتهى

    ولا ما احتفظت به عاريه

    What has come to you is no gift,

    Nor is what you have kept a loan.

  52. وكل مرام على بعده

    جدير بأمتك الساميه

    And every goal, however distant,

    Befits your exalted nation.

  53. إلى أي مستمع اشتكى

    وما أنا ذو العلة الخافيه

    To what listener should I complain?

    Mine is no hidden ailment.

  54. وما ضاق بالسر هذا الضمير

    وحسبيَ أن أطلب العافيه

    Nor has this conscience been straitened by a secret,

    And it is enough for me to seek well-being.