1. خذوا السلام قضاءً غيرَ مردودِ

    واستقبلوا الصلحَ حقاً غير محدودِ

    Take peace as a decree that cannot be reversed,

    and welcome reconciliation as a right without limits.

  2. وأنشدوا اليوم لاستقلال دولتكم

    حرَّ البيان وقدسيّ الأناشيد

    Sing today for your state's independence

    noble eloquence and sacred anthems.

  3. وكبروا للواءٍ فوق حصنكمُ

    عال ونورٍ على الآفاق ممدود

    Proclaim God's greatness for a banner above your fortress,

    flying high, and for a light spread across the horizons.

  4. وطاولوا الدولة الكبرى بما صنعت

    آيات كل كبير النفس صنديد

    Vie with the great power through what was achieved

    by the wondrous deeds of every great-souled champion.

  5. واستوثقوا من رجاء كان بينكمُ

    وبينهم بين تقريب وتبعيد

    Secure the hope that stood between you

    and them, now brought near, now pushed away—

  6. عقبى الذي جدَّ من عزمٍ ومن شممٍ

    وأجر ما طال من همٍّ وتسهيد

    the fruit of earnest resolve and proud self-respect,

    and the reward for long anxiety and sleepless nights.

  7. طلبتمُ وقبلتم من وثائقهم

    ما ليس من عنت فيه وتعقيد

    You requested and accepted from their pledges

    what contained neither hardship nor complication.

  8. واخترتمُ وتلقوا مكبرين لكم

    ما اخترتمُ بعد تجريب وتمهيد

    You chose, and they received with high regard for you

    what you chose after testing and preparation.

  9. ونلتمُ في السنين الخمس ما عجزت

    عنه الفراعين من ملك وتشييد

    In five years you attained what lay beyond

    the Pharaohs' power in dominion and construction.

  10. وهنأتكم رفاقٌ في مجاورة

    وفي مرام وإيمان وتوحيد

    Comrades sharing your neighborhood congratulated you,

    sharing your aims, faith, and belief in God's oneness.

  11. بكل سعي برئ غير متهمٍ

    عَنَا لكم كل جبار ومرِّيد

    Through every blameless, unsuspected effort,

    every tyrant and rebel has bowed to you.

  12. وللقوى أسانيد يدل بها

    إذا استعان ضعيف بالأسانيد

    The strong have supports on which they pride themselves

    when a weak man seeks the aid of supports.

  13. بعض المقاليد في أيديكمُ سبب

    من الزمان إلى كل المقاليد

    Some of the keys in your hands are a means,

    given by time, to gaining all the keys.

  14. وقد رضينا بدعواهم إلى أجل

    رضا القنوع بمصدوق المواعيد

    We have accepted their plea for a delay,

    with the contentment of one satisfied by trustworthy promises.

  15. للشرق يومكم المعزى ممالكه

    بناضر مثله ريان مشهود

    The East shares your day; its kingdoms take comfort

    in a radiant day like it, flourishing and witnessed by all.

  16. سبقتم ودعوتم كل ذي صلة

    بكم إلى أسوة فيكم وتقليد

    You led the way and called all who are bound

    to you to find in you an example to emulate.

  17. جلوتمُ عرضاً كان الهوان لكم

    وإن همُ حسبوه غير مقصود

    You dispelled an affliction that meant humiliation for you,

    even if they deemed it unintended.

  18. وهو الغليل الذي في صدر منتقم

    وهو الطعام الذي في جوف ممعود

    It is the burning rancor in an avenger's breast,

    the food in the belly of one with an ailing stomach.

  19. ضحيتمُ لعزيز بعد خالقكم

    بما غلا وعبدتم خير معبود

    For one dear to you next to your Creator, you sacrificed

    what was precious, and worshipped the worthiest object of worship.

  20. خير من العيش في نعماء مغتصب

    حرية العيش في جرباء صيخود

    Better than life amid a usurper's luxuries

    is a free life upon a barren, stony waste.

  21. عاهدتم القوم أحراراً ومثلهم

    منزه العهد عن عقد وتقييد

    You covenanted with them as free men and as their equals,

    the covenant purged of bonds and restrictions.

  22. وآمنوا بالذي آمنتمُ سبباً

    إلى مصير كما ترجون محمود

    They trusted what you trusted as a means

    to an outcome praiseworthy, as you hope.

  23. وصرتمُ حلفاء القوم تجمعكم

    والقوم حسنى ودود عند مودود

    You have become their allies, bound together—

    you and they—by a loving friend's kindness toward one beloved.

  24. إذا انجلوا فلهم من ود مصر غنى

    عن المعاقل فيها والمراصيد

    If they withdraw, Egypt's affection will suffice them

    without fortresses and watchposts within her.

  25. فليس ترضى من الأيام ناهضة

    والغل في يدها والعقد في الجيد

    For no rising nation accepts what the days bring

    with a shackle on its hand and a bond around its neck.

  26. منّوا بقدر ولو منّوا بملكهم

    وهم بمصر لكانت آفة الجود

    They bestowed a measure; even had they bestowed their kingdom,

    while remaining in Egypt, their gift would have blighted generosity.

  27. نعمت سياسة قومٍ منكمُ فطنوا

    ففجروا الماء من بين الجلاميد

    Excellent was the policy of men among you who understood,

    and made water gush from between the boulders.

  28. وللفريق الذي أدلى بحيلته

    فضل الفريق الذي أدلى بتهديد

    The faction that brought its ingenuity to bear

    has the merit of the faction that brought threats.

  29. لذاك في لينه أعذاره ولذا

    أعذاره في مجافاة وتشديد

    The one has its reasons for gentleness, and the other

    has its reasons for aloofness and severity.

  30. إن كان فينا مغالٍ في مطالبه

    ففيهمُ فئة شتى المكاييد

    If among us someone is excessive in his demands,

    among them is a faction of manifold stratagems.

  31. خذوا من الأمر ما لا بد منه لكم

    زاداً لمرحلة أخرى ومجهود

    Take from this affair what is indispensable to you,

    as provisions for another stage and further exertion.

  32. لشاتكم مرح في الأرض متسع

    من بعد ما خرجت من مسرح السيد

    Your ewe has ample room to frolic on the earth,

    now that she has left the master's pasture.

  33. لا نيلكم عن مجاريه بمنصرف

    يوماً ولا الهرم العالي بمهدود

    Your Nile will not turn away from its courses

    on any day, nor will the lofty pyramid be demolished.

  34. للقوم من ثمر الوادي نصيبهمُ

    وحظُّهم من رحيق فيه مورود

    They have their share of the valley's fruit,

    and their portion of its nectar, there for the drinking.

  35. إذا تناولتمُ منه كفايتكم

    فلتنقع البيد منه غلة البيد

    When you have taken enough of it for yourselves,

    let the wastes slake their burning thirst with it.

  36. والأرض سائرة تمضي إلى أمد

    تسترجع الأرض فيه كل مفقود

    The earth moves on, advancing toward a time

    when the earth will reclaim everything it has lost.

  37. وللهداة فتوح ليس يدركها

    أقوى الغزاة بتسليح وتجنيد

    Guides win conquests that cannot be attained

    by the strongest invaders through armament and recruitment.

  38. وللموفق بين الناس طاعتهم

    لا للدعاة إلى بغض وتبديد

    People's obedience belongs to the reconciler among them,

    not to those who call for hatred and division.

  39. ملوك مصر ملوك الأرض من قدم

    وما أعز وأغلى بعد تجديد

    The kings of Egypt have been kings of the earth since ancient times;

    how much more exalted and precious after renewal!

  40. ومصر مملكة من قبل ما شرفت

    أرضٌ بحكم وذو ملك بتمجيد

    Egypt was a kingdom before ever

    a land was honored with rule, or a sovereign with acclaim.

  41. من قبل عرش سليمانٍ أريكتها

    وبعد محرابها محراب داوود

    Her throne preceded Solomon's throne,

    and David's sanctuary came after her sanctuary.

  42. ومصر يخطب فيها كل مبتهل

    هاد ويهتف فيها كل غرّيد

    In Egypt every supplicant delivers sermons

    as a guide, and every sweet-voiced singer chants there.

  43. ولا لمصر غريم غير معترف

    ولا لمصر وكيل غير معهود

    Egypt has no adversary who does not acknowledge her,

    nor any representative who is not duly entrusted.

  44. أعاد في فرع إسماعيل سؤددَها

    عهدٌ أحق بتقديسٍ وتخليد

    Her glory was restored within Ismail's line

    by an era most worthy of reverence and everlasting remembrance.

  45. أحق باللقب الأعلى بنو ملك

    توارثوا العرش عنه ناضر العود

    The sons of a king are worthiest of the highest title,

    having inherited his throne in turn, its stock still green.

  46. جلالة التاج تتلوها وتتبعها

    حرية الشعب من بيض ومن سود

    The majesty of the crown is followed in its train

    by the freedom of the people, white and black alike.

  47. حب الأريكة منا ما رأى ويرى

    رب الأريكة من حب وتأييد

    Our love for the throne is what has been and is seen

    by the throne's lord: affection and support.

  48. يفدى المتوَّجَ غادينا ورائحنا

    ونطلب الرفق بالأسرى الصناديد

    Those of us going out at dawn and returning at dusk would die for the crowned king,

    and we ask for kindness toward the valiant captives.

  49. جزى المتوَّجُ في الوادي وزارته

    بما أرادته من خير وتسديد

    May the crowned king in the valley reward his ministry

    with the good and sound guidance it has desired,

  50. وما تريد من العطف الحميد على

    نائي المزار وراء البحر مصدود

    and the praiseworthy compassion it desires for

    one far beyond reach, kept away across the sea.

  51. يعوذ بالملك الشعب الحفي به

    من الرزيئة في أحراره الصيد

    The people, devoted to him, seek refuge with the king

    from the calamity befalling their proud free men.

  52. إذا أتم الصنيع القادرون على

    إتمامه وطَّدوه أي توطيد

    When those able to complete a good work

    complete it, they establish it most firmly.

  53. أين الذين نأى صرف الزمان بهم

    عنا فنصحبهم في بهجة العيد

    Where are those whom the turns of time have borne

    away from us, that we may join them in the festival's joy?

  54. وهل يطيب بموجود بنو وطن

    ومن بنيه فريق غير موجود

    Can a nation's sons delight in what they have,

    while a group of its sons is absent?

  55. وهل تذكّر محشودٌ ومحتفلٌ

    عناء معتقل منا ومصفود

    Has anyone gathered, anyone celebrating, remembered

    the suffering of our imprisoned and fettered men?

  56. أنطمئن إلى الخصم العنيد وما

    تراجع الخصم عن نفي وتبعيد

    Shall we trust the stubborn adversary, when

    the adversary has not abandoned exile and banishment?

  57. لم تشق مصر بغلّاب كشقوتها

    بحاسد لكمُ منكم ومحسود

    Egypt never suffered under a conqueror as she has suffered

    from one of you who envies you, and from one who is envied.

  58. كم استعان عليكم خصمكم بكمُ

    فبات يطعن مخضوداً بمخضود

    How often has your adversary used you against yourselves,

    then spent the night stabbing one broken man with another!

  59. خذوا الطريق إلى النائي وشيعته

    إن الطريق إليه غير مسدود

    Take the road to the distant one and his followers;

    the road to him is not blocked.

  60. وناولوه كتاب القوم يقرؤه

    عليكمُ قبل تصديق وتسديد

    Hand him their document, that he may read it

    to you before ratification and correction.

  61. عساه بالحق موفوراً لأمته

    يأتي الخصوم وما عادى وما عودي

    Perhaps, with his nation's rights preserved in full,

    he will approach the adversaries without enmity given or received.

  62. فيطمئن إليهم بعد ريبته

    ويطمئنون إن نادى وإن نودي

    Then he will feel secure with them after his misgivings,

    and they feel secure, whether he calls or is called.

  63. فلا تكونوا عليهم حجة لشجٍ

    من الأباة ولا شكوى لمنكود

    So do not become an argument against them for a grieving man

    among the unbowed, nor a cause of complaint for one ill-starred.

  64. لي كلَّ آونةٍ شعرٌ تردده

    عني التصاريف فيكم أي ترديد

    At every turn I have verse that is repeated

    for me among you by fate's vicissitudes, again and again.

  65. ولست في مبدئي يوماً بمتهم

    ولست في غايتي يوماً برعديد

    I have never been suspect in my principles,

    nor ever a coward in pursuit of my goal.