1. لكم الفوزُ بعد حزمِ البدارِ

    فارفعوا مجدَ مصرَ في الأمصارِ

    Victory is yours after resolve and swift action.

    So raise Egypt's glory throughout the lands.

  2. احتملتم أعباءَها ومضيتم

    بمقاليدها وراءَ البحار

    You bore her burdens and went forth

    with her reins of power beyond the seas.

  3. وفككتم ذاك الحصارَ وسرتم

    للفتوحات بعد فك الحصار

    You broke that blockade and marched

    toward conquests after lifting the blockade.

  4. سبقتكم أدلَّةُ الحقِ في الآ

    فاقِ لا في سفينة وقِطار

    The proofs of truth preceded you across

    the horizons, not by ship or train.

  5. وتوالت في يمن موكبكم أخ

    باركم بعد موعدِ الأخبار

    And amid your auspicious procession came, in succession,

    news of you, after the appointed time for news.

  6. واعترافُ الزمان أوفى لكم من

    كتبٍ بينكم ومن أسفار

    And time's recognition is more faithful to you than

    documents among you, or written volumes.

  7. تلك حريةُ الحمى مكَّنَتْها

    ورعتها حمية الأحرار

    That is the homeland's freedom, made secure

    and guarded by the zeal of free men.

  8. وامتيازات كل مملكةٍ في

    مصرَ أقوى من جحفل جرار

    And every kingdom's privileges in

    Egypt are stronger than a vast host.

  9. وحروبُ الغزاةِ أكبرُ منها

    غزواتُ الصُنَّاعِ والتجار

    And greater than the wars of invaders

    are the raids of craftsmen and merchants.

  10. قد عرفتم علاجها ووصلتم

    لكمُ منكمُ إلى الأنصار

    You knew their remedy and found your way

    to supporters for yourselves among your own.

  11. وملكتم ضمانَ أمتكم قب

    ل ضمانِ الزمان والأقدارِ

    And you secured your nation's guarantee

    before the guarantees of time and fate.

  12. ووثقتم من الغضابِ على الده

    رِ لكم بالرضى وبالإقرارِ

    And you were assured, by those angered at the times,

    of their satisfaction with you and their assent.

  13. فتلقوا ضريبة الدخل مما

    كان لاستغلالٍ ولاستثمار

    So collect income tax on whatever

    is put to profitable use and investment.

  14. ومن العدل أن يساويَ فيها

    نزلاء الديار أهل الديار

    And it is just that, in this,

    the land's foreign residents should equal its own people.

  15. ضربوا في البلاد يعلون حتى

    زحزحوا طيرَها عن الأوكار

    They ranged through the country, rising until

    they drove its birds from their nests.

  16. واستفادوا نعيمها واستزادوا

    رغدهم في حفاظها والذمار

    They enjoyed its luxury and sought to increase

    their comfort under its protection and shelter.

  17. ذمةٌ تلك صنتموها لهم أم

    هي غلٌّ لكم وقيدُ إسار

    Is that a pledge of protection you have kept for them, or

    a shackle on you and a fetter of captivity?

  18. فخذوا في جدالهم ما أردتم

    فلكم في الأمور كل اختيار

    So take whatever course you wish in debating with them;

    for in these matters every choice is yours.

  19. لا تخافوا سباعهم بعد ما عا

    هدتم الضيغمَ العتيد الضاري

    Do not fear their beasts, now that you have made a pact

    with the formidable, ferocious lion.

  20. كلُّ خصم سهلٌ وكل غريم

    هينٌ بعد ذلك الجبار

    Every foe is easy, and every opponent

    a trifle after that mighty one.

  21. ليس للأجنبي عذر إذا لم

    يعط من فيض أرضهِ والعقار

    The foreigner has no excuse if he does not

    give from the yield of his land and real estate.

  22. حصةٌ من يساره تبتغي مص

    ر ومن مصر ما له من يسار

    A share of his wealth is what

    Egypt seeks; from Egypt comes whatever wealth he has.

  23. كلفةٌ سهلةٌ عليه قضاها

    ما مضى من ضيافة وجوار

    It is a light burden on him, already repaid

    by past hospitality and neighborly shelter.

  24. وجزاءُ المقام لا هبة المح

    سنِ هذا ولا سماحُ الشاري

    This is recompense for residence, not the gift of

    a benefactor, nor a buyer's generosity.

  25. والذي يدفع الخراج كثيراً

    من غناهُ أحق بالإكثار

    And he who pays much in tax

    from his wealth has the greater claim to abundance.

  26. جودكم بالنفوس للملك حتم

    قبل جود النزيل بالدينار

    Your sacrifice of lives for the realm is a duty

    before the resident foreigner's offering of a dinar.

  27. والغريبُ الوفي بالعهد للدا

    ر له ما لأهلها الأبرار

    And the stranger faithful to his pledge to the

    land has the rights of its righteous people.

  28. تتولاه دولةُ العدل فيها

    وقضاءُ الأعزة الأطهار

    The just state there takes him into its care,

    and the courts of the honorable and pure.

  29. ويرى الأمن في حماها ويلقى

    مجدَه في لوائها والشِعار

    He finds safety in its sanctuary and finds

    his glory beneath its banner and emblem.

  30. إن ما نلتموه وهو عظيمٌ

    لقوام الباقي من الأوطار

    What you have attained, great as it is,

    is the mainstay of your remaining aims.

  31. ولقد يقرب البعيدُ من الأم

    ر فيطوى في ليلة ونهار

    What is remote in an undertaking may indeed draw near,

    and be accomplished in a night and day.

  32. مثلُ العزم عندكم وهو خيرٌ

    في المضيقين بعد وادي السار

    An example of resolve is before you—and a good one—

    in the two straits, after the Saar Valley.

  33. هرج والخصومُ حولكم أن

    تستعينوا بالصاحب المتواري

    It is turmoil, with adversaries surrounding you,

    to seek help from the companion in hiding.

  34. ومن الغبن والحوادثُ تترى

    أن تعودوا بمهلة وانتظار

    And it is a loss, with events following one another,

    to fall back on delay and waiting.

  35. لا تقولوا استقر أمرٌ فلا استق

    رار في الأرض للقضاء الجاري

    Do not say, 'A matter is settled,' for there is no

    stability on earth before the onward course of fate.

  36. أيعود الإنسانُ عظماً ولحماً

    بعد ما صار من حديد ونار

    Can man return to being bone and flesh

    after becoming iron and fire?

  37. ضاقت الأرض عنه فاعتاض عنها

    مسبحَ الحوت أو مطار النسار

    Earth grew too narrow for him, so he exchanged it

    for the whale's swimming-ground or the eagles' flight-path.

  38. ونذير الدمار والحرب منه

    قام في كل جانب فحذار

    And from him the warning of destruction and war

    has risen on every side—so beware!

  39. وأتت ترسل الرياح سموماً

    معجزات العقول والأفكار

    And there came, sending forth poisonous winds,

    the marvels of intellect and thought.

  40. وظلامُ الدنيا أحقُ بجاني

    ها إذا ما استعان بالأنوار

    And the world's darkness better befits one who wrongs

    it, when he enlists the aid of lights.

  41. ذاك تيارها وقد ذهب النا

    س جميعاً في ذلك التيار

    That is its current, and people have gone

    all together into that current.

  42. والقويُّ الأمينُ والمصلح النا

    فع أبقى لسلمها والعمار

    And the strong, trustworthy person and the reformer who brings

    benefit best preserve its peace and flourishing.