1. أمانة ما حملتم أيها الرسلُ

    ميسورة لكم الأسباب والسبلُ

    What you carry is a trust, O envoys.

    The means and ways are made easy for you.

  2. سيروا كما شئتمُ فالقوم قد وكلوا

    إليكمُ الأمر مقروناً به الأملُ

    Proceed as you wish, for the people have entrusted

    their cause to you, with hope bound to it.

  3. رسالة النيل والأهرام ترقبها

    ممالكُ الأرض ملء الدهرِ والدولُ

    The message of the Nile and the Pyramids is awaited

    by earth's kingdoms and states throughout the ages.

  4. آثرتم لقضاء الحق أنفسكم

    وحبذا لو أصاب القول والعمل

    You have chosen yourselves to see justice done;

    and how fine if word and deed should hit the mark!

  5. إن الألى بذلوا في الأمس ما سئلوا

    أولى همُ اليوم باسترداد ما بذلوا

    Those who yesterday gave what was asked of them

    are today most entitled to reclaim what they gave.

  6. وهل يلام على الجهل الرجال ولم

    يؤذن لهم بتقصّي كل ما جهلوا

    And can men be blamed for ignorance, when they have not

    been allowed to investigate all they did not know?

  7. ما كان إلا عتاباً ما جرى ومضى

    بين الزعيمين لا غيظ ولا دغل

    What happened and passed was nothing but reproach

    between the two leaders, with neither anger nor guile.

  8. فما تعدى فريق قصد صاحبه

    ولا تمشت إلى أغراضه العلل

    So neither side went beyond its companion's purpose,

    nor did flaws creep into its aims.

  9. قد لان ذا كرماً واشتد ذا شمماً

    كلا النظيرين في ميدانه بطل

    One yielded out of generosity, the other stood firm in proud dignity;

    each of the two peers is a champion in his field.

  10. هل كان أليق بالتوفيق بينهما

    سوى دعاتهما لو أنهم عقلوا

    Was anyone better fitted to reconcile the two

    than their supporters, had they but shown sense?

  11. ومن أحب فتى أصفى إخاه له

    إن كان يوماً على الإثنين يتكل

    And whoever loves a man should show him pure brotherly devotion,

    if ever he is to rely upon the two.

  12. ويح الحمى إن تمادى أهله شيعاً

    وويح من نصروا فيه ومن خذلوا

    Woe to the homeland if its people persist as factions,

    and woe to those they support there and those they abandon.

  13. أنطلب اليوم أن تخفى مقاتلنا

    عن الرماة ونحن اليوم نقتتل

    Do we ask today that our vulnerable spots be hidden

    from the marksmen, while we fight one another today?

  14. ماذا على أول الأحرار لو تبعت

    أيدي الأواخر ما همت به الأُوَل

    What harm to the first of the free if their lead were followed

    by later hands, pursuing what the earlier hands intended?

  15. كونوا لمن مهد المسعى وقربه

    إليكمُ خير من يرعى ومن يصل

    Be, to him who smoothed the way and brought it

    within your reach, the best in care and in keeping bonds.

  16. عسى غداً لكم العقبى فيكبركم

    من كان بالأمس يدعوكم لتعتزلوا

    Perhaps tomorrow the final triumph will be yours, and you will be honored

    by those who yesterday called on you to withdraw.

  17. أودِّعُ الركب ميموناً وأُودِعُهُ

    سريرة الشعر فيما راح يحتمل

    I bid the blessed caravan farewell, and entrust to it

    poetry's secret heart among all it has set out to bear.

  18. وأرقب البرق يروي خير ما طربت

    به بلاد وغالى فيه محتفل

    And I await the lightning, telling the finest news ever to thrill

    a land and move a celebrant to boundless celebration.

  19. عوجوا بكل عظيم في سبيلكمُ

    وسائلوا كيف ينجي قومه الرجل

    Turn aside to every great man along your way,

    and ask how a man saves his people.

  20. غريمكم طالب فصل الخطاب فلا

    يأخذكمُ وجل منه ولا خجل

    Your adversary seeks a conclusive answer, so let no

    fear of him or bashfulness take hold of you.

  21. فإن تروا من حديدٍ مائجٍ جبلاً

    على العباب فلا يفزعكم الجبل

    And if you see a mountain of surging iron

    upon the billows, do not let that mountain frighten you.

  22. وإن تروا حلل الفولاذ سابغة

    على الجنود فلا تبهركم الحلل

    And if you see ample robes of steel

    upon the soldiers, do not let those robes dazzle you.

  23. الحق أصبح أقوى من غريمكمُ

    فما تقاربه الأهواء والغيل

    Right has become stronger than your adversary,

    so neither passion nor treachery can come near it.

  24. لا تستهينوا بيوم في ضيافته

    فهو الحياة لواديكم أو الأجل

    Do not take lightly a day spent as his guests:

    for it means life for your valley—or death.

  25. همّوا بها فرصة والشرق منتبهٌ

    والغرب مضطربٌ بالخطب مشتغل

    Pursue it as an opportunity, while the East is awake,

    and the West, in turmoil, is preoccupied with crisis.

  26. إن كان للجدل العقبى ولو بعدت

    كان الكفيل بما ترجونه الجدل

    If debate has the final triumph, however far off,

    debate will guarantee what you hope for.

  27. ومن سعى بصحيح من عقائده

    فليس يعوزه حول ولا حيل

    And whoever strives with what is sound in his convictions

    will lack neither strength nor resourceful means.

  28. خذوا البراهين في ماض لأمتكم

    وحاضر كابر ينمو ويكتمل

    Take your proofs from your nation's past

    and its mighty present, growing and reaching fulfillment.

  29. ولا تبالوا بما ضج الرواة به

    على البريء من الدعوى وما نقلوا

    And heed not what the narrators loudly proclaim

    against one innocent of their charge, nor what they report.

  30. واستشهدوا بضيوف قبل أرضكمُ

    في الخصب والعذب من أخلاقكم نزلوا

    And call as witnesses guests who, before reaching your land,

    had alighted in the bounty and sweetness of your character.

  31. كادت تصيرهم من أهلها فئة

    آثار ما شربوا منها وما أكلوا

    They were almost made a part of its people

    by the effects of what they drank there and what they ate.

  32. وقد أصر على استقلاله وطن

    سمحٌ أباه عليه القوم أو قبلوا

    And a homeland has insisted upon its independence—

    a generous land, whether others deny it that or consent.

  33. حرية الناس أغلى كل ما عرفوا

    من الوجود غلوا فيها أو اعتدلوا

    People's freedom is the dearest thing they have known

    in existence, whether they go to excess in it or remain moderate.

  34. ماذا على معشر همّوا بحقهمُ

    من الحياة تقاضوه أو ابتهلوا

    What blame lies on a people intent on their rightful share

    of life, whether they demand it or pray for it?

  35. واليوم موعد ما شاء القضاء لهم

    كالنجم لا عجل فيه ولا مهل

    And today is the appointed time for what fate has willed them,

    like a star, with neither haste nor delay.

  36. خذوه فضلاً حبوه بعدما اعتذروا

    حيناً وديناً قضوه بعدما مطلوا

    Take it as a favor they bestowed after making excuses

    for a time, and as a debt they repaid after delaying payment.

  37. إن أحسنوا الأمر فالحمد الجدير بهم

    وإن أساءوه فهو الحادث الجلل

    If they handle the matter well, praise is their due;

    and if they mishandle it, that is a grievous calamity.

  38. وإن رفعتم عن الوادي حمايتهم

    فمالهم عوض عنها ولا بدل

    And if you end their protectorate over the valley,

    they will have neither recompense for it nor a substitute.

  39. مصير أمتكم للدهر تكتبه

    أقلام أبرارها لا البيض والأسل

    Your nation's destiny is written for all time

    by the pens of its righteous men, not bright swords and spears.

  40. سيخرجون كرام الصنع فيه وما

    كانوا عليه بغاة حينما دخلوا

    They will depart, noble in their deeds there; nor

    were they aggressors against it when they entered.