Sol 6.1

  1. تقدم بقانونك العادلِ

    وأقبل بدستورك الكاملِ

    Advance with your just law,

    and come forward with your complete constitution.

  2. وهات من الرشد العاقل ال

    سبيل إلى الراشد العاقل

    And bring, from rational guidance, the

    path to the rightly guided, rational man.

  3. وقرِّب من الحق ما لم يدع

    مكاناً من الخلق الباطل

    And bring forth such truth as leaves

    no room for corrupt conduct.

  4. ظفرت بتعديل ما في الزمان

    وفيك له قوة الناقل

    You succeeded in reforming the affairs of the age,

    and in you lies the strength to carry it forward.

  5. وجئت الرجال بميزانهم

    تبرِّئه من هوى الهازل

    And you brought men their scales,

    freeing them from the trifler's whims.

  6. وصنت النيابة من تاجر

    يساوم فيها ومن خامل

    And you safeguarded parliamentary representation from a trader

    who bargains over it, and from an idler.

  7. ووسعت للرغبات الخيا

    ر في الموعد الجامع الفاصل

    And you widened the choice available to aspirations

    at the appointed time that gathers all and decides.

  8. وأنت المدبّر للعاجل ال

    عتاد الكريم وللآجل

    And you prepare for the present

    generous provisions, and for the future.

  9. وأنت الكفيل بحسن المصي

    ر للمبدأ الثابت الفاضل

    And you guarantee a good outcome

    for the steadfast, virtuous principle.

  10. أمانة قومك أديتها

    وحق المنيل على النائل

    You discharged the trust of your people,

    and the giver's due from the receiver.

  11. فما للذي كان عوناً لما

    تشاء استحال إلى عاذل

    So why has the man who once supported what

    you wish turned into a faultfinder?

  12. وعاب شؤونك وهو العليم

    بعذرك في الواقع الحاصل

    And he criticized your affairs, though he knows well

    your justification in the circumstances that prevail.

  13. يصد سفينك فوق العبا

    ب والعابثون على الساحل

    He obstructs your ships upon the surging sea,

    while the triflers are on the shore.

  14. ويشمت بالصلح خصم الزما

    ن فيه وفي الصاحب الواصل

    And the age's foe gloats at the reconciliation,

    over him and the companion who maintains ties.

  15. وما برحت شيعة الغاضبي

    ن حرباً على الرجل العامل

    And the followers of the angry remain

    at war with the man who works.

  16. وإنك في شاغل من أمو

    ر مصر وهم منك في شاغل

    And you are occupied with the affairs

    of Egypt, while they are occupied with you.

  17. وأنت لأدرانهم غاسل

    وهم يحقدون على الغاسل

    And you wash away their stains,

    while they bear rancor against the cleanser.

  18. تلطفت يوماً بهم فاعتدوا

    على الجار والأهل والنازل

    You treated them gently one day, whereupon they attacked

    the neighbor, the family, and the guest.

  19. وهل أذعنوا لك بعد الذي

    تلقّوه من بأسك الهائل

    And did they submit to you after what

    they experienced of your formidable might?

  20. وإن انتزاعك سلطانهم

    كنزع السلاح من القاتل

    And your wresting their power away

    is like wresting a weapon from a killer.

  21. مجانين بالحكم يبغونه

    وحسبهم الدهر من حائل

    Mad for rule, they seek it,

    and time is obstacle enough for them.

  22. وفي أي شرع سوى شرعهم

    تكون الرياسة للجاهل

    And under what law, other than theirs,

    does leadership belong to the ignorant?

  23. وفي أي عهد سوى عهدهم

    تكون الحكومة للغافل

    And in what age, other than theirs,

    does government belong to the heedless?

  24. وقد يئسوا من مثار النفوس

    ومن عود نجمهم الآفل

    And they have lost hope of stirring souls,

    and of their setting star's return.

  25. وطال سبيلهم والتوى

    فعادوا إلى السند المائل

    And their road grew long and winding,

    so they returned to the leaning support.

  26. يبثون رسلهم في الدجى

    ويلتمسون رضى الخاذل

    They send their envoys out into the darkness

    and seek the favor of the one who fails them.

  27. يماطلهم وهمُ واقفون

    على بابه وقفة السائل

    He puts them off while they stand

    at his door like a beggar.

  28. وليس يبالي بذلِّ المقي

    مِ منهم ولا بأسى الراحل

    And he cares nothing for the humiliation of the one who stays

    among them, nor for the grief of the one who leaves.

  29. وشاهد منك المراس الشديد

    فجاء بتسليمه الشامل

    And he witnessed your formidable mettle,

    so he offered his complete submission.

  30. وصار غنياً بهذا الوداد

    إليك عن العنت الزائل

    And he became, through this goodwill

    toward you, free of the hardship now past.

  31. ملكت فدى الشعب في حزبه

    وعقباه في يومك الحافل

    You held the people's redemption in their distress,

    and their ultimate fate on your eventful day.

  32. ومكنته باتحاد الرفا

    ق من حقه الراجع الآيل

    And you enabled them, through the comrades' unity,

    to obtain their right, returning and accruing to them.

  33. يقين المصرِّ على رأيه

    ألفت ومقدرة الآمل

    The conviction of one steadfast in his opinion

    you united with the capacity of the hopeful.