أماناً أستطيع به بيانا

أماناً أستطيع به بيانا

فقد بهرت مهابتك الجنانا

فقد بهرت مهابتك الجنانا

An assurance by which I may dare to speak—

Grant me assurance, so that I may speak,

for your majestic awe has overwhelmed my heart.

For your majesty has overwhelmed my heart.

وأنت على وقار منه كادت

وأنت على وقار منه كادت

تميد الأرض ممتلئ حنانا

تميد الأرض ممتلئ حنانا

Though you possess such dignity that beneath it

And you, with a dignity that almost

the earth nearly sways, you are filled with tenderness.

Makes the earth sway, are full of tenderness.

أراك وملء عيني منك حسن

أراك وملء عيني منك حسن

فيفتتن الفؤاد بك افتتانا

فيفتتن الفؤاد بك افتتانا

I behold you, my eyes brimming with your beauty,

I see you, and your beauty fills my eyes,

and my heart becomes utterly enamored of you.

So my heart is utterly enchanted by you.

أحبك هائباً والحب أبقى

أحبك هائباً والحب أبقى

على أمل وأقوى مستعانا

على أمل وأقوى مستعانا

I love you reverently; and love is most enduring

I love you in awe; love better sustains

when founded on hope, and the strongest aid.

Hope, and is a stronger source of help.

يودك ناظري منه قريباً

يودك ناظري منه قريباً

وما خلت الجوانح منك آنا

وما خلت الجوانح منك آنا

My gaze, for love of you, longs to have you near,

My eye longs to have you near it,

while my inmost heart is never empty of you for an instant.

And my breast has never been without you for a moment.

أصاحب مصر سعياً في سلام

أصاحب مصر سعياً في سلام

كفاك نجاحه الحرب العوانا

كفاك نجاحه الحرب العوانا

O lord of Egypt, strive for peace—

O ruler of Egypt, your striving in peace—

its success will spare you a raging war.

Its success has spared you oft-renewed war.

فما ولاك ربك مصر إلا

فما ولاك ربك مصر إلا

لترجع مجدها والعنفوانا

لترجع مجدها والعنفوانا

For God entrusted Egypt to you only

For your Lord appointed you over Egypt only

that you might restore her glory and proud vigor.

To restore her glory and youthful vigor.

فكان وقد نهضت به وحيداً

فكان وقد نهضت به وحيداً

عليك صلاح أهليها ضمانا

عليك صلاح أهليها ضمانا

And when you rose alone to undertake that task,

Thus, when you shouldered it alone,

the well-being of her people became your solemn charge.

Her people's welfare became your responsibility.

وما كلَّفتهم تعباً ولكن

وما كلَّفتهم تعباً ولكن

أمرت عسير أمرهمُ فهانا

أمرت عسير أمرهمُ فهانا

You did not burden them with wearisome toil; instead,

And you did not burden them with toil, but

you took command of their difficult affairs, and they grew easy.

Commanded what was hard in their affairs, and it grew easy.

تنقل في القرى مثل الغوادي

تنقل في القرى مثل الغوادي

جعلنَ لكلِّ إقليمٍ أوانا

جعلنَ لكلِّ إقليمٍ أوانا

You pass among the villages like rain clouds

You move among the villages like morning rainclouds

that grant each province its appointed season.

That have appointed a time for every region.

قسمت حظوظها في الخير عدلاً

قسمت حظوظها في الخير عدلاً

فلم تترك بلا أثر مكانا

فلم تترك بلا أثر مكانا

You apportioned their shares of prosperity with justice,

You apportioned their shares of bounty justly,

leaving no place untouched by your influence.

So you left no place without your mark.

وعلَّمت الوفاء النيل حتى

وعلَّمت الوفاء النيل حتى

رعى ميثاقه فينا وصانا

رعى ميثاقه فينا وصانا

You even taught the Nile fidelity, until

And you taught the Nile faithfulness, until

it kept its covenant among us and protected us.

It honored its covenant with us and upheld it.

ولو خان البلاد اعتضْنَ عنه

ولو خان البلاد اعتضْنَ عنه

محيَّاك المبارك والبنانا

محيَّاك المبارك والبنانا

Were it to fail the land, there would compensate for it

And should it betray the lands, they would take in its stead

your blessed countenance and your giving hands.

Your blessed face and fingertips.

وقد هذبت أخلاق الليالي

وقد هذبت أخلاق الليالي

فعادت في مودتها حسانا

فعادت في مودتها حسانا

You have refined the temper of the passing nights,

And you have refined the manners of the nights,

and they have grown gracious again in their affection.

So they became beautiful in their affection.