Sol 6.1

  1. يا مصر لا تقنطى فالنصر قد حانا

    سبحان من أرغم الأعداء سبحانا

    O Egypt, do not despair, for victory's hour has come.

    Glory to Him who humbled the enemies—glory!

  2. ولا تخافى فعين الكل ساهرة

    فالدهر أدبنا جعا وربّانا

    And do not fear: everyone's eye keeps watch.

    For time has schooled us [all] and reared us.

  3. ولقنتنا الليالي من تصرفها

    ما شان من حالة الدنيا وما زانا

    And the nights, through their vicissitudes, have taught us

    What marred the world's condition and what adorned it.

  4. حتى عرفنا بأن العقل رائدنا

    نرعى الجميل لمن بالمثل يرعانا

    Until we learned that reason is our guide;

    We show kindness to those who care for us in kind.

  5. صفات مجد عن الآباء قد ورثت

    بها أقمنا لمجد القطر بستانا

    Qualities of glory have been inherited from our forefathers;

    With them we established a garden for our country's glory.

  6. بها سمونا على الجوزاء منزلة

    حتى غدت لرءوس الكل تيجانا

    Through them we rose in rank above Orion,

    Until they became crowns upon every head.

  7. فظننا الغر نخشاه ونرهبه

    فشان سمعتنا شيبا وشبانا

    Then the fool supposed we feared and dreaded him,

    So he tarnished our reputation, old and young alike.

  8. ورام بغيا وعدوانا حمايتنا

    إن الغبي يظن البيض سودانا

    And sought, through oppression and aggression, to protect us.

    The fool indeed mistakes white for black.

  9. حماية الله أغنت عن حمايتهم

    حاشا نراهم بهذا القطر سكانا

    God's protection has spared us the need for theirs;

    Far be it that we should see them settled in this land.

  10. شبيبة القطر قد قامت على قدم

    تحرر الأم بل تعلى لها شانا

    The country's youth have risen to their feet,

    To free their mother—nay, to exalt her standing.

  11. أم إليهم بعين العطف ناظرة

    غذت بنيها مع الأبان عرفانا

    A mother who looks upon them with a tender eye,

    Who fed her sons knowledge along with [milk].

  12. لا يبتغون سوى استقلال والدة

    كانت لهم في ابتناء المجد معوانا

    They seek nothing but the independence of a mother

    Who helped them greatly in building glory.

  13. فالكل بالروح يفديها وينصرها

    وإن هم اختلفوا رسلا وأديانا

    All ransom her with their lives and rally to her aid,

    Though they differ in messengers and religions.

  14. القلب مؤتلف والدين مختلف

    لكن تراهم أمام الأم إخوانا

    Hearts are united, though religion differs;

    But before their mother you see them as brothers.

  15. كل البلاد جرت شوطا لغايتها

    وكل شعب رأى استقلاله حانا

    Every country has run its race toward its goal,

    And every people has seen its independence come.

  16. وما ونت أمة عن درك طلبتها

    ما بال مصر تقاسى الذل ألوانا

    And no nation has faltered in pursuing its goal;

    What ails Egypt, that she suffers humiliation of every hue?

  17. ما بال مصر وشمس العدل مشرقة

    ترى من انكلترا ذلا وعدوانا

    What ails Egypt, while the sun of justice shines,

    That she suffers humiliation and aggression from England?

  18. فلا وربكلا نرضى حمايتهم

    وإن هم رفعوا للعدل ميزانا

    No, by your Lord, we will not accept their protection,

    Even if they raise the scales of justice.

  19. وكيف والغدر والعدوان ديدنهم

    وقد اسالوا دماء العزل خلجانا

    And how could we, when treachery and aggression are their habit,

    And they have made the blood of the unarmed flow in channels?

  20. كأن مصر وقد قامت مظاهره

    بالسلم صارت بعين الجند ألمانا

    As though Egypt, when she rose in protest,

    Peacefully, had become German in the soldiers' eyes!

  21. أو أن فردون للأبرا قد انتقلت

    فصيروها لأخذ الثأر ميدانا

    Or as though Verdun had moved to the Opera,

    So they made it a battlefield for revenge.

  22. ظنوا النساء وقد قامت مطالبة

    في المركبات بحق القطر فرسانا

    They mistook the women, who had risen to demand

    Their country's rights while in carriages, for cavalrymen.

  23. قوم قد استأثروا بالخير نفسهم

    حتى غدوا في اعتقاد الكل خوانا

    A people who have kept all bounty for themselves,

    Until all came to regard them as traitors.

  24. أما المناصب فاغتالوا حاسنها

    وصيروا صاحب الأوطان عريانا

    As for offices, they usurped the best of them,

    And left the homeland's owner naked.

  25. أبعد هذا يكون الأمر في يدهم

    حاشا نقر لهم في مصر سلطانا

    After this, should power be in their hands?

    Never shall we acknowledge their authority in Egypt.

  26. فثابروا يا بني مصر ولا تهنوا

    فعن قريب نرى صعب المنى هانا

    So persevere, O sons of Egypt, and do not falter,

    For soon we shall see our hardest hopes become easy to attain.

  27. فوفد سعد بنجم السعد مقترن

    له بنجاح حليف أينما كانا

    For Saad's delegation is joined to the star of good fortune;

    Success is its ally wherever it may be.

  28. أما مطالبهم فالنجح رائدها

    إذ عدها ساسة الإنصاف فرقانا

    As for their demands, success is their guide,

    Since fair-minded statesmen deemed them a criterion of right and wrong.

  29. إن غولبوا اغلبوا أوكوتبوا كتبوا

    أو خوطبوا خطبوا الأعيان أعوانا

    If challenged, they prevail; or, if written to, they reply;

    Or, if addressed, they seek the notables as allies.

  30. في حلبة البحث تلقاهم جهابذة

    وفي مقارعة الشجعان شجعانا

    In the arena of debate you find them masters,

    And in combat with the brave, brave men themselves.

  31. من اسم سعد أخذنا فألنا حسنا

    وللنجاح جلعنا الاسم عنوانا

    From Saad's name we drew our favorable omen,

    And made the name an emblem of success.

  32. فسوف نحظى بما نرجو لأمتنا

    ونبصر القطر بالأفراح مزدانا

    So we shall attain what we hope for our nation,

    And see the country adorned with festivities.

  33. وأمة انكلترا تخبو اشعتها

    فيرجعون إلى التاميز عميانا

    And the English nation's rays will fade,

    Then they will return blind to the Thames.