بَني مِصرٍ مَكانُكُمو تَهَيّا

بَني مِصرٍ مَكانُكُمو تَهَيّا

فَهَيّا مَهِّدوا لِلمُلكِ هَيّا

فَهَيّا مَهِّدوا لِلمُلكِ هَيّا

Sons of Egypt, your place stands ready.

O Egyptians, yours is an abode I extol

So come, prepare the way for sovereignty—come!

So arise and pave the way for the king, arise!

خُذوا شَمسَ النَهارِ لَهُ حُلِيّاً

خُذوا شَمسَ النَهارِ لَهُ حُلِيّاً

أَلَم تَكُ تاجَ أَوَّلِكُم مَلِيّا

أَلَم تَكُ تاجَ أَوَّلِكُم مَلِيّا

Take the sun of day as its adornment.

Take the sun of daytime as adornment for him

Was it not long the crown of your forebears?

Was not your first crown once embellished?

عَلى الأَخلاقِ خُطّوا المُلكَ وَاِبنوا

عَلى الأَخلاقِ خُطّوا المُلكَ وَاِبنوا

فَلَيسَ وَراءَها لِلعِزِّ رُكنُ

فَلَيسَ وَراءَها لِلعِزِّ رُكنُ

Upon moral virtue, lay out sovereignty and build.

On morals, inscribe the monarchy and build it

For beyond virtue, glory has no pillar.

For beyond them there is no pillar of glory

أَلَيسَ لَكُم بِوادي النيلِ عَدنُ

أَلَيسَ لَكُم بِوادي النيلِ عَدنُ

وَكَوثَرُها الَّذي يَجري شَهِيّا

وَكَوثَرُها الَّذي يَجري شَهِيّا

Is there not an Eden for you in the Nile Valley,

Do you not in the Nile Valley have Eden

And its Kawthar, which flows sweetly?

And its copious flow running delightfully?

لَنا وَطَنٌ بِأَنفُسِنا نَقيهِ

لَنا وَطَنٌ بِأَنفُسِنا نَقيهِ

وَبِالدُنيا العَريضَةِ نَفتَديهِ

وَبِالدُنيا العَريضَةِ نَفتَديهِ

We have a homeland we protect with our lives,

We have a country of our own we keep pure

And ransom with the whole wide world.

And for the wide world we sacrifice it

إِذا ما سيلَتِ الأَرواحُ فيهِ

إِذا ما سيلَتِ الأَرواحُ فيهِ

بَذَلناها كَأَن لَم نُعطِ شَيّا

بَذَلناها كَأَن لَم نُعطِ شَيّا

If lives are asked for in its cause,

When souls gush forth in it

We give them freely, as though we had given nothing.

We spend them as if we'd given nothing

لَنا الهَرَمُ الَّذي صَحِبَ الزَمانا

لَنا الهَرَمُ الَّذي صَحِبَ الزَمانا

وَمِن حدَثانِهِ أَخَذَ الأَمانا

وَمِن حدَثانِهِ أَخَذَ الأَمانا

Ours is the pyramid that has kept company with time,

Ours is the pyramid which time befriended

And secured safety from its vicissitudes.

And from its news it drew reassurance

وَنَحنُ بَنو السَنا العالي نَمانا

وَنَحنُ بَنو السَنا العالي نَمانا

أَوائِلُ عَلَّموا الأُمَمَ الرُقِيّا

أَوائِلُ عَلَّموا الأُمَمَ الرُقِيّا

And we are sons of lofty radiance, nurtured by

We are the lofty obelisk that stood erect

Forebears who taught the nations to advance.

The ancients taught nations nobility

تَطاوَلَ عَهدُهُم عِزّاً وَفَخرا

تَطاوَلَ عَهدُهُم عِزّاً وَفَخرا

فَلَمّا آلَ لِلتاريخِ ذُخرُ

فَلَمّا آلَ لِلتاريخِ ذُخرُ

Their era stretched long in glory and pride;

Long was their era in glory and pride

Then, when it passed into history as a treasure,

And when it was history’s treasure

نَشَأنا نَشأَةً في المَجدِ أُخرى

نَشَأنا نَشأَةً في المَجدِ أُخرى

جَعَلنا الحَقَّ مَظهَرَها العَلِيّا

جَعَلنا الحَقَّ مَظهَرَها العَلِيّا

We rose anew in glory;

We were reborn in glory anew

We made truth its exalted expression.

Making truth its lofty manifestation

جَعَلنا مِصرَ مِلَّةَ ذي الجَلالِ

جَعَلنا مِصرَ مِلَّةَ ذي الجَلالِ

وَأَلَفنا الصَليبَ عَلى الهِلالِ

وَأَلَفنا الصَليبَ عَلى الهِلالِ

We made Egypt the faith of the Lord of Majesty,

We made Egypt the nation of Divine Majesty

And embraced the cross upon the crescent.

And wedded the cross to the crescent

وَأَقبَلنا كَصَفٍّ مِن عَوالِ

وَأَقبَلنا كَصَفٍّ مِن عَوالِ

يُشَدُّ السَمهَرِيُّ السَمهَرِيّا

يُشَدُّ السَمهَرِيُّ السَمهَرِيّا

And advanced like a rank of lofty spears:

And came in ranks, strong and allied

One sturdy lance is bound fast to another.

As warriors strengthened warriors staunchly

نَرومُ لِمِصرَ عِزّاً لا يُرامُ

نَرومُ لِمِصرَ عِزّاً لا يُرامُ

يَرِفُّ عَلى جَوانِبِه السَلامُ

يَرِفُّ عَلى جَوانِبِه السَلامُ

We seek for Egypt unassailable glory,

For Egypt we seek glory unassailable

Along whose sides peace flutters,

With peace waving on its flanks

وَيَنعَمُ فيهِ جيرانٌ كِرامُ

وَيَنعَمُ فيهِ جيرانٌ كِرامُ

فَلَن تَجِدَ النَزيلَ بِنا شَقِيّا

فَلَن تَجِدَ النَزيلَ بِنا شَقِيّا

And noble neighbors live in comfort within it;

And honored neighbors reveling in it

So you will never find a guest unhappy among us.

No lodger will find us wretched

نَقومُ عَلى البِنايَةِ مُحسِنينا

نَقومُ عَلى البِنايَةِ مُحسِنينا

وَنَعهَدُ بِالتَمامِ إِلى بَنينا

وَنَعهَدُ بِالتَمامِ إِلى بَنينا

We take charge of the building, doing it well,

We stand erect in our building

And entrust its completion to our sons.

Entrusting completion to our children

إِلَيكِ نَموتُ مِصرُ كَما حَيينا

إِلَيكِ نَموتُ مِصرُ كَما حَيينا

وَيَبقى وَجهُكِ المَفدِيُّ حَيّا

وَيَبقى وَجهُكِ المَفدِيُّ حَيّا

For you we die, Egypt, as we have lived,

To you we die, Egypt, as we lived

And your face, redeemed by sacrifice, lives on.

With your redemptive countenance enduring