النيلُ العَذبُ هُوَ الكَوثَر

النيلُ العَذبُ هُوَ الكَوثَر

وَالجَنَّةُ شاطِئُهُ الأَخضَر

وَالجَنَّةُ شاطِئُهُ الأَخضَر

The sweet Nile is Al-Kawthar,

The sweet Nile is al-Kawthar

And its green bank is Paradise.

And its green shore is Paradise

رَيّانُ الصَفحَةِ وَالمَنظَر

رَيّانُ الصَفحَةِ وَالمَنظَر

ما أَبهى الخُلدَ وَما أَنضَر

ما أَبهى الخُلدَ وَما أَنضَر

Lush in its expanse and its scenery—

Watering the landscape and view

How splendid is Paradise, and how verdant!

How beautiful is eternity and how green

البَحرُ الفَيّاضُ القُدسُ

البَحرُ الفَيّاضُ القُدسُ

الساقي الناسَ وَما غَرَسوا

الساقي الناسَ وَما غَرَسوا

The overflowing, sacred sea,

The abundant holy sea

Watering the people and what they planted,

Quenching people and what they planted

وَهوَ المِنوالُ لِما لَبِسوا

وَهوَ المِنوالُ لِما لَبِسوا

وَالمُنعِمُ بِالقُطنِ الأَنوَر

وَالمُنعِمُ بِالقُطنِ الأَنوَر

And it is the loom for what they wore,

It is the resource for what they wore

And the bestower of radiant cotton.

And blessed them with the bright cotton

جَعلَ الإِحسانَ لَهُ شَرعا

جَعلَ الإِحسانَ لَهُ شَرعا

لَم يُخلِ الوادِيَ مِن مَرعى

لَم يُخلِ الوادِيَ مِن مَرعى

It made kindness its law;

He made benevolence a law for it

It has not left the valley without pasture.

The valley was never devoid of pasture

فَتَرى زَرعاً يَتلو زَرعا

فَتَرى زَرعاً يَتلو زَرعا

وَهُنا يُجنى وَهُنا يُبذَر

وَهُنا يُجنى وَهُنا يُبذَر

So you see crop following crop,

You see one crop follow another

And here crops are harvested, and here seeds are sown.

Flowing, though it has no neighbor

جارٍ وَيُرى لَيسَ بِجارِ

جارٍ وَيُرى لَيسَ بِجارِ

لِأَناةٍ فيهِ وَوَقار

لِأَناةٍ فيهِ وَوَقار

It flows, yet appears not to flow,

With deliberation and dignity in it

For the unhurried calm and dignity within it.

Pouring down masses collapsed

يَنصَبُّ كَتَلٍ مُنهارِ

يَنصَبُّ كَتَلٍ مُنهارِ

وَيَضِجُّ فَتَحسَبُهُ يَزأَر

وَيَضِجُّ فَتَحسَبُهُ يَزأَر

It pours down like a collapsing hill,

And foaming, as if it is growling

And clamors, so you think it roars.

Brownish in color like its kin

حَبَشِيُّ اللَونِ كَجيرَتِهِ

حَبَشِيُّ اللَونِ كَجيرَتِهِ

مِن مَنبَعِهِ و بُحَيرَتِهِ

مِن مَنبَعِهِ و بُحَيرَتِهِ

Abyssinian in hue, like its neighbors,

From its source and its lake

From its source and its lake,

Dyeing the two banks with its duskiness

صَبَغَ الشَطَّينِ بِسُمرَتِهِ

صَبَغَ الشَطَّينِ بِسُمرَتِهِ

لَوناً كَالمِسكِ وَكَالعَنبَر

لَوناً كَالمِسكِ وَكَالعَنبَر

It dyed both banks with its brown hue,

With a color like musk and ambergris

A color like musk and ambergris.