اليَومَtoday نَسودُwe rule بِواديناin our valley
اليَومَ نَسودُ بِوادينا
وَنُعيدُand we restore مَحاسِنَthe beauties of ماضيناour past
وَنُعيدُ مَحاسِنَ ماضينا
Today we rule in our valley,
Today we live in our valley
And restore the splendors of our past.
And relive the glories of our past
وَيُشيدُand builds العِزَّglory بِأَيديناwith our hands
وَيُشيدُ العِزَّ بِأَيدينا
وَطَنٌa homeland نَفديهِwe redeem it وَيَفديناand it redeems us
وَطَنٌ نَفديهِ وَيَفدينا
And it builds glory through our hands—
Greatness is built by our hands
A homeland we redeem, and that redeems us.
A nation we ransom and it ransoms us
وَطَنٌa homeland بِالحَقِّwith justice نُؤَيِّدُهُwe uphold it
وَطَنٌ بِالحَقِّ نُؤَيِّدُهُ
وَبِعَينِand under the eye of اللَهِGod نُشَيِّدُهُwe build it
وَبِعَينِ اللَهِ نُشَيِّدُهُ
A homeland we uphold with justice,
A nation we support with truth
And build beneath the eye of God.
And glorify with God's eyes
وَنُحَسِّنُهُand we improve it وَنُزَيِّنُهُand we adorn it
وَنُحَسِّنُهُ وَنُزَيِّنُهُ
بِمَآثِرِناwith our noble deeds وَمَساعيناand our endeavors
بِمَآثِرِنا وَمَساعينا
And we improve it and adorn it
We better it and beautify it
With our noble deeds and our endeavors.
With our feats and our efforts
سِرُّthe secret of التاريخِhistory وَعُنصُرُهُand its essence
سِرُّ التاريخِ وَعُنصُرُهُ
وَسَريرُand the throne of الدَهرِtime وَمِنبَرُهُand its pulpit
وَسَريرُ الدَهرِ وَمِنبَرُهُ
History's secret and its essence,
The secret of history and its essence
And time's throne and its pulpit,
The throne of time and its pulpit
وَجِنانُand the gardens of الخُلدِeternity وَكَوثَرُهُand its Kawthar (river of Paradise)
وَجِنانُ الخُلدِ وَكَوثَرُهُ
وَكَفىand suffice الآباءُthe forefathers رَياحيناas fragrant blossoms
وَكَفى الآباءُ رَياحينا
And eternity's gardens and its Kawthar,
The gardens of immortality and its abundance
And our forefathers suffice as fragrant blossoms.
And the forefathers were enough as our role models
نَتَّخِذُwe take الشَمسَthe sun لَهُfor it تاجاa crown
نَتَّخِذُ الشَمسَ لَهُ تاجا
وَضُحاهاand its morning radiance عَرشاًa throne وَهّاجاblazing
وَضُحاها عَرشاً وَهّاجا
We take the sun as its crown,
We take the sun as its crown
And its morning radiance as a blazing throne,
And its glow as a passionate throne
وَسَماءَand the sky of السُؤدُدِeminence أَبراجاtowers
وَسَماءَ السُؤدُدِ أَبراجا
وَكَذَلِكَand so كانَwere أَواليناour forebears
وَكَذَلِكَ كانَ أَوالينا
And the sky of eminence as its towers.
And the sky of the Pleiades as its towers
And so were our forebears.
And so were our early ones
العَصرُthe age يَراكُمُsees you وَالأُمَمُand the nations
العَصرُ يَراكُمُ وَالأُمَمُ
وَالكَرنَكُand Karnak يَلحَظُwatches وَالهَرَمُand the pyramid
وَالكَرنَكُ يَلحَظُ وَالهَرَمُ
The age and the nations see you,
The age sees you and the nations see you
And Karnak and the pyramid look on.
And the pupil observes and the pyramid observes
أَبنيO sons of الأَوطانَthe homelands أَلاis there no هِمَمُresolve
أَبني الأَوطانَ أَلا هِمَمُ
كَبِناءِlike the building of الأَوَّلِthe first one يَبنيناbuilds us
كَبِناءِ الأَوَّلِ يَبنينا
O sons of the homelands, is there no resolve
O children of nations, arise ambitions
To build us as the first builder did?
Like the building of early ones we build
سَعياًstriving أَبَداًforever سَعياًstriving سَعياًstriving
سَعياً أَبَداً سَعياً سَعياً
لِأَثيلِfor deep-rooted المَجدِglory وَلِلعَلياand for the heights
لِأَثيلِ المَجدِ وَلِلعَليا
Strive forever—strive, strive,
Ever striving, ever striving
For deep-rooted glory and for the heights.
For the summit of glory and sublimity
وَلنَجعَلand let us make مِصرَEgypt هِيَit (emphatic) الدُنياthe world
وَلنَجعَل مِصرَ هِيَ الدُنيا
وَلنَجعَلand let us make مِصرَEgypt هِيَit (emphatic) الدُنياthe world
وَلنَجعَل مِصرَ هِيَ الدُنيا
And let us make Egypt the world itself.
And we shall make Egypt itself the world
And let us make Egypt the world itself.
And we shall make Egypt itself the world