للّه يومٌ جَرَى باليُمْن طائرُه

للّه يومٌ جَرَى باليُمْن طائرُه

ورُدِّدت في فَمِ الدّنْيا بَشَائرُه

ورُدِّدت في فَمِ الدّنْيا بَشَائرُه

What a wondrous day—its bird of omen sped with good fortune,

For Allah there came a day whose bird flew in good fortune,

And its glad tidings were echoed in the world's mouth!

And its tidings were echoed in the mouth of the world.

يومٌ تَحلّى بِحُسْن الوَعْدِ أوّلُه

يومٌ تَحلّى بِحُسْن الوَعْدِ أوّلُه

كما تَلأْلأَ بالإنْجازِ آخِرُه

كما تَلأْلأَ بالإنْجازِ آخِرُه

A day whose beginning was adorned with the beauty of promise,

A day adorned with the beauty of the first promise,

Just as its end glittered with fulfillment.

As the fulfillment shone at its end.

ترقَّبَتْ مصرُ فيه الصُّبْحَ مبتسما

ترقَّبَتْ مصرُ فيه الصُّبْحَ مبتسما

يلُوحُ بالْخَير والإسعادِ سَافرُه

يلُوحُ بالْخَير والإسعادِ سَافرُه

On it, Egypt awaited a smiling dawn,

Egypt awaited in it the dawn smiling,

Its unveiled face gleaming with goodness and happiness.

Waving with goodness and happiness unveiled.

يومٌ أعادَ إلى الأيّام نَضْرَتَها

يومٌ أعادَ إلى الأيّام نَضْرَتَها

كما أعادَ جَمالَ الرَوْض ماطُره

كما أعادَ جَمالَ الرَوْض ماطُره

A day that restored to the days their freshness,

A day that restored the freshness of days,

As its rain cloud restored the garden's beauty.

As the rain restored the beauty of the meadow.

يوم تجلَّى به الفاروقُ مُؤْتَلِقاً

يوم تجلَّى به الفاروقُ مُؤْتَلِقاً

كالبَدْر يجتذب الأبصارَ باهرُه

كالبَدْر يجتذب الأبصارَ باهرُه

A day on which Farouk appeared radiant,

The day the eminent leader appeared radiant,

Like the full moon, whose brilliance draws all eyes.

Dazzling all sights with his splendor.

بدَا فكبَّرَتِ الدّنيا لِموْلِدِه

بدَا فكبَّرَتِ الدّنيا لِموْلِدِه

واستبشرَ الدِّينُ واهتَّزتْ مَنَابرُه

واستبشرَ الدِّينُ واهتَّزتْ مَنَابرُه

He appeared, and the world cried 'God is greatest' at his birth,

At his birth the world exalted and glorified,

And religion rejoiced, and its pulpits trembled with joy.

Religion rejoiced and its pulpits shook.

سُلالةُ الشَّرَفِ العالي وصفْوتُه

سُلالةُ الشَّرَفِ العالي وصفْوتُه

ونُخْبَةُ الْجَوْهَر الصَّافي ونَادِرُه

ونُخْبَةُ الْجَوْهَر الصَّافي ونَادِرُه

A scion of lofty nobility, and its choicest essence,

The lineage of high honor and its elite,

And the choicest of pure gems, and their rarest.

The pure essence and its rarities.

زينُ الشَّبابِ لهُم من هَدْيه قَبَسٌ

زينُ الشَّبابِ لهُم من هَدْيه قَبَسٌ

ما ضلَّ فيه طريقَ المَجْد عابِرُه

ما ضلَّ فيه طريقَ المَجْد عابِرُه

The adornment of youth: they have a spark of his guidance,

The youth's decoration, from his guidance they took a spark,

In its light, no traveler has lost the path to glory.

None who passed by his path of glory strayed.

أقامَ في كلِّ قلْبٍ فَهْوَ حَلُّتُهُ

أقامَ في كلِّ قلْبٍ فَهْوَ حَلُّتُهُ

وحَلَّ في كُلّ طَرْفٍ فَهْوَ نَاظرُه

وحَلَّ في كُلّ طَرْفٍ فَهْوَ نَاظرُه

He dwelt in every heart: he is its raiment,

He settled in every heart so it became his seat,

And settled in every eye: he is its pupil.

And settled in every eye so it became his beholder.

رقَّتْ شَمَائلهُ عزَّتْ أَوَائلُه

رقَّتْ شَمَائلهُ عزَّتْ أَوَائلُه

لاحَتْ مَخَايلُه طابَتْ عَناصرُه

لاحَتْ مَخَايلُه طابَتْ عَناصرُه

His manners were gentle; his forebears were noble;

His features soft, his priorities esteemed,

His signs of promise shone forth; his origins were pure.

His dispositions shone, his elements pure.

فَارُوقُ يابْنَ الأُلَى شادُوا بِهمَّتِهم

فَارُوقُ يابْنَ الأُلَى شادُوا بِهمَّتِهم

مُلْكاً عَلَى الدّهْرِ لا تَبلَى مَفَاخِرُه

مُلْكاً عَلَى الدّهْرِ لا تَبلَى مَفَاخِرُه

Farouk, O son of those who built, through their resolve,

O eminent leader, son of the exalted, with their determination they built

A kingdom whose glories never wear away with time.

An eternal kingdom over time, unmatched are its glories.

آثارُهم تبهَرُ الأيْامَ جِدَّتُها

آثارُهم تبهَرُ الأيْامَ جِدَّتُها

والنيلُ يَشْهَدُ ماضِيه وحاضِرُه

والنيلُ يَشْهَدُ ماضِيه وحاضِرُه

The freshness of their monuments dazzles the days,

Their achievements dazzle the days of old,

And the Nile's past and present bear witness.

The Nile bears witness to its past and present.

راضوا الْجَمُوحَ فأعطاهُمْ مَقَادتَه

راضوا الْجَمُوحَ فأعطاهُمْ مَقَادتَه

وذلَّلوا الصَّعْبَ حتى لاَنَ نافرُه

وذلَّلوا الصَّعْبَ حتى لاَنَ نافرُه

They tamed the unruly steed, and it yielded them its reins,

They tamed the unruly so he gave them his reins,

And subdued the intractable until its restive nature grew gentle.

And subdued the difficult until it became submissive.

يا ابْن الْمَلِيكِ الّذِي عَمّتْ فَوَاضِلُه

يا ابْن الْمَلِيكِ الّذِي عَمّتْ فَوَاضِلُه

وكللَتْ هَامَةَ الدُّنيا مآثرُه

وكللَتْ هَامَةَ الدُّنيا مآثرُه

O son of the king whose favors reached everyone,

O son of the king whose merits encompassed,

And whose glorious deeds crowned the world's head.

And crowned the pinnacle of the world with his achievements.

أحْيا لَنا المجْدَ حتَّى عادَ دَارِسُه

أحْيا لَنا المجْدَ حتَّى عادَ دَارِسُه

وأشْرَقَتْ في رُبا الوَادِي أزاهرُه

وأشْرَقَتْ في رُبا الوَادِي أزاهرُه

He revived our glory, until its faded traces returned,

Revive for us the glory until its harvester returns,

And its blossoms shone upon the valley's hills.

And its flowers bloom in the bosom of the valley.

جَرَت على ألْسُنِ الأيّام مِدْحَتُه

جَرَت على ألْسُنِ الأيّام مِدْحَتُه

حتى توَّهمْتُ أنَّ الدّهْرَ شاعِرُه

حتى توَّهمْتُ أنَّ الدّهْرَ شاعِرُه

His praise flowed upon the tongues of the days,

Praise of him flowed on the tongues of time,

Until I imagined that Time was his poet.

I imagined that time itself was its poet.

المُلْكُ في ظلِّه طَابتْ مَشارِعُه

المُلْكُ في ظلِّه طَابتْ مَشارِعُه

والدِّينُ في عَهْدِه قَامَتْ شَعَائِرُه

والدِّينُ في عَهْدِه قَامَتْ شَعَائِرُه

Beneath his shade, the kingdom's watering places grew sweet,

The kingdom under his shade - its paths prospered,

And in his reign, religion's rites stood firm.

And the religion under his reign - its rituals were upheld.

فانظر تجدْ أملاً في كلِّ ناحيةٍ

فانظر تجدْ أملاً في كلِّ ناحيةٍ

العزمُ يمليه والْحُسنَى تُؤازرُه

العزمُ يمليه والْحُسنَى تُؤازرُه

Look, then: you will find hope in every quarter,

So look, in every direction you will find hope,

Resolve dictates it, and goodness supports it.

Determination dictates it and good fortune supports it.

فاروقُ أنت لآمال الشباب حمىً

فاروقُ أنت لآمال الشباب حمىً

وباعثُ المثل الأعلى وناشرُه

وباعثُ المثل الأعلى وناشرُه

Farouk, you are a refuge for the hopes of youth,

O eminent leader, you are the protector of the youth's hopes,

And the reviver of the highest ideal, and its herald.

Inspirer of the highest example and its promoter.

لما دُعيتَ أميراً للصعيد زهت

لما دُعيتَ أميراً للصعيد زهت

به القبائلُ وازدانت حواضرُه

به القبائلُ وازدانت حواضرُه

When you were named Prince of Upper Egypt, pride was taken

When you were called Prince of Upper Egypt, it shone

In it by the tribes, and its towns grew splendid.

With tribes and its cities were adorned.

وعاده مجدُه الخالي يشافِهُه

وعاده مجدُه الخالي يشافِهُه

وجاء تاريخُه الماضي يُسامرُه

وجاء تاريخُه الماضي يُسامرُه

And its bygone glory revisited it, speaking to it face to face,

His past glory converses with him,

And its past history came to converse with it by night.

And his history accompanies him.

لا زلت قرَّةَ عين الملك تحرسُه

لا زلت قرَّةَ عين الملك تحرسُه

عينُ المهيمنِ والدنيا تُظاهرُه

عينُ المهيمنِ والدنيا تُظاهرُه

May you ever remain the delight of the king's eye; he is guarded

Still the eye of the king you guard,

By the Guardian's eye, and the world lends him its support.

The Overseer's eye as the world backs him.

ودام ملكُ فؤادٍ في علاً وسناً

ودام ملكُ فؤادٍ في علاً وسناً

وعاش للنيل مولاه وناصرُه

وعاش للنيل مولاه وناصرُه

And may Fuad's reign endure in glory and radiance,

May the rule of a heart remain high and eminent,

And long live the Nile's lord and champion.

And may its protector and supporter of the Nile live long.