1. سِحْرٌ نطقتُ به وأنت المنْطِقُ

    ولكَ الولاءُ ولي بعرشكَ موثِقُ

    Magic I have uttered, and you give me speech.

    Yours is my allegiance; to your throne I am bound by a pledge.

  2. يا أفقَ إلهامي ووحيَ خواطِرِي

    هذا نشيدي في سمائِكَ يَخفِقُ

    O horizon of my inspiration, revelation of my thoughts,

    Here is my song, fluttering in your sky.

  3. توحِي إليَّ الشعرَ علويَّ السنا

    مصرٌ، ونورُ شبابِكَ المتألِّقُ

    Poetry of heavenly radiance is breathed into me by

    Egypt and the shining light of your youth.

  4. وشواردٌ هزَّ النجومَ رويُّها

    والكونُ مُصغٍ والشعاعُ يُصَفِّقُ

    And wandering verses whose rhyme has shaken the stars,

    While the cosmos listens and the radiance applauds.

  5. في ليلةٍ للنفس فيها هِزَّةٌ

    ولكلِّ قلبٍ صبوةٌ وتشوُّقُ

    On a night that sends a thrill through the soul,

    And every heart knows ardor and longing.

  6. رَيَّا الأديمِ كلجَّةٍ مسجورةٍ

    يسري عليها للملائِكِ زورَقُ

    Dewy-faced, like a sea set ablaze,

    Across it glides a skiff for the angels.

  7. غنَّى بها الشعرُ الطروبُ وأقبلتْ

    بالزهرِ حوريَّاتُهُ تتمنطَقُ

    Rapturous poetry sang there, and forward came

    Its houris, girdling themselves with flowers.

  8. وشدا الرعاةُ المُلْهَمُون كأنَّما

    سيناءُ من قَبَسِ النبوَّةِ تُشرِقُ

    And inspired shepherds sang, as though

    Sinai were shining with a spark of prophecy.

  9. هيَ من طوالِعِكَ الحسانِ، وإنَّه

    أَمَلٌ لمِصْرَ على يديكَ يُحَقَّقُ

    It is among your fair omens, and this is

    A hope for Egypt fulfilled at your hands.

  10. مصرٌ إذا سُئِلَتْ فأنت لسانُها

    وجنانُها، وشعورُها المتدفِّقُ

    If Egypt is questioned, you are her tongue,

    Her heart, and her overflowing feeling.

  11. فَتَلَقَّ فرحتَها بعيدكَ إِنَّه

    عيدٌ يهنئُ مصرَ فيه المَشرِقُ

    So welcome her joy at your celebration, for it is

    A festival when the East congratulates Egypt.

  12. مولايَ هلْ لي أن أُقَبِّلَ راحةً

    بيضاءَ تُحْيِي المأثراتِ وتَخْلُقُ

    My lord, may I kiss a palm

    White, reviving noble deeds and creating them?

  13. مَرَّتْ على الوادي، فكلُّ شعابِهِ

    عَيْنٌ مفَجَّرَةٌ، وغصنٌ مُورِقُ

    It passed over the valley, and every ravine became

    A spring bursting forth, and a leafy bough.

  14. وجَلَوْتهَا للناظرينَ فأبصروا

    برهانَ ربك ساطعًا يتألَّقُ

    And you unveiled it to onlookers, who beheld

    Your Lord's proof, shining and resplendent.

  15. لو رُدَّ فرعونٌ وسِحْرُ دعاتِهِ

    وتساءَلوا بكَ مُجْمِعِينَ وأحدَقُوا

    Were Pharaoh and his advocates' sorcery brought back,

    And all together they asked about you and gathered round,

  16. لَقِفَتْ عصاكَ عصيَّهُم فتصايَحُوا

    لا سحرَ بعد اليوم، أنتَ مُصَدَّقُ

    Your staff would swallow their staves, and they would cry out:

    No magic after today—you are believed!

  17. يا باعثَ الروحِ الفتيِّ بأمةٍ

    تسمو بها آمالُها وتُحَلِّقُ

    O you who awaken a youthful spirit in a nation

    Whose hopes lift it high and take wing,

  18. أغلى الذخائر في كنوز فخارِها

    تاجٌ يُجَمِّلُهُ بنورِكَ مفرِقُ

    The dearest treasure in the hoards of her pride

    Is a crown your brow adorns with your light.

  19. صاغَتْهُ من آمالِهَا ودمائِهَا

    وأَجَلُّهُنَّ دمُ الشباب المُهْرَقُ

    She fashioned it from her hopes and her blood,

    And noblest among them is the shed blood of youth.

  20. إن أنسَ، لا يَنْسَ اليمينَ ويومَهُ

    قلبي الطروبُ وجَفْنيَ المغرَوْرِقُ

    If I forget, these will not forget the oath and its day:

    My rapturous heart and my tear-brimming eye,

  21. وهُتافُ روحي في خِضَمٍّ صاخبٍ

    خِلْتُ الفضاءَ الرَّحْبَ فيهِ يَغْرَقُ

    And my spirit's cry amid a clamorous sea,

    In which I thought the vastness of space was drowning.

  22. القائدُ الأعلى، وتحتَ لوائِهِ

    حُرَّاسُ مصرَ الباسلونَ السُّبَّقُ

    The supreme commander—and beneath his banner,

    Egypt's valiant, foremost guardians.

  23. طَافوا بساحَتِكَ الكريمةِ فيلقًا

    يَحْدُوهُ منْ آمالِ مصرٍ فَيْلَقُ

    They circled your noble court, a legion

    Urged onward by a legion of Egypt's hopes.

  24. وأَنَلْتَهُمْ شَرَفَ المُثُولِ فَقَرَّبوا

    مُهَجًا يَحوطُكَ حُبُّها وَيُطَوِّقُ

    And you granted them the honor of an audience; they offered

    Souls whose love protects and encircles you.

  25. وضعوا الأكُفَّ على الكتاب وأقْسموا

    وسيُوفُهُمْ من لَهْفَةٍ تَتَحَرَّقُ

    They placed their palms upon the Book and swore,

    And their swords burned with longing.

  26. أَوْمَا لها الماضي، فجُنَّ حديدُهَا

    حتى تكادَ بغيرِ كَفٍّ تُمْشَقُ

    The past beckoned to them, and their steel ran wild,

    Till they were almost unsheathed without a hand.

  27. ذَكَرَتْ بك النصرَ المبينَ وفاتِحًا

    يطأُ الجبالَ الشامخاتِ ويَصعَقُ

    In you they recalled clear victory and a conqueror

    Who treads the towering mountains and strikes like thunder.

  28. يا صنوَ إبراهيمَ، لو ناديتُه

    بك لاستجابَ وجاءَ باسمِكَ يَنْطِقُ

    O kindred spirit of Ibrahim, if I called him

    Through you, he would answer and come speaking your name.

  29. لك مصرُ، والسودانُ، والنهر الذي

    يَحْيَا المواتُ به، ويغنَى المُمْلِقُ

    Yours are Egypt, Sudan, and the river whereby

    Barren land revives and the destitute grow rich.

  30. عرشٌ قوائِمُهُ التُّقَى، وظلَالُهُ

    عَدْلٌ، وروحانيَّةٌ، وتَرَفُّقُ

    A throne whose pillars are piety, whose shade

    Is justice, spirituality, and gentleness.

  31. المسجدُ الأقصى يودُّ لَوَ انَّهُ

    أسرى إليهِ بكَ الخيالُ الشيِّقُ

    Al-Aqsa Mosque wishes that

    Yearning fancy might bear you to it by night.

  32. كَمْ وقفةٍ لَكَ في الصلاةِ كأنَّمَا

    عمرٌ تَحُفُّ به القلوبُ وتَخْفُقُ

    How often you have stood in prayer, as though

    You were Umar, with hearts thronging and beating round him.

  33. لما وقفتَ تَلَفَّتَ المحرابُ منْ

    فَرَحٍ، وأنتَ لديهِ حانٍ مطرِقُ

    When you stood, the prayer niche turned around in

    Joy, while you bowed before it, head lowered.

  34. ويكاد من بَهَجٍ يُضِيءُ سِراجَه

    وجهٌ عليه من الطهارَةِ رَوْنَقُ

    And in delight its lamp is almost lit by

    A face aglow with the luster of purity.

  35. أحْييْتَ سُنَّةَ مالكينَ سما بِهِمْ

    في الشرقِ أوجُ حَضَارَةٍ لا يُلْحَقُ

    You revived the tradition of sovereigns borne aloft

    In the East by civilization's unsurpassed height,

  36. فانينَ في حبِّ الإله، ولنْ تَرَى

    بعدَ الأُلُوهَةِ ما يُحبُّ ويُعْشَقُ

    Lost in the love of God; and you will find

    Beyond the Divine, nothing to love and adore.

  37. طُهْرٌ عَصَمْتَ به الشبابَ وإنَّمَا

    شِيَمُ الملوكِ به أحقُّ وأخلقُ

    A purity with which you safeguarded youth; and indeed

    The virtues of kings are worthier and fitter for it.

  38. تُغْضِي لرقتكَ النفوسُ مهابةً

    وتَهُمُّ بالنظرِ العيونُ فَتُشْفِقُ

    Souls lower their gaze before your gentleness, in awe,

    And eyes attempt to look, then shrink in fear.

  39. إنَّ السيوفَ تُهاب وهيَ رقيقةٌ

    وخَلائِقُ العظماءِ حينَ تُرَقَّقُ

    Swords inspire awe, though they are slender,

    As do the natures of the great when softened.

  40. ألقى البشيرُ على المدائِنِ والقُرَى

    نبأً كصوت الْوَحْيِ ساعةً يُطْلَقُ

    The bearer of glad tidings cast upon towns and villages

    News like revelation's voice at the moment it is uttered.

  41. عَبَر الضِّفَافَ الحالماتِ فمسَّحَتْ

    جَفْنًا، وهبَّ نخيلها يتأَنَّقُ

    It crossed the dreaming riverbanks, and they wiped

    An eyelid; their palm trees sprang up, preening.

  42. فَرحٌ تَمَثَّلَ مصرَ فهيَ خواطرٌ

    صدَّاحةٌ، وسرائرٌ تترقرَقُ

    Joy took Egypt's form: she is now thoughts

    Bursting into song, and inmost feelings rippling.

  43. اليومَ آمَنتِ الرعيةُ أنَّها

    أَدْنَى لقلبِكَ في الحياةِ وألصَقُ

    Today your people believe that they are

    Closer to your heart in life, more closely bound.

  44. آثَرْتَهَا، فحبتْكَ من إيثارِهَا

    تاجًا شعائرُهُ الولاءُ المُطْلَقُ

    You put them first; from their selflessness they gave you

    A crown whose rites are absolute allegiance.

  45. مَلِكاتُ مصر الرائعاتُ، إذا بدا

    كفٌّ تشيرُ له، وعينٌ تَرْمُقُ

    Egypt's splendid queens—when it appears,

    A hand points toward it, and an eye gazes,

  46. وحديثُ أرواحٍ يَضوعُ عَبيرهُ

    ومنَ الطهارَةِ ما يَضوعُ ويَعبْقُ

    And souls' communion, whose perfume wafts;

    And some purity wafts abroad and spreads its scent.

  47. يا صاحِبَيْ مِصْرٍ، أظلكَّمُاَ الرِّضَا

    وجرى بيُمْنِكُمَا الربيعُ المونِقُ

    O Egypt's two sovereigns, may contentment shade you both,

    And may lovely spring flow through your good fortune.

  48. وفداءُ عَرْشِكُمَا المؤَثَّلِ أمةٌ

    أَمْسَتْ خناصِرُهَا عليه تُوَثَّقُ

    And a nation is the ransom for your deep-rooted throne,

    Her little fingers now bound fast upon it.

  49. يا شمسُ يا أمَّ الحياةِ! تكلَّمي

    فلقد يُثَابُ على الكلام الصَّيْدَقُ

    O sun, O mother of life, speak!

    For the truthful speaker may be rewarded for speaking.

  50. أأعزُّ منا تحتَ ضوئِكِ أمةٌ

    هيَ بالحياة وبالسيادة أَخْلَقُ؟

    Is there beneath your light a nation nobler than ours,

    More worthy of life and sovereignty?

  51. إنَّا بَنوكِ، وإنْ سُئلتِ فأُمُّنَا

    مهدُ الشموسِ وعرشُهُنَّ المُعْرِقُ

    We are your sons; and if you are asked, our mother is

    The cradle of suns and their deep-rooted throne.

  52. عرشٌ لفاروقَ العظيمِ، يَزِينُهُ

    هذا الشبابُ العبقريُّ المشرِقُ

    A throne for Farouk the Great, adorned by

    This gifted, radiant youth.