أَي رِجالَ الدُنيا الجَديدَةِ مَهلاً

أَي رِجالَ الدُنيا الجَديدَةِ مَهلاً

قَد شَأَوتُم بِالمُعجِزاتِ الرِجالا

قَد شَأَوتُم بِالمُعجِزاتِ الرِجالا

O men of the New World, pause a moment!

O men of the new world, pause!

You have surpassed other men through miracles.

You have become great through miracles, O men!

وَفَهِمتُم مَعنى الحَياةِ فَأَرصَد

وَفَهِمتُم مَعنى الحَياةِ فَأَرصَد

تُم عَلَيها لِكُلِّ نَقصٍ كَمالا

تُم عَلَيها لِكُلِّ نَقصٍ كَمالا

And you understood life's meaning, so you readied

And understood the meaning of life, so you set

perfection to counter every lack in it.

To remedy each flaw a perfection.

وَحَرَصتُم عَلى العُقولِ فَحَزَّمـ

وَحَرَصتُم عَلى العُقولِ فَحَزَّمـ

ـتُم عَصيراً يَراهُ قَومٌ حَلالا

ـتُم عَصيراً يَراهُ قَومٌ حَلالا

And you safeguarded minds, so you put restraints on

You cared for minds, so you prepared

juice that some people deem lawful.

A juice some people see as lawful.

وَقَدَرتُم دَقيقَةَ العُمرِ حِرصاً

وَقَدَرتُم دَقيقَةَ العُمرِ حِرصاً

وَسِواكُم لا يَقدُرُ الأَجيالا

وَسِواكُم لا يَقدُرُ الأَجيالا

And you carefully valued each minute of life,

You valued each minute of life, striving

while others do not value whole generations.

And none but you value generations.

كَم أَحالوا عَلى غَدٍ كُلَّ أَمرٍ

كَم أَحالوا عَلى غَدٍ كُلَّ أَمرٍ

وَمُحيلُ الأُمورِ يَبغي المُحالا

وَمُحيلُ الأُمورِ يَبغي المُحالا

How often they deferred every matter until tomorrow!

How often they put off every matter

And whoever defers affairs seeks the impossible.

To tomorrow, and who defers seeks the impossible!

قَد تَحَدَّيتُمُ المَنِيَّةَ حَتّى

قَد تَحَدَّيتُمُ المَنِيَّةَ حَتّى

هَمَّ أَن يَغلِبَ البَقاءُ الزَوالا

هَمَّ أَن يَغلِبَ البَقاءُ الزَوالا

You have challenged death until

You challenged death until

survival almost overcame extinction.

Immortality almost overcame extinction.

وَطَوَيتُم فَراسِخَ الأَرضِ طَيّاً

وَطَوَيتُم فَراسِخَ الأَرضِ طَيّاً

وَمَشَيتُم عَلى الهَواءِ اِختِيالا

وَمَشَيتُم عَلى الهَواءِ اِختِيالا

And you folded up the earth's leagues,

You folded the miles of earth,

and walked upon the air with proud swagger.

And walked on air pretentiously.

ثُمَّ سَخَّرتُمُ الرِياحَ فَسُستُم

ثُمَّ سَخَّرتُمُ الرِياحَ فَسُستُم

حَيثُ شِئتُم جَنوبَها وَالشَمالا

حَيثُ شِئتُم جَنوبَها وَالشَمالا

Then you harnessed the winds and steered

Then you subjugated the winds and rode

their south wind and the north wherever you wished.

Them wherever you wanted, south or north.

تُسرِجونَ الهَواءَ إِن رُمتُمُ السَيـ

تُسرِجونَ الهَواءَ إِن رُمتُمُ السَيـ

ـرَ وَفي الأَرضِ مَن يَشُدُّ الرِحالا

ـرَ وَفي الأَرضِ مَن يَشُدُّ الرِحالا

You saddle the air whenever you wish to travel,

You saddle the air if you wish to travel

while on earth some still tighten their saddles.

While on earth some still journey on foot.

وَتَخِذتُم مَوجَ الأَثيرِ بَريداً

وَتَخِذتُم مَوجَ الأَثيرِ بَريداً

حينَ خِلتُم أَنَّ البُروقَ كُسالى

حينَ خِلتُم أَنَّ البُروقَ كُسالى

And you made the ether's waves a courier,

You took the waves of ether as a coolness

when you thought the lightning flashes sluggish.

When you wearied of lightning being inactive.

ثُمَّ حاوَلتُمُ الكَلامَ مَعَ النَجـ

ثُمَّ حاوَلتُمُ الكَلامَ مَعَ النَجـ

ـمِ فَحَمَّلتُمُ الشُعاعَ مَقالا

ـمِ فَحَمَّلتُمُ الشُعاعَ مَقالا

Then you tried to converse with the star,

Then you tried speaking to the stars

so you made the ray carry a message.

And charged the rays with discourse.

وَمَحا فوردُ آيَةَ المَشيِ حَتّى

وَمَحا فوردُ آيَةَ المَشيِ حَتّى

شَرَعَ الناسُ يَنبِذونَ النِعالا

شَرَعَ الناسُ يَنبِذونَ النِعالا

And Ford erased the very sign of walking, until

The verse about walking was erased

people began casting their sandals aside.

Until people began casting off their shoes.

وَاِنتَزَعتُم مِن كُلِّ شِبرٍ بِظَهرِ الـ

وَاِنتَزَعتُم مِن كُلِّ شِبرٍ بِظَهرِ الـ

ـأَرضِ أَو بَطنِها المُحَجَّبِ مالا

ـأَرضِ أَو بَطنِها المُحَجَّبِ مالا

And you wrested from every handspan on the back of the

And you snatched from each inch of earth,

earth, or in its veiled belly, wealth.

Whether its surface or depths, treasure.

وَأَقَمتُم في كُلِّ أَرضٍ صُروحاً

وَأَقَمتُم في كُلِّ أَرضٍ صُروحاً

تَنطَحُ السُحبَ شامِخاتٍ طِوالا

تَنطَحُ السُحبَ شامِخاتٍ طِوالا

And you raised in every land edifices

And in every land you erected edifices

that butt the clouds, lofty and tall.

That pierce the clouds, rising high.

وَغَرَستُم لِلعِلمِ رَوضاً أَنيقاً

وَغَرَستُم لِلعِلمِ رَوضاً أَنيقاً

فَوقَ دُنيا الوَرى يَمُدُّ الظِلالا

فَوقَ دُنيا الوَرى يَمُدُّ الظِلالا

And you planted a lovely garden for learning,

And you planted a lovely garden for knowledge

spreading its shade above the world of humankind.

Above the world’s abode, spreading shade.

وَحَلَلتُم بِأَرضِنا فَعَرَفنا

وَحَلَلتُم بِأَرضِنا فَعَرَفنا

كَيفَ تُنمونَ بَينَنا الأَطفالا

كَيفَ تُنمونَ بَينَنا الأَطفالا

And you settled in our land, so we learned

And you came to our land, so we knew

how you nurture children among us.

How you raise children among us.

وَرَأَينا البَناتِ كَيفَ يُثَقَّفـ

وَرَأَينا البَناتِ كَيفَ يُثَقَّفـ

ـنَ بِعِلمٍ يَزيدُهُنَّ جَمالا

ـنَ بِعِلمٍ يَزيدُهُنَّ جَمالا

And we saw how the girls are educated

And we saw the girls learn knowledge

with learning that adds to their beauty.

That adds to their beauty.

لَيتَ شِعري مَتى أَرى أَرضَ مِصرٍ

لَيتَ شِعري مَتى أَرى أَرضَ مِصرٍ

في حِمى اللَهِ تُنبِتُ الأَبطالا

في حِمى اللَهِ تُنبِتُ الأَبطالا

Would that I knew when I shall see Egypt's land,

Would that I know when I’ll see Egypt’s land

under God's protection, bringing forth heroes,

Under God’s protection, growing heroes!

وَأَرى أَهلَها يُبارونَكُم عِلـ

وَأَرى أَهلَها يُبارونَكُم عِلـ

ـماً وَوَثباً إِلى العُلا وَنِضالا

ـماً وَوَثباً إِلى العُلا وَنِضالا

and see its people rival you in knowledge,

And see its people vie with you

in leaping toward the heights, and in striving.

In knowledge and zeal for sublime struggle!

قَد نَفَضنا عَنّا الكَرى وَاِبتَدَرنا

قَد نَفَضنا عَنّا الكَرى وَاِبتَدَرنا

فُرَصَ العَيشِ وَاِنتَقَلنا اِنتِقالا

فُرَصَ العَيشِ وَاِنتَقَلنا اِنتِقالا

We have shaken slumber off ourselves and rushed to seize

We shook off worries and seized

life's opportunities, and truly moved forward.

Chances for life, moving on.

وَعَلِمنا بِأَنَّ غَفلَةَ يَومٍ

وَعَلِمنا بِأَنَّ غَفلَةَ يَومٍ

تَحرِمُ المَرءَ سَعيَهُ أَحوالا

تَحرِمُ المَرءَ سَعيَهُ أَحوالا

And we learned that a day's heedlessness

And we knew that one heedless day

robs a person of years of effort.

Deprives a man of his lifelong toil.

فَشَقَقنا إِلى الحَياةِ طَريقاً

فَشَقَقنا إِلى الحَياةِ طَريقاً

وَأَصَبنا عَلى الزِحامِ مَجالا

وَأَصَبنا عَلى الزِحامِ مَجالا

So we cleaved a path toward life,

So we split a path to life

and found room despite the throng.

And found room in the crush.

وَنَهَضنا في ظِلِّ عَرشِ فُؤادٍ

وَنَهَضنا في ظِلِّ عَرشِ فُؤادٍ

وَرَفَعنا لِعَهدِهِ تِمثالا

وَرَفَعنا لِعَهدِهِ تِمثالا

And we rose in the shade of Fuad's throne,

And we rose in the shade of a heart’s throne,

and raised a monument to his reign.

And raised a statue to its era.

قَد أَبى اللَهُ أَن نَعيشَ عَلى النا

قَد أَبى اللَهُ أَن نَعيشَ عَلى النا

سِ وَإِن ضاقَتِ الوُجوهَ عِيالا

سِ وَإِن ضاقَتِ الوُجوهَ عِيالا

God has refused to let us live off

God refused that we live off people

people as dependents, even when our means grow straitened.

Though faces contracted in want.