إِذَا مَا رَمَى مِصْراً بِضَعْفٍ وَحِطًّةٍ

إِذَا مَا رَمَى مِصْراً بِضَعْفٍ وَحِطًّةٍ

غُلاَةٌ مِنَ الأَعْدَاءِ أَوْ جُهَلاءُ

غُلاَةٌ مِنَ الأَعْدَاءِ أَوْ جُهَلاءُ

If Egypt is accused of weakness and lowliness

When Egypt is assailed by weakness and abasement

by fanatics among her enemies, or by the ignorant,

By enemies who are tyrants or ignorant men,

فَكُنْ يَا عَلِيَّ الخَيْرِ أَعْدَلَ شَاهِدٍ

فَكُنْ يَا عَلِيَّ الخَيْرِ أَعْدَلَ شَاهِدٍ

لِفِتْيَةِ مِصْرَ أَنَّهمْ نُبَلاَءُ

لِفِتْيَةِ مِصْرَ أَنَّهمْ نُبَلاَءُ

then be, O good Ali, the most just witness

Then be, O best of goodness, the most just witness

for Egypt’s young men, attesting that they are noble.

That Egypt's youth are a noble people.