مَوْلايَ أَيَّدَكَ الرَّحْمَنُ فِي نِعَمِ

مَوْلايَ أَيَّدَكَ الرَّحْمَنُ فِي نِعَمِ

وَفِي ثَنَاءٍ مِنَ الإِجْلالِ وَالْعِظَمِ

وَفِي ثَنَاءٍ مِنَ الإِجْلالِ وَالْعِظَمِ

My lord, may the Merciful uphold you amid blessings,

My master, may the Merciful support you in blessings,

And amid praise born of reverence and greatness.

And in praise of reverence and greatness,

بِالبَابِ ضَارِعَةٌ للهِ مُخْلِصَةٌ

بِالبَابِ ضَارِعَةٌ للهِ مُخْلِصَةٌ

تَدْعُو وَمَا خَابَ مَنْ تَدْعُو مِنْ أَمَمِ

تَدْعُو وَمَا خَابَ مَنْ تَدْعُو مِنْ أَمَمِ

At the door is a suppliant, sincerely devoted to God;

A woman pleading to God sincerely

She prays—and the one she invokes from nearby has never failed—

Calls upon you, and those who call upon you are never disappointed,

بِأَنْ يُعِزَّكِ مَا دَامَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَنْ

بِأَنْ يُعِزَّكِ مَا دَامَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَنْ

يُعِزَّ مِصْراً بِرَاعِيهَا عَلَى الأُمَمِ

يُعِزَّ مِصْراً بِرَاعِيهَا عَلَى الأُمَمِ

That He may exalt you as long as time endures, and

That He may strengthen you as long as time endures, and that

Exalt Egypt through her shepherd above the nations.

He may strengthen Egypt through its shepherd over all other nations,

إِني لَجَارِيَةٌ ثَكْلَى وَمَا وَلَدِي

إِني لَجَارِيَةٌ ثَكْلَى وَمَا وَلَدِي

مَيْتٌ وَلَكِنْ طَرِيحُ السِّجْنِ فِي تُهَمِ

مَيْتٌ وَلَكِنْ طَرِيحُ السِّجْنِ فِي تُهَمِ

I am indeed a bereaved maidservant, yet my son is not

I am a grieving woman who has lost her child,

Dead, but cast into prison on charges.

Yet my child is not dead, but imprisoned on false charges,

فَافْعَلْ كَعِيسَى وَأَحْيِ المَيْتَ تُحْيِ بِهِ

فَافْعَلْ كَعِيسَى وَأَحْيِ المَيْتَ تُحْيِ بِهِ

أُمّاً عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ تَفْنَى مِنَ الأَلَمِ

أُمّاً عَلَى وَشْكِ أَنْ تَفْنَى مِنَ الأَلَمِ

Then act like Jesus and revive the dead; through him you will revive

So act as Jesus did, and revive the dead to bring back

A mother on the verge of perishing from pain,

A mother on the verge of perishing from agony,

وَتُنْجِ زَوْجاً أَذَابَ الضَّعْفُ مُهْجَتَهَا

وَتُنْجِ زَوْجاً أَذَابَ الضَّعْفُ مُهْجَتَهَا

وَوُلْدُهَا الكُثْرُ مِنْ عُدْمٍ وَمِنْ عَدَمِ

وَوُلْدُهَا الكُثْرُ مِنْ عُدْمٍ وَمِنْ عَدَمِ

And save a wife whose lifeblood weakness has melted away,

And save a husband whose weakness has melted his determination,

And her many children, from destitution and annihilation,

And their abundant children from nothingness and nonexistence,

بِالعَفْوِ عَنْهُ وَكَادَتْ كُل مُدَّتِهِ

بِالعَفْوِ عَنْهُ وَكَادَتْ كُل مُدَّتِهِ

تُقْضَى فَمَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ لَفْظَةٌ بِفَمِ

تُقْضَى فَمَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ لَفْظَةٌ بِفَمِ

By pardoning him; his entire term has almost

By pardoning him, as his whole sentence

Been served; nothing remains but a word from the mouth.

Nears completion with nothing left but a word from your mouth.