يَا أَمِيرَ الصَّعِيدِ يَحْرُسُكَ اللهُ

يَا أَمِيرَ الصَّعِيدِ يَحْرُسُكَ اللهُ

وَيَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الصعِيدِ

وَيَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الصعِيدِ

O Prince of Upper Egypt, may God guard you,

O Prince of Upper Egypt, may God protect you

And watch over you, O Prince of Upper Egypt.

And care for you, O Prince of Upper Egypt

تَاهَ شَطْرٌ مَنَ الْبِلاَدِ عَلَى شَطْرٍ

تَاهَ شَطْرٌ مَنَ الْبِلاَدِ عَلَى شَطْرٍ

مُدِلاًّ بِالانْتِسَابِ الْجَدِيدِ

مُدِلاًّ بِالانْتِسَابِ الْجَدِيدِ

One half of the land has boasted over another,

Part of the country has inclined towards another part

Taking pride in its new affiliation.

Sporting the new lineage

لقَبٌ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي لاَ يُسَامَى

لقَبٌ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي لاَ يُسَامَى

خُطَّ فِي مُسْتَهَلِّ سِفْرٍ مَجِيد

خُطَّ فِي مُسْتَهَلِّ سِفْرٍ مَجِيد

A title bearing your name, which none can rival,

A title with your unmatched name

Was inscribed at the opening of a glorious volume.

Inscribed in the beginning of a glorious book

زَادَ مِصْرَ الْعُلْيَا عَلاَءً وَأحْيَا

زَادَ مِصْرَ الْعُلْيَا عَلاَءً وَأحْيَا

بِطَريفٍ مَا فَاتَهَا مِنْ تَلِيدِ

بِطَريفٍ مَا فَاتَهَا مِنْ تَلِيدِ

It heightened Upper Egypt's glory and revived

It gave Upper Egypt prominence and revived

With the new what it had lost of its ancient heritage.

What it had missed of tradition

ذَلِكَ الطَّالِعُ السَّعِيدُ هْوَ

ذَلِكَ الطَّالِعُ السَّعِيدُ هْوَ

الْبُشْرَى لِسُكَّانِهَا بِعَهْد سَعِيدِ

الْبُشْرَى لِسُكَّانِهَا بِعَهْد سَعِيدِ

That auspicious rising star is

That auspicious rising star

Glad tidings to its inhabitants of a happy reign.

Is good tidings for its inhabitants of a prosperous era

هَلْ أَتَتْكَ الأَنْبَاءُ مُمْتَطِيَاتِ الْبَرْقِ

هَلْ أَتَتْكَ الأَنْبَاءُ مُمْتَطِيَاتِ الْبَرْقِ

شَوْقاً مُسْتبْطِئَاتِ الْبَرِيدِ

شَوْقاً مُسْتبْطِئَاتِ الْبَرِيدِ

Have the tidings reached you, riding the lightning,

Have the news reached you, riding lightning

Out of longing, finding the post too slow?

Yearning, delayed by the mail

يَنْبِضُ النَّابِضُ الَّذِي حَرَّكْتَهُ

يَنْبِضُ النَّابِضُ الَّذِي حَرَّكْتَهُ

فَتُؤَدِّي الْحُرُوفُ بِالتَّغْرِيدِ

فَتُؤَدِّي الْحُرُوفُ بِالتَّغْرِيدِ

The spring that you set in motion pulses,

The pulsating heart you stirred

So the letters convey their message in trills.

Utters letters melodiously

فَإِذَا مَا الْوَمِيضُ غَنَّى بِمَا يَنْقُلُ

فَإِذَا مَا الْوَمِيضُ غَنَّى بِمَا يَنْقُلُ

غنَّى الْفَضَاءُ بِالتَّرْدِيدِ

غنَّى الْفَضَاءُ بِالتَّرْدِيدِ

So when the flash sings of what it conveys,

So when the flash sang what it conveys

Space sings in echo.

The sky sings in refrain

وَإِذَا بَشَّ ضَوْءُهُ بَشَّتِ

وَإِذَا بَشَّ ضَوْءُهُ بَشَّتِ

الآْفَاقُ مِنْ صَاقِبٍ بهَا وَبَعِيدِ

الآْفَاقُ مِنْ صَاقِبٍ بهَا وَبَعِيدِ

And when its light smiles, so do

And when its light shines

The horizons, near and far.

The horizons beam, near and far

فرَحٌ قَامَ فِي الْجَنُوبِ وَلَكِنْ

فرَحٌ قَامَ فِي الْجَنُوبِ وَلَكِنْ

شَمِلَ النِّيلَ فِي مَدَاهُ الْمَدِيدِ

شَمِلَ النِّيلَ فِي مَدَاهُ الْمَدِيدِ

Joy arose in the south, and yet

Joy rose in the South but

It embraced the Nile along its far-reaching course.

Encompassed the Nile in its long course

يَا مَلِيكاً جَلاَ عُلاَهُ هِلاَلٌ

يَا مَلِيكاً جَلاَ عُلاَهُ هِلاَلٌ

أَيْنَ مِنْ بِشْرِهِ هِلاَلُ الْعِيدِ

أَيْنَ مِنْ بِشْرِهِ هِلاَلُ الْعِيدِ

O king whose glory a crescent has revealed,

O King, a crescent exalted his grandeur

How can the Eid crescent match its glad radiance?

Where is its good omen from the crescent of Eid

هَزَّ مِيناً أَنْ عَادَ مُتَّصِلاً مَا

هَزَّ مِيناً أَنْ عَادَ مُتَّصِلاً مَا

انْبَتَّ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ بِمُلْك جَدِيدِ

انْبَتَّ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ بِمُلْك جَدِيدِ

Mina was thrilled by the reunion of what

It shook the harbor that he returned reconnected

Had been severed from his realm, through a new reign.

To his kingdom with a new kingdom