يا جيرةَ النيل، حيَّا الله مقدمكمْ

يا جيرةَ النيل، حيَّا الله مقدمكمْ

لسنا نعدُّكمو في مصرَ ضيفانا

لسنا نعدُّكمو في مصرَ ضيفانا

O neighbors of the Nile, may God bless your arrival!

O neighbor of the Nile, may God welcome you

We do not regard you as guests in Egypt.

We do not consider you strangers in Egypt

لقد نزلتم برهط من عشيرتكم

لقد نزلتم برهط من عشيرتكم

وزرتمو بدلَ الأوطان أوطانا

وزرتمو بدلَ الأوطان أوطانا

You have indeed lodged among a company of your own kin,

You have descended among a group of your kinsmen

And have visited homelands in place of your own.

And have visited homelands instead of homelands

لما نزلتُم على الفصحى بدارتها

لما نزلتُم على الفصحى بدارتها

كادت ترحِّبُ آساسًا وجدرانا

كادت ترحِّبُ آساسًا وجدرانا

When you came as guests to classical Arabic in her abode,

When you descended upon cultured Egypt

Its very foundations and walls almost welcomed you.

Its foundations and walls almost bid you welcome

إنا نكرِّم في أشخاصكم وطنًا

إنا نكرِّم في أشخاصكم وطنًا

لو صُوِّرتْ مصرُ عينًا كان إنسانا

لو صُوِّرتْ مصرُ عينًا كان إنسانا

We honor in your persons a homeland

We honor in your persons a homeland

Which, were Egypt pictured as an eye, would be its pupil.

If Egypt were depicted as an eye, it would be a human being

النيل قد وحَّدَ الرحمنُ واديَهُ

النيل قد وحَّدَ الرحمنُ واديَهُ

ففيم نقْسِمُهُ: مصرًا وسودانا؟

ففيم نقْسِمُهُ: مصرًا وسودانا؟

The Nile—the Most Merciful has united its valley;

The Nile, God has unified its valley

Why, then, do we divide it into Egypt and Sudan?

Why then should we divide it: Egypt and Sudan?