جَبر الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيدِ

جَبر الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيدِ

في طالع بِسَماء مَصر سَعيدِ

في طالع بِسَماء مَصر سَعيدِ

The filling of the canal watered Sa‘id’s lands,

The Nile has watered the land of Sa'id

Under an auspicious star rising in Egypt’s sky.

Under the auspicious skies of happy Egypt

وَالغَيث مِن راحات هَذا الداوري

وَالغَيث مِن راحات هَذا الداوري

غَمر القُرى ببحيرة وَصَعيد

غَمر القُرى ببحيرة وَصَعيد

And rain from this sovereign’s palms

And rain from this minister's comfort

Flooded the villages in Beheira and Upper Egypt.

Flooded the villages with a delta and plateau

وَكَسا البقاع مِن الخصوبة حلةً

وَكَسا البقاع مِن الخصوبة حلةً

خَضرا بِرَأي صائب وَسَديد

خَضرا بِرَأي صائب وَسَديد

And clothed the lands in a robe of fertility,

It clothed the land with a garment of fertility

Green through sound and judicious counsel.

Green with sound, right opinion

وَبِيمنه حمل السَحاب رِسالةً

وَبِيمنه حمل السَحاب رِسالةً

لِلنَيل في مِيعاده المَحدود

لِلنَيل في مِيعاده المَحدود

And through his blessing, the clouds bore a message

With its auspice, it carried the clouds a message

To the Nile at his fixed, appointed time.

To the Nile about its limited appointment

فَأتى عَلى عجل لِيَروي أَرضه

فَأتى عَلى عجل لِيَروي أَرضه

وَيَعمَّها مِن فَيضه بِمَديد

وَيَعمَّها مِن فَيضه بِمَديد

So he came in haste to water his land,

So it came hurriedly to water its land

And bathe her in an ample flow from his flood.

And inundate it with its abundant flooding

وَرَثى لِفَرط حَنينها وَصَفا له

وَرَثى لِفَرط حَنينها وَصَفا له

مِنها الحَشا بَعدَ اِنقِضاء حَصيد

مِنها الحَشا بَعدَ اِنقِضاء حَصيد

And he pitied her deep longing; open before him lay

And it mourned its ardent longing for it and described it

Her bosom, once the harvest was over.

With thickets after the harvest was over

وَصَبا لَها فاحمرَّ عِندَ وُصولِها

وَصَبا لَها فاحمرَّ عِندَ وُصولِها

خَجَلاً وَأَحيا ميتها بورود

خَجَلاً وَأَحيا ميتها بورود

And he yearned for her, then reddened at her arrival

It blushed on arriving to it

With shyness, and revived what was dead in her with his coming.

And revived its dead with roses

وَاخضرّ غبَّ الريِّ مِنها حَزنُها

وَاخضرّ غبَّ الريِّ مِنها حَزنُها

وَالسَهل جادَ ببرّه المَعهود

وَالسَهل جادَ ببرّه المَعهود

And after watering, her rugged ground turned green,

And its tearful sorrow turned green

And the plain yielded its accustomed wheat.

And the plain yielded its expected righteousness

وَغَدَت بِتَدبير العَزيز حَصينةً

وَغَدَت بِتَدبير العَزيز حَصينةً

مَحفوفة بِعَساكرٍ وَجُنود

مَحفوفة بِعَساكرٍ وَجُنود

And through the mighty ruler’s governance she became fortified,

And it became, by the administration of the Almighty, fortified

Surrounded by armies and troops.

Surrounded by armies and soldiers

فَاللَه للأَوطان يَكلؤه عَلى

فَاللَه للأَوطان يَكلؤه عَلى

طُول المَدى في هَيبة وَسُعود

طُول المَدى في هَيبة وَسُعود

So may God preserve him for the homelands through

So may God protect the homelands for

All time, in majesty and good fortune,

Generations with awe and prosperity

لِيمدّها مِن عَدله بِتَمَدُّنٍ

لِيمدّها مِن عَدله بِتَمَدُّنٍ

وَتَقدّمٍ بَينَ الأَنام جَديد

وَتَقدّمٍ بَينَ الأَنام جَديد

That through his justice he may furnish her with civilization

To provide them advancement

And new progress among humankind,

And progress amongst the people anew

وَيَردَّ عَنها خَصمَها بِمَدافع

وَيَردَّ عَنها خَصمَها بِمَدافع

نيرانُها في الحَرب ذات رُعود

نيرانُها في الحَرب ذات رُعود

And drive her foe away from her with cannons

And repel their enemy with cannons

Whose fires thunder in war,

Whose fires thunder in war

وَيظلَّنا أَبَداً بِوارف ظله

وَيظلَّنا أَبَداً بِوارف ظله

فيها وَيُرغمَ أَنف كُلِّ حَسود

فيها وَيُرغمَ أَنف كُلِّ حَسود

And shelter us forever beneath his spreading shade

And may He shade us forever with the canopy of His shade

Within her, and rub every envier’s nose in the dust,

Triumphant over every envier

وَيَفوزَ بالذكر الجَميل وَبِالثَنا

وَيَفوزَ بالذكر الجَميل وَبِالثَنا

مِن كُل عَبد للمَديح مُجيد

مِن كُل عَبد للمَديح مُجيد

And win fair renown and praise

And may He win fair praise and commendation

From every servant skilled in praise,

From every servant competent in glorious praise

ما الخَصب قال بِمهد مصر مؤرخاً

ما الخَصب قال بِمهد مصر مؤرخاً

جَبرُ الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيد

جَبرُ الخَليج رَوى بِلاد سَعيد

As long as fertility declares in Egypt’s cradle, marking the date:

The Nile in Egypt's cradle did not say, chronicling,

The filling of the canal watered Sa‘id’s lands.

The Nile has watered the land of Sa'id