مزجت مصرُ دمعها بدمائه

مزجت مصرُ دمعها بدمائه

وتهاوَت تبكيه في برحائِه

وتهاوَت تبكيه في برحائِه

Egypt mingled her tears with his blood,

Egypt mixed her tears with his blood,

and collapsed, weeping for him in his agony.

And she collapsed, crying over his remains,

لهف نفسي عليهما وهي تبكي

لهف نفسي عليهما وهي تبكي

وهو يشرى بقاءها بفنائه

وهو يشرى بقاءها بفنائه

My soul aches for them both, as she weeps

My soul yearned for them as she wept,

and he buys her survival with his death.

And he bought her survival with his death,

كبرت نفسُه الكريمة أن يح

كبرت نفسُه الكريمة أن يح

يا حياة الجريح في كبريائه

يا حياة الجريح في كبريائه

His noble soul was too great to live

His noble soul was too great to live,

the life of one wounded in his pride.

While the wounded's life was filled with pride,

فأسرّت إليه أن حطّم القي

فأسرّت إليه أن حطّم القي

دَ وطهّر سناك من ظلمائه

دَ وطهّر سناك من ظلمائه

So it whispered to him: Shatter the chain,

So she whispered to him to break the shackles,

and cleanse your radiance of its darkness.

And cleanse your spearhead from the unjust,

فأجاب النداء لبّيك يا مص

فأجاب النداء لبّيك يا مص

ر وللصوت رجفة في دمائه

ر وللصوت رجفة في دمائه

He answered the call: At your service, O Egypt!

So he answered the call “I am at your service, O Egypt!”,

and the voice had a tremor in his blood.

And his voice trembled in his blood,

وتعالى إلى السماء شهيداً

وتعالى إلى السماء شهيداً

جلّ هذا الشهيد في عليائه

جلّ هذا الشهيد في عليائه

And he ascended to heaven a martyr.

And he rose to the sky as a martyr,

Great is this martyr in his exalted station.

Exalt this martyr in the highest,

أكرموا ذكره فقد أكرم الل

أكرموا ذكره فقد أكرم الل

هُ ثراهُ بالفيض من آلائه

هُ ثراهُ بالفيض من آلائه

Honor his memory, for God has honored

Honor his memory, for God has honored,

his dust with an outpouring of His blessings.

His soil with abundance from His bounty,

وأريقوا الدموع طلّاً عليه

وأريقوا الدموع طلّاً عليه

وحميما يشوى على أعدائه

وحميما يشوى على أعدائه

And pour tears as dew upon him,

And shed tears as a prayer for him,

and as boiling water that scorches his enemies.

That would melt over his enemies,

إنه في الوجود كالفجر والنو

إنه في الوجود كالفجر والنو

ر وكالليل في خلود بقائه

ر وكالليل في خلود بقائه

He is, in existence, like dawn and light,

He is, in existence, like the dawn and light,

and like night in his everlasting presence.

And like the night in the eternity of his survival,

إنه في السماء والأرض روحٌ

إنه في السماء والأرض روحٌ

سرمديٌّ مجوهرٌ بصفائه

سرمديٌّ مجوهرٌ بصفائه

In heaven and on earth he is a spirit,

He is in the sky and earth an eternal spirit,

eternal, jeweled with his purity.

Immortal, essence of his purity,

طاف بي كالخيال تيّمه الشو

طاف بي كالخيال تيّمه الشو

قُ وكالصوت غاب في أصدائه

قُ وكالصوت غاب في أصدائه

He circled about me like a phantom enthralled by longing,

He appeared to me like an apparition, overwhelmed by passion,

and like a voice lost in its echoes.

And like a voice, disappeared into echoes,

فترامت على فمي زفراتٌ

فترامت على فمي زفراتٌ

ملهماتٌ من حزنه وبكائه

ملهماتٌ من حزنه وبكائه

Then sighs tumbled onto my lips,

So sighs poured over my mouth,

inspired by his sorrow and his weeping.

Inspired by his sorrow and crying,

قلت هذا الضياء كان تراباً

قلت هذا الضياء كان تراباً

أودع اللَهُ فيه سرّ سمائه

أودع اللَهُ فيه سرّ سمائه

I said: This radiance was once dust;

I said “This light was once dust,

God placed within it the secret of His heaven.

God deposited in it the secret of His heavens,

كيف حال التراب يا ربّ نوراً

كيف حال التراب يا ربّ نوراً

عشيَت أعين الدُنى بسنائه

عشيَت أعين الدُنى بسنائه

How did dust become light, O Lord,

How did the dust become light, O Lord,

dazzling the eyes of the worlds with its brilliance?

That dazzled the eyes of the world with its radiance?”,

فتنادت خواطري إنه الزه

فتنادت خواطري إنه الزه

ر الذي مات في ربيع روائه

ر الذي مات في ربيع روائه

Then my thoughts called to one another: It is the flower

So my thoughts called out that he is the flower,

that died in the springtime of its freshness.

That died in the springtime of its meadow,

وتناجت سرائري إنه القل

وتناجت سرائري إنه القل

ب الذي خلّدته روح مضائه

ب الذي خلّدته روح مضائه

And my secret thoughts whispered together: It is the heart

And my innermost being whispered that he is the heart,

that the spirit of its resolve made immortal.

That his eternal spirit immortalized,

إن هذا الضياء ذكرى شهيدٍ

إن هذا الضياء ذكرى شهيدٍ

طهّر اللَه قلبه بضيائه

طهّر اللَه قلبه بضيائه

Indeed, this radiance is the memory of a martyr

Verily this light is the memory of a martyr,

whose heart God purified with His light.

Whose heart God cleansed with His brilliance,

عاش في أرضه غريبا وولّى

عاش في أرضه غريبا وولّى

كشكاةِ الغريب في حوبائه

كشكاةِ الغريب في حوبائه

He lived a stranger in his land, and departed

He lived in his land a stranger, and turned away,

like a stranger's lament within his soul.

Like the lamp of a stranger in its valleys,

عاش في أرضه غريبا كما عا

عاش في أرضه غريبا كما عا

شَ الأُلى خلّفوه من آبائه

شَ الأُلى خلّفوه من آبائه

He lived a stranger in his land, as had lived

He lived in his land a stranger, as the forefathers lived,

those of his forefathers who left him behind.

Who were left behind by their ancestors,

ربّ ليلٍ أفناه يزجى إلى الل

ربّ ليلٍ أفناه يزجى إلى الل

ه ضراعات مسرف في دعائه

ه ضراعات مسرف في دعائه

Many a night he spent offering God

The lord of a night that passed supplicating God,

the pleas of one unrestrained in his supplication.

With a flood of prayers in his invocation,

قال يا ربّ هذه مصر تشكو

قال يا ربّ هذه مصر تشكو

ظلم هذا الدخيل في غاوائه

ظلم هذا الدخيل في غاوائه

He said: O Lord, this is Egypt, lamenting

Saying “O Lord, this is Egypt complaining,

the oppression of this intruder in his waywardness.

Of the injustice of this foreigner in his tyranny,

رب إن الحياة موج عتِيٌّ

رب إن الحياة موج عتِيٌّ

زورق النيل في حناياه تائه

زورق النيل في حناياه تائه

Lord, life is a fierce wave;

O Lord, life is an arrogant wave,

the Nile's skiff is lost within its folds.

The Nile’s boat wanders lost in its curves,

نام ملّاحه فألوت به الري

نام ملّاحه فألوت به الري

ح وعيّ النوتيّ عن إرسائه

ح وعيّ النوتيّ عن إرسائه

Its sailor slept, so the wind swept it away,

Its sailor slept, so the winds blew it astray,

and the boatman could not bring it to anchor.

And the helmsman was heedless of steering it,

ربّ هذا الوجود من صنع كفي

ربّ هذا الوجود من صنع كفي

ك حرمنا من خيره وهنائه

ك حرمنا من خيره وهنائه

Lord, this existence is the work of Your two hands;

O Lord, this existence is made by Your palms,

we have been denied its goodness and its bliss.

Yet we are deprived of its good and comfort,

أنت جبّاره لك الحول والقو

أنت جبّاره لك الحول والقو

ة ميّزت صبحه من مسائه

ة ميّزت صبحه من مسائه

You are its mighty master; Yours are might and power;

You are its Compeller, to You belong power and might,

You distinguished its morning from its evening.

You separated its dawn from its evening,

عاش قومي فيه عبيدا أذّلا

عاش قومي فيه عبيدا أذّلا

ء لمستعمرٍ حياته كفَنائه

ء لمستعمرٍ حياته كفَنائه

My people lived within it as abased slaves

My people lived in it as humiliated slaves,

to a colonizer whose life is like his extinction.

To a colonizer whose life is their demise,

فرّ من طبرُق وبئر حكيم

فرّ من طبرُق وبئر حكيم

كالنعام الشريد في بيدائه

كالنعام الشريد في بيدائه

He fled from Tobruk and Bir Hakeim,

They fled from Tabarq and Bir Hakeem,

like fleeing ostriches in their desert.

Like scattered ostriches in the desert,

ويحه مثّل الصغار جريحا

ويحه مثّل الصغار جريحا

ولدى البرء ضلّ في طغوائه

ولدى البرء ضلّ في طغوائه

Woe to him! Wounded, he embodied abasement,

Woe to him who portrayed the youth as wounded,

and when healed, he went astray in his tyranny.

And before the innocent he went astray in his transgression,

جنّ بالنصر فاستطار سفاها

جنّ بالنصر فاستطار سفاها

وأحلّ التقتيل في حلفائه

وأحلّ التقتيل في حلفائه

He went mad with victory and flew wildly in folly,

He won by treachery, so the foolish were jubilant,

and sanctioned the slaughter of his allies.

And he permitted murder amongst his allies,

عجب الكون من جماد وحسّ

عجب الكون من جماد وحسّ

لجبانٍ زئيره كفنائه

لجبانٍ زئيره كفنائه

The universe, inanimate and sentient alike, marveled

The universe was astonished - inanimate and sensate -

at a coward whose roar is like his extinction.

At the coward whose roar is his demise,

مجرم ظنّنا عبيداً لديه

مجرم ظنّنا عبيداً لديه

فهو يرجو الخنوع من أُسرائه

فهو يرجو الخنوع من أُسرائه

A criminal who thought us slaves in his keeping,

A criminal who thought us slaves to him,

so he hopes for submission from his captives.

So he hopes for surrender from his prisoners,

كيف يدمى بناره من أحاطو

كيف يدمى بناره من أحاطو

ه بعطف الوفيّ في ضرّائه

ه بعطف الوفيّ في ضرّائه

How can his fire draw blood from those who surrounded him

How can his fire hurt those who surrounded him,

with a loyal man's kindness in his adversity?

With the loyalty of the faithful in adversity?

إنّها قصّة المهانة تتلى

إنّها قصّة المهانة تتلى

فوق أرض بلاؤُها من بلائه

فوق أرض بلاؤُها من بلائه

It is a tale of humiliation, recited

Verily it is a story of humiliation recited,

upon a land whose affliction comes from his scourge.

Over a land whose affliction is from its ordeal,

قصّة الإنكليز في أرض مصر

قصّة الإنكليز في أرض مصر

وهي نبتُ التاريخ منذ ابتدائه

وهي نبتُ التاريخ منذ ابتدائه

The tale of the English in the land of Egypt,

The story of the English in the land of Egypt,

and she is history's growth, from its very beginning.

It is the crop of history since its inception,

مصر لاكنتُ من بني النيل إن عش

مصر لاكنتُ من بني النيل إن عش

تُ ونيل الخلود يشقى بدائه

تُ ونيل الخلود يشقى بدائه

Egypt, may I not be one of the Nile's sons if I live

O Egypt, I would not have been from the Nile’s people, if you lived,

while the Nile of eternity suffers from its malady.

While the Nile of eternity suffers from its ordeal,

وأنا ابن الفلّاح عضّنيَ الفق

وأنا ابن الفلّاح عضّنيَ الفق

رُ بنابٍ أوّاه من بلوائه

رُ بنابٍ أوّاه من بلوائه

And I am the peasant's son, whom poverty has bitten

And I am the peasant's son, bitten by poverty,

with a fang—ah, the torment it brings!

With fangs that hurt from its tribulation,

وأنا العامل الشقيّ بجهلي

وأنا العامل الشقيّ بجهلي

المريضُ المحرومُ من أهوائه

المريضُ المحرومُ من أهوائه

And I am the laborer, wretched through my ignorance,

And I am the wretched worker in my ignorance,

the sick man, denied his desires.

The deprived patient, from whom all desires are stripped,

أنا أفنى في مصرَ جوعاً وغري

أنا أفنى في مصرَ جوعاً وغري

يتسلّى بتبره وثرائه

يتسلّى بتبره وثرائه

I perish of hunger in Egypt, while another

I perish in Egypt from hunger and nakedness,

amuses himself with his gold dust and his wealth.

While the enemy revels in its fertile land and wealth,

أنا أفنى في موطني وعدُوّي

أنا أفنى في موطني وعدُوّي

يتلهّى بخمره ونسائه

يتلهّى بخمره ونسائه

I perish in my homeland, while my enemy

I perish in my homeland while my enemy,

diverts himself with his wine and his women.

Fools around with its wine and women,

لا عرفت الحياة إن عشت يوماً

لا عرفت الحياة إن عشت يوماً

وعدوّي يتيه في خيلائه

وعدوّي يتيه في خيلائه

May I never know life if I live a day

I have not known life if I lived a day,

while my enemy struts in his arrogance,

While my enemy wanders lost in his arrogance,

ولنهر الخلود في مسمَع الكو

ولنهر الخلود في مسمَع الكو

ن شكاةُ المطعونِ في أحشائه

ن شكاةُ المطعونِ في أحشائه

and the river of eternity, within the universe's hearing,

And the Nile of eternity in the universe's consciousness,

utters the lament of one stabbed in his entrails.

Is the complaint of the stabbed in his gut,

وأنا الشاعر القديرُ بفنّى

وأنا الشاعر القديرُ بفنّى

أن أرُدَّ الحياة في أشلائِه

أن أرُدَّ الحياة في أشلائِه

And I am the poet, able through my art

And I am the capable poet with my art,

to restore life to his scattered limbs.

To return life to its dismembered limbs,

يا شباب الجهاد ناداكم الني

يا شباب الجهاد ناداكم الني

لُ فأحيوا أرواحكم بفدائه

لُ فأحيوا أرواحكم بفدائه

O youth of the struggle, the Nile has called you;

O youth of jihad, the Nile has called you,

so give your souls life by sacrificing yourselves for him.

So revive your souls with its sacrifice,

إنه النيلُ قلب مصر وأنتم

إنه النيلُ قلب مصر وأنتم

يا شباب الجهاد من أبنائه

يا شباب الجهاد من أبنائه

He is the Nile, Egypt's heart, and you,

It is the Nile, Egypt’s heart, and you,

O youth of the struggle, are his sons.

O youth of jihad, are from its sons,

أنصفوه ممّن أحلّوا دماءً

أنصفوه ممّن أحلّوا دماءً

حرّم اللَهُ سفكها في سمائه

حرّم اللَهُ سفكها في سمائه

Win him justice against those who deemed lawful the blood

Do it justice against those who made lawful,

whose shedding God forbade in His heaven.

Blood that God forbade to be shed in His heavens,

ولكُم في الشهيدِ أُسوَةٌ حقٍّ

ولكُم في الشهيدِ أُسوَةٌ حقٍّ

جلّ هذا الشهيد في عليائه

جلّ هذا الشهيد في عليائه

In the martyr you have a true example.

And you have in the martyr a true example,

Great is this martyr in his exalted station.

Exalt this martyr in the highest!