Arabic → English transcript

And with this, O great people of Egypt, and O soldiers of Egypt in particular,

march on and do not look back. Obey the words of the Beloved, peace be upon him,

on the day he handed the banner to the Lion of God, the triumphant one,

the lion of East and West, Ali, on the day of Khaybar, when he said to him:

Take the banner and do not look back. Go forth, O Ali, and do not look back.

Our eminent forebears expressed it in a phrase simple in wording, gentle in meaning:

The one who looks back will not arrive. And we will never look back,

O people of Egypt, in the face of the makers of this evil,

for we are in the valley of construction and development, and they are in

another valley, like a hollow drum whose sound is heard from afar,

while its inside is empty of all good things. Every year may you, leader of my

nation, be well. Every year, O leader of our renaissance, may you be in

goodness, honor, glory, and pride. Every year may the best soldiers on earth

keep to the covenants and promises, lions roaring at the borders.

Every year may the men of our security forces be in protection,

safety, and well- being.

Every year may the scholars of my nation gather upon the Qur’an,

and go forth upon the love of our master Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

Every year may the people of Egypt be in God’s safety and protection.

O Allah, lift the sword, oppression,

and killing from all the lands of creation, and spare the blood,

O Lord of the worlds.

O Allah, conceal our faults and calm our fears, honor us through our

humility to You alone,

and enrich us through our need for You alone.

O Allah, make our morning like the morning of the righteous,

our tongues the tongues of those who remember,

and our hearts the hearts of those who are thankful. O Allah, O Lord

by the right of Fatima and her father, her husband and her sons,

and the hidden secret within her,

do not make Egypt in need of any vile one among Your creation.

O Allah, do not make Egypt in need of any vile one among Your creation,

and fulfill our needs, for You know them best,

as a grace from You, O Most Generous. And may Allah send prayers, peace,

and blessings upon our master Muhammad and his family, and praise be to Allah, the

Lord of the worlds.