1. A smile graces the lips of the sublime one
The protector of the nation's chest is high
١. تَبسم في الهَنا ثَغر المَعالي
لِصَدر ناصر الأَوطان عالي
2. And Eid comes seeking congratulations
For his state after the crescent's arrival
٢. وَجاءَ العيد يَسعى بِالتَهاني
لِدَولته عَلى أَثر الهِلال
3. The people of refinement have fasted from
That which does not come from permitted magic
٣. وَقَد صامَت بَنو الآداب عَمّا
يَغذّي لا عَن السحر الحَلال
4. And for them the breakfast was in his presence
For seeing him in the order of sequences
٤. وَكانَ الفطر بَينَ يَديه مِنهُم
لِرُؤيته عَلى نَظم اللآلي
5. And from his most high place those he honored
His subjects by kissing his shoes
٥. وَمِن علياه بِالتَشريف فازَت
رَعيّتُه بِتَقبيل النِعال
6. Thus for them over others
Lofty renown below the mountains' scent
٦. فَصارَ لَها بِذاك عَلى سِواها
سَناء دُونه شمُّ الجِبال
7. And how could it not when this era's slave
For him in his Egypt between the loyalties
٧. وَكَيفَ وَإِن هَذا الدَهر عَبد
لَهُ في مَصره بَينَ المَوالي
8. And that his descendant Tusun the revered
Leader of the armies and men
٨. وَإِن سَليله طوسن المفدَّى
رَئيس لِلعَساكر وَالرِجال
9. So the good feeling during every Eid
Congratulates him on the passage of nights
٩. فَلا زالَ الصَفا في كُل عيد
يَهنيه بِإِقبال اللَيالي
10. And we date it fortunate
For the Feast of Fast-Breaking honored with gifts
١٠. وَلا زلنا نُؤرخه سَعيد
لِعيد الفطر شرّف بِالنَوال