1. With a sleepy, tender glance and teeth like pearls
They ravage me more than a gazelle with pearls for teeth;

2. When we parted, their glances stole my resolve
On the day of farewell, and my mind and heart as well.

3. Then my tears flowed copiously from my eyelids,
Streaming down my cheeks relentlessly.

4. So my secret was spread among lovers after being hidden -
The color of those tears betrayed me.

5. My body was rendered invisible -
No image of it could be seen, such was my abandonment.

6. But when the intensity of love gripped me,
My sighs revealed my hidden place.

7. So they rejoiced, donned their festive attire, and drank
Deeply of me, exceeding in harm and injustice towards me.

8. And to me they denied even a greeting, arriving at
Permitting the breaking of vows with clear proofs.

9. Woe to them - do they expect devotion from me
When the unfaithful obey them and disobey me?

10. Yet I was the one who tied the knot of love,
And called them to battle the hostile.

11. So I began to penetrate the ranks and ignite
The fires of anger in the battlefield of Golan.

12. Until in battle I defeated their multitudes
With patience, not with weapons and spears.

13. Far be it that my resolve should weaken before opponents,
Or that my reins twist in tribulations!

14. My seriousness has granted me the happiest nights in safety,
And described my time as the victory of lovers.

15. Why shouldn't the army of injustice be scattered
By justice at the hands of the protector of the covenant of faith?

16. The happiest of hearts, the magnanimous one who revived
The pacts of protection and security.

17. Sublime in his time, he surpassed mankind,
And soared with his ambition above the planets.

18. Hero of struggles and destroyer of the arrogance of tyranny,
Among a regiment of brave men.

19. The lion of battle, who humiliated all who transgressed,
And made them drink from the cup of humiliation in adversity.

20. A rain that flowed in every valley, scorning
The extended flow of its Nile in the deluge.

21. He watered the lands as he wished, cloaking
The people in robes of blessing.

22. He built citadels to protect Egypt and its people
From the evil of the party of deviance and aggression.

23. He bombarded them with the fire of cannons
That demolished the foundations of wrongdoing and slander.

24. With his valor in battle, he destroyed the people of corruption and oppression
When attacking in war.

25. Before him, his army plunged into the turbulent fray
And surged on the battlefield.

26. His soldiers grew accustomed, when meeting,
To scattering the brigades of horsemen.

27. Through governance, leadership, and eloquence, he followed
The path of zeal straightforwardly.

28. By disseminating knowledge and wonders,
Egypt was honored above nations.

29. He became worthy of praise in a state
That prospered in the most splendid times.

30. This just ruler still rules
Annulling every hostile adversary.

31. My heart has not ceased praising his sublime merits,
And my tongue expresses that in verse.

32. With his good conduct he was adorned and distinguished
Among the elite in his time.

33. His lines were etched into his breast
Like necklaces strung with pearls.

34. His cheeks smiled, and their lightning revealed
Eloquent style and clarity of exposition.

35. When they recite his praises in an assembly
And look upon my verses, they say:

36. “You have excelled in praising the Khedive, his son,
His father, the army, and the homeland.

37. You are the most eloquent of those who compose artfully,
Constructing meanings from the most ingenious poetry.

38. Or do they not know that the Almighty helped me
With his grace and favor?”

39. He removed the clouds of sickness from my mind
With the illumination of a peerless intellect.

40. So I came up with marvels in the verses I composed,
Which recount bracelets of pearls in their meter.

41. May supremacy bend to his will
As long as leaves flutter on branches,

42. Or books extolling his qualities
Adorn existence with the splendor of mystic knowledge.