1. The fortresses of the valorous, magnanimous leader are the best sanctuaries,
Adorned with the perfection of a wondrous system.

2. They stood for Egypt with protection and support,
Their cannons within performed their duty completely.

3. They raised the flags of victory in joy,
Above each lightning-striking door.

4. Their battalions turned against every enemy,
So they fled, failing to achieve their hopes.

5. From them, lines of fire ignited their flames,
Destroying the ambitions of a distant tyrant.

6. The branches of their fervor's banners continued
To be stirred by the winds at every pillar.

7. Their parapets and bastions were made firm,
So strife was awed by their severe conflict.

8. Waters flowed from their moats, flooding
Over a desolate plain beneath the wings of darkness.

9. No ambitious invader escaped unharmed,
Nor returned to his homelands in peace.

10. As for their arenas of fortresses, they
Harbor every ferocious lion in battle.

11. Happy is he who commands their king's armies
And gains a promise or seizes the reins.

12. Woe to he who opposes them in their fight-
He will suffer disgrace like a doveling dove.

13. Does he not know the lion guards a castle?
Its cannons are fierce in war.

14. They prevailed with might and strength
And a soul that matches the soul of resolute men.

15. How could it be otherwise, when they were raised
By one whose nobility is proverbial in times of strife?

16. May God protect this counselor, for he
Is our shield against the blows of events.

17. May He grant him victory and triumph whenever
A new moon appears or the full moon is completed.

18. He continues to establish each fortress and citadel
For the glory of dignity or the disgrace of villains.

19. Until he sees all the lands obedient
To Egypt, with sound opinion and noble ideals.

20. And support continues for a state
Where the rain of glories is flooding from the horizon.

21. Nor has the protected one of Providence ceased
To pick for it the finest compositions and words.

22. He runs in the racecourse of spreading its praise
With an early rising thought in eulogies.

23. His good fortune says, recording it in history:
"My fortresses have adorned their necklaces with perfection."