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The sun of majesty shone in your countenance

شمس الجلالة لاحت في محياك

1. The sun of majesty shone in your countenance
And every heart in the Nile valley hailed you

١. شَمْسُ الجَلاَلَةِ لاَحَتْ فِي مُحَيَّاكِ
وَكُلُّ قَلْبٍ بِوَادِي النِّيلِ حَيَّاكِ

2. Good tidings to the citizens that you have returned
With all the goodness and glad tidings you wished for them

٢. بُشْرى المَوَاطِنِ أَنْ تَلْقَاكِ عَائِدَةً
بِمَا تَمَنَّتْهُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَبُشْرَاكِ

3. Glory to Him who joined the beautiful creation to
A beautiful creation and adorned you with both beauties

٣. سُبْحَانَ مَنْ جَمَعَ الخَلْقَ الجَمِيلَ إِلى
خُلْقٍ جَمِيلٍ وَبِالحُسْنَيْنِ حَلاَّكِ

4. And endowed you with perfect manners
Far above the manners of any kingdom

٤. وَمَنْ حَبَاكِ بِآدَابٍ مُكَمَّلَةٍ
هَيْهَاتَ تَعْدِلُهَا آدَابُ أَمْلاَكِ

5. In your generous presence, nobles were ennobled
Free from humiliation and enriched by you

٥. فِي سَاحِ جُودِكِ سَادَاتٌ أَعَزَّهُمُ
عَنْ ذِلَّةٍ وَعَنِ الأَغْنَيْنَ أَغْنَاكِ

6. And whatever lofty ideals there are in their variety
According to the different aspirations of the soul, you attained the highest

٦. وَمَا تَشَاءُ المَعَالِي فِي تَنَوُّعِهَا
عَلَى اخْتِلاَفِ مَرَامِي النَّفْسِ أَعْلاَكِ

7. You are the princess; if anyone aspired through you
He only did so through your description and your name

٧. أَنْتِ الأَمِيرَةُ مَنْ أَسْمَى بِهَا أَحداً
فَقَدْ عَنَاكِ بِهَا وَصْفاً وَأَسْمَاكِ

8. You attained the highest position of glory
That none of the crowned ladies attained except you

٨. حَلَلْتِ مِنْ ذُرْوَةِ العَلْيَاءِ مَنْزِلَةً
مَا حَلَّهَا مِنْ ذَوَات التَّاجِ إِلاَّكِ

9. Through you people saw such generosity and nobility
That they would not have seen had it not been for you

٩. رَأَى بِكِ النَّاسُ مِنْ فَضْلٍ وَمِنْ كَرَمٍ
مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَرَاهُ النَّاسُ لَوْلاَكِ

10. So if you witnessed an era whose greatest merit
Was to show gratitude for your blessings, yet it was ungrateful and doubting

١٠. فَإِنْ شَهِدْتِ زَمَاناً رَاحَ أَجْدَرُهُ
بِشُكْرِ نعمَاكِ وَهْوَ الجَاحِدُ الشَّاكِي

11. Increase your grace to the creatures, not forgetting
That to come down to them is not your duty

١١. زِيدِي البَرِيَّةَ فَضْلاً غَيْرَ نَاسِيَةٍ
أَنَّ النُّزُولَ إِلَيْهَا لَيْس شَرْوَاكِ

12. Most people reward a favor with ingratitude
And roses with thorns

١٢. الخَلْقُ أَوْ جُلَّهُ يُجْزُوْنَ مِنْ قدَمٍ
عُرْفاً بِنُكْرٍ وَأَزْهَاراً بِأَشْوَاكِ

13. Patience is your patience; though kings boast of it
God forbid you disdain doing good, God forbid

١٣. الحِلْمُ حِلْمُكِ إِنْ بَاهَى المُلُوكُ بِهِ
حَاشَاكِ أَنْ تَزْهَدِي فِي البِرِّ حَاشَاكِ

14. None shines through the mother of benefactors
Except the dew that flows after the injustice of enemies has passed

١٤. وَلَيْسَ يَزْكُو بِأُمِّ المُحْسِنينَ سِوَى
نَدىً وَرَاءَ مَسَاءَاتِ العِدَى زَاكِي

15. Is there anything that satisfies the conscience
Like pardoning the oppressed and the weeping?

١٥. هَلْ فِي المَسَرَّاتِ مَا يَرْضى الضَّمِيرُ بِهِ
مِثْلَ المَبَرَّاتِ للمَحْرُوبِ وَالبَاكِي

16. Your lofty place is high
Above the claim of slanderers and the delusions of deceivers

١٦. مَكَانُ عِزَّتِكِ القَعْسَاءِ مُرْتَفِعٌ
عَنْ زَعْمِ بَاغٍ وَعَنْ إِيهَام أَفَّاكِ

17. Many gloomy nights could not harm it
For days of glory often laugh at fate

١٧. مَا ضَارَهَا مِنْ لَيَالٍ إِنْ عَبَسْنَ بِهَا
فَرُبَّ مَجْدٍ مِنَ الأَدْهَارِ ضَحَّاكِ

18. And many an archer has aimed with an arrow that did not hit
He shot far but fell short of reaching you

١٨. وَرُبَّ رَامٍ بِسَهْمٍ لاَ مَضَاءَ بِهِ
رَمَى بَعِيداً فَأَعْيَا دُونَ إِدْرَاكِ

19. And a hostile plotter whose plotting
Could the eagle be trapped with snares?

١٩. وَنَاصِبٍ شَركاً لَمْ يُجْدِ نَاصِبَه
هلْ يُؤْخَذُ النِّسْرُ مِنْ أَوْجٍ بِأَشْرَاكِ

20. O mistress of nobility, God's ear hears
Prayers for you and God's eye watches over you

٢٠. يَا رَبَّةَ النُّبلِ أُذْنُ الحقِّ سَامِعَةٌ
فِيكِ الدُّعَاءَ وَعَيْنُ اللهِ تَرْعَاكِ

21. Live and last well protected and honored
Spreading the sweet fragrance of your mention in every assembly

٢١. عِيشِي وَدُومِي مُفَدَّاةً مُبَجَّلَةً
مُعَطِّراً كُلَّ نَادٍ طِيبُ ذِكْرَاكِ