ألم تر ذاك الثغر أصبح باسما

ألم تر ذاك الثغر أصبح باسما

يرود من الاحسان أعذب مورد

يرود من الاحسان أعذب مورد

Have you not seen that port now smiling,

Have you not seen that smile which has become radiant

seeking the sweetest fount of beneficence?

Flowing with the sweetest kindness from benevolence

وقبله البحران فازداد شوقه

وقبله البحران فازداد شوقه

لبحر ندى عذب وجاه وسودد

لبحر ندى عذب وجاه وسودد

The two seas kissed it, and its longing grew

And before it the two seas so its yearning increased

for a sea of sweet generosity, prestige, and eminence.

For the sea of sweet dew has come to it and darkened

يرى النيل وافاه بشير مخلقا

يرى النيل وافاه بشير مخلقا

فيختال في ثوب الهناء المجدّد

فيختال في ثوب الهناء المجدّد

It sees the Nile come to it as a perfumed herald,

It sees the Nile fulfilling it with good news created

and struts in a renewed robe of bliss.

So it struts in its robe of renewed glory

ويغسل بالبحرين كفيه عله

ويغسل بالبحرين كفيه عله

إلى لثم أقدام المحافظ يهتدي

إلى لثم أقدام المحافظ يهتدي

And it washes its hands in the two seas, hoping

And it washes its hands in the two seas hoping

to find its way to kissing the governor’s feet.

To reach the kissing of the feet of the protector it is guided