أرى زماني وفي سيماه تبشير

بان في الناس شهما طبعه الخير

I see my time and in its features good tidings

That in people its nature is good

شهم به نصر الرحمن امته

بكل فعل حميد فهو منصور

Brave with it the victory of the Most Merciful his nation

With every good deed so it is victorious

صهر الخديو سليل الأكرمين له

في كل قطر ثناء عنه مأثور

Son-in-law of the Khedive, descendant of the most generous

In every place praise of him is well-known

من بشر طلعته إبهاج ذي حزن

ومن نوابغه للعقل تنوير

Who was cheered by his rising dispelling sorrow

And by his brilliance the mind is enlightened

ترى زمانك عبدا عند سدته

يوليك ما صد عنه وهو مسرور

You see your time a servant at his threshold

Granting you what was prevented while he is happy

أمير مجد تمرى في شبيبته

على الكهول بحلم فيه مفطور

Prince of glory passing in his youth

Over the elders with innate wisdom

والحلم يغني الفتى ما عاش عن نسب

فان هما اجتمعا فالفضل موفور

And wisdom enriches the young man while he lives over lineage

If both are combined then merit is plentiful

ونال من لطف مولانا المعظم ما

يفوت كل بليغ عنه تعبير

And he attained from the kindness of our magnificent Master what

Escapes every eloquent to express it

وأينما حل فاض الخير من يده

فمن فواضلها المغمور معمور

And wherever he went good overflowed from his hand

So the flooded unknown became prosperous

ومن فضائله أني رجعت إلى

نظم القريض وفكري عنه محسور

And of his virtues is that I returned to

Composing poetry though my mind was distracted from it