1. عبد الحميد بما أكسبتَ قومك في

    قضية الدَّين بات القوم راضينا

    Abd al-Hamid, through what you won for your people in

    The debt question, the people have become content.

  2. في المعرض الفخم عنها خير ما نقلوا

    لسامعين وما أبدَوا لرائينا

    At the grand exhibition was the best of what they reported about it

    To listeners, and of what they displayed to onlookers.

  3. دَوَّتْ بشائرها فيه فرددها

    للعالم الدهر تصديقاً وتأمينا

    Its glad tidings resounded there, then were echoed

    To the world by Time, in confirmation and assent.

  4. دفعت عن مصر غارات لدائنها

    والدائنون سواء والمغيرونا

    You warded off from Egypt raids by her creditor—

    And creditors and raiders are one and the same.

  5. ستين مليون جنديٍّ حفظتَ لها

    لا من دنانيرها ستين مليونا

    Sixty million soldiers you saved for her,

    Not sixty million of her dinars.

  6. قضية اليوم جاءت للمؤمل في

    قضية الغد تأييداً وتمكينا

    Today's cause has brought those who place their hopes in

    Tomorrow's cause support and strength.

  7. وقد تناولها في شملهم رسلٌ

    سيرجعون بها غرّاً ميامينا

    And envoys have taken it up in their gathering;

    They will return with it, radiant and blessed.