سلمتك العناية الأزليهْ

سلمتك العناية الأزليهْ

ووقتك الرعاية الأبديهْ

ووقتك الرعاية الأبديهْ

Eternal Providence has kept you safe,

Eternal providence kept you safe,

and everlasting care has shielded you,

and everlasting care protected you.

ونجا للبلاد والشعب والعر

ونجا للبلاد والشعب والعر

ش وزير النظام والحريه

ش وزير النظام والحريه

and for country, people, and throne there survived

And for the country, the people, and the throne,

the minister of order and liberty.

the minister of order and freedom survived.

نية للمغامر اعترضتها

نية للمغامر اعترضتها

وهي في صدره لربِّك نيه

وهي في صدره لربِّك نيه

An adventurer's murderous purpose—you intercepted it

The adventurer's design was thwarted,

while it still lay in his breast, a purpose known to your Lord.

while still in his breast, by a design of your Lord.

وأداة لحملها لم تطعه

وأداة لحملها لم تطعه

يده وهي في الرداء خفيه

يده وهي في الرداء خفيه

And the instrument meant to carry it out would not obey him:

And to bear a weapon, he found no obedience

his hand, though hidden within his cloak.

from his hand, hidden in his robe.

ود مغريه أن يكون المضحي

ود مغريه أن يكون المضحي

بك وهو الفداء وهو الضحيه

بك وهو الفداء وهو الضحيه

His instigator wished the one sacrificed should be

His instigator wished him to be the one who sacrificed

you; instead, he became both ransom and victim.

you; yet he himself was the ransom, he the victim.

من يهنئك بالنجاة يهنئ

من يهنئك بالنجاة يهنئ

بنجاة الوفيِّ مصرَ الوفيه

بنجاة الوفيِّ مصرَ الوفيه

Whoever congratulates you upon your deliverance

Whoever congratulates you on surviving congratulates

congratulates faithful Egypt upon her faithful son's deliverance.

loyal Egypt on the survival of one loyal to her.

أَعلنت حبها إليك الأقالي

أَعلنت حبها إليك الأقالي

م منوفية وقليوبيه

م منوفية وقليوبيه

The provinces declared their love for you—

The provinces proclaimed their love for you—

Minufiyya and Qalyubiyya.

Monufia and Qalyubia.

وأتى الوافدون فاتسعت لل

وأتى الوافدون فاتسعت لل

وافدين الحدائق الخلديه

وافدين الحدائق الخلديه

The delegations came, and opened wide for the

And visitors came, and there was ample room for

visitors were gardens of eternity.

the visitors in the paradisal gardens.

وحنا دوحها عليك انعطافاً

وحنا دوحها عليك انعطافاً

وجرى ماؤها إليك تحيه

وجرى ماؤها إليك تحيه

Their lofty trees bent tenderly over you,

Their spreading trees bent toward you in affection,

and their waters flowed toward you in greeting.

and their waters flowed toward you in greeting.

فقم اليوم في السراة خطيباً

فقم اليوم في السراة خطيباً

فوق هذي القناطر الخيريه

فوق هذي القناطر الخيريه

Rise today among the notables as an orator

So rise today among the nobles as an orator,

at these Khayriyya Barrages.

upon these al-Qanater al-Khayriyya barrages.

وتذكر يدَيْ عليٍّ وذكر

وتذكر يدَيْ عليٍّ وذكر

قومه بالمآثر العلويه

قومه بالمآثر العلويه

Remember my favors to you, and remind

And remember Ali's two hands, and remind

his people of the illustrious deeds of Muhammad Ali's house.

his people of the glorious deeds of Ali's line.

وتحدث بنعمة الملك الحر

وتحدث بنعمة الملك الحر

ر فؤاد وعدله في الرعيه

ر فؤاد وعدله في الرعيه

Speak of the blessing of the free king,

And speak of the bounty of the noble king,

Fuad, and of his justice among his subjects;

Fuad, and his justice toward his subjects.

والجديد القريب من صحة الشو

والجديد القريب من صحة الشو

رى وصدق الولاية الشرعيه

رى وصدق الولاية الشرعيه

and of the new order, drawing near to sound consulta—

And what is new and recent in sound consultation,

—tion and the true legitimacy of lawful rule.

and in the integrity of lawful rule.

وتقدم بفرجة الأزمة الكب

وتقدم بفرجة الأزمة الكب

رى وجدوى السياسة القطنيه

رى وجدوى السياسة القطنيه

Proclaim the easing of the great cri—

And present the relief from the great crisis

—sis and the benefits of the cotton policy.

and the benefits of the cotton policy.

وأبِنْ ملة الذين ادعوا أن

وأبِنْ ملة الذين ادعوا أن

نهمُ الأكثرية الأغلبيه

نهمُ الأكثرية الأغلبيه

Lay bare the creed of those who claimed that

And make plain the creed of those who claimed that

they were the majority—the overwhelming host.

they were the majority, the greater part.

أَخذ الدهر ثأر ندك منهم

أَخذ الدهر ثأر ندك منهم

وهو ثأر القضية المصريه

وهو ثأر القضية المصريه

Time exacted vengeance on them for your rival,

Time exacted vengeance on them for your peer,

and it was vengeance for the Egyptian cause.

and that is the vengeance of Egypt's cause.

وتولت حسابَهم عن يديه

وتولت حسابَهم عن يديه

يدُك السمحة الطهور القويه

يدُك السمحة الطهور القويه

Your hand undertook their reckoning on his behalf—

And their reckoning, in place of his hands, was undertaken

your generous, pure, powerful hand.

by your generous, pure, mighty hand.

وتناسوا زمانهم فتعدَّت

وتناسوا زمانهم فتعدَّت

هُ إليك المكايد الوفديه

هُ إليك المكايد الوفديه

They forgot their own era, and Wafdist intrigues overstepped

And they pretended to forget their time; passing beyond

it to reach you.

it, the Wafd's intrigues reached you.

سرتما والصحاب تجمعكم في ال

سرتما والصحاب تجمعكم في ال

طيبات الوثائق الأخويه

طيبات الوثائق الأخويه

You went forward while your companions bound you together in

You two journeyed with your companions, joined in

wholesome, firm fraternal ties.

good deeds by bonds of brotherhood.

إن رأى الحاقدون صنعك رجعي

إن رأى الحاقدون صنعك رجعي

ياً فأهلاً بهذه الرجعيه

ياً فأهلاً بهذه الرجعيه

If the spiteful deem your achievement reaction—

If the resentful see your work as reactionary,

—ary, then welcome such reaction!

then welcome to such reactionism!

تركوا الحكم عاجزين وما زا

تركوا الحكم عاجزين وما زا

لوا مراضاً بهذه الأمنيه

لوا مراضاً بهذه الأمنيه

They relinquished power helpless, yet have never

They left power, incapable, and still remain

ceased to be morbidly possessed by that ambition:

sick with this ambition.

شهوة في النفوس حائرة لا

شهوة في النفوس حائرة لا

هي مقضية ولا منسيه

هي مقضية ولا منسيه

a craving wandering through their souls, neither

A desire, bewildered in their souls, neither

fulfilled nor forgotten.

fulfilled nor forgotten.

أكثروا في جلالة الملك اللغْ

أكثروا في جلالة الملك اللغْ

وَ وخاضوا في هذه القدسيه

وَ وخاضوا في هذه القدسيه

They prattled endlessly about His Majesty the King

They indulged in much idle talk about the king's majesty

and violated this sanctity.

and waded into this sanctity.

وأعدوها في الهوى صحفاً لا

وأعدوها في الهوى صحفاً لا

هي منشورة ولا مطويه

هي منشورة ولا مطويه

On a whim they fashioned it into pages neither

And in their whims they fashioned it into pages, neither

published nor folded away.

published nor folded away.

أنت داويت كل أمر فهل تُرْ

أنت داويت كل أمر فهل تُرْ

جَى مداواة هذه النفسيه

جَى مداواة هذه النفسيه

You have remedied every matter; do you therefore hope

You have healed every ill; is there hope

to remedy this mentality?

of curing this mentality?

وهل القوم صالحون لصلح

وهل القوم صالحون لصلح

لائق بالسياسة القوميه

لائق بالسياسة القوميه

And are those people fit for a reconciliation

And are these men fit for a reconciliation

worthy of national politics?

befitting national policy?

أم همُ يائسون من بعد ما أَع

أم همُ يائسون من بعد ما أَع

جزتهم عن تجارة الوطنيه

جزتهم عن تجارة الوطنيه

Or do they despair, now that you have rendered

Or have they despaired now that you have rendered

them incapable of trafficking in patriotism?

them unable to trade in patriotism?

وعناد المصرِّ أيسر هولاً

وعناد المصرِّ أيسر هولاً

منه خوض المعارك الدمويه

منه خوض المعارك الدمويه

The obstinacy of an obdurate man is less dreadful

And less dreadful than the stubborn man's obstinacy

than entering into bloody battles.

is plunging into bloody battles.

سئم الناس هذه السِيَرَ الهو

سئم الناس هذه السِيَرَ الهو

جَ وتلك الوقائع الهزليه

جَ وتلك الوقائع الهزليه

The people have tired of these reckless, wi—

People have wearied of these reckless ways

—ld ways and those farcical incidents.

and those farcical events.

والذي تاه أمس كبراً عليهم

والذي تاه أمس كبراً عليهم

وجد اليوم نفسه سخريه

وجد اليوم نفسه سخريه

He who strutted arrogantly over them yesterday

And he who yesterday lorded it over them in pride

finds himself a laughingstock today.

today found himself a laughingstock.

وعنا للغريم يرضيه حتى

وعنا للغريم يرضيه حتى

كاد يفضي إليه بالتبعيه

كاد يفضي إليه بالتبعيه

He bowed to his adversary to please him, until

And he bowed to his adversary, appeasing him, until

he nearly avowed subservience to him.

he nearly avowed his subservience to him.

ومضى مهدياً كرامته زل

ومضى مهدياً كرامته زل

فى إلى الخصم وهو يأبى الهديّه

فى إلى الخصم وهو يأبى الهديّه

He went on, offering his dignity as a means of drawing

And he went on offering up his dignity to win favor

near to the adversary, who refused the gift.

with his foe, who refused the gift.

أمن الأمة الذي راح يستع

أمن الأمة الذي راح يستع

دي على الأمّة اليد الأجنبيه

دي على الأمّة اليد الأجنبيه

Is he of the nation—the man who went about enlist—

Is he of the nation, he who went seeking

—ing the foreign hand against the nation?

the foreign hand's aid against the nation?

كاد ينفض رهطه حذراً من

كاد ينفض رهطه حذراً من

ه وتدري الصواب تلك البقيه

ه وتدري الصواب تلك البقيه

His faction nearly scattered for fear of

His band nearly dispersed, wary of

him; that remnant knows the right course.

him; and that remnant knows the right course.

أنت والصحب بالغون لمصر ال

أنت والصحب بالغون لمصر ال

ضخمَ من سؤودٍ ومن مدنيه

ضخمَ من سؤودٍ ومن مدنيه

You and your companions will win for Egypt a mighty measure

You and your companions will attain for Egypt

of eminence and civilization,

a mighty share of eminence and civilization.

وضمان المصير وهو كما تخ

وضمان المصير وهو كما تخ

تار هذي الوسائل الجديه

تار هذي الوسائل الجديه

and secure her destiny, just as you

And the guarantee of the future—as you

choose these earnest means.

choose it—lies in these earnest measures.

مرّ بالمدن والقرى ركبك الفخ

مرّ بالمدن والقرى ركبك الفخ

م فهل آن موعد الغربيه

م فهل آن موعد الغربيه

Your magnificent procession passed through towns and villages;

Your splendid procession passed through towns and villages;

has Gharbiyya's appointed hour now come?

so has Gharbia's turn now come?