1. العَيْشُ مُخْضَلُّ الْجَوانِبِ أَخْضَرُ

    واليومُ من نَسْجِ السّحائبِ أَنْضَرُ

    Life is dew-drenched on every side, and green,

    and today is fresher than the clouds' weaving.

  2. والرَّوضُ يَصْدَحُ بالبَشائِرِ أيْكُهُ

    فالعُودُ عُودٌ والأَزاهِرُ مِزْهَرُ

    The garden's thickets sing with glad tidings,

    so the bough is a lute, and the blossoms too a lute.

  3. يَجْرِي النَّسيمُ به فَيَجْتازُ الرُّبا

    صُعُداً وتَجْذِبهُ الغُصونُ فَينْفِر

    The breeze runs through it, crossing the hills

    upward; the branches tug it, and it shies away.

  4. كم زَهْرةٍ عَلِقَتْ بفَضْلِ رِدَائه

    فالوردُ مِلءُ ردائِه والعَبْهر

    How many a flower has clung to its trailing cloak!

    Roses and narcissi fill its robe.

  5. إن ضجَّ من آبٍ وحَرِّ وَثاقِهِ

    فاليومَ يَدْرُجُ ما يشاءُ ويَخْطِر

    If it chafed at August and the heat of its bonds,

    today it strolls as it pleases and sways proudly.

  6. يَطْفُو على وَجْهِ الْجَدَاوِلِ طائراً

    غَرِداً يُصَفِّقُ بالْجَنَاحِ ويَطْفِرُ

    It glides over the streams' surface in flight,

    singing, beating its wing and leaping.

  7. في كفِّهِ البُشْرَى وفي هَمساتِهِ

    نُعْمَى الحياةِ وعزُّ مِصْرَ الأَوْفر

    Glad tidings lie in its palm, and in its whispers

    life's blessings and Egypt's fullest glory.

  8. والشمسُ ضاحكةٌ كأنّ شُعاعَها

    أَملُ الوُجوه المُشْرقُ المُسْتَبْشِر

    The sun is laughing, as though her rays were

    the radiant, rejoicing hope upon people's faces.

  9. تَخْتالُ في يومٍ تَرَقَّبتِ العُلا

    مِيلادَه ورَنتْ إِليه الأَعْصُرُ

    She walks proudly on a day—glory had awaited

    its birth, and the ages had gazed toward it.

  10. نَهَضت به آمالُ مِصْرَ وأَقْسمتْ

    مِنْ بعد هذا اليومِ لا تَتَعثَّرُ

    Through it Egypt's hopes arose and swore

    never to stumble after this day.

  11. فَلكَم تَمنَّى الدينُ طالِعَ صُبْحِه

    واهْتزَّ من شَوْقٍ إِليه الْمِنْبَرُ

    How often the faith longed for its morning's dawn,

    and the pulpit trembled with longing for it!

  12. تَمْشِي المُنَى فيه تجُرُّ خِمارَها

    خَفَراً ويَزْهُوها الْجَمالُ فَتسْفِر

    Hopes walk through it, trailing their veil

    modestly; beauty makes them proud, and they unveil.

  13. فازتْ به مِصْرٌ بخَيْرِ مُتَوَّجٍ

    يَنْهَى كما يرضَى الإِلهُ ويأمر

    Through it Egypt gained the best of crowned kings,

    who forbids and commands as God approves.

  14. يومٌ إِذا زُهِيَ الزمانُ بِمثْلِه

    فبمِثْلِه يُزْهَى الزمانُ وَيفْخَر

    A day—if time is made proud by its like,

    then by such a day time glories and boasts.

  15. السَّعْدُ في ساعاتِهِ مُسْتَوطنٌ

    والعِزُّ في جَنَبَاتِه مُتَبخْترُ

    Good fortune has made its home within its hours,

    and glory struts through its quarters.

  16. هو في فَمِ الدُّنْيا حَدِيثٌ خالِدٌ

    يَحْلُو على الأَيَّامِ حين يُكَرَّر

    It is an immortal tale upon the world's lips,

    growing sweeter with the days whenever retold.

  17. هو طَلْعةُ الرَّوْض النَّضِيرِ وظِلُّه

    ونَمِيرُه ونسيمه المُتَعطِّر

    It is the verdant garden's countenance and shade,

    its sweet water and its perfumed breeze.

  18. أملُ البلادِ تمسّكَتْ بحباله

    في الحادثاتِ وعيدُ مصرَ الأكبر

    The country's hope, whose cords she grasped

    amid calamities, and Egypt's greatest feast.

  19. عيدُ بأَنْوار الْجَلالِ مُتَوَّجٌ

    وبمُنّة النَّصرِ العَزيزِ مؤَزَّر

    A feast crowned with the lights of majesty,

    and strengthened by the gift of mighty victory.

  20. هو صُورةٌ للبِشْرِ أُحْكِم رَسْمُها

    لو أنَّ أَيَّامَ السُّرورِ تُصَوَّر

    It is a picture of joy, its drawing perfected,

    if days of happiness could be pictured.

  21. لانَتْ به الدُّنيا وأَخْصب عَيْشُها

    وبيُمْنِهِ اخْضرَّ الزمانُ المُقْفِر

    Through it the world grew gentle, and its life grew fertile,

    and through its good fortune barren time turned green.

  22. وشَدَتْ لِمَطْلعِه القُلوبُ كأنّها

    طَيْرٌ تُغرِّد للرِّياضِ وتصْفِر

    Hearts sang to greet its rising, as though they were

    birds warbling to the gardens and whistling.

  23. هو في كِتَاب الدَّهْر سَطْرٌ مَجَادَةٍ

    خَشَعَتْ لِهَيْبَةِ ما حَواه الأسْطُرُ

    In time's book it is a line of glory,

    before whose awe-inspiring contents the other lines bowed.

  24. وثَبَتْ به مِصْرٌ وقد طال الكَرَى

    وَمَضَتْ إِلى قَصَب الفَخَارِ تُغَبِّرُ

    Egypt leapt forward through it, after long slumber,

    and raced toward glory's prize, raising dust.

  25. وَعَلَتْ بفَضْل مَلِيك مِصرَ مَكَانةً

    لم تَقْتَعِدْها في السَّماءِ الأَنْسُر

    Through Egypt's king she rose to a station

    where eagles in the heavens have never perched.

  26. تَتَقطّعُ الآمالُ دون بُلوغها

    وتَوَدّ رُؤْيتَها العُيونُ فَتحْسرُ

    Hopes fall short of attaining it,

    and eyes long to see it, but grow weary.

  27. تَرْنُو لها الْجَوْزاءُ نَظْرةَ حَاسِدٍ

    وبِذكْرِها تَلْهو النُّجومُ وتَسْمُر

    Al-Jawza gazes at it with an envious eye,

    and the stars amuse themselves with its mention, conversing by night.

  28. وإذا سَما الملِكُ الهُمامُ لغايةٍ

    فالصَّعبُ هَيْنٌ والعَسيرُ مُيَسَّر

    When the valiant king aspires to a goal,

    the difficult is easy, and the arduous made easy.

  29. عيد الجلوسِ وأنت عِزةُ أمةٍ

    تَعْلو بمَوْلاها العَظِيم وتَكْبُر

    O Accession Day, you are a nation's glory,

    as it rises through its great sovereign and grows mighty.

  30. غنَّاكَ شِعْري فاستَمعْ لِغنَائِه

    إِنَّ البَلابلَ في الْخَميلةِ نُدَّر

    My poetry has sung to you, so listen to its song:

    nightingales in the thicket are rare.

  31. ما كلُّ من عَرَك المَزَاهِرَ مَعْبَدٌ

    يَوْماً ولا كلُّ المَواضِع عَبْقَر

    Not everyone who plies the lutes is Ma'bad

    ever, nor is every place Abqar.

  32. إن الرماحَ حَدائدٌ مَنْبُوذَةٌ

    حتى يُثقِّفَ جِانِبيْها سَمْهَرُ

    Indeed, spears are discarded pieces of iron

    until Samhar straightens both their sides.

  33. حيَّتْ طلائِعَكَ القوافِي هُتّفاً

    وشَدَتْ لمَقْدَمِكَ الكريمِ الأَشكُر

    Rhymes acclaimed your vanguard with loud cheers,

    and thanksgivings sang at your noble arrival.

  34. والشعرُ مرآةُ النُّفوسِ وصُورةٌ

    مَحْسوسةٌ ممَّا تُكِنُّ وتشعر

    Poetry is the mirror of souls, and an image

    made tangible of what they conceal and feel.

  35. يا عِيدُ كَمْ بك من جَمالٍ زاهرٍ

    يَبْهَى بإِشْراقِ المَليك وَيبْهَر

    O feast, how much radiant beauty you contain,

    shining and dazzling in the king's radiance!

  36. كم مِنْ مَواكبَ وارداتٍ تَرْتَجي

    شَرَفَ المُثُولِ ومِنْ مَواكبَ تَصْدُر

    How many arriving processions hope for

    the honor of attendance, while other processions depart!

  37. والشعبُ يَزْحَمُ بالمَناكبِ طامِعاً

    في نَظْرةٍ تُحْيِي القلوبَ وتَجْبُر

    The people press shoulder to shoulder, yearning

    for a glance that revives hearts and heals them.

  38. ضاقتْ به السَّاحاتُ حتى أصبحتْ

    كالبَحْرِ يَقْذِف بالعُبَاب وَيزْخَر

    The squares grew too narrow for them, until they became

    a sea that flings up billows and surges.

  39. حتى إِذا ظَهر المَليكُ كأنَّه

    بَدْرٌ به انجابَ الظَّلامُ الأَخْدر

    Then, when the king appeared, it was as though he were

    a full moon that dispelled the thick darkness.

  40. في بُرْدِهِ أملُ الكِنانةِ باسِمٌ

    وبِوَجْهه نورُ الْجَلالَةِ مُسْفِر

    Within his cloak, Kinana's hope is smiling,

    and the light of majesty shines upon his face.

  41. شَخصتْ له الآمالُ تُسرِع خَطْوَها

    ودنَا لرُؤيته العدِيدُ الأكْثرُ

    Hopes set forth toward him, hastening their steps,

    and the vast multitude drew near to see him.

  42. تَرْنُو العُيونُ فَتَجْتلي من نوره

    فَيْضاً ويَغْلِبُها السَّنا فَتَحَيَّر

    Eyes gaze and behold of his light

    a flood; its radiance overwhelms and bewilders them.

  43. والناسُ بين مُسَبِّحٍ ومُكَبِّرٍ

    لَبّى نِدَاه مُسبِّحٌ ومُكَبِّر

    Some people praise God, and others proclaim His greatness;

    those praising God and proclaiming His greatness answered his call.

  44. والبِشْرُ قد ملأ الوُجوهَ نَضارةً

    فتكادُ من فَرْطِ النَّضارةِ تَقْطُر

    Joy has filled the faces with freshness,

    until they almost drip with such abundant freshness.

  45. والقُطُرُ يهتفُ أن يعيشَ فؤادُهُ

    والشَّعْبُ يجهَرُ بالدعاءِ وَيَجأَر

    The land cries, 'Long live its heart, Fuad!'

    and the people pray aloud and cry out,

  46. في مَوْكِبٍ لم يَلْقَ كِسْرَى مثلَه

    في السَّابقين ولم يَنَلْه قَيْصَر

    in a procession whose like Khusrau never knew

    among those of old, nor did Caesar ever attain it.

  47. قَدَرُوا مآثرَك النَّبيلةَ قَدْرَها

    وكذاك مَحْمودُ المآثرِ يُقْدَر

    They valued your noble deeds at their true worth,

    and thus is one praised for noble deeds esteemed.

  48. أَحْسنتَ للشَّعب الكَرِيمِ رِعَايةً

    فَشَدا بنعمتِكَ التي لا تُكْفَر

    You tended the noble people well,

    so they sang of your bounty, which cannot be denied.

  49. اللّهُ قد خَلَقَ المكارمَ والنَّدَى

    شَجَراً يُظَلِّلُ في الهَجِير ويُثْمِر

    God has created noble virtues and generosity

    as trees that give shade in the midday heat and bear fruit.

  50. إِنّ الذي ملك القُلوبَ بعَطْفه

    أَوْلَى بتَمْجيدِ القُلوبِ وأجدَر

    One who has won hearts through his tenderness

    is more entitled to their glorification, and worthier.

  51. شِعْري استبقْ في الحاشِدين مُبادِراً

    لا يُدرِكُ الآمالَ مَنْ يتأَخّرُ

    My poetry, race ahead among the crowds, hastening:

    no one who lags behind attains his hopes.

  52. وانزِلْ برَأْس التّين واخْشَعْ مُطْرِقاً

    ممّا تُحِسُّ مِنَ الْجَلال وتُبْصِرُ

    Alight at Ras al-Tin and bow humbly, head lowered,

    at the majesty you feel and see.

  53. فهنالك المَجْدُ المُؤَثَّلُ سامِقاً

    والملْك حولَكَ واسعٌ مُسْتَبْحِر

    There stands deep-rooted glory, towering high,

    and kingship around you spreads vast and wide.

  54. هذا ابنُ إِسماعيل فانثُر حولَهُ

    دُرَراً تَدُومُ على الزَّمانِ وتُذْخَر

    This is Ismail's son: scatter around him

    pearls that endure through time and are treasured.

  55. ساسَ البلادَ بِحكْمةٍ عَلَويّة

    بسَدادِها تعتزُّ مِصْرُ وتُنْصَر

    He governed the country with Alawid wisdom,

    by whose soundness Egypt gains honor and victory.

  56. عَزْمٌ كما صَال الْحُسام وهِمّةٌ

    أَسْمَى من النَّجم البَعيدِ وأَبْهر

    A resolve like a sword's onslaught, and an ambition

    loftier and brighter than the distant star;

  57. ومَضاءُ رَأْي لو رَمَى حَلَكَ الدُّجى

    لَمضى الدُّجَى مُتَعثِّراً يَتَقَهْقر

    and piercing judgment that, if aimed at night's blackness,

    would send the darkness stumbling backward.

  58. بلغتْ به مِصْرُ مَنازِلَها العُلاَ

    يُومِي إِليها طَرْفُه فَتُشَمِّر

    Through him Egypt attained her lofty stations;

    his eye gestures to her, and she girds herself.

  59. تَمْضِي كما يَمْضِي الشّهابُ مُجِدَّةً

    لا يبلغُ الشأوَ البعيدَ مُقَصِّر

    She presses on like a shooting star, striving:

    no laggard reaches the distant goal.

  60. مَلأ البِلادَ عوارِفاً ومَعارفا

    تُزْجَى إلى أَقْصى البلاد وتنْشَر

    He filled the country with kindnesses and knowledge,

    carried to its furthest reaches and spread abroad.

  61. وأعَاد مجدَ الخالِدين بنَهْضةٍ

    تَجْتَاح شُمَّ الرَّاسياتِ وتُقْهَر

    He restored the immortals' glory through a renaissance

    that sweeps over lofty, rooted mountains, leaving them subdued.

  62. فتلفَّتَ التارِيخُ مشْدوهَ النُّهَى

    وتَطلّعتْ من حُجْبِهنّ الأدْهُر

    History turned, its mind astonished,

    and the ages peered out from behind their veils.

  63. لا تَدْهَشِ الدُّنيا فصَوْلَةُ عَزْمِهِ

    أَقْوَى على كَبْح الصِّعابِ وأقدَرُ

    Let the world not marvel, for his resolve's onslaught

    is stronger and abler at reining in hardships.

  64. الخالدون على الزمان جدودُهُ

    والسابقون قبيلُه والمعشَر

    Those immortal through time are his forefathers,

    and the forerunners are his kin and clan.

  65. النهضةُ الكبرَى إِليهم تنتمِي

    وجلائلُ الآثارِ عنهم تُذْكر

    The great renaissance traces its lineage to them,

    and mighty achievements are recounted of them.

  66. درجوا وأمّا مجدُهم فمُخلَّدٌ

    باقٍ وأما ذِكْرهم فمُعَمَّر

    They passed away, but their glory is immortal,

    enduring, and their memory is long-lived.

  67. أفؤادُ عش للنيلِ ذُخراً إِنما

    بِنَدَا كما تحيا البلادُ وتنضُر

    O Fuad, live on, a treasure for the Nile; only

    through the bounty of you both does the country live and flourish.

  68. قد فاض في طول البلاد وعرضها

    لكنّه في جنبِ فَيْضِك يَصْغُر

    It has overflowed throughout the country's length and breadth,

    yet beside your outpouring it is small.

  69. يتبرّكُ الوادي بلَثْم بنانِهِ

    فيعودُ وهو المعْشِب المُخْضَوضِرُ

    The valley seeks blessings by kissing his fingertips,

    and returns grassy and luxuriantly green.

  70. الْخِضْبُ والإِغداقُ فيضُ يمينه

    والمسكُ كُدْرَةُ مائِهِ والعنبر

    Color and abundance pour from his right hand,

    and musk and ambergris are his water's cloudiness.

  71. تِبْرٌ إِذا غَمَر البلادَ رأيتَها

    والدرُّ مِلءُ نُحورِها والْجَوْهَر

    It is gold dust; when it floods the country, you see her

    with pearls and jewels filling her bosom.

  72. والأرض وَشْيٌ طُرِّزتْ أفوافُه

    والزهرُ منه مُدَرْهَم ومُدَنَّر

    The earth is brocade, its striped fabrics embroidered,

    and its flowers are fashioned into dirhams and dinars.

  73. أَنَّى جرَى هَمس الخمائلُ باسمه

    وتبسَّم النّسرينُ والنِّيلُوفَر

    Wherever he flows, the thickets whisper his name,

    and the eglantine and water lilies smile.

  74. وسرت بمقَدمِه البشائرُ حُوَّما

    السُّحْبُ تُنْبِىءُ والنسائمُ تُخبر

    Glad tidings spread at his arrival, circling overhead;

    the clouds announce it, and the breezes tell.

  75. إن أصبحتْ مصرُ الخصيبةُ جنَّةً

    في عهدك العُمَريِّ فهو الكَوْثَرُ

    If fertile Egypt has become a paradise

    under your Umar-like reign, he is al-Kawthar.

  76. عِشْ في حِمَى الرَّحمنِ جلّ جلالُه

    ترعاك عينٌ لا تنامُ وتخفُرُ

    Live under the All-Merciful's protection—exalted is His majesty—

    watched and guarded by an eye that never sleeps.

  77. واهنأ بعيدك إنه فألُ المُنَى

    فَبيُمْنه تعلو البلادُ وتظْفَر

    Rejoice in your feast: it is an omen of hopes fulfilled;

    through its good fortune the country rises and triumphs.

  78. لا زلتَ ترفُلُ في مطارفِ صحّةٍ

    هي كل ما يرجو الزمان ويُؤْثِر

    May you ever trail robes of health,

    which is all that time desires and prefers.

  79. واسلَمْ لمصرَ فأنتَ أنتَ فؤادُها

    وحياتُها ولُبابُها المتخَيَّر

    Remain safe for Egypt: you, you are her heart,

    her life, and her choicest essence.

  80. فاروقُ زَيْنُ الناشئين المرتجَى

    كَرُمت أوائِلُهُ وطَاب العُنصُر

    Faruq, adornment of the young, in whom hopes rest:

    noble were his beginnings, and pure his stock.

  81. مجدُ الشبابِ مَنَاطُ آمالِ العُلا

    وسَنَا الحياةِ ونَجْمُ مصرَ النيّر

    The glory of youth, the focus of high hopes,

    life's radiance and Egypt's shining star.

  82. أَنبتَّه خيرَ النباتِ يزَيِنُه

    خُلُقٌ كأمواهِ السحابِ مُطَهَّرُ

    You nurtured him to the finest growth; he is adorned

    by a character as pure as the waters of the clouds.

  83. الفضلُ يلمَعُ في وضيء جبينه

    زهواً كما ابتسم الربيع المُبْكِر

    Virtue shines upon his luminous brow,

    proudly, as the early spring smiles.

  84. إنّ الصعيدَ لمُزْدَهٍ بأميرِهِ

    جَذْلانُ يصدَحُ بالثناء ويجهر

    Upper Egypt indeed takes pride in its prince,

    jubilant, singing praise aloud.

  85. لو تَسْتطيعُ الباسقاتُ بأرضه

    سَعْياً لجاءت نحو بابِكَ تشكُر

    If the tall palms in its land could

    run, they would come toward your gate in thanks.

  86. عاش المليكُ وعاش فاروقُ الْحِمَى

    يزهو بطلعته الوجودُ ويُزْهِر

    Long live the king, and long live Faruq of the realm!

    At his appearance, all existence glories and blooms.