قدوم به تاج المسرات بعقد

قدوم به تاج المسرات بعقد

امن أتانا كل يوم يجدد

امن أتانا كل يوم يجدد

An arrival that decks the crown of joys with a necklace;

The arrival of the crowned king with a necklace

Safety has come to us, renewed each day.

Of security that comes to us each day renewed

صحا الناس والفسطاط قرّت وقد مضى

صحا الناس والفسطاط قرّت وقد مضى

بأهوائه من كان فيها يعربد

بأهوائه من كان فيها يعربد

The people sobered, and Fustat found peace; gone was

The people are healthy and the city is calm, gone is

With his whims, the man who used to run riot there.

He who rebelled here following his whims

شكت الم الداء العضال فطيبت

شكت الم الداء العضال فطيبت

على يد مولى ما على بدء يد

على يد مولى ما على بدء يد

She complained of an incurable illness's pain, and was made well

The pain of illness complained, so it was soothed

By the hand of a lord, a foremost chief above whom no hand holds sway.

At the hands of the Master, nothing like it before

من النفر الغر الحماة إذا دعها

من النفر الغر الحماة إذا دعها

فلا واحد إلّا وفي السبق أوحد

فلا واحد إلّا وفي السبق أوحد

One of the illustrious defenders, when [called upon],

Of the noble Turkish guard if called upon

Not one but is peerless in taking the lead.

Not one but excels the rest in valor

أمان لمزرؤ وظل لقائل

أمان لمزرؤ وظل لقائل

وللفضل منتاب وللجود مورد

وللفضل منتاب وللجود مورد

Safety for the [bereaved], shade for one resting at noon,

Safety for the fearful, shade for the weary

And a resort for excellence, and a wellspring of generosity.

For generosity provision, for virtue a wellspring

أفي الحق ان لا تحمد العيس مصرنا

أفي الحق ان لا تحمد العيس مصرنا

وحامي ذمارالشرع فيها محمد

وحامي ذمارالشرع فيها محمد

Is it right that our Egypt should not praise the pale camels,

Is it right that we not praise as our Egypt’s Jesus

While Muhammad, defender of the Law's sanctity, is within her?

And defender of the Law’s honor here Muhammad

أتاها وفي احدائها كل علة

أتاها وفي احدائها كل علة

وطرف ذويها من قذى الظلم أرمد

وطرف ذويها من قذى الظلم أرمد

He came to her, with every illness in her [innermost parts],

He came while all manner of afflictions

And her people's eyes were inflamed by the grit of oppression.

And oppression blinded its protectors

فما زال حتى استل منها قذامها

فما زال حتى استل منها قذامها

بصنع به يشفى الغليل ويبرد

بصنع به يشفى الغليل ويبرد

He did not cease until he drew her [grit] out of her,

He did not stop until he extracted its cataracts

With a deed that quenches burning thirst and cools it.

With work that heals the heartsick and cools their fever

فلا جور في غير الحسان محكم

فلا جور في غير الحسان محكم

ولا سيف في غير اللحاظ مجرد

ولا سيف في غير اللحاظ مجرد

So no tyranny holds sway except among the beauties,

No injustice but kindness holds sway

And no sword is unsheathed except in glances.

No sword but sheathed in its scabbard

بدا فانجلى الخطب الجليل بطلعة

بدا فانجلى الخطب الجليل بطلعة

كأن بها تحت الغمامة فرقد

كأن بها تحت الغمامة فرقد

He appeared, and grave calamity cleared before a countenance

Dawn broke and the noble cause shone

As though a Farqad star shone within it beneath the cloud.

As if beneath the clouds a full moon peaked

كأن سجاياه وكفيه روضة

كأن سجاياه وكفيه روضة

بها من نثار السحب حلى مبدد

بها من نثار السحب حلى مبدد

As though his virtues and his two palms were a garden,

As if his features and palms were a garden

With scattered jewels from the clouds' showers.

Strewn with pearls from scattered rainclouds

ولو لم يكن بحرا من العلم صدره

ولو لم يكن بحرا من العلم صدره

لما شك أراء انه يتوقد

لما شك أراء انه يتوقد

And were his breast not a sea of knowledge,

If his chest were not a sea of knowledge

No [beholder] would doubt that it was ablaze.

None would doubt minds kindled by him

فلا زال رحب الباع والصدر والفنا

فلا زال رحب الباع والصدر والفنا

بطوف به لطف من اللّه سرمد

بطوف به لطف من اللّه سرمد

May he never cease to be broad in reach, breast, and courtyard,

His generosity, kindness and grace ever ample

With everlasting grace from God circling round him.

Graced by Allah's gentle eternal blessing