يا أَميرا عليه من رَونَقِ المُل

يا أَميرا عليه من رَونَقِ المُل

كِ جلالٌ وَبَهجَةٌ وَبَهاء

كِ جلالٌ وَبَهجَةٌ وَبَهاء

O prince, upon whom rests the splendor of royal—

O prince, upon whom, from the splendor of kingship,

—ty: grandeur, beauty, and radiance.

rest majesty, beauty, and radiance.

أَنت إِن غابت البدورُ لنا بد

أَنت إِن غابت البدورُ لنا بد

رٌ متى لاح تَنجلى الظلماءُ

رٌ متى لاح تَنجلى الظلماءُ

You—if all full moons vanish from us—are a full—

If the full moons vanish, you are our full moon;

—moon; whenever it shines, the darkness is dispelled.

whenever it shines, the darkness clears.

بِمعاني عُلاكَ تَفتَخِر الدُن

بِمعاني عُلاكَ تَفتَخِر الدُن

يا وَتَزهو بِسَعدِك الأَنحاءُ

يا وَتَزهو بِسَعدِك الأَنحاءُ

In the qualities of your loftiness, the wor—

The world takes pride in the qualities of your eminence,

—ld takes pride, and every quarter glories in your good fortune.

and the regions glory in your good fortune.

سِر إلى مصرَ يَقتَفى إِثركَ اليُم

سِر إلى مصرَ يَقتَفى إِثركَ اليُم

نُ وَتَحدو رِكابَك العَلياءُ

نُ وَتَحدو رِكابَك العَلياءُ

Journey to Egypt: following in your wake comes good for—

Go to Egypt; good fortune follows your footsteps,

—tune, while lofty glory urges your caravan onward.

and glory sings your riding camels onward.

وَأَعِد ُنسَها بوجهٍ على الأَي

وَأَعِد ُنسَها بوجهٍ على الأَي

امِ من نور حُسنِه لأَلاءُ

امِ من نور حُسنِه لأَلاءُ

Restore her delight with your face, despite the day—

And restore her joy with a face that casts upon the days

—s; from the light of its beauty streams radiance.

a radiance from the light of its beauty.

وَأَفِض من نداكَ فيه غُيوثا

وَأَفِض من نداكَ فيه غُيوثا

قَصُرَت عن سِجالِها الأَنواءُ

قَصُرَت عن سِجالِها الأَنواءُ

And lavish upon her, from your bounty, rain-showers

And pour forth there, from your bounty, rains

whose torrents the rain-bearing stars fall short of matching.

whose torrents the rain-bearing stars cannot match.

ثمَّ عد سالما تُرافِقُك البُش

ثمَّ عد سالما تُرافِقُك البُش

رى وَتَسعى أَمامَك السَرّاءُ

رى وَتَسعى أَمامَك السَرّاءُ

Then return safely, with glad tid—

Then return safely, with glad tidings accompanying you

—ings attending you, while prosperity hastens before you.

and happiness hastening before you.

إنَّ ثَغرا عهِدتَه بك بَسّا

إنَّ ثَغرا عهِدتَه بك بَسّا

ما عداه حتى تعودَ الهَناءُ

ما عداه حتى تعودَ الهَناءُ

Indeed, a mouth you knew, in your presence, to be smil—

Indeed, a port you knew smiling in your presence

—ing—happiness has forsaken it until you return.

has lost its joy until you return.

لا تُطِل شَجوَه بِبُعدك عنه

لا تُطِل شَجوَه بِبُعدك عنه

فهو ذو غُلَّةٍ وَأَنت الماءُ

فهو ذو غُلَّةٍ وَأَنت الماءُ

Do not prolong its grief by remaining far from it;

Do not prolong its grief by remaining far from it,

for it has a burning thirst, and you are the water.

for it burns with thirst, and you are the water.

يا دواءَ الزَمان وَالأَمرِ إِن أَع

يا دواءَ الزَمان وَالأَمرِ إِن أَع

ضَلَ خَطبٌ وَعزَّ فيه الدواءُ

ضَلَ خَطبٌ وَعزَّ فيه الدواءُ

O cure for time and circumstance, when a calamity grows intract—

O remedy for the age and its troubles, when

—able and its remedy becomes hard to find.

a calamity proves intractable and its cure is hard to find!

إنَّ أرضا تَسعى إليكَ يَقيم ال

إنَّ أرضا تَسعى إليكَ يَقيم ال

أُنس فيها وَيَصطَفيها الصَفاءُ

أُنس فيها وَيَصطَفيها الصَفاءُ

Surely, in a land that hastens toward you, de—

Indeed, in a land that hastens toward you dwells

—light makes its home, and serenity chooses it for its own.

joy, and serenity chooses it for its own.

فَإِذا سِرتَ من دِيارٍ لأخرى

فَإِذا سِرتَ من دِيارٍ لأخرى

حَسَدت أَرضَها عَليك السَماءُ

حَسَدت أَرضَها عَليك السَماءُ

And whenever you journey from one land to another,

So when you travel from one abode to another,

heaven envies its earth because of you.

the sky envies that land for having you.