1. قد جدد الأفراح عيد المولد

    لا زالت الأفراح منه بموعد

    The birthday feast has renewed joy;

    may joys ever keep their tryst with it.

  2. عيد تفرد في الزمان بآية

    فيه بدت للصانع المتفرد

    A feast set apart in time by a wondrous sign

    of the peerless Maker, revealed within it,

  3. في صورة الفاروق أية صورة

    للحسن صيغت في جلال السؤدد

    in Farouk’s form—what a form,

    fashioned for beauty in the majesty of sovereignty!

  4. ملك كريم قد تمثل من حلى

    ملك كريم في مثال أوحد

    A noble angel has taken shape from the graces

    of a noble king, in a form without equal.

  5. نور الصلاح المجتلى في وجهه

    نور الهدى في عين كل موحد

    The light of righteousness beheld upon his face

    is the light of guidance in every monotheist’s eye.

  6. وبشاشة الإيمان في قسماته

    تثني إلى الإيمان قلب الملحد

    And the gladness of faith in his features

    turns the atheist’s heart toward faith.

  7. للمجد فاروقان من متقدم

    خلدت مآثره ومن متجدد

    Glory has two Farouks: one of earlier days,

    whose great deeds are immortal, and one newly arisen.

  8. علمان كل في لبوس زمانه

    يحيا بذكر في النفوس مخلد

    Two towering figures, each in the garb of his age,

    live on through remembrance made immortal in souls.

  9. فاروق مصر هو الذخيرة أبرزت

    من غيبها الأسمى لأسمى مقصد

    Farouk of Egypt is the treasure brought forth

    from its loftiest hidden realm for the loftiest purpose.

  10. في عهده بعثت مفاخر قومه

    ومضى الرجاء إلى مداه الأبعد

    In his reign, his people’s glories were revived,

    and hope advanced to its farthest reach.

  11. وتهيأت أسباب كل رفاهة

    لبلاده بعد الجهاد المجهد

    And the means of every comfort were prepared

    for his country, after the exhausting struggle.

  12. أَضحى مثالا في اقتبال شبابه

    لمصرف الأمر الحكيم الأيد

    In the first bloom of his youth, he became a model

    of a wise and mighty ruler of affairs.

  13. بهر العقول وزاد في إعجابها

    بفضائل في سنه لم تعهد

    He dazzled minds and heightened their admiration

    with virtues unknown at his age.

  14. ما في مساعيه الجسام تكلف

    لكن بداهة وارث متعود

    There is no affectation in his mighty endeavors,

    but the instinctive ease of a practiced heir.

  15. سمح الضمير بحلمه ويزيده

    نبلا وفضلا أنه سمح اليد

    Generous in spirit through forbearance, he gains still more

    nobility and merit through his generous hand.

  16. إن يعتزم يقدم كما تهوى العلا

    إقدام لا حذر ولا متردد

    When he resolves, he advances as glory desires,

    with the boldness of one neither wary nor hesitant.

  17. تجلو الغوامض سرها لفؤاده

    حتى كأن الغيب منه بمشهد

    Mysteries unveil their secret to his heart,

    until the unseen seems open to his sight.

  18. من راح يعبد ربه فلبعض ما

    أولاه من نعمائه فليعبد

    Whoever turns to worship his Lord—for just some of what

    He has bestowed on him of His blessings, let him worship.

  19. هو مفتدى شعب وفي صادق

     فليحيا ذاك المفتدى والمفتدي

    He is the one ransomed by a people loyal and true;

    so long live that ransomed one and those who ransom him!