1. مَنْ مُبْلِغٌ عَلْيَاءَ إِبرَا

    هيمَ تَهْنِئَةَ الخَلِيلِ

    Who will convey to exalted Ibrahim

    the congratulations of his friend,

  2. وَمُشَفِّعٌ بِمَكَارِمِ الأَخْ

    لاَقِ تَقْصِيرَ العَلِيلِ

    and invoke the nobility of character

    to excuse the ailing man's shortcomings?

  3. مَنْ كَالوَزِيرِ ازُدَانَ

    بالمَجْدِ التَّلِيدِ وَبالأَثيلِ

    Who, like the minister, has adorned himself

    with ancestral and deep-rooted glory,

  4. وَاجْتَازَ فِي الأدَبِ الكَبِيرِ

    مَدَى المُجِيدِينَ الفُحُولِ

    and surpassed, in great literature,

    the reach of accomplished masters,

  5. وَجَلاَ فَضَائِلَ نَفْسِهِ

    فِي رَوْنَقِ الطَّبْعِ النَّبِيلِ

    and revealed the virtues of his soul

    in the radiance of his noble nature?

  6. يَا خَيْرَ فَرْعٍ فِي الفُرُوعِ

    وَخَيْرَ أَصْلٍ فِي الأُصُولِ

    O best branch among branches,

    and best root among roots,

  7. مِنْ دَوْحَةٍ مَيْمُونَةٍ

    خَضْرَاءَ فِي كُلِّ الفُصُولِ

    from a blessed, spreading tree,

    green through every season.

  8. هِيَ مَنْبِتُ النبَغَاءِ مِنْ

    أَهْلِ العَزَائِمِ وَالعُقُولِ

    It is the birthplace of the gifted among

    people of resolve and intellect.

  9. وَفَّيْتَ قِسْطَكَ فِي الجِهَادِ

    وَلَيْسَ بِالقِسْطِ القَلِيلِ

    You have fulfilled your share in the struggle,

    and it is no small share.

  10. وَبَذَلْتَ بِذلَكَ فِي الفِدَاءِ

    فَأُبْتَ بِالذِّكْرِ الجَمِيلِ

    And you made your offering in self-sacrifice,

    and so returned with a good name.

  11. فَارُوقُنَا المَلِكُ المُفَدَّى

    هَلْ يُقَاسُ إِلَى مَثِيلِ

    Our Farouk, the king we would die to save—

    can he be compared with any peer?

  12. لاَ يُخْطِيءُ التَّوفِيقُ فِي حَقٍّ

    فَيُنْصِفَ وَهْوَ يُولِي

    Right guidance never errs in matters of justice,

    so he acts justly as he bestows.

  13. إِنْعامُهُ السَّامِي علَيْكَ

    بِذَلِكَ اللَّقَبِ الجِليلِ

    His exalted favor upon you,

    with that illustrious title,

  14. سَرَّ البِلاَدَ بِمَا تَجَلَّى

    فِيهِ مِنْ رَأْيٍ أَصِيلِ

    has gladdened the land through the display

    of sound judgment within it.

  15. فَاهْنَأْ بِهِ وتَمَلَّهُ

    شَرفاً لِجِيلٍ بَعْدَ جِيلِ

    So rejoice in it and savor it,

    an honor for generation after generation.