بشرى لأوطان الخديو فقد زهت

بشرى لأوطان الخديو فقد زهت

فرحا بشمس قدومه المشكور

فرحا بشمس قدومه المشكور

Glad tidings to the Khedive’s lands—for they have blossomed

Good tidings to the Khedive's homelands, for they have blossomed

with joy at the sun of his praised arrival.

With joy at the coming of his appreciated sun

ملأ القلوب بها السرور وأشرقت

ملأ القلوب بها السرور وأشرقت

نوراً بأسعد طلع منصور

نوراً بأسعد طلع منصور

Through it, gladness filled the hearts, and they shone

Hearts are filled with it with delight and have shone

with light, as he rose victorious under the happiest auspices.

With light from the happiest rising star of good fortune