انظر مصابيح السرور فقد غدت

انظر مصابيح السرور فقد غدت

تحكي بهنّ الأرض شكل سمائها

تحكي بهنّ الأرض شكل سمائها

Behold the lamps of joy, now that

Look at the lights of joy, for they have become

through them the earth has come to mimic the form of its sky:

Telling the earth in their beauty the shape of its skies

كقلوب أعداء الخديو بنارها

كقلوب أعداء الخديو بنارها

وقلوب أهل وداده بضيائها

وقلوب أهل وداده بضيائها

in their fire, they are like the hearts of the Khedive’s enemies,

Like the hearts of the Khedive's enemies in their fire

and in their radiance, like the hearts of his beloved intimates.

And the hearts of his beloved in their radiance