أبا البلاد الذي تسمو البلاد به

جاها وحلما وتصريفا وأحكاما

O father of the country, the country is exalted through you

With glory, forbearance, governance, and wisdom

بوركت من ظالم للنفس يرهقها

كيما يكافح أشرارا وظلاما

You were blessed who wronged himself to burden it

So he may fight evils and darkness

إن التقشف لما بت تؤثره

أضحى غنى وغدا نورا وإلهاما

Indeed, as austerity persisted

It became wealth and light and inspiration

ما غرّك البذخ الضافي إلى أجل

إن النزاهة قد أولتك ما داما

What made you tempted by extravagance leading to ruin

Indeed, integrity has given you permanence

هيهات يبلغ ما بلغت منتقص

أنت الذي جعل الأيام أياما

Far from you, deficient one, to attain what you reached

You who made days into days

أنت الذي عفوه من نبل شيمته

مهما أسيء ويلقى الطعن بساما

You whose pardon is from the nobility of his morals

No matter how much evil is done and blame is cast

أنت الذي قد تسامى حول عفته

شعب وأبدع في الحرمان إنعاما

You who transcended around his chastity

A people and excelled in destitution through favor

أنت الذي ما ادعى يؤما لهمته

باسا وأشبعنا حزما وإقداما

You who never claimed his determination lent him

Courage, and we were sated, resolute and daring

أنت الذي نطقت تلك الجراح به

حثا لمن خاف أو من خاب إحجاما

You who those wounds spoke of

Encouraging those afraid or failed from hesitation

أنت الذي لا الرئاسات التي ازدهرت

خانته يوما ولا أضغاث من ناما

You whom neither presidencies that thrived

Betrayed him one day, nor rubbish from those who slept

أنت الذي كل ما يعنيه واجبه

دينا ودنيا وتحقيقا وأحلاما

You for whom everything his duty means

Religion, life, realization, and dreams

أنت الذي يرهب الطاغوت حكمته

وإن يحاصره أسيافا وألغاما

You whom tyranny fears his wisdom

Even if sieged by swords and mines

أنت الذي قد حمته من كرامته

فيالق حين يحمي السيف أصناما

You whom his dignity protected him

So he may face when the sword protects idols

أنت الذي أينما قد حل موكبه

حل التقى والهدى برا وإسلاما

You where, wherever his procession settled

Righteousness and guidance innocently and Islamically settled.

حامى عن النيل والسودان شاهده

فأين من بزّه لو عنهما حامى

Protector of the Nile and Sudan, his witness on them

So where is one who surpassed him if he protected them

فخر لمصر على الأدهار سيرته

إن الوداعة أسمت كل من سامى

Pride of Egypt through the ages, his conduct

As meekness named everyone exalted

يا من له بيته غنيان مملكة

ورمزه الحق إحسانا وإحكاما

O you whose house enriches him a kingdom

And his symbol is benevolence and wisdom

ومن له العدل نبراس وأوّله

أن يمحو العدل أتراحا واسقاما

And who justice is his torch and made it first

To erase injustices and illnesses

وأن يزيل جهالات مضلّلة

ويهزم الجمع مهما عم إجراما

And to remove misguided ignorance

And defeat the group no matter how widespread the crime

وأن يبدد عريا لا مجال له

والقطن ينشر أثوابا وأعلاما

And to dispel nakedness with no place

As cotton spreads clothes and flags

أزجي إليك تحايا الشعر أنغاما

ووصفه الحر مثالا ورساما

I extend to you the greetings of poetry as melodies

And the free described him as an example and painter