إِن هَيَّم الشعراءَ الثَغرُ وَالريقُ

وَشاقَهُم كَأسُ صَهباءٍ وَإِبريقُ

If poets were enthralled by the lips and mouth,

And the wine cup and goblet enchanted them,

فَلى بمجدِك تَوفيق العُلا كلَفٌ

لَم يَثنى عنهُ هَيفاءٌ وَمَعشوقُ

Then in your glory lies success supreme

Undeviating and undeterred by maiden or adorer.

حَقَّقتَ آمالَ مِصرٍ حينَ كانَ لها

إلى عُلاك مدى الأَزمانِ تحديقُ

You fulfilled the hopes of Egypt, at a time when

The ages looked to your highness with belief.

وَهَدَّ حُكمُك ركنَ الظالِمينَ وَقَد

عَدَلتَ حَتّى أَحبَّ الحَقَّ مَحقوقُ

Your rule shook the pillar of the unjust, and

You ruled justly, so the wronged came to love justice.

وَشِدتَ في مصر فخر الاخفاءَ له

فَلَيسَ يُنكِره في الكَونِ زِنديقُ

In Egypt, you built the pride of construction, for which

No skeptic in the universe denies credit.

فَالعَينُ ما طَمَحَت إِلّا رَأت أَثرا

لهُ بِتاجكَ تَرصيعٌ وَتَنسيقُ

The eye did not aspire except to see evidence

In your crown inlaid with crafting and composition

مَولايَ وافاكَ بِالإِقبال عيدُ فِداً

بِالبِِر وَاليُمن مَصحوبٌ وَمَرفوقُ

My Guardian, may prosperity attend you as an Eid offering

with righteousness, good fortune, accompaniment and pursuit.

قَد راقَه ما به تَمتازُ من هِمَمٍ

فيها لآمالِ هذا القُطر تَحقيقُ

It was filled with the resolves which distinguish you

In fulfilling the hopes of this region.

فَعِش لأمثالهِ طولَ المَدى فَرِحاً

وَاِسعَد فَأَنت بِعَين اللَهِ مَرموقُ

So live long, happily, for the likes of it

And be joyful, for you are regarded highly by God.

وَاِهنَأ به فَصفاءُ الوَقتِ أَرَّخَه

عيدُ الفِداءِ بِبِشرِ جاءَ تَوفيقُ

And congratulate him, for the splendor of time chronicled it

The Feast of Emancipation arrived with the auspicious allocation.