لَكَ في بُروج المَجد أَسعَدَ طَلعَةِ

تَهدي الهُدى وَتُزيل كُل دجنةِ

You have in the mansions of glory the happiest rising,

Guiding to guidance and dispelling all darkness,

قَد أَطلَعَتكَ سَما المَعالي كَوكَباً

بِجَبين مصر لامِعاً في الأُمةِ

The heavens of greatness have made you a star,

Shining brightly on Egypt’s forehead in the nation,

فَغَدَوتَ في الدُنيا هماماً سامياً

عِندَ العَزيز ممنعاً بِالعزةِ

So you have become in life a lofty protector,

To the Almighty, preventing with might,

فَوقَ الرُؤوس بَدا يراعك قايماً

يُملي مِن العَلياءِ كُلّ حَقيقةِ

Above the heads your banner appeared standing,

Dictating from the Most High every truth,

سَكرانٌ فَوقَ الطُرسِ يشرد طائِراً

لَكنَّ سَكرَتهُ بِخَمر الحِكمَةِ

Intoxicated above the throne wandering like a bird,

But your intoxication is with the wine of wisdom,

أَينَ اِبن مُقلة لَو رَأى حَركاتِهِ

لَغَدا بِدَهشَتِهِ عَديم المُقلَةِ

Where is the son of Muqla, if he saw your movements,

He would become, from his shock, devoid of composure,

سَعدت بِفَيض النيل مَصرٌ وَاِزدَهَت

بِصَفاءِ لُطفِكَ طائِفاً كَاللَجةِ

Egypt rejoiced from the Nile’s abundance and delighted

From the purity of your kindness like a wave,

بِالماءِ تَنتَعش الجُسوم وَإِنَّما

تَحيي النُفوس بِفَيض تِلكَ الرقةِ

With water, bodies are refreshed, but truly,

Souls are enlivened by the abundance of that gentleness,

يا طَلعَةً لِلخَيرِ تُشرِقُ في المَلا

يا بَهجَةً لِلفَضلِ تُنعِشُ مُهجَتي

O rising of good shining in the horizon,

O joy of merit reviving my mind,

أَنا لا أَفي حَق التَشَكُرِ حَيثما

عَظمت عَلى ضَعفي جِبال المنَّةِ

I cannot fulfill the due thanks wherever

Mountains of favors have overwhelmed my weakness,

وَافيتُ رُكنَكَ زائِراً فَمَنحتَني

حِلماً يُسَربِلُني بِأَشرَف حِلَّةِ

I came visiting your pillar, so you granted me

Wisdom that adorns me with the noblest of robes.