لَهجَ الزَمانُ بِشُكرِكَ المَتضوّعِ

فَأَمِل سَماعَكَ لِلبَريةِ وَاِسمَعِ

Time sings in praise of your overflowing gratitude,

So hope to hear its call through the wilderness and listen.

أَنتَ اللَطيف لَبِستَ أَلطَف حِلَّةٍ

أَنتَ الشَريف حَلَلتَ أَشرَف مَوضِعِ

You are the Subtle One, dressed in the subtlest garment,

You are the Noble One, who came to the noblest place.

في جَبهة العَليا طَلَعتَ مُكَللاً

بِالمَجد تَدهش مقلة المُتَطَلِعِ

On the highest horizon you rose crowned

With glory, astonishing the eyes of the beholder.

تَجري لِفكرِكَ في البِلادِ مَنابِعٌ

طافَت بِفَيضٍ لِلرَشادِ مُنوَّعِ

For your thoughts, springs flow through the lands,

Bringing abundant guidance and diverse blessings.

لَكَ بِالسِياسَةِ خِبرة تَجلو بِها

ظُلَمَ المَشاكِلِ بِالصَوابِ المُقنِعِ

In politics, your wisdom dispels

The darkness of problems with convincing truth.

شَمَلَت عِنايَتكَ المَعارف فَاِزدَهَت

في مَصر تَرقى لِلمَقامِ الأَرفَعِ

Your care has increased knowledge, so Egypt progresses

To the highest station and most eminent rank.

أَنعَشتَ أمَّتها بِفَضلٍ باهِرٍ

فَغَدَت إِلَيكَ مُشيرة بِالإِصبَعِ

You revived its nation with magnificent merit,

So it points to you as guide and authority.

في ظلِّ مَولانا العَزيز أَنَرتَها

عِلماً عَلَت أَعلامُهُ في الأَربَعِ

In the shade of our beloved master, you enlightened it

With a science whose banners rose over the four corners.

قَد سَرَني وَفدي لِرُكنِكَ زائِراً

وَيَسوءني بَعدَ اِبتِهاجي مَرجَعي

I was glad to visit your sanctuary as a pilgrim,

Yet I am saddened when after my joy I must depart.

فَأَنا لِلطفك شاكِرٌ لَكِنَّني

شاكٍ رَحيلي في لِسانِ مُوَدِّعِ

For your kindness I am thankful, but in leaving

My tongue remains that of a reluctant bidder of farewell.