للخديوي في مصر عيدُ إِمامِ

لَستُ أُحصي أَوصافه في إِمامِ

The Khedive in Egypt has an Eid festival,

I cannot enumerate his virtues in an Imam.

أَيد اللَه دَولة سادَ فيها

بِالمَعالي عَلى مُلوك الأَنام

May God support a state in which he prevailed

With glories over the kings of all people.

وَرَعاه لملكِ خَير بِلادٍ

ساس فيها جُنودَه باهتمام

And protect him for the good of the best of lands,

Whose troops he managed with care.

وَبَنى للأَمان فيها قِلاعاً

خافَها جَيشُ كُل لَيث همام

And built fortresses for security in it,

Feared by the army of every ferocious lion.

ما هِلال بَدا لعيدٍ سَعيدٍ

في سَماء السُرور غب الصِيام

No crescent appeared for a happy Eid

In the sky of joy after fasting.

وَاِزدَهى في عُلومه بذكاء

طوسن شبله عقيب الفِطام

And he excelled in his intelligence with acumen,

Like a lion cub after weaning.

وَتحلّى بِمَدح عَلياه عبدٌ

مُخلص في الدعا بِطُول الدَوام

And a loyal servant adorned with praising his Highness,

With lifelong prayer.

لا يَزال العلا يُناديه أَرِّخ

للخديوي في مصر عيد إِمام

Glory continues calling him: record

The Khedive in Egypt has an Eid festival.