نال المُنى بِالفَضل فَخرى باشا

في ظل تَوفيق وَأَحرز ماشا

Fakhri Pasha attained his wishes through merit,

Under the auspices of Tawfiq, and achieved success.

وَنَظارة العَدل الرَفيعة لَم تَكُن

تَرضى سِواه قَبلَ ذَلِكَ حاشا

The exalted ministry of justice would accept

None other before this, never!

لم لا وَهَذا الشبل مِن لَيث لَهُ

أَعداؤُه في حربه تَتحاشى

Why not, when this lion cub is from a fierce lion

Whose enemies in war take pains to evade?

هُوَ جَعفر ماضي العَزيمة صادق

أَنواره في الحكم لا تَتَلاشى

He is Ja'far of resolute determination and sincerity

Whose lights in governance do not diminish.

دامَت مَعاليه وَطابَ ثَناؤه

بِمحافل لا تقبل الغشاشا

May his excellency endure and his praise be pure

In circles that admit no deceit.

وَلهُ يَدوم حسينُهُ متقلِّداً

بِمَناصب العَلياء مَهما عاشا

And may his fair Husein remain invested

In the most eminent positions, for as long as he lives.

فَالشعر كُنت تركته لكنه

في خاطِري لما ترقّى جاشا

Poetry I had abandoned, but it

Spontaneously overflowed in my mind

وَغَدوت أُنشد في الهَناء مؤرخاً

بَدأ الوداد بمجد فخري باشا

And I came to chant in celebration, recording

The beginning of affection for Fakhri Pasha.