يا أَيُّها الصَدر السَعيدْ

بِكَ مَصرُ طالعها سَعيدْ

O you the fortunate breast

With you, Egypt’s fortune shone

وَبِرَأي حَضرتك السَديدْ

فازَت بِما فَوق الأَملْ

With your sound opinion

It attained what’s beyond hope

بُشرى لَها طابَ الصُبوحْ

وَلعزها ذل الجموحْ

Good tidings, dawn has smiled

And arrogance bowed in disgrace

وَسَعيدُها رَب الفُتوحْ

عَزت بِهِ بَين الدُولْ

Its good fortune, Lord of Conquests

With it, it became eminent among states

وَبِها مُعسكره اِنتَشَرْ

وَلَدى الجَميع قَد اِشتَهَرْ

With it, its camp became widespread

And with all became well known

فَإِذا سَطا أَين المَفَرْ

مِنهُ إِذا النجم أَفلْ

So when it extends, where is escape

From it when the star sets

ما كانَ جُند أَمينُفيسْ

وَسَليله سِيزوستريسْ

What was the Ameen regiment

And the descendants of Sesostris

في ذَلِكَ النَظم النَفيسْ

حَتّى بِهِ ضُرِب المثلْ

In that exquisite system

That with it the example was set

ما كانَ يَعرف للحتوفْ

غَير الأَسنة وَالسُيوفْ

It did not know of encampments

Other than tongues and swords

أَما تَراتيب الصُفوفْ

فَبسلكها كانَ الخللْ

As for arrangements of formations

Through its strings was the defect

فاصرف عَن الزمَن القَديمْ

فَكراً بساحته يَهيمْ

So turn away from ancient times

Thoughts roaming in its courtyard

وَانظر إِلى زَمَن النَعيمْ

لِتَرى بِهِ أَوفى عَملْ

And look to the age of bliss

To see through it the most perfect work

زَمَن بِهِ أَنشا السَعيدْ

في مَصره الجَيشَ الجَديدْ

An age in which the fortunate one established

In his Egypt the new army

وَبِهِ تَباشَرَت العَبيدْ

بِالنَصر وَالفَتح الأَجلْ

And with it the slaves busied themselves

With victory and the greatest conquest

مِنهُ المَدارس بِالسِلاحْ

في مَصر يَخدمها النَجاحْ

From it the schools with arms

In Egypt, success serves it

وَالصَدر أَصبَح في اِنشِراحْ

مِنها وَبِالعلم اِحتَفَلْ

And the breast has become relieved

From it and with knowledge it celebrated

مِنهُ غَطارفة خَواصْ

بِيّادةٌ جَعَلوا الرَصاصْ

From it the chieftains of the elite

With increase made bullets

لِهَلاك مِن رامَ الخَلاصْ

مِنهُم فَأدركه الأَجلْ

For the destruction of those who sought deliverance

From them, so death attained them

مِنهُ السَواري في الجلادْ

بِالبيض وَالسُمر المِدادْ

From it the cavalry in armor

With whites and blacks in rows

من رَكض خَيلهم الجِيادْ

تَهتز أَركان الجبلْ

When their steeds raced

The mountains' pillars shook

وَالزرخ أَرباب الدُروعْ

مِنهُم تَفرّقت الجُموعْ

And the archers, lords of shields

From them the groups dispersed

وَسِهامهم تَفري الضُلوعْ

وَتشكُّ أَحداق المقلْ

And their arrows tear apart ribs

And cleave the pupils of the eyelids

مِن جُنده أَبناء حامْ

كَالنار في يَوم الخِصامْ

From his troops, the sons of Ham

Like fire on the day of discord

لا شَك هُم رُسل الحمامْ

لِمَن اِعتَدى وَبَغى وَضلْ

No doubt they are the messengers of resolution

For he who transgressed, sought tyranny and strayed

وَالأوجيان عَلى الفَضا

وَثَباتها مِثل القَضا

And the Albanians in the open

And their stance like destiny

تَسعى عَلى جَمر الغَضى

نَحوَ العَدوّ بِلا مَللْ

Hasten with burning anger

Toward the enemy ceaselessly

أَما المُهندس في الحُروبْ

فَبِكَشفه كَشفُ الكُروبْ

As for the engineer in wars

His exploration reveals tribulations

وَببحثه جَيش الخُطوبْ

يَفنى وَتحصده العللْ

And in his research the army of disasters

Perishes and illnesses reap it

أَما الكبورجيُّ الشَهيرْ

ذو العَقل وَالفهم الغَزيرْ

As for the famous brigadier

Of abundant intellect and copious understanding

فَعَلى قَناطره يَسيرْ

جُند السَعيد بِلا مَهلْ

On his bridges march

The fortunate one's troops unhesitatingly

أَما السواحل وَالقِلاعْ

فَكماتُها حَفظوا المتاعْ

As for the coasts and the fortresses

Their gunners preserved the goods

بِمَدافعٍ مِنها البِقاعْ

ضاقَت عَلى الشَهم البَطلْ

With cannons through which the lands

Became straitened for the valiant hero

أَما السَفائن في البِحارْ

فَلجندنا فيها الفَخارْ

As for the ships on the seas

For our troops in them is pride

لا سيما عِندَ الحِصارْ

وَالسور تصدمه الكلَلْ

Especially during siege

And the wall is worn down

طوبجيةُ الصَدر السَعيدْ

في الحَرب كَالبرج المشيدْ

Infantry of the fortunate breast

In war like a lofty edifice

سَل عَن قِتالهمُ الشَديدْ

إِن كُنتَ تَجهل ما حَصلْ

Ask about their fierce fighting

If you are ignorant of what transpired

ناخوس مِن قبل العربْ

حَفرُ الخَليج لَهُ غَلبْ

Nakhus before the Arabs

Penetration of the gulf was his conquest

وَالداوريْ بذلَ الذَهبْ

فَسما وَسادَ عَلى الأُوَلْ

And Dawud spent the gold

So he excelled and dominated the foremost

أَما القَناطر وَالحُصونْ

فَتنوَّعت فيها الفُنونْ

As for the bridges and the fortifications

The arts diversified within them

وَبَدَت هُنالك لِلعُيونْ

كَالشَمس في بُرج الحَملْ

And there appeared to the eyes

Like the sun in the House of Aries

وَالفَضل في سكك الحَديدْ

لِجنابه العالي السَعيدْ

And the credit for the railroads

To His Eminence the Exalted Fortunate One

وَبسير حضرته الحَميدْ

راجَت بِضاعةُ مِن عَدلْ

And by His Beatitude's esteemed leadership

Trade prospered with justice

وَبعصره سِلكُ الخبرْ

بَلغت بِهِ مَصرُ الوَطرْ

And in his era communication was established

Through it Egypt attained enlightenment

وَبِهِ تَجمّلت السِيَرْ

وَبشكره الكُلُّ اِشتَغلْ

And through it the journeys adorned themselves

And all busied themselves with gratitude to him

ما صَحَّ مِن عَهد البَشيرْ

في مَوكب الحَج الشَهيرْ

It is not true from the era of the Bashir

In the procession of the famed pilgrimage

أَن فازَ بِالملك الكَبيرْ

غَير السَعيد مِن الأَزَلْ

That he attained with the Great King

Other than the Fortunate One from the beginning

كَلا وَلا في أَيّ عامْ

عَن مَصرنا سمع الأَنامْ

Nay, not in any year

Was it heard by people

أَن الخَليج لَهُ التَمامْ

فيها بعيد النَحر حَلّْ

That the gulf was entirely his

In it, far from the sacrifice

هَذا لِتَقدير العَليمْ

بِسَعادة الصَدر الكريمْ

This is due to the decree of the All-Knowing

With the good fortune of the generous breast

وَبِعَدل حَضرته العَظيمْ

بَينَ الرَعية وَالمللْ

And the justice of His Magnificent Eminence

Between the citizens and countries