قُدومك مِن دار السَعادة بِالبُشرى

بِهِ مصرك اِزدادت عَلى شُكرِها شُكرا

Your arrival from the abode of bliss with good tidings

With it your Egypt increased in gratitude

وَعَودُك فيها ظافِراً بامتيازها

كَساها بِهَذا العَهد حلتَها الخَضرا

And your return to it victoriously distinguished

Adorned it with this era in its greenest attire

وَتوّجها مِنهُ بِتاج مَهابة

تَنال بِها في كُل مملكة فَخرا

And crowned it with a crown of reverence

With which it attains glory in every kingdom

وَفي طالع السَعد استردّت مَهابة

تَدوم مَدى الدُنيا لِدَولتك الغَرّا

And in the ascendant star it regained its awe

Enduring throughout the world for your glorious state

وَأَجنادها في البَر وَالبَحر قَد نَمَت

وَنالَت كَما رامَت بِصَولَتِها نَصرا

And its armies on land and sea have grown

And attained, as it desired, with its might victory

وَأَودَت بِمَن قَد كانَ يَزعم أَنَّهُ

يَشدّ لَهُ المريخ في كرّه ظَهرا

And destroyed those who claimed

That Mars aided them in their hatred

وَفي آلك الصَيد الكماة تَقررت

وَراثةُ تَخليد رفعت لَها ذِكرا

And in your family the skilled hunters were settled

The inheritance of immortalizing its prominence

وَمَهَدَت للإسلام خَمسَ قَواعد

عَلَيها بِنا الإحكام قَد قاوَم الدَهرا

And you paved for Islam five foundations

Upon it, we constructed with permanence

وَشَيدت للأنجال في كُل بُقعة

حُصوناً بِها الآساد تقتنص النسرا

And erected in every land for the youth

Fortresses in which the lions stalk the eagles

وَجئت وَفي يمناك لِلحَق مرهف

يُؤيد للسلطان في مُلكه أَمرا

And you came while in your right hand for truth a sharpener

That aids the sultan in his kingdom

وَأَسبغت بِالتَوفيق كامل نعمة

عَلى وَطن فيهِ لَكَ الآية الكُبرى

And you granted with success complete blessings

Upon a homeland in which you have the greatest sign

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَحييت مِنهُ رسوسه

وَأَعليت في أَوج الفَخار لَهُ قَدرا

And how not when you revived its glories

And raised to the peak of pride for it esteem

وَحليت مِنهُ جيده بِقَلائد

ثَناكَ غَدا في كُل سَمطٍ لَها درا

And adorned its neck with necklaces

Your praise which became in every assembly precious

وَأَجريت ماء النيل مِنهُ بحكمة

فَأَروى جِبال الصَخر وَالسَهل وَالوَعرا

And you let the Nile water flow through it wisely

Quenching mountain, plain, and ruggedness

وَمِن راحَتي علياك فاضَت عَلى الوَرى

بِحارُ نَوال كُلّ عاف بِها أَثرى

And from my comfort in you overflowed upon the land

A sea of abundance, every well-being prospered through it

وَبَدّلت بِاليسرين عسرَ رَعية

شَرحت بِها في كُل آونة صَدرا

And you replaced the hardship of the flock with ease

Which you used to cheer in every moment a breast

وَمدّنت مِنها كَهلها وَفَطيمها

بِنور عليم يخجل الشَمس وَالبَدرا

And you enlightened its elders and its youth

With brilliant knowledge that shames the sun and moon

وَرفّهت مِنها حالَها بِمكارم

حكت وَهيَ تَجري مِن مَنابعها بَحرا

And you improved through it generous deeds

That portray it as they flow from its springs as a sea

وَنعّمت مِنها بالَها بِمَواهب

لَدى العدّ لا يُحصي لَها حاسبٌ حَصرا

And you blessed it with gifts

Before counting, no counter can limit

وَها هِيَ مُذ وافيتها لَك زينت

مَدائنك اللاتي لَك اِبتَسمت ثَغرا

And here it is since I came to you, adorned

Your cities that smiled to you widely

وَحيّاك بِالإِقبال مَجدي مؤرخاً

لِتَوفيقه اِسماعيل عادَ إِلى مِصرا

And welcomed your glorious chronicler

Of your success, Ismail returned to Egypt