قُل لِلمشير وَزير التُركِ وَالعَرَبِ

صَديق دَولة إسماعيل خَير أَبِ

Say to the counselor, minister of Turks and Arabs

Friend of the state of Ismail, best of fathers

يا اِبن النَبيّ وَمَن في عَصرِهِ بَلَغَت

بِحَزمه مَصرُ ما تَرجو مِن الأَرَب

O son of the prophet, and the one who in his time made

Egypt attain, with his wisdom, what he hopes from the Arabs

لا أَرتجيك لإنجاز الَّذي وَعدت

بِهِ مَعاليك مِن بَذلٍ وَمِن رُتب

I do not expect you to fulfill what you promised

With your excellency of generosity and ranks

فَأَنتَ غَيثٌ وَإِن الغَيث عادته

يَأتي فَيَروي بَلا وَعد وَلا طَلَب

For you are a downpour, and it is the habit of downpours

To come and water without promise or request

وَلَم تَكُن مِنكَ عَين العَدل نائِمَةً

عَني وَإِن أَدرَكتني حرفةُ الأَدب

The eye of justice has not been sleeping from you

Even though the profession of literature has reached me