عصرنا أَبهَج عَصرِ
وَسَعيدٌ خَيرُ صَدرِ
Our era gladdened the era
And Sa'id is the best of chests
يا هَنا أَبناء مَصرِ
بِمساعيه السَعيدهْ
O here are the sons of Egypt
With his happy endeavors
يا هَناها بِالجُنودِ
تَحتَ هاتيك البُنودِ
O here it is with the soldiers
Under these clauses
فَستحظى مِن سعيدِ
بِفتوحات جَديدهْ
So it will be honored by Sa'id
With new openings
فَهوَ رَب المشرفيهْ
وَالرِماح السمهريهْ
So he is the lord of chivalry
And the Bayrami spears
في حروب حَيدريهْ
ذات نَصرات عَديدهْ
In Haydari battles
With many victories
ذات نَصرات وَفَتحِ
وَسَعادات وَربحِ
With many victories and conquests
And happiness and profits
وَإِشارات بِمَدحِ
لِمعاليه الفَريدهْ
And gestures of praise
For his unique glories
وَنَوال للعبادِ
مِنهُ يَروى كُلُّ صادي
And sustenance for the servants
From it every stream is watered
وَشهاب في الجهادِ
لِلشَياطين المريدهْ
And meteors in jihad
For the accursed devils
وَسعود للرعيهْ
في سِنيه الكسرويهْ
And prosperity for the subjects
In his Khedivial years
بِأَيادٍ قَيصريهْ
وَمبرات تَليدهْ
With Qaysari hands
And inherited kindness
عَن أَبيه رب مَصرِ
مَن حَماها يَوم عسرِ
From his father lord of Egypt
Who protected it in hardship
بِلظى طوبٍ وَجمرِ
مِن أَعاديها المبيدهْ
With the flames of straw and coal
From its annihilated enemies
يا لَمَولاها السَعيدِ
صاحب الرَأي السَديدِ
O his happy patron
The owner of the right opinion
مِن نَصير لِلجنودِ
في الملمات الشَديدهْ
A supporter of the soldiers
In severe adversities
ما لَهُ في الحَرب نَبوَهْ
عَن عداة ذات قوّهْ
What are his skills in war
Against strong enemies
وَهوَ مِن أَهل الفتوَّهْ
وَالتَراتيب الرَشيدهْ
As he is from the people of horsemanship
And well-ordered plans
هَل يُباريه مباري
في مَيادين الفَخارِ
Can anyone compete with him
In the battlefields of pride
وَهوَ في خَوض الغبارِ
قسور يردي طريدهْ
As he wades into the dust
A warrior overwhelming the routed
هَل لَهُ يَوم الجحافلْ
بَينَ خَيال وَراجلْ
Does he have on the day of regiments
Between horsemen and infantry
مِن نظير أَو مماثلْ
في لقا قَوم عَتيدهْ
A peer or a parallel
In facing a prepared people
هَل لَهُ في العَصر ثاني
أَم لَهُ في مَصر شاني
Does he have in the age a second
Or does he have in Egypt a parallel
وَهوَ في الهَيجا يماني
يَحصد الأعدا حَصيدهْ
As he rages in the battlefield
Reaping the enemies as harvest
كَم جوارٍ بِالبخارِ
قابلت مَوج البحارِ
How many ships by steam
Met the tide of seas
وَانتحت مِن خَير دارِ
نَحو أَقطار بَعيدهْ
And embarked from the best abode
Toward faraway lands
كَم بِأَخبار المُهندسْ
نَفَّس الكَربَ منفِّسْ
How much the engineer relieved
The distress of armies
عَن جُيوش لِلمؤسسْ
ذات أَعمال مُفيدهْ
For the founder
With beneficial deeds
كَم عَلى جسر الكبورجي
سارَ ازدرها وَطوبجي
How much on the bridge of Koubry
He marched belittling Tobgy
وَعَلَيهِ مَرَّ أوجي
راجِلاً يَتلو عَميدهْ
And over it passed Orgy
On foot reciting his masterpiece
كَم عَن السفّار زنجي
صدّ قَهراً شرَّ يولجي
How much against the African messengers
He subjugated the evil of Yuljy
وَرَمى في دَرب حجِ
مِن تَعدى بِمكيدهْ
And threw in the path of Hajj
Who transgressed with his deceit
كَم عَلى مَتن السُروجِ
أَيقَظ الزرخ البروجي
How much on the back of the saddlebags
He awakened the towering Borjgy
فَسَعَت نَحوَ البُروج
لِلعُلا حَتّى تَصيدهْ
So it hastened toward the towers
To ascend until it hunts it
كَم دُودُكْجي بانتظامِ
صاح في يَوم احتشامِ
How much the Doudoukji in order
Shouted on the day of veneration
مَع تَرَنْبَتْجي الخيامِ
بَينَ أَسوارٍ مشيدهْ
With the Tarantanjy tent
Between erected walls
كَم بِأَوقات التَهاني
لِلمُوَيَسّيقى أَغاني
How much at times of celebration
For the musicians, songs
في ثَنا صَدر الزَمانِ
بِمَعان كَالخريدهْ
In the youthfulness of time
With meanings like pearls
أَيد الحَق سَدادَهْ
وَسَقى الغَيث بِلادَهْ
The truth supported its integrity
And irrigated its country with rain
وَحَباه بِالسَعادهْ
في لَياليه المَديدهْ
And endowed it with happiness
In its extended nights
وَزَهَت أَيامُ نَجلِهْ
طوسنِ المَحفوظِ شبلِهْ
And the days of his bright son blossomed
The preserved foal of his origin
مَن كَساهُ طيبَ أَصلِهْ
حلَّةَ الفَضل الحَميدهْ
Whom he clothed in the garb
Of sublime virtue
ما ذكرنا في الدعاءِ
مع صفوف في الحذاءِ
What we mentioned in supplication
With ranks in procession
جوق يشا عِندَ النِداءِ
بابتهاج وَعقيدهْ
A band chanting at the call
With delight and belief
أَو غَدا يُنشد قَولي
لِلخديوي كُلُّ قَولِ
Or tomorrow reciting my words
For the Khedive, every word
فيجازيه بِطَولِ
عمّ في مَصرٍ عَبيدَهْ
So he rewards him with length
Serving Egypt, his slaves
زاده الله جلالا
وبهاءً وكمالا
May God increase his majesty
And beauty and perfection
وَعلوّاً وَاِعتَدَلا
ما تَلا مَجدي قَصيدهْ
And exaltation and balance
After an ode extended his glory
