لَقَد نالَ إسماعيل بِالصدق ما طَلَبْ

وَفازَ بِما يَرجو مِن السَبق وَالرتبْ

Ismail has truly gained through honesty what he sought

And attained what he wished for in precedence and rank

وَأَدرك بِالحَزم الَّذي شاعَ ذكرُه

مَناصبَ عَنها كُلّ شَهمٍ قَد اِحتَجَب

And reached with his renowned wisdom

Positions from which every ambitious one held back

وَفي دَولة الصَدر المعظم قَد سَما

كَما رامَ فَوقَ النيِّرين بِذا السَبب

And during the rule of the Greatest Vizier he rose high

As he desired above the two rivers for that reason

وَأَينَ سَعى فَالخَصب حَولَ رِكابه

يَدور عَلى أَرض الأَعاجم وَالعَرَب

And wherever he set out, prosperity circled his feet

Revolving around the lands of the non-Arabs and Arabs

وَذَلِكَ فَضل اللَه يُؤتيه مَن يَشا

مِن الناس في عَصر المَسرّة وَالطَرَب

And that is the grace of God which He gives to whom He wills

Among people in an age of joy and music

فَلا زالَ طُول الدَهر في مَصر راقياً

عَلى سائر الأَقران ما شكره وَجَب

So he remained elevated in Egypt for the length of time

Above all peers, as gratitude warranted

وَما قالَ مَجدي في التَهاني مُؤرخاً

بَشائر إسماعيل باشا هيَ الأَرَب

And Majdi did not speak falsely in congratulations recording

The good tidings of Ismail Pasha being the most wondrous