أَنتَ الملاذ لآمر وَأَميرِ

يا خَير مَولى للإِمام نَصيرِ

You are the refuge for the commanded and commander,

O best master, supporter of the Imam.

أَنتَ الَّذي وَرد الكِتاب مُبَشِّراً

لَكَ بالتهاني مِن وَراء بَشير

You are the one whom the book came announcing glad tidings,

Congratulations to you from behind the bearer of good news.

وَالكُل في صُحف السَعادة قَد تَلا

لَكَ مَصرك ابتهجت بِحُسن مَصير

And all are in the pages of felicity, they have recited for you,

Your Egypt rejoiced with the beauty of its fate.

وَلَأَنتَ أَولى يا خديوِ بِمسند

عالي الذرى صَعب الصُعود خَطير

And you are most deserving, oh Khedive, of the supreme position,

Lofty, difficult to ascend, perilous.

هُوَ مسند يَحتاج في تَمكينه

لِسَداد رَأي في الخُطوب شَهير

It is a position that requires, to strengthen it,

The soundness of opinion in perils, renowned.

وَلأَنتَ تَحفظه بِعَزم وَافر

وَصَرامة تودي بِكُل مبير

And you protect it with abundant resolve,

And firmness that leads to the downfall of every rebel.

وَتردّ يا مَأمون عَنهُ مَن اِعتَدى

بِحسام معتصم وَحَزم حَذير

And you fend off, oh Secured, from it whoever transgresses,

With the sword of Al-Mu'tasim and the caution of the vigilant.

وَتمدّ مصرك بِالخُصوبة مِن نَدىً

يَجري كَبَحر مِن يَديك غَزير

And you extend your Egypt with fertility from a cloud,

Flowing like a copious sea from your hands.

وَتزيل عَن أَرجائِها بِعناية

ما قَد بَقي مِن مُنكر وَنَكير

And you remove with care from its outskirts,

Whatever remains of abhorrence and denial.

وَتبيد شانئَها بِصولة هاصر

صَعب الشَكيمة بِالوَلاء جَدير

And you destroy its detractor with overwhelming assault,

Difficult in nature, worthy of loyalty.

وَتُؤيّد الملك العَظيم بحكمة

وَضِياء وَجه بِالفَلاح مُنير

And you support the great kingdom with wisdom,

Brilliance and the light of prosperity.

وَتمهّد الدُنيا برفع قَواعد

عَنها بِمصر الطَرف غَير حَسير

And you pave the earth by raising foundations,

From which the gaze turns not in sorrow.

فَاِنهَض إِلى أَخذ الزِمام بهمة

تمحو بِها آثار كُل عَسير

So rise to take the reins with an ambition,

That will erase the traces of every hardship.

فَبعدلِك المَنشور تُطوى فتنة

لِلجور شبّت في فُؤاد مثير

With your justice disseminated, the sedition will fold,

That kindled in the heart of the agitator.

فَلَطالَما الأَوطان مِنكَ ترقبت

إنقاذها مِن حرّ نار سَعير

For long the homelands awaited from you,

Their deliverance from the heat of blazing fire.

وَتضرعت لِلّه في إِخلاصِها

بِبُلوغ آمال لخَير مُشير

And they implored God in their sincerity,

For the attainment of hopes of the best advisor.

حَتّى اِستُجيب دُعاؤها وَبِكَ اِزدَهى

ملك عَلوت لَهُ أَجلّ سَرير

Until their prayer was answered and through you the

Kingdom of might attained its greatest throne.

وَالدَهر سالمها بقربك في الهَنا

مِنهُ بِلَحظ للصفاء مشير

And time reconciled them in your proximity happily,

With a glance heralding serenity.

وَصفت لَها أَيامها فترنمت

لَكَ بامتِداح فاق مَدح جَرير

And it described their days, so they sang praise to you,

With a eulogy surpassing the praise of Al-Jurayri.

وَإِلَيكَ مِن دار الخِلافة قَد سَرى

فَرَمانُها يَسمو بِطيب عَبير

And from the seat of the Caliphate delight has come to you,

Its standards rising with the sweetest fragrance.

وَأَتى يُبشّر بِالَّذي كنا له

نَرجو دَواماً مِن نَوال قَدير

And it came bearing the good news of that which we,

Have been hoping for, of the grace of the Omnipotent.

فَاحكُم بِما تَرضاه فينا وَاحتكم

حُكماً بِهِ نَزداد كيل بَعير

So judge among us with what you approve, and arbitrate,

A ruling by which we increase fold by fold.

وَيَفيض غَيثٌ مِن يَمينك يَرتَوي

بنَداه رَوضٌ كانَ غَير نَضير

And may a downpour from your right rain down,

To quench a meadow that had no equal.

حَيث الزَعامة في يَمين مهذب

سَهل العريكة بِالأُمور بَصير

Where the leadership is in the refined right hand,

Easy in nature, insightful in matters.

هُوَ أَنتَ يا تَوفيق أَفخَم دَولة

شَيّدت مِنها حُسنَها بِظَهير

It is you, oh Tawfiq, most magnificent state,

That established its beauty with a buttress.

وَنَسخت آيات التَعسف وَالعَنا

بِكِتاب لُطف لَم يُقس بِنَظير

And erased the verses of tyranny and wrong,

With a script of kindness unmatched by any peer.

وَغَرست في أَرض القُلوب مَودّة

أَغصانُها تَنمو بِجبر كَسير

And planted in the soil of hearts an affection,

Whose branches grow by little effort.

تاللَه إِنَّك يا خَديوي مَصره

أَولى بِملك دائم وَكَبير

By God, you, oh Khedive of Egypt,

Are most deserving of an eternal, great kingdom.

فَافخر بردّ مَظالم فينا إِلى

أَربابها وَأَجب سُؤال فَقير

So take pride in answering the oppressions among us,

And respond to the plea of the indigent.

فَلَكَم شَملت برأفة علوية

مِنا جُسوم كَبيرنا وَصَغير

For how much you have covered us with merciful care,

Our elders and youngsters alike!

وَلَكم قَمَعت بِسَطوة عمريَّة

عَنا غَوائل ماكر وَمَزير

And how much with Umarite might you have suppressed

Our woes, the scheming and the wicked!

وَلَكم كَشَفت الضَيم عَن متعنِّيٍ

بِظلال أَمن للمسيء نَذير

And how much injustice you removed from the oppressed,

With the shade of security, a warning to the sinner!

فَاللَه يَشرَح مِنكَ صَدرك دائِماً

بِزَوال بَغي في البِلاد كَثير

So may God always expand your chest,

With the removal of rebellion in the many lands.

لِيَعود للأَوطان رَونَقُها الَّذي

تَرجوه مِنكَ وَأَنتَ خَير مجير

That the luster they hope from you returns to the homelands,

And you being the best helper, it endures.

ويَدوم ملك أَنت صاحبه بِها

ما دامَ رَضوى راسياً كَثبير

And the kingdom whose owner you are with them remains

As long as you are pleased, firmly rooted.

يا معتق الأَرواح تلكَ عَزيزة

مِن عَبد رق للمليك أَسير

O liberator of those precious souls,

Of a slave brought low, to the king a captive.

مِن ناظم لعقود مَدح درُّها

عَن وَصفه قَد كلَّ كلُّ خَبير

Of a composer of odes whose pearls,

Every expert falls short of describing.

لا يَرتَجي في المَهر غَير قبولها

مِنهُ وَذَلِكَ مِنكَ غَير يَسير

Who hopes for nothing in reward but their acceptance,

And that is from you no meager thing.

لا زلت في حلل الوِلاية رافِلاً

ما طابَ مَدح في جَناب وَزير

I remain lavishing praise in robes of authority,

As long as eulogy is pleasing to minister or vizier.

أَو ما تَفاخر ناثر بَينَ الوَرى

بِثناك في ديوان كُل سَمير

Or as long as a disseminator boasts among all people,

Of your praise in the diwan of every entertainer.

أَو ما تَلا فرمانَ مصرَ بمحفلٍ

لَكَ مُخلصٌ في ودّه بِضَمير

Or as long as one recites in an assembly the decree of Egypt,

A loyal one to you in his conscience.

أَو قالَ مَجدي في السُرور مؤرخاً

مَرسوم تَوفيق سَما بِأَمير

Or as long as Al-Majdi says in joy, recording

A rescript of Tawfiq ascending with the Prince.