محاسن إسماعيل وَاحد عَصرِهِ

بمصر غَدَت تومي بحسن ثَناهُ

Ismail's virtues, peerless in his time

In Egypt, became, through his praise, Tommy

وَفي رَوضة البَدر الجَمالية اِزدَرى

بِما قَد حَوَت ذات العِماد بِناه

And in the garden of perfect beauty he scorned

What the pillar-like structure contained of its architecture

وَلا سِيما فَبريقة السُكَّر الَّذي

بِهِ زالَ عَن جسم العَليل ضَناه

Especially the gleam of sugar that

Removed the sorrow from the body of the sick

فَقُلت بِإِخلاص لِعلياهُ شاكِراً

بِدَولتك الإِتقان نال مُناه

So I said sincerely, thanking its supremacy

Through your skill perfection attained its purpose

وَأَثنى عَلَيهِ المَجد في ذا مؤرِّخاً

عَلى ذَوق إِسماعيل دل سَناه

And praised him, fame, in this chronicling

The taste of Ismail its years told