هناء بِهِ للملك جاء بَشيرُ

إِلى مصر مِنهُ بِالصَفاء يشيرُ

A harbinger came to the king with glad tidings

Pointing to Egypt with purity

وَيخبرها أَن الأَمير محمداً

يُشرفها مِنهُ إِلَيهِ مَصير

And informing her that Prince Muhammad

Is honoring her, to him is her return

فَإِن ساءَها يَوماً غِيابُ وليِّها

فَتوفيق مَولاها العَزيز نَصير

So if the absence of her guardian ever saddened her

Then the support of her Glorious Master is her ally

إِذا سَيد مِنهُم خَلا قام سَيد

كَريم بِأَحوال العِباد بَصير

Whenever a master from them is absent, a generous master

Kind to the state of servants, seeing, arises

وَإِن كانَ هَذا الدَهر أَخطا فذنبه

يُقابَل بِالغُفران وَهوَ خَطير

And if this world was ever unjust, its sin

Is met with forgiveness and it is risky

وَتَصفح عَنهُ حَيث والى مهذباً

لَهُ السَعد في خَير البِلاد سَمير

And pardoned from it when he reached puberty well-mannered

For him is happiness in the best of lands, uplifting

هُوَ القائم الهادي لِأُمته الَّذي

محيّاه بَدر في الظَلام مُنير

He is the standing guide for his nation who

His life the full moon in the darkness illuminated

هُوَ الآمر الناهي بِأَشرَف دَولة

عَلى العَدل فيهِ يَستَقرّ سَرير

He is the commander, the forbidder in the noblest state

Upon justice in it rests the throne

لَهُ اللَه مِن صَدر فَخيم مؤيد

بِنَصر عَزيزٍ يَتقيهِ مبير

God has supported him from an honored mighty chest

With mighty victory protecting him from one who judges

لَهُ الفَضل بِالتَحقيق يَشَهد أَنَّهُ

بِما نالَ مِن عبَد الحَميد جَدير

He indeed deserves what he attained

From the servant Abdul Hamid, according to verification

نَشا رافِلاً في حلة الملك وَالعُلا

فَطابَ لَهُ بَينَ المُلوك عَبير

He grew wearing the garb of royalty and supremacy

So his scent became fragrant among kings

وَساس أُمور العالمين وَإِنَّهُ

عَلى حلِّ كُل المُشكلات قَدير

And he managed the affairs of two worlds, and he

Is capable of solving every complexity

وَكَيفَ وَقَد لاحَ الفَلاح بِلا خَفا

عَلى وَجهِهِ في المَهد وَهوَ صَغير

And how when success beamed without concealment

On his face in the cradle when he was young

فَكانَ بِما أَبداه مِن حُسن سيره

يَرى أَنَّهُ بَينَ الصُدور كَبير

So he was, due to the good conduct he demonstrated

Considered great among the hearts

وَلما أَراد اللَه تَمييز مصره

وإِحياءها بِالغَيث وَهوَ مطير

And when God wanted to favor Egypt

And revive it with rain and it is pouring

أَتاحَ لَها مَأمونها كَي يَصونَها

وَيَحفظ فيها أَهلَها وَيمير

He made its safe haven available so he protects it

And keeps its people safe in it and walks about

ويملأها خَصباً بيمن وَفطنة

يَزول بِها عِندَ اليَسار عَسير

And fills it with fertility by good fortune and perception

So hardship in times of ease is removed

وَلا شَكَّ في هَذا المَقال فَإِنَّهُ

لَها في جَميع الحادِثات ظَهير

And there is no doubt in this saying, for he

Is its supporter in all tribulations

فَكَم قَد رَأَت مِنهُ بِأَيام بؤسها

نَعيماً وَكَم أَثرى لَدَيهِ فَقير

So how often in its days of misery did it see

Comfort from him, and how many poor were enriched by him

وَكَم بِمَساعيه الجَليلة حلّ مِن

قُيود التَجافي وَالبلاء أَسير

And how many in shackles of estrangement and affliction

Were released by his great efforts

وَكَم مِن أَياد للمليك عَلى الوَرى

يَفيض لَها بَحر بمصر غَزير

And how much overflowing seas in Egypt

Stream to the king’s hands over mankind

فَإِن رمتُمُ عَنهُ بَياناً فَإِنَّهُ

حَكيم عَليم بِالوَفاء شَهير

So if you have discarded a description of him, then he

Is a wise scholar, well-known for loyalty

كَميٌّ همام عادل ذو فراسة

تَقيّ نقيّ بِالنَجاح يُشير

Ambitious, protective, judicious, with insight

Devout, pure, successful, implying

رؤوف رَحيم طاهر الذَيل محسن

بآيات زجر للمسيء نَذير

Merciful, compassionate, immaculate helper

Warning the sinner with deterrent signs

لَهُ سيرة الفاروق وَالعادل الَّذي

بِمَنظومه أَثنى عَلَيهِ جَرير

His is the conduct of Al-Farooq and the just one whom

Al-Jurayri praised in his composition

وَكُل امرئ في عَصره عز نَصره

بِأَوصافه دُون السؤال خَبير

And everyone in his time, the might of his victory

Without asking, is an expert in his traits

وَلا يُنكر الشَمسَ المُضيئة في السَما

مِن الناس إِلّا أَكمَهٌ وَضَرير

None would deny the shining sun in the sky

Except one blind or sightless

وَقَد أَجمَعوا في كُل ناد وَمحفل

عَلى أَنَّهُ لِلمُستجير مجير

And they have unanimously agreed in every club and sitting place

That he is a protector for the seeker of refuge

كَذا صَح في الأَخبار مِن قَبل أَنَّهُ

لِمصر عَلى طُول الزَمان وَزير

Thus it is confirmed in the news before

That he is Egypt’s minister for a long time

وَإِن المَعالي نبَّأت أَن رَوضه

بِأَنوار أَزهار السَداد نَضير

And the High Office notified that its meadow

Is parallel to the meadow of integrity’s blossoms

فمن ذا الَّذي في الحُكم يَزعَم أَنَّهُ

لَهُ بَعدَ ما قامَ الدَليل نَظير

So who among the rulers claims that he

Has an equivalent after the proof has been established?

أَبى اللَه إلا أن يَكون هُوَ الَّذي

بِتَدبيره السامي لمصر يدير

God willed that he be the one

Who with his sublime management directs Egypt

وَينقذها مِن وَرطة الضَيم وَالعَنا

وَذاكَ عَلى هَذا العَزيز يَسير

And saves it from the narrowness of injustice and enmity

And that is easy upon this Almighty

وَلا عَجَبٌ فيما يُحقَّقُ أَنَّها

بِها نَفعُه للعالمين كَثير

And it is no wonder that it is verified

That through it, his usefulness to the worlds is plenty

وَإِن عَلى الإِخلاص مِنهُ لِأَهلِها

بُنِي وَهوَ في عَهد الفِطام ضَمير

And built upon his sincerity to its inhabitants

In the days of weaning, is his conscience

وَفاضَ عَلَيها حينَ أَلقَت زِمامها

إِلَيهِ مِن البر العَميم غَدير

And a gushing sea of bounty poured unto it

When it handed its reins to him

وَدُونيَ فيما يَستَحق مِن الثَنا

عَلَيهِ لَبيد وَالنَبيل زهير

And I fall short in the praise it deserves

Upon it Labeed and noble Zuhair

فَباللَه هنُّوه مَعي بإِمارة

بِها يَزدَهي في الخافقين مُشير

So by God cheer with me his rule

Through which good fortune smiles in the horizons

وَقُولوا لَهُ بُشرى بِتخت صَدارة

يَدوم عَلَيهِ ما أَقام ثَبير

And say unto him glad tidings of the seat of precedence

Which endures through however long Thabit remains

وِللعز قال المَجد فيهِ مؤرِخاً

أَيا عز تَوفيق لِمصر أَمير

And to might history said describing him

Oh might of success, Egypt’s Commander