كما قُلتُم روضُ المعَالي به خِصبُ

وهل بينَ ذي مجدٍ وبين العُلا حُجبُ

As you said, the garden of glories is fertile

And is there a veil between the glorious and the heights?

جَلاَلة فاروقِ المُفدَّى الذي يرَى

سَعادتَهُ في الدهرِ أن يسعَدَ الشَّعبُ

The majesty of the redeemer Farouk who is seen

His happiness in life is for the people to be happy

سِوارٌ به حاطت قلوبُ رَعيةٍ

فمِن قلبِهم جسمٌ ومن جِسمهِ قَلبُ

A bracelet with which hearts of subjects are adorned

So from their hearts a body and from his body a heart

فأمسَت حياةُ الشَّعبِ في نبضَاتِه

ألا فَليَدُم للشعبِ عَاهلُه الندبُ

So the life of the people became in his pulses

May his ruler who consoles the people last

تبسَّم وَجهُ الشَّرق عنهُ وربما

تقَطَّبَ وجهاً من ثَقافَته الغربُ

The face of the East smiled because of him and perhaps

The West frowned because of his civilization

بَل أسفَرَ عَن صُبحَينِ عهدٍ وطَلعةٍ

فذاك به نَزهُو وتِلكَ لها نَصبُو

But he ushered in the dawn of two eras and a rising

So we were delighted with that and erected monuments for it

عُروجا إلى عَرشَيكَ عرشِ قلُوبِنا

وعرشٍ له تعنو الأعاجمُ والعُربُ

Rising to your two thrones, the throne of our hearts

And a throne for him the non-Arabs and Arabs pledge allegiance

لَئِن هُوَ أمسَى اليومَ عن مِصرَ غائبا

وقد جَدَّ مِن عيدِ السرور لها ثوبُ

If he is absent from Egypt today

And has clothed it for the festival of joy with attire

هي الشمس عن بعدٍ تشعُّ بنُورها

فكَالسُّحبِ قد جادت على بُعدِها السُّحبُ

It is the sun from afar radiating its light

So like the clouds its lights poured out over the distance

له الله يَوما مَرَّ لا ليلَةٌ له

فلَيلُه عَن شمسِ النهارِ سناً يرُبو

For him may God make a day pass, not a night for him

So his night compared to the sun of day grows

فَضِيئَت مِن الأضواءِ شُهبٌ بَسِيطةٌ

على خَجَلٍ من نُورُها اختفِت الشُّهبُ

Some faint comets shone

Ashamed of their light, the comets hid

ومِن نغَمٍ في كلِّ نادٍ ومَنزلٍ

لها في نُفوسٍ من مَسامِعنا سَكبُ

And from a melody in every club and home

It had in souls from our hearings pouring

ولم تلقَ إلا باسِماً تِلوَ باسِمٍ

كما هَشَّ وجهُ الروضِ باكَرَه الصَّوبُ

And it met only with a name succeeding a name

As the face of the garden smiled at dawn from its side

ومِن سيِّدٍ قد هشَّ تلقاءَ سيِّدٍ

وسِربٍ لأترابٍ يُلاحقُه سِربُ

And from a master who beamed meeting a master

And a flock chasing after fellow flocks

ومِن صُحفٍ أدنَت قُطوفُ ثمارِها

وجَادت على القُرَى حَدائقُها الغُلبُ

And from pages bringing near bunches of their fruits

And their gardens overflowed onto the villages

وقد شفَّ عَن نورٍ سوادُ سُطورها

فهل مُقلَة أضحت وأسطرُها هُدبُ

And its darkness uncovered a light in its lines

Did it then become erased and its lines humps?

ومِن قامةٍ تختالُ تزهُو كأنما

بأعطافِها في روضِها ماسَتِ القُضبُ

And from a stature strutting and towering as if

With its shoulders it touched the bushes in its meadow

وناظِم دُرٍّ قد طفًَا فوقَ بجرِه

أيطفًو بسَطحِ البحرِ لؤلؤهُ الرَّطبُ

And a stringer of pearls hovering over its sea

Do pearls float on the sea’s surface moist?

بِأنمُلِه قد ضَمَّ عُنقَ يَراعَةٍ

فأرعفَه سِحرا به يُخلَبُ اللُّبُّ

With his fingers he clasped the neck of a gazelle

So he made it gracefully bend, bending its curvature

وإِن جاهدَت مِصرٌ بعَهدِ ملِيكِها

ففي السَّاعِد المُمتدِّ صَارمُه العَضبُ

And if Egypt struggled in her king’s era

Then in the outstretched arm lies its sharp sword

ولمَّا رأيتُ المَطلََ قد عاق مُنيتِي

عتَبتُ على نفسِي وهل ينفعُ العتبُ

And when I saw the horizon had denied my wishes

I blamed myself - and does blaming avail?

فما فاتَني إربٌ بِطلعةِ عيدِه

إذا فاتَني من عيدِ طلعتِه إربُ

What I missed of the celebration of his ascent

If I missed the ascent of his celebration, I missed much

هوَ المجدُ لم يُدرَك بغيرِ إرادَةٍ

فأصعَبُه سهلٌ وأسهَلُه صعبُ

It is glory, unattained except by will

So its hardest is easy and its easiest is hard

رَست منهُ للأنظارِ هَضبةُ سُؤدَدٍ

بأخلاقِه يفترُّ عَن زهرِها عُشبُ

Because of his morals, the mound of Sodud rested

From it the grass burst into flower for the eyes

يضوعُ أريجُ المسكِ إن ذُكرَ اسمُه

فأذكُرُه والطِّيبُ يعشَقُه القلبُ

The scent of musk diffuses if his name is mentioned

So I mention him and the perfume loves the heart

فَحيّا كُما حيُّ الصّبَاح بِطلعةٍ

فمنها لنَا نورٌ ومنّا لها حُبُّ

So greetings, as the morning greets with an ascent

From it we have light and from us it has love

رأي نفسَه في الغابِ شِبلَ قَساوِرٍ

فهبَّ كما هَبُّوا وذَبَّ كما ذَبُّوا

He saw himself in the forest as cubs of bracelets

So he sprang as they sprang and melted as they melted

فَسيراً حثيثا يا ابنَ مِصرٍ إلى العُلاَ

ليشكرَك التاريخُ والناسُ والرَّبُ

Move briskly, O son of Egypt, to the heights

So history, people, and the Lord thank you