إِلَيها بِالأَمانِيِّ الكِبارِ
وَبِالمَجدِ المُؤَثَّلِ وَالفَخارِ
To her with great hopes
And with glorious pride and eminence
وَبِالبَرَكاتِ وَالخَيراتِ طُرّاً
تَكونُ بِحَيثُ كُنتَ مِنَ الدِيارِ
And with blessings and goodness swiftly
You will be wherever you were from the homes
إِلى مِصرَ الَّتي ذابَت حَنيناً
إِلَيكَ وَشَفَّها طولُ الأُوارِ
To Egypt which melted longing
For you and its long nights kindled its passion
مَكانُكَ في البِلادِ وَفي ذَويها
مَكانُ الرِيِّ في المُهجِ الحِرارِ
Your place in the countries and its people
Is like the place of the vein in the burning entrails
رَحَلتَ تَصونُ مِصرَ مِنَ العَوادي
وَتَمنَعُ ما ولِيتَ مِنَ الذِمارِ
You traveled protecting Egypt from calamities
And preventing what you took charge of from detriment
تُحَلِّقُ صاعِداً بِجَناحِ عَزمٍ
يَجِلُّ عَنِ المُحَلَّقِ وَالمَطارِ
You soar high with determined wings
Lofty over the soaring and the rain
تُجَشِّمُهُ المَناقِبُ يَبتَنيها
مُنيفاتِ الذُرى فَوقَ الدَراري
Exploits adorn you built by
The hands of time above the abodes
كَأَنَّ مَضاءَهُ قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ
يَسُدُّ عَلى العِدى سُبُلَ الفِرارِ
As if your light is a fate at hand
That blocks the enemies' escape routes
رَأَت مِنكَ المُلوكُ فَتى خُطوبٍ
يُدافِعُهُنَّ بِالهِمَمِ الكِبارِ
The kings saw in you a hero of tribulations
Who defended them with grand ambitions
طَلَعَت بيلدزٍ فَأَطَلَّ نورٌ
عَلى نورٍ هُنالِكَ مُستَطارِ
You rose in Beirut so a light shone
Upon a light blazing there
جَلَستَ إِلى اليَمينِ فَكُنتَ يُمناً
وَقَد جَلَسَ الصُدورُ إِلى اليَسارِ
You sat to the right so you were the good omen
While the hearts sat to the left
لَدى أَسَدٍ مِنَ الخُلَفاءِ ضارٍ
تهابُ عَرينَهُ الأُسدُ الضَواري
Next to a fierce caliph from the successors
Whose den the lions dread
أَخافَ الحادِثاتِ فَما تَراها
تَبيتُ عَلى أَمانٍ أَو قَرارِ
He feared events so he didn't see them
Spend the night safely or settle
سَيَشكُرُهُ الخَليفَةُ حُسنَ رَأيٍ
تَبَلَّجَ منك عَن حُسنِ اِختِيارِ
The caliph will appreciate the good opinion
That shone from you from the beauty of choice
وَتِلكَ وُفودُها جاءَتكَ تبدي
من الشوق المبرِّح ما تواري
And those are its delegations that came to you
Expressing from keen passion what was hidden
وفودٌ أقبلت مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ
تَموجُ كَأَنَّها لُجَحُ البِحارِ
Delegations came from every valley
Billowing as if they were seas' tidal waves
سَلِمتَ وَصادَفتَ خَيراً وَيُمناً
رِكابُكَ في رَواحٍ وَاِبتِكارِ
You arrived safely and luckily
Your procession in comfort and innovation
