الله أعطى عهد مصر محمدا

والله إن أعطى أعز وأيدا

Allah gave Egypt's covenant to Muhammad

And Allah, if He gave, made mighty and supported

شرف على شرف ومنّة منعم

ما كان يسديها إلى عبد سدى

An honor above honor and a grace bestowed

That He would not grant to an abject slave

وإذا أظل الله طفلا مرضعا

جعل الأسرة مهده والمرقدا

And if Allah shaded a suckling infant

He made the family his cradle and bed

صبح البنين إذا غدوا فيها وهم

فالأمّهات وما يلدن له فدا

The sons in the morning when they grew up in it

While the mothers - may they be ransomed for him - gave birth

نرجو به وبهم لمصرٍ بَعثة

ولرب عصر في المهود تجددا

We hope through him and through them for Egypt a revival

And for the Lord of the age in the cradles renewal

ونعدّ تعذر أننُهَيِّئ خيرهم

فمن الأبوّة أن نحب ونرشدا

And we reckon it difficult that we prepare the best of them

For from fatherhood is that we love and guide

للمرء في الدنيا مقاصد جمة

جُمعت فكان النسل منها المقصدا

For man in life there are great purposes

Collected of which offspring was the purpose

فإذا وفدت على الوجود فكن أباً

أو كن خيالا في الوجود مشرَّدا

So if you came into existence then be a father

Or be an illusion in existence wandering

فرحت قلوب الأمهات وفتحت

لحفيدة الأمراء جدتهم غدا

The hearts of the mothers rejoiced and opened

For the granddaughter of the princes their grandmother tomorrow

للأصل طهرا والفروع كريمة

والبر حقا والحنان مؤكدا

For the origin purity and the branches noble

And righteousness truly and affection confirmed

يا ربة التاجين عن آبائها

عن ماجدٍ عال عن ابنٍ أمجدا

O lady of the two crowns from her forefathers

From the exalted glorious from the son most glorious

يتألقان الدهر هذا بالعلى

حالٍ وهذا بالفضيلة والهدى

They shine through the ages this with the height

A state and this with virtue and guidance

جددتِ صفو الملك بالنعم التي

صحبت ظهور الجود ميلاد الندى

You renewed the elite of the kingdom with the favors which

Accompanied the appearance of generosity the birth of freshness

وبليلتين أضاءتا كلتاهما

كانت لنا أفقا وعزك فرقدا

And two nights illuminated both of them

Were for us a horizon and your power slumbered

ما زال قصر الملك يشرق فيهما

حتى حسبنا الصبح حالا سرمدا

The palace of the king did not cease shining in them

Until we thought the dawn a state eternal

تتقابل الأعلام في شرفاته

وتخر للشرف المؤثَّل سجّدا

The flags meet in its balconies

And bow to the honored throne bowing

والعرش في عيد بصاحب عهده

والتاج خلف العرش يحيى المولدا

And the throne on the day of its heir

And the crown behind the throne greeting the birth

وترى البلاد به بناء وجودها

وعمادها ومنارها المتوقدا

And you see the countries in his existence their structure

Their pillar and their burning minaret

قالوا السماك فقلت خطرة شاعر

من للسماك بأن يُقلّ السؤددا

They said Sirius so I said an idea of a poet

Who is Sirius to lessen the payment

قالوا الثريا قلت قد قيست بها

شرفاته فاختار ثم تقلدا

They said Vega so I said it was measured by it

Nobilities so he chose then assumed them

من للكواكب أن تكون كمثله

حرما برفرفك الأمِين ومسجدا

Who are the stars to be like him

A sanctuary by your fluttering protector and mosque

أو من لها أن تستعد وأن تُرى

عقدا بأفراح الأمير منضدا

Or who are they to prepare and to be seen

A necklace by the joys of the prince studded

أم هل هي الدنيا التي قد أمَّها

شغلت كما شغل الأحبة والعدى

Or are they the world which her affairs distracted

Distracted it as the loved ones and enemies distracted

الشمس كان لها حفيد في الورى

وحفيد هذا العز أشرف محتدا

The sun had for it a grandson in existence

And this honor's grandson more honorable united

كانت وعود الدهر بين شفاهه

فافتر عنه فاقتبلتِ الموعدا

Between his lips were the promises of fate

So it turned from him and you assumed the appointment

ومشى إليكِ يتوب عن هفواته

عبدا فردّيه بعفوك سيدا

And he came to you repenting his errors

A slave so return him with your pardon a master