للّه يومٌ جَرَى باليُمْن طائرُه
ورُدِّدت في فَمِ الدّنْيا بَشَائرُه
For Allah there came a day whose bird flew in good fortune,
And its tidings were echoed in the mouth of the world.
يومٌ تَحلّى بِحُسْن الوَعْدِ أوّلُه
كما تَلأْلأَ بالإنْجازِ آخِرُه
A day adorned with the beauty of the first promise,
As the fulfillment shone at its end.
ترقَّبَتْ مصرُ فيه الصُّبْحَ مبتسما
يلُوحُ بالْخَير والإسعادِ سَافرُه
Egypt awaited in it the dawn smiling,
Waving with goodness and happiness unveiled.
يومٌ أعادَ إلى الأيّام نَضْرَتَها
كما أعادَ جَمالَ الرَوْض ماطُره
A day that restored the freshness of days,
As the rain restored the beauty of the meadow.
يوم تجلَّى به الفاروقُ مُؤْتَلِقاً
كالبَدْر يجتذب الأبصارَ باهرُه
The day the eminent leader appeared radiant,
Dazzling all sights with his splendor.
بدَا فكبَّرَتِ الدّنيا لِموْلِدِه
واستبشرَ الدِّينُ واهتَّزتْ مَنَابرُه
At his birth the world exalted and glorified,
Religion rejoiced and its pulpits shook.
سُلالةُ الشَّرَفِ العالي وصفْوتُه
ونُخْبَةُ الْجَوْهَر الصَّافي ونَادِرُه
The lineage of high honor and its elite,
The pure essence and its rarities.
زينُ الشَّبابِ لهُم من هَدْيه قَبَسٌ
ما ضلَّ فيه طريقَ المَجْد عابِرُه
The youth's decoration, from his guidance they took a spark,
None who passed by his path of glory strayed.
أقامَ في كلِّ قلْبٍ فَهْوَ حَلُّتُهُ
وحَلَّ في كُلّ طَرْفٍ فَهْوَ نَاظرُه
He settled in every heart so it became his seat,
And settled in every eye so it became his beholder.
رقَّتْ شَمَائلهُ عزَّتْ أَوَائلُه
لاحَتْ مَخَايلُه طابَتْ عَناصرُه
His features soft, his priorities esteemed,
His dispositions shone, his elements pure.
فَارُوقُ يابْنَ الأُلَى شادُوا بِهمَّتِهم
مُلْكاً عَلَى الدّهْرِ لا تَبلَى مَفَاخِرُه
O eminent leader, son of the exalted, with their determination they built
An eternal kingdom over time, unmatched are its glories.
آثارُهم تبهَرُ الأيْامَ جِدَّتُها
والنيلُ يَشْهَدُ ماضِيه وحاضِرُه
Their achievements dazzle the days of old,
The Nile bears witness to its past and present.
راضوا الْجَمُوحَ فأعطاهُمْ مَقَادتَه
وذلَّلوا الصَّعْبَ حتى لاَنَ نافرُه
They tamed the unruly so he gave them his reins,
And subdued the difficult until it became submissive.
يا ابْن الْمَلِيكِ الّذِي عَمّتْ فَوَاضِلُه
وكللَتْ هَامَةَ الدُّنيا مآثرُه
O son of the king whose merits encompassed,
And crowned the pinnacle of the world with his achievements.
أحْيا لَنا المجْدَ حتَّى عادَ دَارِسُه
وأشْرَقَتْ في رُبا الوَادِي أزاهرُه
Revive for us the glory until its harvester returns,
And its flowers bloom in the bosom of the valley.
جَرَت على ألْسُنِ الأيّام مِدْحَتُه
حتى توَّهمْتُ أنَّ الدّهْرَ شاعِرُه
Praise of him flowed on the tongues of time,
I imagined that time itself was its poet.
المُلْكُ في ظلِّه طَابتْ مَشارِعُه
والدِّينُ في عَهْدِه قَامَتْ شَعَائِرُه
The kingdom under his shade - its paths prospered,
And the religion under his reign - its rituals were upheld.
فانظر تجدْ أملاً في كلِّ ناحيةٍ
العزمُ يمليه والْحُسنَى تُؤازرُه
So look, in every direction you will find hope,
Determination dictates it and good fortune supports it.
فاروقُ أنت لآمال الشباب حمىً
وباعثُ المثل الأعلى وناشرُه
O eminent leader, you are the protector of the youth's hopes,
Inspirer of the highest example and its promoter.
لما دُعيتَ أميراً للصعيد زهت
به القبائلُ وازدانت حواضرُه
When you were called Prince of Upper Egypt, it shone
With tribes and its cities were adorned.
وعاده مجدُه الخالي يشافِهُه
وجاء تاريخُه الماضي يُسامرُه
His past glory converses with him,
And his history accompanies him.
لا زلت قرَّةَ عين الملك تحرسُه
عينُ المهيمنِ والدنيا تُظاهرُه
Still the eye of the king you guard,
The Overseer's eye as the world backs him.
ودام ملكُ فؤادٍ في علاً وسناً
وعاش للنيل مولاه وناصرُه
May the rule of a heart remain high and eminent,
And may its protector and supporter of the Nile live long.
