أَرَأَيتَ رَبَّ التاجِ في

عيدِ الجُلوسِ وَقَد تَبَدّى

Have you seen the King on his coronation day

Appearing resplendent whilst Gabriel extends

وَشَهِدتَ جِبريلا يَمُد

دُ عَلَيهِ ظِلَّ اللَهِ مَدّا

The shade of God's protection over him eternally

And you saw the hearts' circumambulation in the courtyard of the Most High Throne

وَنَظَرتَ تَطوافَ القُلو

بِ بِساحَةِ العَرشِ المُفَدّى

And you heard the chanting of the throngs

Praising him, visiting in droves continuously

وَسَمِعتَ تَسبيحَ الوُفو

دِ بِحَمدِهِ وَفداً فَوَفدا

This is the son of Ismael, Lord of the Nile

Who enriched and gave generously

هَذا اِبنُ إِسماعيلَ رَب

بِ النيلِ مَن أَغنى وَأَسدى

The Nile flows beneath him

So the face of the land smiles with blessing

النيلُ يَجري تَحتَهُ

فَيَخُدُّ وَجهَ الأَرضِ خَدّا

Granting vitality as though it draws

Its overflowing bounty from his stream

يَهَبُ النُضارَ كَأَنَّهُ

مِن فَيضِ جَدواهُ اِستَمَدّا

As if he were a skilled alchemist

Who converted the soil to gold

وَكَأَنَّما هُوَ عالِمٌ

بِالكيمِياءِ أَصابَ خَدّا

Leave the earth as ashes, did the world

Ever witness the Nile's equal

يَدَعُ الثَرى تِبراً فَهَل

شَهِدَ الوَرى لِلنيلِ نِدّا

On his coronation day the people

Welcome a life of prosperity

الناسُ يَومَ جُلوسِهِ

يَستَقبِلونَ العَيشَ رَغدا

Whence came you, did you hear

Supplications for him and praise

أَنّى سَلَكتَ سَمِعتَ أَد

عِيَةً لَهُ وَسَمِعتَ حَمدا

Live long Abu Al-Farouq and don

Raiment woven with praise

عِش يا أَبا الفاروقِ وَاِل

بَس مِن نَسيجِ الحَمدِ بُردا

The royal sword from the trees

Of paradise is gifted to you

ها صَولَجانَ المُلكِ مِن

شَجَرِ الجِنانِ إِلَيكَ يُهدى

None can limit the loftiness of your reign

I see no bounds to your ascendancy

حُدَّت عُلا صيدِ المُلو

كِ وَلا أَرى لِعُلاكَ حَدّا

O son of men, a comfort

To the enemy's misery and perdition

فَاِبنِ الرِجالَ بِنايَةً

يَشقى العَدُوُّ بِها وَيَردى

Strike with the whip of power the epochs

When they are overcome with arrogance

وَاِضرِب بِسَوطِ البَأسِ أَع

طافَ الزَمانِ إِذا اِستَبَدّا

Which king is greater than you

In rank or has a stronger army

أَيُّ المُلوكِ أَجَلُّ مِن

كَ مَكانَةً وَأَعَزُّ جُندا

Who among them has hands that

On the day of generosity could match yours

مَن مِنهُمُ كَفّاهُ يَو

مَ البَذلِ مِن كَفَّيكَ أَندى

Who among them lost sleep

While standing guard through the night

مِن مِنهُمُ نامَت رَعِي

يَتُهُ وَقامَ اللَيلَ سُهدا

Who among them named you

Or equaled your majesty or opposed you

مَن مِنهُمُ ساماكَ أَو

سامى جَلالَكَ أَو تَحَدّى

Who among them fulfilled pilgrimage

Rights, or was more loyal to their word

مَن مِنهُمُ أَوفى حِجاً

وَحَصافَةً وَأَبَرُّ وَعدا

In the East, look, do you see

A people like Ismael's offspring

في الشَرقِ فَاُنظُر هَل تَرى

حَسَباً كَإِسماعيلَ عُدّا

And Persia threatened with destruction

And Mecca belongs to you, do you see

هَذي الجَزيرَةُ وَالعِرا

قُ وَفارِسٌ يُهدَدنَ هَدّا

Another claiming it or Najd

And Tunisia and Algeria

وَإِلَيكَ مَكَّةَ هَل تَرى

أَحَداً بِها وَإِلَيكَ نَجدا

Once wore the garb of misery

No crown was raised higher than yours

وَإِلَيكَ تونُسَ وَالجَزا

ئِرَ قَد لَبِسنَ العَيشَ نَكدا

In the East, no greater glory

You renewed the rightly guided Caliphs'

لَم يَرتَفِع في الشَرقِ تا

جٌ فَوقَ تاجِ النيلِ مَجدا

Pact of piety, benevolence and asceticism

We see in you the attributes

جَدَّدتَ عَهدَ الراشِدي

نَ تُقىً وَإِحساناً وَزُهدا

Of the Caliphs, justice and integrity

Your sublime qualities erase sorrows

وَنَرى عَلَيكَ مَخايِلَ ال

خُلَفاءِ إِنصافاً وَرُشدا

And show many the path of hope

You gave generously with no thought of gain

جَلَّت صِفاتُكَ كَم مَحَو

تَ أَسىً وَكَم أَورَيتَ زَندا

Or secreting generosity for yourself

You captivated your subject's hearts

أَعطَيتَ لا مُتَرَبِّحاً

أَو مُخفِياً في الجودِ قَصدا

How then could any turn away

You possessed them as you possessed

رَوَّيتَ أَفئِدَةَ الرَعِي

يَةِ مِن هَواكَ فَكَيفَ تَصدى

The reins of Egypt, father and ancestor

So when you prohibit, there is obedience

وَمَلَكتَهُنَّ كَما مَلَك

تَ زِمامَ مِصرَ أَباً وَجَدّا

When you command, none disobey

They gave you the obedience of the loyalists

فَإِذا نَهَيتَ فَطاعَةٌ

وَإِذا أَمَرتَ فَلا مَرَدّا

And you showed them favor and affection

You showed the Egyptian the path

أَعطَوكَ طاعَةَ مُخلِصٍ

وَمَنَحتَهُم عَطفاً وَوُدّا

Of his reform so he labored diligently

You prepared and provided for him

أَوضَحتَ لِلمِصرِيِّ نَه

جَ صَلاحِهِ فَسَعى وَجَدّا

And cared for him until he was empowered

And you called him to regain

أَعدَدتَهُ وَكَفَلتَهُ

وَرَعَيتَهُ حَتّى اِستَعَدّا

Egypt's lost pride, so he regained it

And renewed precious life

وَدَعَوتَهُ أَن يَستَرِد

دَ فَخارَ مِصرٍ فَاِستَرَدّا

And was saved though death was expected

And protected Egyptians' nationalism

وَرَدَ الحَياةَ عَزيزَةً

فَنَجا وَكانَ المَوتُ وِردا

After greed had dug its grave

You opened our eyes so we saw

وَحَمى الكِنانَةَ بَعدَ ما

حَفَرَت لَها الأَطماعُ لَحدا

The light though we had been blinded

And you established a university in Egypt

فَتَّحتَ أَعيُنَنا فَأَب

صَرنَ الضِياءَ وَكُنَّ رُمدا

To strengthen the pillar of knowledge

How many masters were enslaved

وَأَقَمتَ جامِعَةً بِمِص

رَ تَشُدُّ أَزرَ العِلمِ شَدّا

By ignorance though they protested

And you erected at the coast of the Turks

كَم سَيِّدٍ بِالعِلمِ كا

نَ بِرَغمِهِ لِلجَهلِ عَبدا

A foundation for maritime assets

You established a school that would

وَرَفَعتَ في ثَغرِ الثُغو

رِ لِمُنشَآتِ البَحرِ بَندا

Return to us sovereignty of the sea

So when will I see Egypt's navy

أَسَّستَ مَدرَسَةً تُعي

دُ لَنا بِمُلكِ البَحرِ عَهدا

Stirring up thunder on the waves

And when will I see the army

فَمَتى أَرى أُسطولَ مِص

رَ يُثيرُ فَوقَ البَحرِ رَعدا

Filling the horizon end to end

You regarded aviation with the eye

وَمَتى أَرى جَيشَ البِلا

دِ يَسُدُّ عَينَ الشَمسِ سَدّا

Of a reformer untiring in his efforts

You prepared it though you saw

وَنَظَرتَ في الطَيَرانِ نَظ

رَةَ مُصلِحٍ لَم يَألُ جُهدا

No substitute for the homeland

Mightiest in the aerial armada

أَعدَدتَ عُدَّتَهُ وَلَم

تَرَ مِنهُ لِلأَوطانِ بُدّا

When it embarked, soaring, striking

Whoever saw it on maneuvers

أَعظِم بِأُسطولِ الهَوا

ءِ إِذِ اِنبَرى فَسَطا وَشَدّا

Saw eagles take down a lion

And you see it gliding, diving

مَن راءَهُ يَومَ النِزا

لِ رَأى النُسورَ تَصيدُ أُسدا

Through flocks of swooping birds

Rank after rank of laborers

وَتَراهُ عِندَ السِلمِ سِر

باً مِن طَواويسٍ تَبَدّى

You devoted to it, wave upon wave

Who can recount some of what

وَطَوائِفَ العُمّالِ كَم

أَولَيتَها رِفداً فَرِفدا

You reformed or provided, never resting

Quiet, O heart, find strength

مَن ذا يُطيقُ لِبَعضِ ما

أَصلَحتَ أَو أَسدَيتَ عَدّا

In wealth and spirit both sacrificed

And prepare for us an era

دُم يا فُؤادُ مُؤَيَّداً

بِالمالِ وَالأَرواحِ تُفدى

Like the Fatimid, you are the guide

وَأَعِد لَنا عَهدَ المُعِز

زِ الفاطِمِيِّ فَأَنتَ أَهدى