مُنىً نِلتَها يا لابِسَ المَجدِ مُعلَماً

أَديناً وَدُنيا زادَكَ اللَهُ أَنعُما

You attained glory, O you adorned with majesty

A religion and life, may Allah increase your bounties

فَلِلَّهِ ما أَبهاكَ في مِصرَ حالِياً

وَلِلَّهِ ما أَتقاكَ في البَيتِ مُحرِما

So to Allah belongs how dignified you were in Egypt

And to Allah belongs how pious you were in the Sacred House

أَقولُ وَقَد شاهَدتُ رَكبَكَ مُشرِقاً

وقَد يَمَّمَ البَيتَ العَتيقَ المُحَرَّما

I say having witnessed your procession radiant

As it headed towards the Ancient Sacred House

مَشَت كَعبَةُ الدُنيا إِلى كَعبَةِ الهُدى

يَفيضُ جَلالُ المُلكِ وَالدينِ مِنهُما

The Kaaba of the world walked to the Kaaba of guidance

The majesty of kingdom and religion overflowing from both

فَيالَيتَني اِسطَعتُ السَبيلَ وَلَيتَني

بَلَغتُ مُنى الدارَينِ رَحباً وَمَغنَما

If only I took the path, if only

I reached the haven of the two abodes, vast and profitable

وَفي الرَكبِ شَمسٌ أَنجَبَت أَنجَبَ الوَرى

فَتى الشَرقِ مَولانا الأَميرَ المُعَظَّما

And in the procession a sun who sired the best of creation

The youth of the East, our Master, the Revered Prince

تَسيرُ إِلى شَمسِ الهُدى في حَفاوَةٍ

مِنَ العِزِّ تَحدوها الزَواهِرُ أَينَما

Walking to the sun of guidance reverently

Gems orbiting him wherever he goes

فَلَم أَرَ أُفقاً قَبلَ رَكبِكَ أَطلَعَت

جَوانِبُهُ بَدراً وَشَمساً وَأَنجُما

I have never seen a horizon as your procession rose

With its sides moons, suns and stars

وَلَو أَنَّني خُيِّرتُ لَاِختَرتُ أَن أَرى

لِعيسِكَ وَحدي حادِياً مُتَرَنِّما

If I were given a choice, I would choose to see

Your staff alone chanting, ecstatic

أَسيرُ خِلالَ الرَكبِ نَحوَ حَظيرَةٍ

عَلى رَبِّها صَلّى الإِلَهُ وَسَلَّما

I walk amidst the procession towards a courtyard

Upon whose Patron the God prayed and blessed

إِلى خَيرِ خَلقِ اللَهِ مَن جاءَ ناطِقاً

بِآياتِهِ إِنجيلُ عيسى بنِ مَريَما

To the best of Allah's creation, who came speaking

His signs, the Gospel of Jesus son of Mary

حَلَلتَ بِأَكنافِ الجَزيرَةِ عابِراً

فَأَنضَرتَ واديها وَكُنتَ لَها سَما

You toured the coasts of the peninsula passing

Reviving its valleys, you were rain for it

وَأَشرَقتَ في بَطحاءِ مَكَّةَ زائِراً

فَباتَ عَلَيكَ النيلُ يَحسُدُ زَمزَما

You rose in the plain of Mecca visiting

So the Nile envied Zamzam over you

وَما ظَفِرَت مِن بَعدِ هارونَ أَرضُها

بِمِثلِكَ مَيمونَ النَقيبَةِ مُنعِما

After Aaron, its land never won

The likes of you, auspicious, blessing

وَلا أَبصَرَ الحُجّاجُ مِن بَعدِ شَخصِهِ

عَلى عَرَفاتٍ مِثلَ شَخصِكَ مُحرِما

And the pilgrims after his person never saw

At Arafat, the like of your devoted self

رَمَيتَ فَسَدَّدتَ الجِمارَ فَلَم تَكُن

جِماراً عَلى إِبليسَ بَل كُنَّ أَسهُما

You stoned and hit the idols, and they were not

Idols over Iblis, but arrows

وَإِنَّ الَّذي تَرميهِ وَقفٌ عَلى الرَدى

وَإِن لاذَ بِالأَفلاكِ يا خَيرَ مَن رَمى

And He whom you pelt stands at loss

Though he seeks refuge in the heavens, best pelter

وَبَينَ الصَفا وَالمَروَةِ اِزدَدتَ عِزَّةً

بِسَعيِكَ يا عَبّاسُ لِلَّهِ مُسلِما

Between Safa and Marwa you gained more honor

By your endeavor, O Abbas, submitting to Allah

تُهَروِلُ لِلمَولى الكَريمِ مُعَظِّماً

وَكَم هَروَلَ الساعي إِلَيكَ وَعَظَّما

You hasten to the Generous Patron revering

How the endeavorer hastened to you revering

وَطُفتَ وَكَم طافَت بِسُدَّتِكَ المُنى

وَكَم أَمسَكَ الراجي بِها وَتَحَرَّما

You circumambulated, and how wishes orbited your turban

Clasping it, sanctified through you

وَلَمّا اِستَلَمتَ الرُكنَ هاجَت شُجونُهُ

فَلَو أَنَّهُ اِسطاعَ الكَلامَ تَكَلَّما

And when you touched the corner, its passions were stirred

If it could speak, it would have spoken

تَذَكَّرَ زَينَ العابِدينَ وَجَدَّهُ

وَما كانَ مِن قَولِ الفَرَزدَقِ فيهِما

It remembered Zain al-Abideen and wept over him

And what Farazdaq said regarding them both

فَلَو يَستَطيعُ الرُكنُ أَمسَكَ راحَةً

مَسَحتَ بِها يا أَكرَمَ الناسِ مُنتَمى

If only the corner could grasp a palm

You would wipe it, O most generous of people, hopeful

دَعَوتَ لَنا حَيثُ الدُعاءُ إِجابَةٌ

وَأَنتَ بِدَعوى اللَهِ أَطهَرُنا فَما

You invoked for us where supplication is answered

By your call to Allah, you purified us, so what

أَمانِيُّكَ الكُبرى وَهَمُّكَ أَن تَرى

بِأَرجاءِ وادي النيلِ شَعباً مُنَعَّما

Your greatest hopes and care are to see

The valleys of the Nile a prosperous people

وَأَن تَبنِيَ المَجدَ الَّذي مالَ رُكنُهُ

وَأَن تُرهِفَ السَيفَ الَّذي قَد تَثَلَّما

And to rebuild the glory which pillar leaned

And to unsheathe the sword which is nicked

دَعَوتَ لِمِصرٍ أَن تَسودَ وَكَم دَعَت

لَكَ اللَهَ مِصرٌ أَن تَعيشَ وَتَسلَما

You called for Egypt to prevail, and how often

Egypt called Allah for you to live and be safe

فَلَيتَ مُلوكَ المُسلِمينَ تَشَبَّهوا

بِمَلكٍ إِذا ما أَحجَمَ الدَهرُ أَقدَما

If only the Muslim kings emulated

A king, when fate recoils, proceeds

سَليلُ مُلوكٍ يَشهَدُ اللَهُ أَنَّهُم

أَقاموا عَمودَ الدينِ لَمّا تَهَدَّما

Scion of kings, Allah bears witness they

Set up the pillar of religion when it crumbled

لَئِن باتَ بِالمَجدِ المُؤَثَّلِ مُغرَماً

لَقَد كانَ إِبراهيمُ بِالمَجدِ مُغرَما

If he is enamored with bejeweled glory

Abraham was enamored with glory

وَإِن تامَ حُبُّ المَكرُماتِ فُؤادَهُ

لَقَد كانَ إِسماعيلُ فيها مُتَيَّما

If the love of honors filled his heart

Ishmael was obsessed with them

وَإِن سَكَنَت تَقوى المُهَيمِنِ قَلبَهُ

فَقَد كانَ مِنها قَلبُ تَوفيقَ مُفعَما

If reverence for The Preserver filled his heart

From it, Tawfiq's heart was filled

وَإِن باتَ نَهّاضاً بِمِصرَ إِلى الذُرا

فَمِن جَدِّهِ الأَعلى عَلِيٍّ تَعَلَّما

And if he spends the night rousing Egypt to glory

From his supreme grandfather Ali he learned

حَوى ما حَوى مِن مَجدِهِم وَنِجارِهِم

وَزادَ فَأَعيا المادِحينَ وَأَفحَما

He carried what they carried of glory and carving

And excelled, exhausting eulogizers, prevaiing

دَعَوا بِكَ وَاِستَسقَوا فَلَبّى دُعاءَهُم

مِنَ الأُفقِ هَتّانٌ مِنَ المُزنِ قَد هَمى

They prayed through you and prayed for rain, answering their prayers

From the horizon, two downpours from the clouds surged

أَلَحَّ عَلى أَوعارِهِم وَسُهولِهِم

وَحَيّا عَبوسَ القَفرِ حَتّى تَبَسَّما

Insisting on their plains and lowlands

Reviving the gloom of the deserts until they smiled

وَلَمّا طَوى بَطحاءَ مَكَّةَ هَزَّهُ

إِلى البَيتِ شَوقُ المُستَهامِ فَيَمَّما

And when he crossed the plain of Mecca, zeal for the House swayed him

To the House, so he headed towards it

أَطافَ بِهِ ثُمَّ اِنثَنى عَن فِنائِهِ

وَلَو عَبَّ مِنهُ السامِرِيُّ لَأَسلَما

He circumambulated it, then turned from its courtyard

If the Samaritan saw him, he would have submitted

طَلَعتَ عَلَيهِم أَسعَدَ الخَلقِ مَطلَعاً

وَعُدتَ إِلَينا أَيمَنَ الخَلقِ مَقدَما

You rose over them, most felicitous of people

And returned to us, most blessed of people, arriving

رَجَعتَ وَقَد داوَيتَ بِالجودِ فَقرَهُم

وَكُنتَ لَهُم في مَوسِمِ الحَجِّ مَوسِما

You returned having cured their poverty with generosity

And were for them in the season of Hajj, a season

وَأَمَّنتَ لِلبَيتِ الحَرامِ طَريقَهُ

وَكانَ طَريقُ البَيتِ مِن قَبلِها دَما

You secured the way to the Sacred House

The way to the House was bloody before

وَيَسَّرتَهُ حَتّى اِستَطاعَ رُكوبَهُ

أَخو الفَقرِ لا يَطويهِ جوعٌ وَلا ظَما

And facilitated it until the poor brother could take it

No hunger or thirst exhausting him

وَجُدتَ وَجادَت رَبَّةُ الطُهرِ وَالتُقى

عَلى العامِ حَتّى أَخصَبَ العامُ مِنكُما

You gave generously, and the Lady of Purity and Piety

In the year, until the year was fertile through you both

فَلَم تُبقِيا فَوقَ الجَزيرَةِ بائِساً

وَلَم تَترُكا في ساحَةِ البَيتِ مُعدِما

You left no wretch above the peninsula

Nor did you leave any starving in the House's field

فَأَرضَيتُما الدَيّانَ وَالدينَ كُلَّهُ

لَقَد رَضِيَ الدَيّانُ وَالدينُ عَنكُما

You pleased the Judge and the entire religion

The Judge and religion are pleased with you both