رَبّاكَ والِدُكَ الكَريمُ عَلى التُقى

وَعَلى النَزاهَةِ وَالضَميرِ الطاهِرِ

Your noble father raised you on piety

And on integrity and a pure conscience

فَنَشَأتَ بَينَ رِعايَةٍ وَعِنايَةٍ

وَدَرَجتَ بَينَ مَحامِدٍ وَمَفاخِرِ

So you were brought up with care and attention

And you excelled in praises and glories

وَسَمَوتَ يا سامي إِلى أَوجِ العُلا

وَبَرَعتَ قَومَكَ بِالذَكاءِ النادِرِ

And you rose, O eminent one, to the height of glory

And you outshone your people with rare intelligence

رَبّى أَبوكَ عُقولَنا وَنُفوسَنا

فَاِهنَأ بِوالِدِكَ الأَمينِ وَفاخِرِ

Your father cultivated our minds and souls

So congratulate your faithful and glorious father

وَاِهنَأ بِما أوتيتَهُ مِن نِعمَةٍ

في عَهدِ مَولانا الأَميرِ الزاهِرِ

And congratulate what you have been given of blessing

In the reign of our illustrious Prince

يا مالِئَ الكُرسِيِّ مِنهُ مَهابَةً

وَكِفايَةً يا مِلءَ عَينِ الناظِرِ

O you who fills the throne with awe

And competence, O delight of the beholder

إِنَّ الَّتي قُلِّدتَها في حاجَةٍ

لِعَزيمَةٍ تَمضي وَرَأيٍ باتِرِ

Indeed, the one you have been entrusted with is in need

Of strong resolve that pushes ahead and wise strategy

فَأَفِض ضِياءَكَ في النَظارَةِ كُلِّها

وَاِقبِض عَلى الأَعمالِ قَبضَ القادِرِ

So spread your light throughout governance

And take control of matters with the grip of the Able

وَاِخدُم بِلادَكَ بِالَّذي أوتيتَهُ

مِن فِطنَةٍ وَأَقِل عِثارَ العاثِرِ

And serve your country with what you have been given

Of shrewdness, and minimize the flaws of the flawed

هَنَّأتُ مِصرَ وَنيلَها وَرِجالَها

لَمّا رَأَيتُكَ في ثِيابِ الآمِرِ

I congratulated Egypt, its Nile, and its men

When I saw you in the clothes of the commander

وَرَأَيتُ في الديوانِ قَدرَكَ عالِياً

وَالناسُ تَهتِفُ بِالثَناءِ العاطِرِ

And I saw your high status in the diwan

And people chanting fragrant praise

ما بَينَ مُعتَرِفٍ بِفَضلِكَ مُعلِنٍ

أَو ضارِعٍ لَكَ بِالدُعاءِ وَشاكِرِ

Among those acknowledging your merit overtly

Or beseeching blessings and thanks for you

أَمُهَندِسَ النيلِ السَعيدِ تَحِيَّةً

مِن مِصرَ تَحدوها تَحِيَّةُ شاعِرِ

Greetings O blessed Nile engineer

From an Egypt that a poet's greeting extols

يَدعو إِلَهَكَ أَن يُكَثِّرَ بَينَنا

أَمثالَ سامي في الزَمانِ الحاضِرِ

Praying your God to multiply among us

The likes of eminent Sami in the present time