يا حُسنَ حَظِّ الأَرثوذِكسَ وَحِزبَها

وَسُعودَ مَدرَسَةٍ لَها وَمَسَرَّةِ

Oh fortune of Orthodoxy and its party

And prosperity of a school for it and bliss

فَسَعادَةُ الشَهمِ المُحافِظِ زارَها

بِوَلائِهِ المَحمودِ أَبرَكَ زَورَةِ

So the courageous minister's happiness visited it

With his praised loyalty he blessed an occasion

وَبِنورِهِ قَد أَشرَقَت أَرجاؤُها

وَتَشَرَّفَت بَينَ المَلا وَالمِلَّةِ

And with his light its corners shone

And it was honored between state and faith

وَالقَومُ مشن فَرَحِ القُدومِ تَسابَقوا

لِيُعَزِّزوا تاريخَ هَذي المِنَّةِ

And the excited people competed

To strengthen the history of this favor

هَذا يَقولُ بِما عَلا مِن شَأنِها

وَالآخَرونَ بِفَخرِ تِلكَ النِعمَةِ

This one says with what excels of its status

And the others with pride of that blessing

وَالرَأيُ تَمَّ بانَ يَقولُ مُفاخِراً

وَمُؤَرِّخاً شَرَّفتَها بِزِيارَتي

And the opinion was completed to say boasting

And documenting you have honored it with my visit

فَلنَذكُرَن عَلى المَدى إِحسانُهُ

وَلنَشفَعِ الذِكرى بِأَحسَنَ دَعوَةِ

So we will remember forever his kindness

And we will plead the memory with the best prayer

فَنَقولُ عَن مَحمود صِدقي دائِماً

تَسمو وَتَبلُغ ما تَشا مِن رتُبَةِ

So we say about Mahmoud my eternal sincerity

Rise and reach whatever rank you wish