عَاشَ فَارُوقُ مِصْرَ فَخْرُ الشَّبابِ
وَمَلاَذُ الأخْلاَقِ وَالآدَابِ
Long live Farouk of Egypt, pride of youth,
and refuge of morals and letters.
كُلُّ عِلْمٍ وَكُلُّ فَنٍّ لَهُ مِنْهُ
التِفَاتٌ عَالٍ وَفَضْلٌ رَابِ
Every science and every art receives from him
lofty attention and abundant favor.
طَلْعَةٌ مِثْلُ طَلْعَةِ الشَّمسِ تُحْيِي
ثَمَرَاتِ القُلُوبِ وَالأَلْبَابِ
A countenance like the sun’s, bringing life
to the fruits of hearts and minds.
أَيُّ سَعْدٍ لِشَعْبِهِ أنْ يَرَاهُ
طَالِعاً بَيْنَهُ وَمَا مِنْ حِجَابِ
What joy for his people to see him
appear among them with no barrier!
أَيُّ رَاجِ وَالجُودُ حَقٌّ عَلَيْهِ
لَمْ يُصِبْ مِنْهُ مَا وَرَاءَ النِّصابِ
What petitioner, when generosity is his duty,
has not received from him more than his due?
أَيُّ شَأْنٍ رَعَاهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ
الشَّأوَ الْمُعَلَّى وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِعُجَابِ
What undertaking he has tended has not reached
the highest goal? And that is no wonder.
يَعْمَلُ الفِكْرُ سَالِكاً كُلَّ نَهْجٍ
لِلْمَرَاقِي وَفَاتِحاً كُلَّ بَابِ
Thought works, taking every path
toward progress and opening every door.
هَذِهِ فِرْقَةٌ تَدَارَكَهَا العَطْفُ
فَعَادَتْ مَتِينَةَ الأَسْبَابِ
This troupe was reached by his kindness
and became strong in its bonds again.
يَبْرُزُ المُولَعُونَ بِالفَنِّ فِيهَا
طُرُفاً مِنْ مَوَاهِبِ الوَهَّابِ
The devotees of art in it bring forth
rare works from the gifts of the Bestower.
فِيهِمُ الرَّاسِخُ المُدَرَّبُ يَتْلُو
تِلْوَةُ نَابِتٌ نَضِيرُ الإِهَابِ
Among them, the seasoned, trained performer is followed
by a budding one, fresh of aspect.
مِنْ هُوَاةِ التَّمثيلِ يَرْجِعُ
َ
بالتَّارِيخِ َأدْرَاجَهُ مَدَى الأَحْقَابِ
A lover of acting takes
history back through the ages,
وَمُحِبِّي الأَمْثَالِ يَضْرِبُهَا
التَّالُونَ وَالسَّابِقُونَ لِلأَعْقَابِ
and lovers of proverbs set them forth
for posterity, those who follow and those who came before.
يَبْتَغُونَ الكَمَالَ فِي ظِلِّ فَارُوقَ
وَقَدْرُ النَّجاحِ قَدْرُ الطِّلاَبِ
They seek perfection under Farouk’s protection,
and success is measured by the ambition pursued.
وَطَرِيقُ الكَمَالِ وَعْرٌ ولك
نَّ مَداهُ مُذَلِّلٌ لِلصَّعابِ
The road to perfection is rugged, but
its course overcomes difficulties.
أَيُّهَا الزَّائِرُ الْعَظِيمُ أَثَابَ اللهُ
مِنكَ الجَميلَ خَيْرَ الثَّوَابِ
O great visitor, may God reward
your kindness with the finest reward.
كُلُّ شُكْرٍ يَصُوغُهُ الرَّوْضُ لاَ
يُوفِي وإِن جَلَّ مِنَّة للسِّحابِ
All the thanks the garden can compose cannot
repay the clouds’ bounty, however grand.
وَلَعَلَّ السُّكوتَ أَبلَغُ فِي الحَمْدِ
وَأَوْفَى وَفِيهِ فَصْلُ الخِطَابِ
Perhaps silence speaks more eloquently in praise
and more fully; in it lies the decisive word.
عَاشَ فَارُوقُ مِصْرَ فَخرُ الشَّبابِ
ومِلاذُ الأَخلاَقِ والآدَابِ
Long live Farouk of Egypt, pride of youth,
and refuge of morals and letters.
يَا مَلِيكَاً حَمَى بِهِ اللهُ مِصْراً
مِنْ نُكُولِ الدُّنْيَا وَسَوْطِ العَذَابِ
O king through whom God has protected Egypt
from the world’s reversals and the scourge of suffering:
يَرِدُ العَالَمُ الحَمِيمَ وَأَمَّا
وِرْدُهَا فَهْوَ مِنْ نِطَافٍ عِذَابِ
the world comes to scorching waters, whereas
her draught is of sweet, fresh drops.
لِلْفِنُونِ ازْدِهَارُهَا وَالرَّزَايَا
غَافِلاَتٌ وَالأَمْنُ في اسْتِتْبَابِ
The arts flourish for her, while calamities
pass her by and security takes hold.
ذَاكَ مِنْ عَبْقَرِيَّةِ العَاهِلِ الهَادِي
وَلِلْرَّأْيِ غَيْرُ فِعْلِ الحِرَابِ
That comes from the guiding monarch’s genius,
and counsel achieves what weapons cannot.
Sol 6