نُورُ الرَّجَاءِ بَدَا وَيُمْنُ الطَّالِعِ

لِلشَّعْبِ فِي وَجْهِ الأَمِيرِ الزَّارِعِ

The light of hope has dawned and the luck of fate

Has smiled on the people in the face of the cultivating prince

عِشْ يَا وَلِيَّ العَهْدِ وَابْرُزْ فِي سَنىً

يَعْلُوكَ مِنْ أُفُقِ السَّمَاءِ اللاَّمِعِ

Live long, O Heir Apparent, and shine forth gloriously

With the virtues you possess, high as the glittering horizon

فِي الحِسِّ وَالمَعْنَى عَلَى قَدْرِ المُنى

كَمُلَتْ صِفَاتُكَ فَهْيَ عِقْدُ بَدَائِعِ

In feeling and meaning you have attained all hopes

Your qualities are perfect, a necklace of wonders

أَلفَضْلُ فَضْلُ أَبِيكَ فِي تَذْلِيلِهِ

لَكَ كُلَّ صَعْبٍ فِي المَعَارِجِ فَارعِ

The superiority of your father in paving the way for you

To surmount all difficulties on the ladder of ascent

لَيْسَتْ مُشَارَفَةُ الأَمِيرِ لِضَيْعَةٍ

ضَعَةً وَمَا الجُهْدُ المُغِلُّ بِضَائعِ

It is no condescension for the prince to care for the poor

Industry is no disgrace and tireless toil no shame

إِنَّ الفِلاَحَةَ وَالفَلاَحَ تَسَلسَلا

لفْظاً وَمَعْنىً مِنْ نِجَارٍ جَامِعِ

Agriculture and the farmer flow together

In word and meaning from one comprehensive source

فِي خِدْمَةِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنا

يَتَأَلَّفُ المَتْبُوعُ قَلْبَ التَّابِعِ

Serving the land that is our mother

Ruler and ruled are drawn heart to heart

مَا أَرْوَحَ الأَمَلَ الَّذِي قِيَّضْتَهُ

لِسَوَادِ أُمَّتِكَ الأَمِينِ الوَادِعِ

How you have revived the hopes you were entrusted with

For your loyal and tranquil nation

أَلحَارِثِ الدَّرِبِ العَكُوفِ عَلَى الثَّرَى

أَلكَادِحِ التَّعِبِ الصَّبُورِ القَانِعِ

Hail to the tiller of the earth, bending over the soil

To the toiler, patient and content with his lot

منْ لَمْ يُطَالِعْهُ وَيَعْرِفْ دَاءَهُ

هَيْهَاتَ يَأْتِي بِالدَّوَاءِ النَّاجِعِ

One who does not study their condition and know their plight

Will never find the cure that will avail

لِلّهِ مُنْجِبُكَ العَظِيمُ وَمَا لَهُ

مِنْ حُسْنِ تَدْبِيرٍ وَلُطْفِ ذَرَائعِ

Thanks be to the Lord for your noble birth

And for your wise governance and refined means

لَمْ يَبْنِ لِلدُّنْيَا أَبٌ كَبِنَائِهِ

خُلُقَ الرُّجُولَةِ فِي فَتَاهُ اليَافعِ

No father has reared a son for the world

With manly virtues in his blooming youth

يَقِظٌ يُنَبِّهُ كَامِنَاتِ خِصَالِهِ

تَنْبِيهَ مَعْرِفَةٍ وَخُبْرٍ وَاسِعِ

Awake, evoking the latent gifts within you

With enlightened discernment and ample knowledge

حَتَّى يُلِمَّ بِكُلِّ شَأْنٍ نَابِهٍ

فَيَسُوسَهُ وَبِكُلِّ شَأْنٍ نَافِعِ

To comprehend each significant matter, trivial or momentous

And rule it rightly, harmful or beneficial

مَلِكٌ بِهِ قِسْتُ المُلُوكَ فَلاَحَ لي

شَأْوُ الظَّلِيعِ بِهِمْ وَشَأْوُ الطَّالِعِ

You are a king by whom I measure kings, and I see

The state of decline or rise in each clearly

أَوْفَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِالحَصَافَةِ وَالنَّدَى

وَبِسُؤْددٍ مِلءِ النَّوَاظِرِ نَاصِعِ

You have treated them with purity and freshness

And perfect composure, meeting their gaze

مَا أَنْسَ يَوْمَ لَمَحْتُهُ وَلَمَحْتُهُمْ

فِي مَشْهَدٍ بَادِي المَفَاخِرِ شَائعِ

I cannot forget the day I saw you and saw them

At a spectacle of resplendent glory

فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ فِي جَلاَلٍ رَائِعٍ

أَزْهَى مِثَالٍ لِلجَمَالِ الرَّائِعِ

I saw in you such majestic splendor

The finest example of shining beauty

لَدْنٌ شَدِيدٌ لاَ اتِّضَاعَ بِهِ وَإِنْ

لَمْ تَنْأَ عَنْهُ كِيَاسَةُ المُتَواضعِ

A natural loftiness you do not diminish by humility

Though modesty graces the humble

هُوَ مَصدَرٌ مِنْهُ المَصَادِرُ تَسْتَقِي

هُوَ مَنْبَعٌ وَلهُ فُيُوضُ مَنَابِعِ

You are the source from which sources derive

The fountainhead, and yours are the overflowing springs

لاَ شَيْءَ يَعْزُبُ عَنْ مَدَارِكِهِ وَلاَ

يَخْفَى عَلَى ذَاكَ الذَّكَاءِ السَّاطعِ

Nothing escapes your keen intellect

Or hides from that piercing brilliance

وَإِذَا قَضَى أَمْضَى فَمَا مِنْ حَائِلٍ

دُونَ القَضَاءِ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافعِ

When you decree a thing, it is executed

None can stop your decree or thwart its course

لَحَظَ الرِّمَالَ القَاحِلاَتِ فَنُضِّرَتْ

وَازَّيَّنَتْ بِمَغَارِسٍ وَمَزَارِعِ

You gazed on barren sands and they turned verdant

Adorned with orchards and farmlands

لَحَظَ المَدَائِنَ وَالقُرَى فَتَجَمَّلَتْ

وَتَكَمَّلَتْ بِمَدَارِسٍ وَمَصَانعِ

You gazed on cities and villages and they were beautified

Developing schools, factories, and public works

لَحَظَ الثَّقَافَةَ لِلعُقُولِ فَأَخْرَجَتْ

مَا طابَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ العُقْولِ اليَانعِ

You gazed on education to enrich minds

And wholesome fruits flourished in that garden

لحَظَ الرِّيَاضَةَ لِلجُسُومِ فَهَيَّأَتْ

نَشْئاً جَدِيدَاً عَزَائِمٍ وَنَوَازِعِ

You gazed on sports to strengthen bodies

Preparing a vibrant new generation of grit and drive

لَحَظَ العُلُومَ فَمَا تَرَى فِي رَوْضِةٍ

إِلاَّ ظِمَاءَ الطَّيْرِ حَوْلَ مَشَارِعِ

You gazed on sciences, and everywhere like birds

You see flocks surrounding their enterprises

لحَظَ الفُنُونَ فَعَادَ مُؤْتَنَفاً بِهَا

مَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ قَدِيمٍ بَارعِ

You gazed on arts, and all the excellence of old

Was wonderfully renewed by your patronage

أُنْظُرْ إِلى طُولِ البِلاَدِ وَعَرْضِهَا

تَشْهَدْ ضُرُوبَ مَفَاخِرٍ ومَنَافِعِ

Look across the length and breadth of the land

Bearing witness to triumphs and benefits

لاَ يَنْتَهِي مَا ذَاعَ مِنْ نَبَإِ بِهَا

إِلاَّ إِلى نَبَإِ طَرِيفٍ ذَائِعِ

The news from there is endless

Except to herald ever more great tidings

مَا مِصْرُ مِصْرُ وَمَا الرِّبَاعُ بِحُسْنِهَا

هِيَ عَيْنُ مَا عَهِدَتْهُ عَيْنُ الرَّابِعِ

Egypt is no longer Egypt, and the countryside

Now rivals what the oldest eyes remember

مَتَلاَحَقُ العُمْرَانُ لاَ يَخْتَارُ فِي

مَجْرَاهُ بَيْنَ مَوَاقِعٍ وَمَوَاقِعِ

Urban growth flows on, not favoring

Some locations over others in its course

وَتُصِيبُ أَطْرَافٌ نَأَتْ مِنْ قِسْطِهِ

مَا لمْ تُصِبْ أَطْرَافُ مُلكٍ شَاسِعِ

And remote regions attain a share of its bounty

That no vast kingdom had attained before

لِيَدُمْ فُؤَادٌ سَائِداً وَمُصَرِّفاً

حُكْمَ السِّيَادَةِ فِي الزَّمَانِ الخَاضِعِ

To sustain a heart ruling and guiding

The sovereignty of the age, by God's decree

وَلتَزْدَهِرْ أَيَّامُ صَاحِبِ عَهْدِهِ

فِي ظِلِّهِ كَالمَوْسِمِ المُتَتَابِعِ

And to prosper the days of the heir to his reign

Flourishing in his shadow, season after season