مَوْلاَيَ هَذَا فَضْلٌ جَدِيدُ

يُزْهَى بِهِ عَهْدُكَ السَّعيدُ

My Master, this is a new bounty,

With which your auspicious era is adorned,

عَدْلٌ وَأَمْنٌ وَطِيبُ عَيْشٍ

يَسَّرَهَا حَكْمُكَ الرَّشِيدُ

Justice, security, and good living,

Made easy by your wise rule.

فِي كُلِّ عِلمٍ وَكُلِّ فَنٍ

يَكْمُلُ بِالطَّارِفِ التَّلِيدُ

In every science and every art,

It is perfected by the refined old ways,

وَكَمْ مَجَالٍ فِيهِ مَجَالٍ

يَبْدُو بِهَا رَأْيُكَ السَّدِيدُ

And how many spheres in which spheres,

Your astute view appears.

أَليَوْمَ نَالَ النبُوغُ فَخْراً

أَتَاحَهُ سَعْيُكَ الحَمِيدُ

Today genius has gained pride,

Made possible by your praiseworthy effort,

لِمِصْرَ طَيَّ الثَّرَى فَقِيدٌ

غَالٍ وَمَنْ ذلِكَ الفَقِيدُ

For Egypt where the loved one is buried,

Dear he was and who was that loved one.

حَيَّيتَهُ فِي مَقَامِ ذِكْرَى

فَمِصْرُ جَذْلَى وَاليَوْمُ عِيْدَ

You greeted him at the commemoration,

So Egypt is mournful and today is a feast,

يَا حُسْنَ حَفْلٍ تُوفِي عَلَيْهِ

وَصَفْوَةُ الأُمَّة الشُّهودُ

O excellent occasion you fulfill for it,

And the elite of the nation are present.

أَلشَّاعِرُ العَبْقَرِيُّ فِيهِ

يُكْرَمُ وَالمُلْهَمُ المُجِيدُ

The brilliant poet is honored in it,

And the inspired magnificent one,

أُقِيمَ تِمْثَالُهُ وَلَكِنْ

بِهِ لِتِمْثَالِهِ الخُلُودُ

His statue was erected but,

With it eternity for his statue.

شَوْقِي نَزِيلٌ بِكُلِّ قَلْبٍ

فِي صُورَةٍ مَا بِهَا جُمُودُ

Shawqi resident of every heart,

In an image lacking stillness,

مَا بَقِيَ الشِّعْرُ فَهْوَ بَاقٍ

كَأَنَّ فِقْدَانَهُ وُجُودُ

As long as poetry remains he remains,

As if his loss is existence.

شَوْقِي وَيَكْفِي اسْمُهُ بَيَاناً

يَعْنِي بِهِ المَجْدُ مَا يُرِيدُ

Shawqi, his name alone is enough,

The glory means what it wants with it,

نَمَاهُ عَصْرٌ وَكلُّ عَصْرٍ

يَوَد لَوْ أَنَّه العَتِيدُ

An era raised him and every era,

Would want that it was the coming one.

فِي كُلِّ قُطْرٍ ناءٍ وَقُطْرٍ

دَانٍ تَغَنَّى لهُ قصِيدُ

In every dewy region and fertile region,

His ode sang to him,

مَا يَبْلُغُ الوَصْفَ مِنْ نُبُوغٍ

محِيطُه مَا لَهُ حُدودُ

The description doesn't reach the brilliance,

Its surroundings have no limits.

أُمِّرَ بِالحَقِّ أَلْمَعِيٌّ

هَيْهَاتَ يُلْفى لَهُ نَدِيدُ

He commanded goodness, the brilliant one,

Never will an equal be found for him,

غوَّاصُ فِكْرٍ فِي كُلِّ بَحْرٍ

يَصِيدُ لِلشِّعرِ مَا يَصِيدُ

A diver of thought in every sea,

Fishing for poetry what he fishes.

أَغْرَاضُهُ الجَوْهَرُ المصَفَّى

وَلفْظُهُ اللُّؤْلُؤُ الفرِيدُ

His purposes are refined pearls,

And his diction unique pearls,

وَمَا يدَانى وَمَا يُسَامَى

دَانِي معَانِيهِ وَالبَعَيدُ

He is not matched and not named,

His meanings match him and the distant one.

إِنْ يَدْعُهُ الوَحْيُ لَمَّ تَعُقْهُ

ثَنِيَّة صَعْبَةٌ كَؤُودُ

If inspiration urges him, no

Difficult peak impedes him,

يصْعَدُ حَتَّى تَبْدُو ذُرَاهَا

وَقَدْ عَلتْهَا لهُ بُنود

He climbs until its summits appear,

And its high passes have yielded to him.

أَلقَصَصُ المَسْرَحِيُّ فنٌّ

مِرَاسُهُ مُرْهِقٌ شَدِيدُ

Theatrical fiction is an art,

Its course is greatly exhausting,

وَدُونَ نَظْمِ القَرِيضِ فِيهِ

مِنْ ثِقَلِ العِبْءِ مَا يَؤُودُ

And without composing verses in it,

There is from the weight of the burden what pains.

أَجَادَهُ مَا يَشَاءُ شَوْقِي

وَعَزَّ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ المُجِيدُ

Shawqi did it with mastery whatever he wished,

And before him the magnificent one was incapable.

أَلحِكْمَةُ المُنْتَقَاةُ تَسْبِي

حِجَاكَ وَالنُّكتَةُ الشَّرُودُ

Choice wisdom captivates

And the fleeting subtlety,

وَالسَّلْسلُ العَذْبُ فِي بَيَانٍ

يُنْشِي وَيَشْفِي مِنْهُ الوُرُودُ

And the sweet chain in eloquence,

Delights and heals by it the flowers,

وَالنَّغمُ الحُلُو فِي نِظَامٍ

كُلُّ رَوِيٍّ مِنْهُ نَشِيدُ

And the mellifluous melody in harmony,

Each of its metres is a chant.

مَوْلاَيَ حَمْداً وَأَلْفَ حَمْدٍ

عَطْفُكَ رَأْيٌ عَالٍ وَجُودُ

My Master, praise and a thousand praises,

Your kindness, lofty opinion and generosity,

فَأَنتَ أَنْتَ الفَارُوقُ لَوْلاَ

تَخَالُفُ الدَّهْرِ وَالرَّشِيدُ

For you are you, the Farooq, unless

You oppose fate and the righteous one.

جَدَّدْتَ لِلضَّادِ أَيَّ عَصْرٍ

يَحْفَظُكَ المُبْدِيءُ المُعِيدُ

You renewed for the letter D which era,

Will preserve you, the excellent restorer.

إِنَّ مُنَى مِصْرَ وَهْيَ تَدْعُو

وَكُلَّمَا ازْدَدْتَ تَسْتَزِيدُ

Indeed the hopes of Egypt while calling,

And the more you increase it asks for more.