يَا مَنْ حَمِدْتُ بِهِ اخْتِيَا

رِي في اَخْتِبَارِي للِصِّحَابِ

O you whom I praised when choosing companions,

Help me in testing my friends.

زَهِيَ الشَّبَابُ بِأَنْ يُعَرِّ

بَ عَنْهُمُ زَيْنُ الشَّبَابِ

Youth is adorned when Muhammad

Represents his generation, the highest example.

وَبِأَنْ يَنُوبَ مُحَمَّدٌ

عَنْ جِيلِهِ أَسْمَى مَنَابِ

The noble son of the noble one,

Or the clouds, son of clouds.

نَجْلُ الْكَرِيمِ ابنِ الْكَرِيـ

ـمِ أَوِ السَّحَابُ ابْنُ السَّحَابِ

Praiseworthy son of Muhammad,

Man of difficult situations and trials.

مَحْمُودٌ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ

رَجُلِ المُلِمَّاتِ الصِّعَابِ

The purest of the pure

In status and in estrangement.

مَنْ كَانَ أَصْفَى أَصْفِيَا

ئِي فِي المُقَامِ وَالاغْتَرَابِ

Your good news, O Egypt, and what good news

With the clement and highborn lad.

بَشْرَاكِ مَصْرُ وَأَيُّ بَشْـ

ـرَى بِالْفَتَى السِّمْحِ الْجَنَابِ

The free writer and the lawyer, not the flatterer,

You will see the realization of hopes from your wishes.

بِالْكَاتِبِ الحر الْجَرِي

ءِ وَبِالمُحَامِي لاَ المُحَابِي

Reason, glory, honor, and the mind of the discerning

Have not gathered except when the distant draws near the seekers.

سَتَرَيْنَ تَحْقِيقَ الجَلاَ

ئِلِ مَنْ رَغَائِبِكِ الرِّغَابِ

أَلْعَقْلُ وَالْجَاهُ الْعَرِيـ

ـضُ وَعِزَّةُ الشَّرَفِ اللُّبَابِ

لَمْ تَجْتَمِعْ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ

قَرُبَ الْبَعِيدُ مِنَ الطِّلاَبِ