يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ يَحْفَظُكَ اللهُ

ويَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ

O prince of hearts, may God protect you

And care for you, O prince of hearts

أَنْتَ كُلُّ الأَمِيرِ نُبْلاً وَفَضْلاً

وَسُموًّا وَأَنْتَ كُلُّ الْحَبِيبِ

You are the epitome of all princes in nobility and merit

And loftiness, and you are the beloved of all

غَيْرُ مَا يَبْغُضُ العِدَى مَنْكَ والأَ

سْيَافُ تُدْمَى وَالنَّقْعُ شَبْهُ خَضِيبِ

None hate you except the enemies whose swords are bloodied

And whose spears are reddened like dye

وَبَدِيعٌ فِي السِّلْمِ أَنَّكَ غَازٍ

مِثْلَمَا كُنْتَ غَازِياً فِي الحُرُوبِ

And it is wonderful that you make peace

Just as you waged war in battles before

تَسْتَمِيلُ النُّهَى وَتَسْتَلِبُ الْوِدَّ

وَيَبْغِي رِضَاكَ كُلُّ سَلِيبِ

You captivate those who refuse and take the hearts of loved ones

And every captive craves your pleasure

وَجْهُكَ الطَّلْقُ وَهْوَ نُورٌ تَجَلَّى

فِي عُذَارٍ حَلاَهُ بِدءُ المَشِيبِ

Your face is radiant and it is a light that appeared

On a crescent moon at the start of graying hair

أَبَداً فِي الصَّفَاءِ مِرْآةُ صِدْقٍ

لِصَفَاءِ فِي النَّفْسِ غَيْرِ مَشْوبِ

Always a mirror of sincerity in serenity

For the serenity in a soul without corruption

بِكَ أَزْكَى الخِلاَلِ تَيْنَعُ فِيهَا

ثَمَرَاتُ الْمَوْهُوبِ وَالْمَكْسُوبِ

In you are the most virtuous traits in which

The fruits of the gifted and the earned grow

وَبِكَ الْحِلْمُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ طَبْعٌ

لَيْسَ فِي آلِ هَاشِمٍ بِعَجِيبِ

In you are clemency and generosity by nature

Nothing strange for the Hashimite family

وَمِنَ الْعِلْمِ فِيكَ أَوْفَرُ حَظٍّ

زَانَهُ مِثْلُهُ مِنَ الْتَّهْذِيبِ

And of knowledge you have the greatest share

Balanced by the like of cultivation

هَذِهِ صُورَةٌ نَظَمْتَ حُلاَهَا

فِي إِطَارِ هَدَاهُ غَيْرُ رَحِيبِ

This is an image I composed, framing its crescent moon

In a frame narrower than what it deserves

أَخَذَتْهَا الْعَيْنُ اخْتِطَافاً فَأَبْدَتْ

لَمْحَةً مِنْ جَلاَلِكَ الْمَحْبُوبِ

The eye glanced at it fleetingly and showed

A hint of your magnificent beloved self

مِصْرُ تَزْهَى بِطَلْعَةِ الْعَاهِلِ الْعَ

ادِلِ وَالْحَاكِمِ الْحَصِيفِ الأَرِيبِ

Egypt prides itself on the rising of its just ruler

And wise governor above fault or doubt

وَتُحّيِّي في الضَّيْفِ أَيَّ خَطِيبٍ

لاَ يُدَانَى شَأْواً وَأَيَّ أَدِيبِ

It welcomes whatever eloquent guest visits

Whose stature cannot be matched and whatever man of letters

أَلْمَعِيٌّ تُزْجَى القَوَافِي إِلَيْهِ

خَاشِعَاتٍ لَدَى الْمُقَامِ الْمَهِيبِ

A shining light towards which lyrics bow down

Humbly before the revered tribune

أَيُّهَا الزَّائِرُ الَّذِي تَلْتَقِيهِ

مُهَجٌ حَيْثُ حَلَّ بِالتَّرْحِيبِ

O you visitor whom it encounters, greeting warmly

Wherever you arrive with a welcome

نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ َأعَزَّهُمْ عَطْفُكَ السَّامِي

وَفَازَوا مِنْ فَيْضِهِ بِنَصِيبِ

We are a people whom your sublime kindness has honored

And who have attained a share of its bounty

مِنْهُمُ فِي ذُرَاكَ جَارٌ وَلَكِنْ

مَا غَرِيبٌ تَظَلُّه بِغَرِيبِ

Among them your neighbor, yet it is no wonder

A stranger stays protected by a stranger

كَرَمٌ مِنْكَ أَنْ سَمَحْتَ لَهُمْ فِي

يُوْمِ يُمْنٍ بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنْ قَرِيبِ

It was generous of you to allow them on

A day of prosperity a glimpse from up close

شُكْرُهُمْ وَهْوَ مَا تَبَيَّنْتَ يَجْلُو

أَثَرَ الْغَيْثِ فِي الْمَكَانِ الخَصِيبِ

Their gratitude, as you saw, reveals clearly

The trace of rain in fertile soil

يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ يَحْفَظُكَ اللهُ

وَيَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ

O prince of hearts, may God protect you

And care for you, O prince of hearts