أَيُّ صَرْحٍ حَلَّ فِيهِ
ذَلِكَ الخَطْبُ المُلِمُّ
What palace did that fateful speech descend,
A star beyond where sights can apprehend.
قَد هَوَى مِنْ حَيْثُ لا
تُقْتَحَمُ الأَبْصَارُ نَجْمُ
The lady of rooms did hide herself away,
Leaving but gloom and murk of night to rend.
رَبَّةُ الخِدْرِ تَوَارَتْ
فَهْوَ دَاجٍ مُدْلَهِمُّ
Innocent, with naught but purity,
And purity itself deemed sin to offend.
بِرَّةٌ لَيْسَ لَها إِلاَّ التُّـ
ـى وَالطُّهْرُ إِثْمُ
Nobility and faith alike did mourn,
Reason itself confounded without end.
فُجِعَ النُّبْلُ بِهَا وَالدِّ
ينُ وَالعَقْلُ الأتَمُّ
Of her graces, nothing low did manifest
Save only sweet perfumes that lightly wend.
لَمْ يُذَعْ مِنْ فَضْلِهَا الخَا
فِي سِوَى طَيبٌ يَنِمُّ
May God make her misfortune ease, His bounty vast,
Enough that she gave birth to one whom mothers rend.
فَلْيَثِبْهَا اللهُ بِالحُس
نَى وَفَضْلُ اللهِ جَمُّ
A banner whose ascent makes East rise high,
No youth in Egypt his superior to contend.
حَسْبُهَا أَنْ أَنْجَبَتْ أَكْرَ
مَ مَنْ تَنْجُبُ أَمُّ
A youth who plucks fruits of praise and days malign,
And in fame’s birth and noble acts a portion lend.
عَلَمٌ مِمَّنْ بِهِمْ يَنْتَعِ
شُ الشَّرْقُ وَيَسْمُو
Or in innovations unforeseen at first,
A matter no mere thought could apprehend.
لَيْسَ فِي فُتْيَانِ مِصْرَ
مِثْلُهُ أَرْوَعَ شَهْمُ
And did what scarce a foot dared venture in,
Sultan’s scion, though names and traits contend.
شَبَّ يَجْنِي ثَمَرَاتِ
الحَمْدِ وَالدَّهْرُ مُذَمُّ
Sultan was protector ample for alarm,
The steed no rival in its strides could offend.
وَلَهُ فِي تَالِدِ المَجْدِ
وَفِي الطارِفِ سَهْمُ
His the pure wine cup and most noble fame,
Justice established lofty views defend.
أَمْ فِي مُبْتَكَرِ الأَعْمـ
ـالِ شَأْواً لا يُؤَمُّ
He won the praise the judicious Egyptian merited,
With heart restoring branch to firmly tend.
وَأتى مَا لَمْ يَكَدْ يَطْمَـ
ـعُ قِدْماً فِيهِ وَهَمُ
The grandfather's soul returned in this grandson,
Blessing and brand both reprised without amend.
سِبْطُ سُلْطَانُ وَمَا يَخْـ
ـتَلِفُ الوَصْفُ وَالاسْمُ
As lineage renewed its ancient stamp upon
This wondrous youth, its token without end.
كَانَ سُلْطَانُ هُوَ الْكَا
فِي حِمَاهُ مَا يَهِمُّ
O you granted broadest scope of high regard,
Egypt’s unshaken citadel, its summit to defend.
وَهُوَ القَرْمُ الَّذِي فِي
شَوْطِهِ لَمْ يَجْرِ قَرْمُ
Yours is portion of its making, governance apportioned,
Task that daunts minds, no resolution can transcend.
وَلَهُ القَدَحُ المُعَلَّى
وَلَهُ الذِّكْرُ الأَعَمُّ
What is this toil, abundance you are given?
Pain wears, grief, yet fulfillment they portend.
رَسَخَ العَدْلُ بِعَالِي
رَأَيِهِ وَأُنْجَابَ ظُلْمُ
Not for gain, but people’s care is your concern,
All you build does thriving, fortune send.
فَأَصَابَ الحَمْدَ مَا أحْمَـ
ـدَ لِلْمِصْرِيِّ حِكْمُ
Magnificent, initiator and fulfiller,
Wise, never wrong in what the wise commend.
بِفُؤَادٍ وَهْوَ نِعْمَ الفَ
رْعُ عَادَ الأَصلُ يَنْمُو
After this nurture from your people, can
Completion be denied its appointed end?
رَدَّ رَوْحَ الجَدُّ فِي السِّـ
ـبْطِ وَزَكَّى الوسْمَ وَسْمُ
Egypt sought you not for goodness, rather
After mother, itself a mother to defend.
مِثْلَمَا جَدَّدَ طَبْقُ الأ
صْلِ فِي الرَّوْعَةِ رَسْمُ
أَيُّهَا المُخَوَّلُ فِي أَوْ
سَعِ جَاهٍ وَالمُعَمُّ
بَنْكُ مِصْرَ حِصْنَ هَـ
ـذِي الأُمَّةِ الرَّاسِي الأَشَمُّ
لَكَ فِي تَأْسِيسِهِ قِسْطٌ
وَفِي التَّدْبِيرِ قِسْمُ
يُرْهِقُ الفِكْرُ بِهِ عُسْـ
ـراً لا يُذْخَرُ عَزْمُ
فِيم هَذَا الجَهْدُ وَالوَ
فْرُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتَ ضَخْمُ
تَعَبٌ مُضْنٍ وَأَحْيَا
ناً أَسىً مُغْنٍ وَغَمُّ
أَلِكَسْبٍ لا وَلَكِنْ
هَمُّ قَوْمٍ لَكَ هَمُّ
كُلُّ مَا تَبْنِي يبني
طَلْعَتٌ يُمْنٍ وَغَنْمُ
وَعَظِيمٌ مِنْكُما المُبْدِ
ئُ شَأْناً وَالمُتِمُّ
رَاجِحُ الحِلْمِ وَلا يُخْـ
ـطِئْكَ فِيمَا نَابَ حِلْمُ
بِعْدَ هَذَا العَطْفِ مِنْ قَوْ
مِكَ هَلْ يُتْمُكَ يُتْمُ
مِصْرُ لَمْ تَأْلُكَ بِرَاً
فَهْيَ بَعْدَ الأُمِّ أُمُّ
