شَمْسُ الجَلاَلَةِ لاَحَتْ فِي مُحَيَّاكِ
وَكُلُّ قَلْبٍ بِوَادِي النِّيلِ حَيَّاكِ
The sun of majesty shone in your countenance
And every heart in the Nile valley hailed you
بُشْرى المَوَاطِنِ أَنْ تَلْقَاكِ عَائِدَةً
بِمَا تَمَنَّتْهُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَبُشْرَاكِ
Good tidings to the citizens that you have returned
With all the goodness and glad tidings you wished for them
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ جَمَعَ الخَلْقَ الجَمِيلَ إِلى
خُلْقٍ جَمِيلٍ وَبِالحُسْنَيْنِ حَلاَّكِ
Glory to Him who joined the beautiful creation to
A beautiful creation and adorned you with both beauties
وَمَنْ حَبَاكِ بِآدَابٍ مُكَمَّلَةٍ
هَيْهَاتَ تَعْدِلُهَا آدَابُ أَمْلاَكِ
And endowed you with perfect manners
Far above the manners of any kingdom
فِي سَاحِ جُودِكِ سَادَاتٌ أَعَزَّهُمُ
عَنْ ذِلَّةٍ وَعَنِ الأَغْنَيْنَ أَغْنَاكِ
In your generous presence, nobles were ennobled
Free from humiliation and enriched by you
وَمَا تَشَاءُ المَعَالِي فِي تَنَوُّعِهَا
عَلَى اخْتِلاَفِ مَرَامِي النَّفْسِ أَعْلاَكِ
And whatever lofty ideals there are in their variety
According to the different aspirations of the soul, you attained the highest
أَنْتِ الأَمِيرَةُ مَنْ أَسْمَى بِهَا أَحداً
فَقَدْ عَنَاكِ بِهَا وَصْفاً وَأَسْمَاكِ
You are the princess; if anyone aspired through you
He only did so through your description and your name
حَلَلْتِ مِنْ ذُرْوَةِ العَلْيَاءِ مَنْزِلَةً
مَا حَلَّهَا مِنْ ذَوَات التَّاجِ إِلاَّكِ
You attained the highest position of glory
That none of the crowned ladies attained except you
رَأَى بِكِ النَّاسُ مِنْ فَضْلٍ وَمِنْ كَرَمٍ
مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَرَاهُ النَّاسُ لَوْلاَكِ
Through you people saw such generosity and nobility
That they would not have seen had it not been for you
فَإِنْ شَهِدْتِ زَمَاناً رَاحَ أَجْدَرُهُ
بِشُكْرِ نعمَاكِ وَهْوَ الجَاحِدُ الشَّاكِي
So if you witnessed an era whose greatest merit
Was to show gratitude for your blessings, yet it was ungrateful and doubting
زِيدِي البَرِيَّةَ فَضْلاً غَيْرَ نَاسِيَةٍ
أَنَّ النُّزُولَ إِلَيْهَا لَيْس شَرْوَاكِ
Increase your grace to the creatures, not forgetting
That to come down to them is not your duty
الخَلْقُ أَوْ جُلَّهُ يُجْزُوْنَ مِنْ قدَمٍ
عُرْفاً بِنُكْرٍ وَأَزْهَاراً بِأَشْوَاكِ
Most people reward a favor with ingratitude
And roses with thorns
الحِلْمُ حِلْمُكِ إِنْ بَاهَى المُلُوكُ بِهِ
حَاشَاكِ أَنْ تَزْهَدِي فِي البِرِّ حَاشَاكِ
Patience is your patience; though kings boast of it
God forbid you disdain doing good, God forbid
وَلَيْسَ يَزْكُو بِأُمِّ المُحْسِنينَ سِوَى
نَدىً وَرَاءَ مَسَاءَاتِ العِدَى زَاكِي
None shines through the mother of benefactors
Except the dew that flows after the injustice of enemies has passed
هَلْ فِي المَسَرَّاتِ مَا يَرْضى الضَّمِيرُ بِهِ
مِثْلَ المَبَرَّاتِ للمَحْرُوبِ وَالبَاكِي
Is there anything that satisfies the conscience
Like pardoning the oppressed and the weeping?
مَكَانُ عِزَّتِكِ القَعْسَاءِ مُرْتَفِعٌ
عَنْ زَعْمِ بَاغٍ وَعَنْ إِيهَام أَفَّاكِ
Your lofty place is high
Above the claim of slanderers and the delusions of deceivers
مَا ضَارَهَا مِنْ لَيَالٍ إِنْ عَبَسْنَ بِهَا
فَرُبَّ مَجْدٍ مِنَ الأَدْهَارِ ضَحَّاكِ
Many gloomy nights could not harm it
For days of glory often laugh at fate
وَرُبَّ رَامٍ بِسَهْمٍ لاَ مَضَاءَ بِهِ
رَمَى بَعِيداً فَأَعْيَا دُونَ إِدْرَاكِ
And many an archer has aimed with an arrow that did not hit
He shot far but fell short of reaching you
وَنَاصِبٍ شَركاً لَمْ يُجْدِ نَاصِبَه
هلْ يُؤْخَذُ النِّسْرُ مِنْ أَوْجٍ بِأَشْرَاكِ
And a hostile plotter whose plotting
Could the eagle be trapped with snares?
يَا رَبَّةَ النُّبلِ أُذْنُ الحقِّ سَامِعَةٌ
فِيكِ الدُّعَاءَ وَعَيْنُ اللهِ تَرْعَاكِ
O mistress of nobility, God's ear hears
Prayers for you and God's eye watches over you
عِيشِي وَدُومِي مُفَدَّاةً مُبَجَّلَةً
مُعَطِّراً كُلَّ نَادٍ طِيبُ ذِكْرَاكِ
Live and last well protected and honored
Spreading the sweet fragrance of your mention in every assembly
