شَارَفْتَ مِصْرَ وَفِيهَا كُلُّ نَاضِرَةٍ

مِنَ الأَزَاهِرِ يُحْيِي النَّفْسَ رَيَّاهَا

You reached Egypt, where every blossom

Revives the soul with its scent

فَظَلْتَ فِي رَوْضِهَا مُسْتَطْلِعاً لَبِقاً

حَتَّى ظَفِرْتَ بِأَذْكَاهَا وَأَبْهَاهَا

You lingered in its garden, keen and graceful

Until you attained its most fragrant and splendid

مَلِيكَةُ الوَرْدِ مِلْءُ العَيْنِ صُورتُهَا

مَاءُ الجَمَالِ جَرى فِيهَا فَأَرواهَا

The queen of roses, as lovely as can be

The water of beauty flowed in her and quenched her

الحُسْنُ يَجْلُو الخَبَايَا مِنْ سَرَائِرِهَا

وَالطهرُ يسْطَعُ نُوراً مِنْ مُحيَّاهَا

Beauty reveals her secrets

And purity radiates light from her smile

وَمَا تَخَالُ سِوَى دُرٍّ مُنَثَّرَةٍ

أَلفاظَهَا دَارِجَاتٍ مِنَ ثَنَايَاهَا

She is nothing but scattered pearls

Her words are whispers from her folds

مِرْآتُها أُمُّهَا تُجْلي مَحَاسِنَها

مُجَدَّدَاتٍ وَتَسْتَجْلِي سجَاياهَا

Her mirror is her mother, enhancing her beauty

Renewing and unveiling her facets

مالَتْ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا فِي قَدِّهَا مَيلٌ

وَمَا طَوَتْ غَيْر مَا تُبْدِي طَوايَاهَا

She leaned towards you, impartial

Not favoring any but revealing her inclinations

وَكَيْفَ لا تَعْرِفُ الزَّهْرَاءُ كَوْكَبَهَا

إِذَا هَدى الطَّالِعُ المَيْمُونُ مَسْرَاهَا

How would the brilliant star not recognize her planet

When the auspicious influence guides her orbit

قَال الحواسِدُ أَقْوالاً فَهَل نَقَصتْ

مِمَّا بِهِ المُبدِعُ المِجوَادُ حَلاَّهَا

The envious spoke but could they detract

From what the Bountiful Creator has granted her?

أَجْلَلْتَهَا فِي مَعَانِي النَّفْسِ عَنْ شَبَهٍ

وَإِنْ زَعَمْنَ لَهَا فِي الحُسْنِ أَشْباها

You exalted her beyond any doubt

Even if they claimed she had equals in beauty

يَا ابْنَ الأَكَابِرِ زادَ الله رِفْعَتَهُمْ

مِنْ أُسْرَةٍ لَخَّصَتْ فِيهِ مَزَايَاهَا

O son of the great, may God elevate them

From a family in which He concentrated its virtues

لِلْفَضْلِ فِي مِصْرَ أَعْلامٌ سَمَتْ وَصُوًى

وَإِنْ أَظْهَرَهَا فِيهَا صَوَايَاهَا

In Egypt, excellence has high standards

Even if it displayed its peaks there

إِنْ كَانَ لِلْمَالِ قَدْرٌ فَوْقَ قِيمَتِهِ

فَقَدرُهَا فَوْقَ مَا الإِثْرَاءُ آتَاهَا

If wealth has value beyond its price

Then hers is beyond what riches can grant

نِعْمَ الفَتَى هُوَ لَسِتِي فِي عَشِيرَتِهِ

إِنْ عُدَّ أَصوبُهَا رَأْياً وَأَمْضَاهَا

What a noble lad you are to my family

The soundest and gentlest of them in judgment

حَبَاهُ مَوْلاهُ بِالآلاءِ وَافِرَةً

فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِتَمَامِ العَقْلِ تَيَّاهَا

Your Master gifted you bountifully

And so you were not deficient in perfect reason

يُخْفِي فَضَائِلَ تُبْدِيهَا فَعَائِلهُ

وَإِنْ أَرْوَعَهَا فِي النَّفْسِ أَخْفَاهَا

You hide merits that your clan reveals

Though the most splendid are within you, concealed

يَا ابْنَيَّ طِيبَا وَقُرَّا أَعْيُناً وَخُذَا

مِنَ المُنَى خَيْرَ مَا تُعْطِيهِ دُنْيَاهَا

My two sons, so kind and blessed, take

The best that life can give from its joys

إِن الحَياةَ أَطَالَ اللهُ عُمْرَكُمَا

لَيْسَتْ سِوَى لَفْظَةٍ وَالحُبُّ معنَاها

Though God prolonged your lives

Life is but a moment, love is its meaning

أَرَى السَّفِينَةَ فِي المِينَاءِ رَافِعَةً

شِرَاعَهَا وَعُيُونُ اليُمْنِ تَرْعَاهَا

I see the ship in the harbor hoisting

Its sails, destiny watches over it

لِنُقْلَةٍ يَبْدأُ العَيْشُ الجَدِيدُ بِهَا

وَيَكْلأُ اللهُ مَجرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا

For a voyage where a new life starts

And God steers its course and destination

كُونَا سَعِيدَيْنِ وَاعْتَزَّا بِنَسْلِكُمَا

واسْتَوْفَيَا العِزَّ وَالعَلْيَاءَِ وَالجَاهَا

Be happy and proud of your offspring

And attain glory, eminence, and status