مَرْحَباً أَيُّها الأمِيرُ الْجَلِيلُ
دُرَّةُ الْعِقْدِ وَالرَّئِيسُ النَّبِيلُ
Welcome, O august prince,
jewel of the necklace and noble chief.
مَرْحَباً يَا هُدَاةَ مِصْرَ وَيَا قَا
دَتَهَا وَالسَّبِيلُ نِعْمَ السَّبِيِلُ
Welcome, guides of Egypt, and O lea—
—ders of hers! The path—how excellent the path!
مَرْحَباً يَا أَعِزَّةً بِنَدَاهُمْ
كُفِيَ المُعْتَفِي وَعَزَّ الذَّلِيلُ
Welcome, honored ones, by whose bounty
the suppliant was satisfied and the lowly ennobled.
مَرْحَباً يَا عَقَائِلَ الطُّهْرِ والْبِرِّ
وَمَا ضَرَّ أَنَّهُنَّ قَلِيلُ
Welcome, noble ladies of purity and benevolence;
what matter that they are few?
بَالأَيَادِي الَّتِي بَذَلْتُنَّ كَمْ
بَشَّ حَزِينٌ بَاكٍ وَصَحَّ عَلِيلُ
Through the hands you extended, how many
a grieving, weeping soul smiled, and an ailing one recovered!
عِيدُ فِرْيَال أَيُّ عِيدٍ تَحَلَّى
فِيهِ مَغْزًى سامٍ ومَعْنًى جَمِيلُ
Ferial’s birthday—what a feast, adorned
with lofty import and beautiful meaning!
هُوَ عِيدُ النَّشءِ الجَدِيدِ وذِكْرَاهُ
سَتَبْقَى مَا أَعْقَبَ الْجِيلَ جِيلُ
It is the feast of the new generation; its memory
will endure as long as generation follows generation.
لِتَصُنْها عِنَايَةُ اللهِ وَلْتَنْمُ
فَينْمُو الخَيْرُ العَمِيمُ الجَزِيلُ
May God’s care preserve her, and may she grow,
that goodness, all-embracing and abundant, may grow.
وَلْيَكنْ حَظ مُنْجِبَيْهَا الْعِظيمَيْنِ
سُعُودٌ تَعْلُو وَعُمْرُ طَوِيلُ
And may her two august parents’ lot be
ever-rising happiness and long life.
جَلَّ مَنْ فِي سَنَى الفَرِيدَةِ أَبْدَى
لَمْحةً مِنْ سَنَاهُ فِيمَا يُنِيلُ
Exalted is He who, in the peerless one’s radiance, revealed
a glimmer of His splendor through what He bestows.
جَلَّ مَنْ زَانَ بِالمَزَايَا مَلِيكاً
مَالَهُ بِاجْتِمَاعِهِنَّ مِثيلُ
Exalted is He who adorned a king with virtues,
a king unmatched in their union.
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فَضْلٌ طَرِيفٌ فَمَا
يَكْفِي ثَنَاءٌ وَمَا يَفِي تَبجِيلُ
Each day, a fresh bounty—thus no
praise suffices, nor can homage do it justice.
مِنْحَةُ الْيَوْمِ بَعْدَ أَلْفِ دَلِيلٍ
يَمْلأُ العيْنَ جَاءَ فِيهَا دَلِيلُ
Today’s gift, after a thousand proofs—
in it came a proof that fills the eye.
إِنَّ فَارُوقَنَا لَسَيْفٌ وَدِرْعٌ
وَحِمًى لِلْحِمَى وَشَمْسٌ وَنِيلُ
Indeed, our Farouk is surely a sword and shield,
a bulwark for the realm, a sun, and a Nile.
Sol 5.6