دَعِ النَسيبَ وجانِبْ جانبَ الغَزَلِ
فإنَّنا بالتَّهاني اليومَ في شُغُلِ
Leave love poems and tender words aside,
For today we rejoice at glorious tidings.
بشارةٌ طَفَحَتْ من أَرضِ مِصرَ على
جوانبِ الشَّام فوقَ السَّهلِ والجَبَلِ
Good news has flooded from the land of Egypt
To Syria's plains, hills, and mountains alike.
قامَ المُظَفَّرُ إسماعيلُ مُنتَصِباً
في عرشها كقِيامِ الشَّمسِ في الحَمَلِ
Al-Muzaffar Ismail stands tall
On its throne, like the sun in Aries.
لاحَتْ طوالعُهُ فيها فقلتُ لَها
يا أَسعَدَ الأرضِ هذهِ أَسعَدُ الدُوَلِ
His fortunes shine on it, and I said to it:
O most blessed land, this is the happiest state!
هذا العزيزُ ابنُ إِبراهيمَ نِسبتُهُ
تُصاغُ من أَولياءِ اللهِ والرُسُلِ
This dear one, son of Ibrahim, his lineage
Is derived from Allah's allies and messengers.
فيها الخليلُ واسماعيلُ قَبلُهما
مُحَمَّدٌ جاءَ مضموماً إليهِ عَلِي
Among them is the Friend, and Ismail before them,
And Muhammad, gathered to him is Ali.
هذا ابنُ مَن صِيتُهُ قد طارَ مُنتشِراً
في الشَرقِ والغَربِ مِثلَ السَبعةِ الطُوَلِ
This son of one whose fame has spread
East and west, like the seven long ones.
لو كان في أَرضنا طُرْقٌ إلى زُحَلٍ
كانَ انتهى صِيتُهُ منها إلى زُحَلِ
If there were paths on our land to Saturn,
His fame would have reached from there to Saturn.
واليومَ قد قامَ اسماعيلُ يخلُفُهُ
في الحَزمِ والعَزمِ بينَ القولِ والعَمَلِ
And today Ismail rises to succeed him
In wisdom and resolve, between words and deeds.
كانَتْ شَمائلُهُ كالزَّهرِ نافحةً
فأُنتِجَتْ من جَناها صُفوةُ العَسَلِ
His features were like blossoming flowers,
And the choicest honey was produced from their gardens.
خَليفةُ اللهِ رأسٌ والعزيزُ لهُ
يَدٌ تُساعِدهُ بالمالِ والخَوَلِ
God's Caliph is the head, and the Dear One is his hand,
Assisting him with wealth and soldiers.
إذا تَداعَتْ خُطوبُ الدَّهرِ بادَرَها
كالنَّارِ عندَ هُبوبِ الرِّيحِ في القُلَلِ
Whenever the fortunes of time gather against him,
He confronts them like fire when the winds blow in the hills.
قد كانَ في مِصرَ نيلٌ واحدٌ قِدَماً
فزادَها اللهُ نيلاً مُطفِئَ الغُلَلِ
Once there was one ancient Nile in Egypt,
But God added to it a Nile extinguishing sorrows.
في كلِّ عامٍ لنا عيدٌ نُسَرُّ بهِ
وعيدُها كلَّ يومٍ منهُ لم يَزَلِ
Every year we have a feast to delight in,
And its feast is everyday, never ceasing.
يامِصْرُ قاهرةَ الدُّنيا بسَطوَتِها
قد جَدَّدَ اللهُ من أَيامِكِ الأُوَلِ
O Cairo, vanquisher of the world by its power,
God has renewed your early days.
دارُ الخلافةِ عادت فيكِ قائِمَةً
كما اقتَضَت حِكمَةُ الرَحمنِ في الأَزَلِ
The seat of the Caliphate has returned established in you,
As the All-Merciful decreed in eternity.
لكِ الهنا بعزيزٍ عَزَّ جانِبُهُ
كأَنهُ مَلَكٌ في صُورةِ الرَّجُلِ
Congratulations to you for having a Dear One whose side
Is invincible, as if he were an angel in the form of a man.
وليَغْتَنمَ رَبْعُكِ المسعودُ حينَ مَشى
عليهِ من قَدَمَيهِ فُرصةَ القُبَلِ
May your blessed quarter take advantage, when he walked upon it,
Of the opportunity to kiss his feet.
إن فاتكَ الهَطَلُ المُحيي برحمتهِ
فإن راحَتَهُ تُغنِي عن الهَطَلِ
If the beneficial rain missed you because of his mercy,
His tranquility will suffice instead of rain.
وإن تأخَرَ فَيضُ النِّيلِ عنكِ فلا
تَرِدْ عليكِ دَواعي الهَمِّ والوَجَلِ
And if the Nile flood is late for you, then do not
Succumb to feelings of anxiety and anguish.
من صامَ فيكِ وصَلَّى فَلْيَقُمْ سَحَراً
يدعو لهُ بامتدادِ الجاهِ والأَجَلِ
Let whoever fasts and prays there rise at dawn
Invoking blessings on him for extended power and life.
لازالَ مُعتَصِماً باللهِ وَهْوَ لدى
مُؤَرِّخيهِ سعيدٌ بالِغُ الأَمَلِ
May he remain, clinging to God, elated in the annals
Of his historians, fulfilled in hopes.
