بِكَ أُفق العَدل في مَصر اِستَنارْ

بِكَ أُفق العَدل في مَصر اِستَنارْ

يا وَزير الملك يا عالي المَنارْ

يا وَزير الملك يا عالي المَنارْ

Through you, the horizon of justice in Egypt has shone.

With you the horizon of justice in Egypt shines bright

O minister of the realm, O you whose beacon stands high!

O minister of the king, O lofty minaret

يا مُشيراً جُود كَفيه غَدا

يا مُشيراً جُود كَفيه غَدا

يَزدَري في كُل واد بِالبِحار

يَزدَري في كُل واد بِالبِحار

O counselor, the bounty of whose two hands has come

O counselor, your generous hands tomorrow

To scorn the seas in every valley;

Will spurn every valley for the seas

وَنَصيراً لِكَسير مدحه

وَنَصيراً لِكَسير مدحه

يَزدَهي كَالدُر في سلك النضار

يَزدَهي كَالدُر في سلك النضار

And a champion of the broken, whose praise

And ally of the downtrodden whose praise

Glitters like pearls on a strand of pure gold;

Flowers like pearls in the string of daybreak

وَأَميراً رَأيُه يَهدي إِلى

وَأَميراً رَأيُه يَهدي إِلى

كُل ما فيهِ صَلاحٌ للدّيار

كُل ما فيهِ صَلاحٌ للدّيار

And an emir whose judgment guides toward

And prince whose insight guides to

All that brings well-being to the land;

All that brings goodness to homelands

وَمجيراً لِفَقير معسرٍ

وَمجيراً لِفَقير معسرٍ

فازَ مِن غَير سؤال بِاليَسار

فازَ مِن غَير سؤال بِاليَسار

And a protector of a poor man in hardship,

And refuge for the destitute poor

Who gained prosperity without asking.

Who won without asking with easiness

طالَ حَبسي يا أَبا الصَدّيق في

طالَ حَبسي يا أَبا الصَدّيق في

عَهد عيد الفطر في أَضيق دار

عَهد عيد الفطر في أَضيق دار

My confinement has dragged on, O Abu al-Siddiq, during

My imprisonment has been long, O Abu Al-Siddiq, in

The time of Eid al-Fitr, in the narrowest dwelling.

The era of Eid Al-Fitr in the tightest home

وصغاري غَيَّرت أَحوالهم

وصغاري غَيَّرت أَحوالهم

فاقةٌ دارَت عَلَيهم بِالدَمار

فاقةٌ دارَت عَلَيهم بِالدَمار

And my little ones’ circumstances have been changed

And my little ones, their conditions have changed

By poverty that encircled them with ruin.

Destitution has demolished them with havoc

فاكشف الكرب الَّذي حلّ وَجُد

فاكشف الكرب الَّذي حلّ وَجُد

بِالَّذي فيهِ لَهُم جبر انكسار

بِالَّذي فيهِ لَهُم جبر انكسار

So dispel the anguish that has descended, and be generous

So relieve the plight that has befallen and the zeal

With that which will mend their brokenness.

In which is for them mending of their breaking

وَانجز الوَعد وَفرّج كربة

وَانجز الوَعد وَفرّج كربة

يا أَبا العَلياء مِن قبل البوار

يا أَبا العَلياء مِن قبل البوار

And fulfill the promise, and relieve distress,

And fulfill the promise and relieve the agony

O father of eminence, before ruin comes.

O father of the sublime, afore the dunes

وَتلطف بخديم شاكر

وَتلطف بخديم شاكر

لِأَياد لَم تقيَّد بانحصار

لِأَياد لَم تقيَّد بانحصار

And be kind to a humble servant, grateful

And be kind to a servant thankful

For favors never confined by limits.

For hands that were not limited by confinement

وَكَفاه في شُهور سَبعة

وَكَفاه في شُهور سَبعة

ما بَراه مِن أَليم الانتظار

ما بَراه مِن أَليم الانتظار

And he has had enough, over seven months,

And suffice him in seven months

Of the painful waiting that has worn him down.

What he saw of the pain of waiting

زادَكَ المَولى قبولاً ما بَدا

زادَكَ المَولى قبولاً ما بَدا

ساطع الأَنوار مِن شَمس النَهار

ساطع الأَنوار مِن شَمس النَهار

May the Lord increase you in favor, as long as there appears

May God increase your acceptance, what appeared

Radiant light from the sun of day.

Radiant lights from the sun of day