سَما وافر الحزم الأَمير أَخو الذَكا

سَما وافر الحزم الأَمير أَخو الذَكا

إلى رُتبة مِنها إِلَيهِ حَنينُ

إلى رُتبة مِنها إِلَيهِ حَنينُ

The prince, abundant in resolve and brother to intelligence, rose high

The prince, rich in resolve and gifted with intelligence, rose

To a rank for which he had long yearned.

To a rank that itself yearned for him.

وَنالَ مَع التَوفيق ما هُوَ أَهله

وَنالَ مَع التَوفيق ما هُوَ أَهله

لسبقٍ بِهِ حازَ الفَخار أَمين

لسبقٍ بِهِ حازَ الفَخار أَمين

With success beside him, he attained what he deserved,

And with good fortune he attained what he deserved,

For through his precedence the trustworthy man won glory.

For the preeminence through which Amin won glory.

وَأَقبل يَسعى نَحوَهُ خَيرُ مسند

وَأَقبل يَسعى نَحوَهُ خَيرُ مسند

بَناه على طُول الزَمان رَصين

بَناه على طُول الزَمان رَصين

And the noblest seat of office came hastening toward him—

And the finest seat came hastening toward him,

A seat he had built firm over the long course of time.

Its structure solid throughout the ages.

وَقالَ لَهُ أَنتَ المُدير الَّذي لَهُ

وَقالَ لَهُ أَنتَ المُدير الَّذي لَهُ

بِتَدبيره صَعب الأُمور يَلين

بِتَدبيره صَعب الأُمور يَلين

And it said to him: “You are the administrator through whose

And it said to him: You are the administrator whose

Governance the hardest affairs become tractable.

Management makes difficult affairs yield.

وَأَنتَ الَّذي تَشفي بِعَدل وَحكمة

وَأَنتَ الَّذي تَشفي بِعَدل وَحكمة

عَليلاً رَماه بِالعضال مهين

عَليلاً رَماه بِالعضال مهين

And you are the one who, with justice and wisdom, cures

And you are the one who heals, with justice and wisdom,

An invalid struck by a degrading, incurable malady.

A sufferer whom a vile man afflicted with an intractable disease.

وَتُنقذه مِن ظالمٍ داءُ ظُلمِه

وَتُنقذه مِن ظالمٍ داءُ ظُلمِه

لَهُ دائِماً بَينَ الضُلوع دَفين

لَهُ دائِماً بَينَ الضُلوع دَفين

And you save him from an oppressor whose disease—his rancor—

And you rescue him from an oppressor, the disease of whose tyranny

Lies always buried between his ribs.

Lies always buried between the sufferer's ribs.

وَتدفع عَن أَهل البِلاد مَلمةً

وَتدفع عَن أَهل البِلاد مَلمةً

نَجا بك مِنها في العِلاج طَعين

نَجا بك مِنها في العِلاج طَعين

And you ward off calamity from the people of the land;

And you ward off a calamity from the people of the land;

Through your treatment, whoever it has stricken escapes.”

Through you, a wounded man escaped it during treatment.

لذلك مَدحي مِنهُ في كُل محفل

لذلك مَدحي مِنهُ في كُل محفل

نَثرت عَلَيك الدرّ وَهوَ ثَمين

نَثرت عَلَيك الدرّ وَهوَ ثَمين

Therefore, from my praise of him in every gathering,

For that reason, from my praise, in every gathering,

I scattered precious pearls upon you.

I scattered pearls upon you, and they are precious.

وَقُلت بِأَوقات التَهاني مؤرخاً

وَقُلت بِأَوقات التَهاني مؤرخاً

فَريد الوَرى باشا بمصر مَكين

فَريد الوَرى باشا بمصر مَكين

And in verses of congratulation I spoke, composing a chronogram:

And on occasions of congratulation I said, composing a chronogram:

‘Peerless among mankind—a pasha firmly established in Egypt.’

The pasha, peerless among mankind, is firmly established in Egypt.