1. أَضاءَت بُدُورُ العلم في أُفق دَولةٍ

    تَحلَّى بإِسماعيل في مَصر تاجُها

    The full moons of learning shone on the horizon of a state

    Whose crown in Egypt was adorned with Ismail.

  2. وَأَينَع مِنهُ رَوضة في مَدارس

    تَجارتها بِالحَزم عَمَّ رَواجُها

    And through him a garden flourished in schools

    Whose commerce, through resolve, prospered far and wide.