1. نَسيم الأُنس بِالإِقبال حيّا

    زَماناً لَم يَكُن مِن قَبل حَيّا

    The breeze of delight auspiciously greeted

    an age that had never before been alive.

  2. فَأَحياه شَذاه حَيث أَهدى

    إِلى أَبنائه أَرجاً ذَكيّا

    Its fragrance revived it, as it offered

    to its children a sweet fragrance.

  3. وَنَبّأهم بِأَفراح وَنَصر

    عَزيز لِلخديوي قد تهيا

    And it told them of joys and a triumph

    glorious, now prepared for the Khedive,

  4. وَقربِ بدورِ ملكٍ مِن شُموسٍ

    مَصونات مُنيرات المُحيّا

    and of royal full moons drawing near to suns,

    safeguarded, radiant of face.

  5. شُموس تَملأ الدُنيا ضِياءً

    وَتَفعل بِالنهى فعل الحُميّا

    Suns that fill the world with light,

    and work upon reason as strong wine does.

  6. لَها ما تَشتَهي في بَيت مَجد

    بَلَغن بِمَجدهِ شَأواً عَليّا

    They have all they desire in a house of glory;

    through its glory they attained a lofty height.

  7. وَفزن بِما أَردن وَكُلُّ صَدرٍ

    لَهُنَّ بِعهده أَضحى وَفيا

    They won what they wished, and every dignitary

    has proved faithful to his pledge to them.

  8. وَفي ظل العَزيز خديو مصر

    حَباه اللَه عَزاً دائِميا

    And in the shade of the mighty Khedive of Egypt—

    may God grant him everlasting glory—

  9. تَحلَّى جيد هَذا العَصر مِنهُ

    بِعقد تَأهُّلٍ أَمسى سَنيّا

    the neck of this age was adorned through him

    with a necklace of marriage, now resplendent;

  10. بِعقد نالَ إِبراهيمُ فيهِ

    مَقاماً سامياً أَسنى هَنيا

    a bond through which Ibrahim attained

    a lofty station, most radiant and blissful.

  11. أَيا اِبن الصَدر يا أَسمى وزير

    غدا لِلمَجد في مَصرٍ سَميا

    O son of the chief minister, O most exalted minister,

    who has become the peer of glory in Egypt,

  12. لَكَ البُشرى بِتَأهيل سَريعٍ

    يَكون لَكَ الهَنا فيهِ صَفيّا

    glad tidings to you of a speedy marriage,

    in which happiness will be your intimate companion.

  13. وَتَحظى في الصَفا بِأَجل نَسل

    تَكون بِسَعد طالعه رَضيّا

    And may you, in serenity, gain the noblest offspring,

    with whose fortunate star you will be content.

  14. وَتَخدمك السَعادة في دِيار

    بِها تَزداد فَخراً سرمديّا

    And may good fortune serve you in abodes

    where you grow in everlasting glory.

  15. وَتَبقى بِالمَسرة لِلمَعالي

    سَميراً طُول عُمرك آصفيّا

    And may you remain, in gladness, to noble deeds

    a companion all your life, Asaf-like.

  16. وَيوليك المَملَّكُ في حِماه

    دَواماً مِنهُ عَدلاً كسرويا

    And may the sovereign grant you, under his protection,

    unceasing justice from him, like that of Chosroes.

  17. وَفي عقد الزَواج لَكَ التَهاني

    تَقول إِليّ يا مَولاي هَيّا

    And at your marriage bond, congratulations to you

    say: “To me, my lord—come!

  18. إِليّ وَقُل لِمَجد عُلاك أَرّخ

    لإِبراهيم نُور بِالثُريّا

    To me! And proclaim a chronogram for your exalted glory:

    ‘Ibrahim has a light among the Pleiades.’”