1. نَطقَت بشكرك صحةُ الأَبدانِ

    وَالطب بَثَّ ثَناك في الأَوطانِ

    Bodily health has voiced its thanks to you,

    And medicine has spread your praise throughout the lands.

  2. وَبِكَ المَعارفُ أَشرَقَت أَنوارها

    في مَصر وَاِنتَشَرَت بِكُل مَكان

    And through you, the lights of learning have shone

    In Egypt, and spread to every place.

  3. وَلأَنت مِنا يا مُحمد أَوّل

    في كُل فَنّ ما لَهُ مِن ثاني

    And you indeed, O Muhammad, are foremost among us

    In every art, with none your equal.

  4. فَلوَ اَنَّ بُقراطاً رآك لَما سَما

    بِبَديع حكمته عَلى الأَخدان

    For had Hippocrates seen you, he would not have risen

    Above his fellows through his wondrous wisdom.

  5. وَلَوَ اَنَّ جالينوس شاهدك اِقتدى

    بِكَ في إِزالة علة السَرَطان

    And had Galen seen you, he would have followed

    Your example in curing the affliction of cancer.

  6. وَكَذَلِكَ الحبر اِبنُ سينا لَم يَكُن

    لَكَ يا رَئيس سِوى مِن الأَعوان

    Likewise, the scholar Ibn Sina would have been nothing

    To you, O chief, but one of your helpers.

  7. وَلَقَد صَفحنا عَن ذُنوب أَثقَلَت

    ظَهر الحَوادث وَالزَمان الجاني

    And indeed, we have pardoned sins that burdened

    The back of events and of guilty Time,

  8. حَيث المَراتب بِالمَواكب أَقبَلَت

    تَسعى لبابك في رَبيع الثاني

    When ranks of honor approached in processions,

    Hastening to your door in Rabi al-Thani.

  9. وَأَمدّك الملك السَعيد محمدٌ

    بِجَزيل إِحسان عَلى إِحسان

    And the fortunate king Muhammad lavished on you

    Generous favor upon favor.

  10. وَبلغت مِن جَدواه ما فَوق المُنى

    لَما أُتيحت فُرصةُ الإِمكان

    And from his bounty you attained what surpassed all hopes,

    When the chance to do so was afforded.

  11. وَكَساك مِنهُ العَدل حلةَ رفعةٍ

    تُومي إِلى عَليائه بِبنان

    And his justice clothed you in a robe of eminence

    That points a fingertip toward his lofty station.

  12. وَلَهُ تشير يد السَعادة بِالبَقا

    لِلملك في عز وَفي سُلطان

    And the hand of good fortune signals for him the continuance

    Of kingship in glory and sovereign power.

  13. فَلَكم لِراحَتِهِ بحارُ مَكارمٍ

    أَربَت جَداولُها عَلى الطُوفان

    For many are the seas of bounty in his palm,

    Whose streams have surpassed the flood!

  14. وَلَكم لَهُ مِن سَطوة مَعروفة

    في المُعتدين إِذا التَقى الجَمعان

    And how great is his renowned might

    Against aggressors when the two hosts meet!

  15. وَلَكم لِهمته مَزيدُ عِنايةٍ

    بِنِظام جَيش لِلعِدا يَقظان

    And how much further care his resolve devotes

    To organizing an army ever watchful against the foe!

  16. ولَكم بِنشر تمدّن في عَصره

    فازَت نَواحي مَصر بِالعُمران

    And how often, through civilization's spread in his age,

    Egypt's regions have gained prosperity!

  17. وَلَكم لَهُ بِعَبيده مِن رَأفةٍ

    لَم يَختَلف فيها عَلَيهِ اِثنان

    And how much compassion he shows his servants,

    On which no two have disagreed!

  18. وَلَكم لَهُ بَين المُلوك مَناقبٌ

    جلَّت عَن الإِحصا بِأَيّ لِسان

    And how many virtues he has among kings,

    Too great for any tongue to count!

  19. وَلَكم لحضرة شبله طوسن العُلا

    في كُل ما يَعنيه مِن إِمعان

    And how deeply His Highness, his exalted lion-cub Tusun,

    Considers all that concerns him!

  20. فَابسط يَديك مَع البَرية بِالدُعا

    بِخُلود دَولته مَدى الأَزمان

    So spread your hands with all creation in prayer

    For his reign to last throughout the ages.

  21. لازالت ترغم بِالتقدّم أَنف من

    خانَ العُهود وَجاءَ بِالبُهتان

    May it ever, through its advance, grind into dust the nose of whoever

    Betrayed the covenants and came bearing slander.

  22. وَتَجول في الأَعدا بهمة ضَيغم

    يَسقيهمُ في النَقع كَأسَ هَوان

    And may you range among the foes with the resolve of a lion

    Who makes them drink a cup of disgrace amid the battle-dust,

  23. وَتَفوز بِالسَبق المُبين علَيهُمُ

    إِن أَطلَقوا أَفراسَهم لرهان

    And win a clear lead over them

    If they release their steeds for a race.

  24. وَتَدوم بِالنَصر العَزيز مُتوَّجاً

    مستمسكاً بِعُرى زمام أَمان

    And may you ever remain crowned with mighty victory,

    Holding fast to the loops of safety's reins,

  25. مُتَحلياً بحُلَى فَخارٍ زانَهُ

    حلمٌ وَفَضل واضح البُرهان

    Adorned with the jewels of glory, itself graced

    By forbearance and merit whose proof is clear,

  26. مُتَمتعاً بذكاء أَنجال زَهوا

    بِعلومهم وَسَموا عَلى الأَقران

    Delighting in the intelligence of sons who took pride

    In their learning and rose above their peers,

  27. ما قالَ مَجدي في هناك مؤرّخاً

    بِعلاك أَثنينا عَلى العرفان

    As long as Majdi says, marking your felicity with a chronogram:

    “Through your eminence we have extolled learning.”