1. تبسم في الهَنا ثَغرُ السِياسهْ

    فَأَسفَر عَن سَنى بَرق الرِياسهْ

    The mouth of statecraft smiled in bliss,

    Thus revealing the radiance of leadership's lightning.

  2. وَأَسعَد مَصرَه ملك سَعيدٌ

    عَلى أَوج السداد بَنى أَساسه

    And King Sa‘id made his Egypt happy;

    Upon the summit of sound judgment he built his foundation.

  3. وَمدّن أَهلَها وَحَمى حِماها

    بِتَدبير تُلازمه الحَماسه

    And he civilized her people and guarded her domain,

    With planning attended by valor.

  4. وَأَجرى مِن أَنامل راحتيهِ

    بِحاراً عَذبة أَروَت أُناسه

    And from the fingertips of his hands he made flow

    Seas of sweet water that quenched his people's thirst.

  5. فَنالَ بِذَلِكَ الإِحسان ما لَم

    يَنَلهُ سِواه مِن أَهل الفَراسه

    Thus, through that beneficence, he attained what no one

    Else among men of discernment had attained.

  6. وَأَصبَحَت البياسة بِالمَجاري

    وَبِالأَشجار زائِدة الكياسه

    And al-Biyasa became, with its waterways

    And trees, still more refined.

  7. وَقالَ بَهاؤُها لِلمَجد أَرّخ

    خديوي عَصرِنا وَصَل البياسه

    And her splendor said to Glory, 'Record the date:

    The Khedive of our age has reached al-Biyasa.'