لَكَ العيد يا تَوفيق قَد حلّ بِالنَصرِ

لَكَ العيد يا تَوفيق قَد حلّ بِالنَصرِ

وَوافاك بِالإِقبال يا كَوكَب العَصرِ

وَوافاك بِالإِقبال يا كَوكَب العَصرِ

For you, O Tawfiq, the feast has arrived with victory,

The feast is yours, O Tawfiq, it has arrived with victory

And has come to you with good fortune, O star of the age.

And come to you with prosperity, O star of the age

وَأَثنَت عَلى علياك أَلسنةُ الوَرى

وَأَثنَت عَلى علياك أَلسنةُ الوَرى

بِما راقَ مِن نَظم بَديع وَمِن نَثر

بِما راقَ مِن نَظم بَديع وَمِن نَثر

And the tongues of humankind have praised your eminence,

And the tongues of mankind have praised your sublime traits

With pleasing, exquisite verse and with prose.

With pleasing poetry and prose

فَيا لَكَ مِن صَدر أَقلُّ صِفاته

فَيا لَكَ مِن صَدر أَقلُّ صِفاته

لكثرتها في العَد جلت عَن الحَصر

لكثرتها في العَد جلت عَن الحَصر

So what a chief minister you are, whose least qualities

O you whose heart contains the fewest faults

Are so abundant that they surpass all reckoning!

Too numerous to be counted, beyond quantification

صِفات لَو اِزدانَ المُلوك بِبَعضِها

صِفات لَو اِزدانَ المُلوك بِبَعضِها

لَفازوا بِما يَرجون مِن حسَن الذكر

لَفازوا بِما يَرجون مِن حسَن الذكر

Qualities—if kings were adorned with some of them,

Traits if kings were adorned with some of them

They would attain the good renown they long for.

They would succeed in earning good repute

صِفات بِها اِزدادت مَسرّة والد

صِفات بِها اِزدادت مَسرّة والد

لِدَولته عزٌّ يَدوم إِلى الحَشر

لِدَولته عزٌّ يَدوم إِلى الحَشر

Qualities through which a father's joy has grown,

Traits with which your father's joy increased

Whose realm has glory enduring until the Resurrection.

For his eternal, mighty state until the Resurrection

لِدَولته في الخافقين مَهابة

لِدَولته في الخافقين مَهابة

بِها تَرفل الأَوطان في حلل الفَخر

بِها تَرفل الأَوطان في حلل الفَخر

His realm inspires awe in east and west,

For his awe-inspiring state in both horizons

Through which the lands walk proudly in robes of pride.

With which homelands parade in robes of pride

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَصبَحت فيها لملكه

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَصبَحت فيها لملكه

وَلياً بِإِجماع مِن العَبد وَالحر

وَلياً بِإِجماع مِن العَبد وَالحر

And how could it be otherwise, when within it you have become

And how could it not when in it for his kingdom

Heir to his throne, with the unanimous assent of slave and free?

You became a guardian by consensus of slave and free

وَأَضحت بِكَ الأَيّام فيها لأهلها

وَأَضحت بِكَ الأَيّام فيها لأهلها

مَواسمُ أَعياد تَعود مَعَ البِشر

مَواسمُ أَعياد تَعود مَعَ البِشر

And through you, the days there have become, for its people,

And by you the days in it became for its people

Seasons of feasts returning with gladness,

Seasons of recurring feasts with humankind

وَتعرب بِالإِخلاص عَن ودّك الَّذي

وَتعرب بِالإِخلاص عَن ودّك الَّذي

عَلَيهِ اِنطَوَت كُل القُلوب مَدى الدَهر

عَلَيهِ اِنطَوَت كُل القُلوب مَدى الدَهر

And sincerely express the love for you that

And they speak sincerely of the affection you have

All hearts have cherished throughout the ages,

Upon which all hearts relied forever

وَتَنشُر في الأَحكام عَنكَ مآثراً

وَتَنشُر في الأَحكام عَنكَ مآثراً

عَلَيها يَلوح العَدل في النهي وَالأَمر

عَلَيها يَلوح العَدل في النهي وَالأَمر

And proclaim your noble deeds in rulings,

And they disseminate about you in judgments virtues

Upon which justice shines in prohibition and command.

Wherein justice is manifest in prohibition and command

فَلا زالَ جند المَجد في مَصر خادِماً

فَلا زالَ جند المَجد في مَصر خادِماً

لطلعتك الغَراء في السر وَالجَهر

لطلعتك الغَراء في السر وَالجَهر

So may glory's host in Egypt never cease serving

So the army of glory in Egypt remains servant

Your radiant countenance, in secret and in public.

To your shining ascent in secret and openly

وَلا زالَ وَجه الملك في كُلّ لَحظة

وَلا زالَ وَجه الملك في كُلّ لَحظة

لَكم يا بَني اِسماعيل مُبتَسم الثَغر

لَكم يا بَني اِسماعيل مُبتَسم الثَغر

And may the face of kingship, at every moment,

And the king's face is, at every moment

Smile upon you, O sons of Ismail.

For you, O Children of Ishmael, smiling

وَلا بَرحت آيات مَدح أَبيكمُ

وَلا بَرحت آيات مَدح أَبيكمُ

عَلى الناس تتلَى بِالروية وَالفكر

عَلى الناس تتلَى بِالروية وَالفكر

And may the verses praising your father never cease

And the verses praising your father

To be recited to the people with deliberation and thought.

Are continuously recited to people with meditation and reflection

وَلا قيل شعر في سِواكُم لِأَنَّكُم

وَلا قيل شعر في سِواكُم لِأَنَّكُم

جَديرون بِالحَمد الجَزيل وَبِالشُكر

جَديرون بِالحَمد الجَزيل وَبِالشُكر

And may no poetry be spoken of anyone but you, for you

And no poetry has been said about anyone but you

Deserve abundant praise and thanks.

For you all deserve abundant praise and thanks

وَدُمت رَعاك اللَه في كُل محفل

وَدُمت رَعاك اللَه في كُل محفل

أَجلَّ مشير حلّ في مسند الصَدر

أَجلَّ مشير حلّ في مسند الصَدر

And may you remain—may God protect you—in every assembly,

May God keep you thriving in every assembly

The most august marshal to occupy the chief minister's seat.

The noblest counselor presiding in the highest seat

فَإِنَّكَ أَولى بِالتَهاني مِن الملا

فَإِنَّكَ أَولى بِالتَهاني مِن الملا

وَلا سيما في عيد مائدة الفطر

وَلا سيما في عيد مائدة الفطر

For you are more deserving of congratulations than the multitude,

For you are most deserving of congratulations from advisors

And especially at the feast of the fast-breaking table,

Especially on the feast of breakfasting at dusk

وَلا سيما في عيد أَسعَد طالع

وَلا سيما في عيد أَسعَد طالع

أَتى غبّ شَهر الصَوم بِاليمن وَالأَجر

أَتى غبّ شَهر الصَوم بِاليمن وَالأَجر

And especially at a feast of most auspicious rising,

Especially on the feast of the most auspicious rising

That came after the month of fasting with blessings and reward.

That came after the absence of the fasting month with blessings and reward

وَلاحَ لِأَبصار الأَنام هلاله

وَلاحَ لِأَبصار الأَنام هلاله

بِأَزهى ضياء دُونه غرة البَدر

بِأَزهى ضياء دُونه غرة البَدر

And its crescent shone before the eyes of humankind,

And the crescent appeared to people's eyes

With the brightest radiance, outshining the full moon's bright brow.

With the most splendid glow, less than the full moon

فَأَنشدت في حسن ابتِدائي مؤرخاً

فَأَنشدت في حسن ابتِدائي مؤرخاً

لَكَ العيد يا توفيق قَد حلَ بِالنَصر

لَكَ العيد يا توفيق قَد حلَ بِالنَصر

So I recited my graceful opening as a chronogram:

So I recited, chronicling the beauty of my beginning

For you, O Tawfiq, the feast has arrived with victory.

The feast is yours, O Tawfiq, it has arrived with victory