مِن أَوروبا بَدا رَفيع المَنار

مِن أَوروبا بَدا رَفيع المَنار

بِمحيا يَزرى بِشَمس النَهار

بِمحيا يَزرى بِشَمس النَهار

From Europe he appeared, his beacon towering,

From Europe appeared high of minaret

With a countenance that puts the daytime sun to shame.

With a face shining with the sun of daytime

فاكتست مصر حلةَ البشر لما

فاكتست مصر حلةَ البشر لما

لاحَ فيها متوّجاً بالفخار

لاحَ فيها متوّجاً بالفخار

So Egypt donned a robe of joy when

So Egypt wore the garment of humanity when

He shone within her, crowned with glory.

He appeared in it crowned with pottery

ولديوانه المنيف مقاماً

ولديوانه المنيف مقاماً

حينَ وافاه عاد كُل اعتبار

حينَ وافاه عاد كُل اعتبار

And to his court, exalted in rank,

And for his graceful court a position

When he came to it, all esteem returned.

When he reached it, all glory returned

وَبفصل القضاء قد ردّ عَنهُ

وَبفصل القضاء قد ردّ عَنهُ

ما اِعتَراه مِن رَيبة وَعثار

ما اِعتَراه مِن رَيبة وَعثار

And through decisive judgment he drove away from it

And by the season of destiny he dispelled from it

The doubt and stumbling that had beset it.

Whatever doubts and flaws had affected it

وَوقاه بهمة وَاحتِفال

وَوقاه بهمة وَاحتِفال

شَر سوء التَدبير وَالاغترار

شَر سوء التَدبير وَالاغترار

And he shielded it, with resolve and care,

And protected it with determination and celebration

From the harm of poor management and delusion.

From the evil of mismanagement and deception

وَهداه مِن الضلال برأي

وَهداه مِن الضلال برأي

ما يُباريه في السَداد مباري

ما يُباريه في السَداد مباري

And guided it out of error with counsel

And guided it from misguidance with an opinion

That no rival can match in soundness.

None can equal in correctness and eminence

وَبِأَنوار عَدله زالَ عَنهُ

وَبِأَنوار عَدله زالَ عَنهُ

غَيهَب الجور وَالخَطا وَالشنار

غَيهَب الجور وَالخَطا وَالشنار

And through the lights of his justice, there vanished from it

And by the lights of his justice the darkness

The deep darkness of injustice, error, and disgrace.

Of tyranny, error, and discord departed from it

فَتَباهى بِمقدم نال فيهِ

فَتَباهى بِمقدم نال فيهِ

غاية المَجد وَالسَنا وَالوَقار

غاية المَجد وَالسَنا وَالوَقار

So it gloried in an arrival in which it attained

So he prides himself on an arrival in which

The utmost in glory, radiance, and dignity.

He attained the height of glory, brilliance, and dignity

وَلي السَعد قال في العَود أَرِّخ

وَلي السَعد قال في العَود أَرِّخ

جاءَ بِاليمن زاهياً ذُو الفَقار

جاءَ بِاليمن زاهياً ذُو الفَقار

And Good Fortune said to me on his return: “Record the date:

And the auspicious one said, record the date

Dhu al-Faqar has come with good fortune, resplendent.”

He came with good fortune, the one with the sword