لَكَ السَعدُ وَافى بِالعُلى في مَواكبِهْ

لَكَ السَعدُ وَافى بِالعُلى في مَواكبِهْ

وَمِنكَ دَنا بَدرُ الهَنا في كَواكبِهْ

وَمِنكَ دَنا بَدرُ الهَنا في كَواكبِهْ

Good fortune came to you with glory in its processions.

Good fortune attends you with honor in its processions,

And the full moon of bliss drew near you among its stars.

And from you the full moon of joy rises in its orbit.

وَفُزتَ بِتَشريفٍ عَزيزٍ لِمَنزلٍ

وَفُزتَ بِتَشريفٍ عَزيزٍ لِمَنزلٍ

أَضاءَت لآلي جيدِه بِمواهبه

أَضاءَت لآلي جيدِه بِمواهبه

And you gained a precious honor for a home

You have won a precious honor for a position,

Whose neck's pearls shone with his gifts.

That made eminent by Divine aid his noble forehead.

سَعى في رَبيعٍ في مَساء غُروبه

سَعى في رَبيعٍ في مَساء غُروبه

لِحادي وَعشرين بِتَحقيق حاسبه

لِحادي وَعشرين بِتَحقيق حاسبه

He made his way in Rabi‘, in the evening at sunset,

It strove in a springtime whose sunset was

On the twenty-first, as its reckoner verified.

The twenty-first, to fulfill its account.

فَطابَت لَكَ الأَوقاتُ في ظل دَولة

فَطابَت لَكَ الأَوقاتُ في ظل دَولة

لِكُل امرئ فيها صَفاءُ مَشاربه

لِكُل امرئ فيها صَفاءُ مَشاربه

So your days grew pleasant in the shade of a reign

So times were pleasant for you in the shadow of a state,

Where every man's drinking sources are pure.

Wherein each person has the serenity of his drinking-place.

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَولاكَ مِنهُ رِياسةً

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَولاكَ مِنهُ رِياسةً

بِها اِزدان في مَصر أَجلُّ مَناصبه

بِها اِزدان في مَصر أَجلُّ مَناصبه

And how could it be otherwise, when he bestowed leadership upon you,

And how should it not be so, when he has appointed you to leadership,

With which the most exalted of his offices in Egypt was adorned.

By which the noblest of positions are adorned in Egypt?

فَقُمت مَع النوّاب في كُل محفلٍ

فَقُمت مَع النوّاب في كُل محفلٍ

بسنة عَدلٍ كَسرويٍّ وَواجبه

بسنة عَدلٍ كَسرويٍّ وَواجبه

So you stood with the deputies in every assembly,

So you stood with the deputies in every assembly,

Following the tradition of Khosrow-like justice and its obligations.

With a sunna of justice like a lofty cypress.

وَقُوبلت بِالتَمييز مِنهُ تَأسِّياً

وَقُوبلت بِالتَمييز مِنهُ تَأسِّياً

بِأَحمَد في المَولى سَميّك صاحبه

بِأَحمَد في المَولى سَميّك صاحبه

And you were received with distinction by him, in emulation

And you were met by him with favor,

Of Ahmad's conduct toward the master—your namesake, his companion.

As Ahmad to his lordly namesake.

وَذَلِكَ تَوفيقٌ مِن اللَه خَصّه

وَذَلِكَ تَوفيقٌ مِن اللَه خَصّه

بِهِ وَحده فينا لِتَأييد جانبه

بِهِ وَحده فينا لِتَأييد جانبه

And that is success from God, who singled him out

And that is a divine guidance which He singled out

Alone among us to receive it, to strengthen his side.

For it and for succoring His side.

فَبُشراه مخدوماً وَبُشراك خادِماً

فَبُشراه مخدوماً وَبُشراك خادِماً

يَجلُّ عَن الإِحصاء بَعض مَناقبه

يَجلُّ عَن الإِحصاء بَعض مَناقبه

So glad tidings to him as master, and glad tidings to you as servant.

Give glad tidings to the prince and yourself as his servant,

Some of his virtues are beyond counting.

Whose virtues are too numerous to be counted.

وَبُشرى لِمجدي حَيث قال مُؤرّخاً

وَبُشرى لِمجدي حَيث قال مُؤرّخاً

لَقَد زارَ إسماعيل منزل راتبه

لَقَد زارَ إسماعيل منزل راتبه

And glad tidings to Majdi, when he said, recording the date:

And glad tidings to my Majdi wherever the historian says,

Indeed, Ismail visited the home of his Ratib.

"Ismail visited the abode of his salary."