يا أَيُّها الصَدر السَعيدْ

يا أَيُّها الصَدر السَعيدْ

بِكَ مَصرُ طالعها سَعيدْ

بِكَ مَصرُ طالعها سَعيدْ

O fortunate ruler,

O you the fortunate breast

through you, Egypt's star is fortunate;

With you, Egypt’s fortune shone

وَبِرَأي حَضرتك السَديدْ

وَبِرَأي حَضرتك السَديدْ

فازَت بِما فَوق الأَملْ

فازَت بِما فَوق الأَملْ

and through Your Excellency's sound judgment,

With your sound opinion

she has gained more than she hoped.

It attained what’s beyond hope

بُشرى لَها طابَ الصُبوحْ

بُشرى لَها طابَ الصُبوحْ

وَلعزها ذل الجموحْ

وَلعزها ذل الجموحْ

Glad tidings to her: sweet is the morning draught;

Good tidings, dawn has smiled

and the headstrong bowed before her might.

And arrogance bowed in disgrace

وَسَعيدُها رَب الفُتوحْ

وَسَعيدُها رَب الفُتوحْ

عَزت بِهِ بَين الدُولْ

عَزت بِهِ بَين الدُولْ

And her Sa'id is lord of conquests;

Its good fortune, Lord of Conquests

through him she gained honor among nations.

With it, it became eminent among states

وَبِها مُعسكره اِنتَشَرْ

وَبِها مُعسكره اِنتَشَرْ

وَلَدى الجَميع قَد اِشتَهَرْ

وَلَدى الجَميع قَد اِشتَهَرْ

And his army spread throughout her,

With it, its camp became widespread

and became renowned among all.

And with all became well known

فَإِذا سَطا أَين المَفَرْ

فَإِذا سَطا أَين المَفَرْ

مِنهُ إِذا النجم أَفلْ

مِنهُ إِذا النجم أَفلْ

So when it strikes, where is escape

So when it extends, where is escape

from it, when the star has set?

From it when the star sets

ما كانَ جُند أَمينُفيسْ

ما كانَ جُند أَمينُفيسْ

وَسَليله سِيزوستريسْ

وَسَليله سِيزوستريسْ

The army of Amenophis never possessed,

What was the Ameen regiment

nor that of his descendant Sesostris,

And the descendants of Sesostris

في ذَلِكَ النَظم النَفيسْ

في ذَلِكَ النَظم النَفيسْ

حَتّى بِهِ ضُرِب المثلْ

حَتّى بِهِ ضُرِب المثلْ

such exquisite organization

In that exquisite system

as to be held up as a model.

That with it the example was set

ما كانَ يَعرف للحتوفْ

ما كانَ يَعرف للحتوفْ

غَير الأَسنة وَالسُيوفْ

غَير الأَسنة وَالسُيوفْ

It knew no instruments of death

It did not know of encampments

but spearheads and swords;

Other than tongues and swords

أَما تَراتيب الصُفوفْ

أَما تَراتيب الصُفوفْ

فَبسلكها كانَ الخللْ

فَبسلكها كانَ الخللْ

as for arranging the ranks,

As for arrangements of formations

their thread of order was flawed.

Through its strings was the defect

فاصرف عَن الزمَن القَديمْ

فاصرف عَن الزمَن القَديمْ

فَكراً بساحته يَهيمْ

فَكراً بساحته يَهيمْ

So turn away from the ancient age

So turn away from ancient times

a thought that wanders through its precincts;

Thoughts roaming in its courtyard

وَانظر إِلى زَمَن النَعيمْ

وَانظر إِلى زَمَن النَعيمْ

لِتَرى بِهِ أَوفى عَملْ

لِتَرى بِهِ أَوفى عَملْ

and look to the age of bliss,

And look to the age of bliss

to see in it the fullest achievement:

To see through it the most perfect work

زَمَن بِهِ أَنشا السَعيدْ

زَمَن بِهِ أَنشا السَعيدْ

في مَصره الجَيشَ الجَديدْ

في مَصره الجَيشَ الجَديدْ

an age in which Sa'id established

An age in which the fortunate one established

the new army in his Egypt;

In his Egypt the new army

وَبِهِ تَباشَرَت العَبيدْ

وَبِهِ تَباشَرَت العَبيدْ

بِالنَصر وَالفَتح الأَجلْ

بِالنَصر وَالفَتح الأَجلْ

and through him the slaves exchanged glad tidings

And with it the slaves busied themselves

of victory and the most glorious conquest.

With victory and the greatest conquest

مِنهُ المَدارس بِالسِلاحْ

مِنهُ المَدارس بِالسِلاحْ

في مَصر يَخدمها النَجاحْ

في مَصر يَخدمها النَجاحْ

From him come the schools of arms

From it the schools with arms

in Egypt, with success in their service;

In Egypt, success serves it

وَالصَدر أَصبَح في اِنشِراحْ

وَالصَدر أَصبَح في اِنشِراحْ

مِنها وَبِالعلم اِحتَفَلْ

مِنها وَبِالعلم اِحتَفَلْ

and the ruler came to rejoice

And the breast has become relieved

because of them, and took keen interest in learning.

From it and with knowledge it celebrated

مِنهُ غَطارفة خَواصْ

مِنهُ غَطارفة خَواصْ

بِيّادةٌ جَعَلوا الرَصاصْ

بِيّادةٌ جَعَلوا الرَصاصْ

From him come elite noble champions,

From it the chieftains of the elite

infantrymen who used bullets

With increase made bullets

لِهَلاك مِن رامَ الخَلاصْ

لِهَلاك مِن رامَ الخَلاصْ

مِنهُم فَأدركه الأَجلْ

مِنهُم فَأدركه الأَجلْ

to destroy whoever sought escape

For the destruction of those who sought deliverance

from them—then his appointed end overtook him.

From them, so death attained them

مِنهُ السَواري في الجلادْ

مِنهُ السَواري في الجلادْ

بِالبيض وَالسُمر المِدادْ

بِالبيض وَالسُمر المِدادْ

From him come the cavalry in combat,

From it the cavalry in armor

with white blades and long brown spears;

With whites and blacks in rows

من رَكض خَيلهم الجِيادْ

من رَكض خَيلهم الجِيادْ

تَهتز أَركان الجبلْ

تَهتز أَركان الجبلْ

at the galloping of their noble steeds,

When their steeds raced

the mountain's foundations tremble.

The mountains' pillars shook

وَالزرخ أَرباب الدُروعْ

وَالزرخ أَرباب الدُروعْ

مِنهُم تَفرّقت الجُموعْ

مِنهُم تَفرّقت الجُموعْ

And the armored troops, masters of mail—

And the archers, lords of shields

before them the hosts scattered;

From them the groups dispersed

وَسِهامهم تَفري الضُلوعْ

وَسِهامهم تَفري الضُلوعْ

وَتشكُّ أَحداق المقلْ

وَتشكُّ أَحداق المقلْ

their arrows cleave the ribs

And their arrows tear apart ribs

and pierce the pupils of the eyes.

And cleave the pupils of the eyelids

مِن جُنده أَبناء حامْ

مِن جُنده أَبناء حامْ

كَالنار في يَوم الخِصامْ

كَالنار في يَوم الخِصامْ

Among his soldiers are the sons of Ham,

From his troops, the sons of Ham

like fire on the day of strife;

Like fire on the day of discord

لا شَك هُم رُسل الحمامْ

لا شَك هُم رُسل الحمامْ

لِمَن اِعتَدى وَبَغى وَضلْ

لِمَن اِعتَدى وَبَغى وَضلْ

surely they are messengers of death

No doubt they are the messengers of resolution

to whoever transgressed, oppressed, and strayed.

For he who transgressed, sought tyranny and strayed

وَالأوجيان عَلى الفَضا

وَالأوجيان عَلى الفَضا

وَثَباتها مِثل القَضا

وَثَباتها مِثل القَضا

And the skirmishers out on the open plain—

And the Albanians in the open

their leaps are like fate;

And their stance like destiny

تَسعى عَلى جَمر الغَضى

تَسعى عَلى جَمر الغَضى

نَحوَ العَدوّ بِلا مَللْ

نَحوَ العَدوّ بِلا مَللْ

they run over embers of ghada wood

Hasten with burning anger

toward the enemy, without wearying.

Toward the enemy ceaselessly

أَما المُهندس في الحُروبْ

أَما المُهندس في الحُروبْ

فَبِكَشفه كَشفُ الكُروبْ

فَبِكَشفه كَشفُ الكُروبْ

As for the engineer in war,

As for the engineer in wars

through his surveying, distress is dispelled;

His exploration reveals tribulations

وَببحثه جَيش الخُطوبْ

وَببحثه جَيش الخُطوبْ

يَفنى وَتحصده العللْ

يَفنى وَتحصده العللْ

and through his research the army of calamities

And in his research the army of disasters

perishes, and maladies mow it down.

Perishes and illnesses reap it

أَما الكبورجيُّ الشَهيرْ

أَما الكبورجيُّ الشَهيرْ

ذو العَقل وَالفهم الغَزيرْ

ذو العَقل وَالفهم الغَزيرْ

As for the renowned bridge-builder,

As for the famous brigadier

possessed of intellect and abundant understanding,

Of abundant intellect and copious understanding

فَعَلى قَناطره يَسيرْ

فَعَلى قَناطره يَسيرْ

جُند السَعيد بِلا مَهلْ

جُند السَعيد بِلا مَهلْ

across his bridges marches

On his bridges march

Sa'id's army without delay.

The fortunate one's troops unhesitatingly

أَما السواحل وَالقِلاعْ

أَما السواحل وَالقِلاعْ

فَكماتُها حَفظوا المتاعْ

فَكماتُها حَفظوا المتاعْ

As for the coasts and fortresses,

As for the coasts and the fortresses

their champions guarded the stores

Their gunners preserved the goods

بِمَدافعٍ مِنها البِقاعْ

بِمَدافعٍ مِنها البِقاعْ

ضاقَت عَلى الشَهم البَطلْ

ضاقَت عَلى الشَهم البَطلْ

with cannons that made the land

With cannons through which the lands

too narrow for the gallant hero.

Became straitened for the valiant hero

أَما السَفائن في البِحارْ

أَما السَفائن في البِحارْ

فَلجندنا فيها الفَخارْ

فَلجندنا فيها الفَخارْ

As for the ships upon the seas,

As for the ships on the seas

in them our troops win glory,

For our troops in them is pride

لا سيما عِندَ الحِصارْ

لا سيما عِندَ الحِصارْ

وَالسور تصدمه الكلَلْ

وَالسور تصدمه الكلَلْ

especially during a siege,

Especially during siege

while cannonballs batter the wall.

And the wall is worn down

طوبجيةُ الصَدر السَعيدْ

طوبجيةُ الصَدر السَعيدْ

في الحَرب كَالبرج المشيدْ

في الحَرب كَالبرج المشيدْ

The artillerymen of the ruler Sa'id

Infantry of the fortunate breast

are in battle like a lofty tower;

In war like a lofty edifice

سَل عَن قِتالهمُ الشَديدْ

سَل عَن قِتالهمُ الشَديدْ

إِن كُنتَ تَجهل ما حَصلْ

إِن كُنتَ تَجهل ما حَصلْ

ask about their fierce fighting

Ask about their fierce fighting

if you do not know what took place.

If you are ignorant of what transpired

ناخوس مِن قبل العربْ

ناخوس مِن قبل العربْ

حَفرُ الخَليج لَهُ غَلبْ

حَفرُ الخَليج لَهُ غَلبْ

Nakhus, before the Arabs,

Nakhus before the Arabs

was defeated by the digging of the canal;

Penetration of the gulf was his conquest

وَالداوريْ بذلَ الذَهبْ

وَالداوريْ بذلَ الذَهبْ

فَسما وَسادَ عَلى الأُوَلْ

فَسما وَسادَ عَلى الأُوَلْ

and al-Dawari spent gold,

And Dawud spent the gold

so he rose high and surpassed those of old.

So he excelled and dominated the foremost

أَما القَناطر وَالحُصونْ

أَما القَناطر وَالحُصونْ

فَتنوَّعت فيها الفُنونْ

فَتنوَّعت فيها الفُنونْ

As for the bridges and forts,

As for the bridges and the fortifications

the arts took varied forms within them;

The arts diversified within them

وَبَدَت هُنالك لِلعُيونْ

وَبَدَت هُنالك لِلعُيونْ

كَالشَمس في بُرج الحَملْ

كَالشَمس في بُرج الحَملْ

and there they appeared to the eyes

And there appeared to the eyes

like the sun in the sign of Aries.

Like the sun in the House of Aries

وَالفَضل في سكك الحَديدْ

وَالفَضل في سكك الحَديدْ

لِجنابه العالي السَعيدْ

لِجنابه العالي السَعيدْ

And the credit for the railways

And the credit for the railroads

belongs to His Exalted Excellency, Sa'id;

To His Eminence the Exalted Fortunate One

وَبسير حضرته الحَميدْ

وَبسير حضرته الحَميدْ

راجَت بِضاعةُ مِن عَدلْ

راجَت بِضاعةُ مِن عَدلْ

and through His Excellency's praiseworthy conduct,

And by His Beatitude's esteemed leadership

the wares of the just prospered.

Trade prospered with justice

وَبعصره سِلكُ الخبرْ

وَبعصره سِلكُ الخبرْ

بَلغت بِهِ مَصرُ الوَطرْ

بَلغت بِهِ مَصرُ الوَطرْ

And in his age, the news-bearing wire—

And in his era communication was established

through it Egypt fulfilled her desire;

Through it Egypt attained enlightenment

وَبِهِ تَجمّلت السِيَرْ

وَبِهِ تَجمّلت السِيَرْ

وَبشكره الكُلُّ اِشتَغلْ

وَبشكره الكُلُّ اِشتَغلْ

and through him the chronicles were adorned,

And through it the journeys adorned themselves

and everyone busied themselves with thanking him.

And all busied themselves with gratitude to him

ما صَحَّ مِن عَهد البَشيرْ

ما صَحَّ مِن عَهد البَشيرْ

في مَوكب الحَج الشَهيرْ

في مَوكب الحَج الشَهيرْ

It has never been established, since the Bringer of Glad Tidings' time,

It is not true from the era of the Bashir

in the renowned pilgrimage procession,

In the procession of the famed pilgrimage

أَن فازَ بِالملك الكَبيرْ

أَن فازَ بِالملك الكَبيرْ

غَير السَعيد مِن الأَزَلْ

غَير السَعيد مِن الأَزَلْ

that anyone won great dominion

That he attained with the Great King

other than Sa'id, since time began.

Other than the Fortunate One from the beginning

كَلا وَلا في أَيّ عامْ

كَلا وَلا في أَيّ عامْ

عَن مَصرنا سمع الأَنامْ

عَن مَصرنا سمع الأَنامْ

No indeed! Nor in any year

Nay, not in any year

have people heard of our Egypt

Was it heard by people

أَن الخَليج لَهُ التَمامْ

أَن الخَليج لَهُ التَمامْ

فيها بعيد النَحر حَلّْ

فيها بعيد النَحر حَلّْ

that the canal's fullness

That the gulf was entirely his

came there at the Feast of Sacrifice.

In it, far from the sacrifice

هَذا لِتَقدير العَليمْ

هَذا لِتَقدير العَليمْ

بِسَعادة الصَدر الكريمْ

بِسَعادة الصَدر الكريمْ

This is by the All-Knowing's decree,

This is due to the decree of the All-Knowing

through the good fortune of the noble ruler

With the good fortune of the generous breast

وَبِعَدل حَضرته العَظيمْ

وَبِعَدل حَضرته العَظيمْ

بَينَ الرَعية وَالمللْ

بَينَ الرَعية وَالمللْ

and through His Excellency's great justice

And the justice of His Magnificent Eminence

among the subjects and religious communities.

Between the citizens and countries