1. بِنا ننشر الأَعلامَ في شكر هائمِ

    بِإِحياء إنصافٍ رَصين الدَعائمِ

    Through us, the banners are unfurled in an enraptured admirer’s gratitude,

    For reviving justice whose pillars are firm.

  2. وَنَطوي سجلَّ الجور في ظل منصف

    لَهُ حظ مَشغوف بِإِسعاف قادم

    And we roll up the scroll of oppression beneath a just man’s shade,

    Who is fortunate, passionately devoted to aiding whoever comes.

  3. وَنُثني عَلَيهِ في المحافل بِالَّذي

    بِهِ يَتَحلَّى في الثَنا عقدُ ناظم

    And in assemblies we praise him with that

    Which adorns a poet’s necklace of praise.

  4. وَنركض في مَدح الوَزير اِبن جَعفر

    بِسابق فكر ما لَهُ مِن مزاحم

    And we gallop in praise of the minister Ibn Ja'far,

    With racing thought that has no rival.

  5. هُوَ القسوَرُ اليَعروفُ ناظر عائذ

    بِهِ مِن مبيرٍ ناكث العَهد ظالم

    He is the discerning lion, guardian of one seeking refuge

    In him from a destroyer, oath-breaker, and oppressor.

  6. ولِم لا وَإِنّ الغَدر لَما تمرّدت

    شياطينُه وَاِشتدّ بَأس المقاوم

    And why not? For when treachery’s

    Demons rebelled and the foe’s might grew fierce,

  7. وَكادَ معاذ اللَه لَولاه يَنتضى

    بِيمناه في الهَيجا شفار الصَوارم

    And, God forbid, but for him, would almost have unsheathed

    With his right hand in battle the blades of sharp swords,

  8. وَيقضي عَلى الأَبناء بَعدَ أَبيهمُ

    وَيَسقيهم بِالذُل مرّ العلاقم

    And destroyed the sons after their father,

    And made them drink the bitter colocynth of humiliation,

  9. رَماها بِشهب مِن ثَواقب ذهنه

    فَأَودَت بِهِ مِن قبل قطع الغَلاصم

    He assailed them with meteors from his mind’s piercing insights;

    So they brought him to ruin before throats were cut.

  10. وَردّ الرَدى عَنهُم بِأَقوى عَزيمة

    تَقصِّر عَنها ماضِيات العَزائم

    And he warded death away from them with the strongest resolve;

    Even the keenest resolves fall short of it.

  11. وَآمنهم مِن كُل خَوف فَأَنشَدوا

    يَعيش لَنا صَدر العُلى وَالمَراحم

    And he made them safe from every fear, so they sang:

    Long live for us the chief of glory and mercy!

  12. يَعيش لَنا فَخري وَموسى وَجعفر

    وَناصر دين اللَه نسل الأَكارم

    Long live for us Fakhri, Musa, and Ja'far,

    And the champion of God’s faith, scion of the noblest!

  13. وَيَبقى عَزيزاً صادق الوَعد والد

    مبيد أَعادينا مذلّ الضَراغم

    And may the father, true to his promise, remain mighty,

    Destroyer of our enemies, humbler of lions!

  14. وَيَزداد عمران البِلاد بِدَولة

    أَبو النَصر تَوفيق بِها خَير قائم

    And may the land’s prosperity grow under a reign

    In which Abu al-Nasr Tawfiq is the finest steward.

  15. هو الملك المَنعوت بالصدق وَالوَفا

    وَبِالعَدل وَالتَقوى وَبَث المَكارم

    He is the king praised for truthfulness and fidelity,

    And for justice, piety, and spreading noble deeds.

  16. هوَ الراشد المهديّ وَالمرشد الَّذي

    لمصر غَدا في الكَون أَعدَل حاكم

    He is the right-minded, rightly guided one, and the guide who

    Has become, for Egypt, the most just ruler in the world.

  17. هُوَ الطاهر البرّ الرؤف محمد

    مجير الرَعايا مِن تجبّر غاشم

    He is the pure, virtuous, compassionate Muhammad,

    Protector of his subjects from an unjust tyrant’s oppression.

  18. هو العلم الفرد الَّذي حبُّه ثَوى

    بِأَفئدة مِن عربها وَالأَعاجم

    He is the peerless luminary, love for whom has settled

    In the hearts of its Arabs and non-Arabs.

  19. وَنُظّارُه الأَنجاب أَكرَمُ فتية

    أَقاموا منار العَدل بَينَ العَوالم

    And his distinguished ministers are the most generous young men,

    Who raised the beacon of justice among the peoples.

  20. وَحلّوا صِعاب المشكلات بهمة

    بِها خف عَن مصرٍ ثَقيلُ الجَسائم

    And solved the hardest problems with a determination

    Through which Egypt’s burden of grave troubles grew lighter.

  21. فمنهم رياض وافر الحَزم ماهر

    يَجود بِرأي للرشاد ملازم

    Among them is Riyad, full of resolve and skill,

    Who freely gives counsel that adheres to sound guidance.

  22. وَيَمحو بتقدير العَزيز عَن الوَرى

    عَلى الفَور ما قَد أَحدثوا مِن مغارم

    And, by the mighty ruler’s judgment, erases from the people

    At once whatever financial burdens they had introduced.

  23. فنعم الرئيس العادل الكافل الَّذي

    يَذود عَن الأَوطان كُلَّ مخاصم

    How excellent is the just, protective leader who

    Repels every adversary from the homelands!

  24. وَمنهم عَليّ بن المبارك وَهو في

    مَنافعه للقطر أَصدَق خادم

    And among them is Ali ibn al-Mubarak, who, in

    His contributions to the country, is its truest servant.

  25. يَسوق إِلى ريّ الأَراضي بحكمة

    مِن النيل ما فيهِ جَميع المَغانم

    He wisely channels, to irrigate the fields,

    Water from the Nile, in which every benefit lies.

  26. وَمِنهم عليّ للمعارف دائِماً

    يدبِّرها بِالجدّ تدبير عالم

    And among them is Ali, who, in learning’s cause, always

    Directs it diligently, with a scholar’s judgment.

  27. وَينشرها في كل واد بفطنة

    وَعزم لَهُ يَنقاد إِدراك جازم

    And spreads it through every valley with discernment

    And resolve to which decisive understanding submits.

  28. وَمِنهم وَزير الخارجية مصطفى

    يردّ بحسن الفهم زحف القَشاعم

    And among them is Mustafa, the minister of foreign affairs,

    Who repels the advance of vultures through sound understanding.

  29. وَيحمي حِمى اللاجين في كل مُعضلٍ

    بحسن علاقات وَيقظةِ فاهم

    And guards the haven of those seeking refuge in every ordeal,

    Through good relations and a discerning man’s vigilance.

  30. وَمِنهم أَبو الإقبال سامي وَقَد حَوى

    شَهامةَ مَعْنٍ في سَماحة حاتم

    And among them is Abu al-Iqbal Sami, who has united

    Ma'n’s gallantry with Hatim’s generosity.

  31. وَساس الجُنود الداورية وَاِهتَدى

    لإصلاح أَوقاف بإقدام حازم

    And commanded the royal troops, and found the way

    To reform endowments with resolute boldness.

  32. وَمِنهم وَزير الحكم ذُو الفَخر من لَهُ

    مَناقب لا تُحصى بِأَسفار راقم

    And among them is the illustrious minister of justice, whose

    Virtues cannot be numbered in a scribe’s volumes.

  33. سَليل المَعالي من يقرّ بفضله

    مِن الناس أَرباب الحجا وَالمَلاحم

    A scion of greatness, whose merit is acknowledged

    By the masters of wisdom and battle among men.

  34. وَمَن يَشهد الأَعدا له بامتيازه

    عَلى لابسي تيجانها وَالعَمائم

    And whose enemies attest to his superiority

    Over those who wear its crowns and turbans.

  35. فَكلهمُ في مصر حَول عَزيزنا

    كَواكب سَعد في سَماء العَظائم

    So all of them in Egypt, around our mighty ruler,

    Are stars of good fortune in the sky of mighty deeds.

  36. فَيا أَيُّها الصَدر الَّذي سيفُ عَدله

    تَزول بِهِ هامات أَهل الجَرائم

    So, O chief, whose sword of justice

    Brings down the heads of criminals,

  37. وَيا مَن لَهُ في كُل خَطب صَرامة

    تَلين بِها مستصعبات الشَكائم

    And O you whose firmness in every crisis

    Makes the most unyielding bridle-bits grow pliant,

  38. بحقك بلِّغهم مَدائحَ مخلصٍ

    يُترجم فيها عَن ضَمير المَحاكم

    By your honor, convey to them a loyal man’s praises,

    In which he voices the conscience of the courts.

  39. وَيُثني عَلَيهم لا لشيء يَرومه

    مَدى الدَهر مِنهم غَير رَدّ المَظالم

    And he praises them not for anything he seeks

    From them for all time, except the redress of wrongs.

  40. فلا زلت في الأَمصار مَعهم مؤيداً

    بِنَصر لِتَوفيق مِن اللَه دائم

    So may you ever remain supported in the lands alongside them,

    By everlasting aid for Tawfiq from God.