1. يا بني مزهر شرفتم نفوسا

    وحويتم فضلا ورأيا رئيسا

    O sons of Muzhir, noble are your souls,

    and you possess merit and preeminent judgment.

  2. وتأسيتم ختانا بإبراهيم

    لكن هذا الختان بموسى

    In circumcision you have followed Ibrahim's example,

    but this circumcision is with “Musa”—a razor.

  3. عجبا للختان ما أن رأينا

    ألما غيره يسر النفوسا

    How wondrous is circumcision! Never have we seen

    any other pain that delights the soul.

  4. وعجيبا من الذين مررنا

    بهما كيف أبديا تعبيسا

    And how strange were those we passed—

    the two of them—how they both frowned!

  5. كان قطعا وزال والحمد لله

    ومنه يعوضان العروسا

    It was a cut, now over; praise be to God,

    and for it both shall receive a bride in recompense.

  6. لن يزالا كالفرقدين اجتماعا

    يصحبان العلو التأنيسا

    They shall remain together like the two Farqad stars,

    uniting loftiness with genial companionship.

  7. قد علوتم بالمكرمات فخارا

    وتناولتما الثريا جلوسا

    Through noble deeds you have risen in glory,

    and you both have reached the Pleiades while seated.

  8. قد رأينا الملبوس قد زين النا

    س وأنتم من زين الملبوسا

    We have seen clothing adorn peo-

    ple, but you are the ones who adorn clothing.

  9. بكم الملك تاه فخرا وأضحى

    منزل المجد آهلا مأنوسا

    Through you the realm exulted in pride, and now

    glory's abode is peopled and welcoming.

  10. وحملتم أعباء ما شرف الملك

    يقوم حمل الرقاب الرؤسا

    And you bore the burdens of what ennobles the realm;

    the necks' support keeps the heads upright.

  11. زنتمُ بالحظوظ مصرا فقامت

    كل مصر بالخطوط الطروسا

    You adorned Egypt with good fortune; then arose

    every city, filling pages with writing.

  12. أيها الوارثو العلا عن جدود

    أسسوه بجدهم تأسيسا

    O inheritors of eminence from forefathers

    who firmly founded it through their diligence.

  13. قد خطبتم بيض المعالي ولا غر

    وإذا واصل النفيس النفيسا

    You have courted the fair maidens of high honors; no won-

    der when the precious joins the precious.

  14. وتألت بحرمة منكم لا

    نال منها قوم سواكم مسيسا

    And they swore by your sacred honor that no

    people but you would ever touch them.