أوليَّ عهدِ عزيزِ مصرِ وملكِهِ
حياك روح اللّه عبد المنعمِ
O Crown Prince of Egypt’s sovereign and king,
O heir to Egypt’s ruler and his dominion,
may the Spirit of God give you life, ʿAbd al-Munʿim.
May the Spirit of God greet you, Abd al-Mun‘im.
ورعتك تستبقي حياتَك يا ابن عب
باسِ العلى عينُ النبي الأكرمِ
May the noble Prophet’s watchful eye preserve your life, O son of
And may you be guarded, your life preserved, O son of Abbas
ʿAbbas of lofty glory.
of lofty glory, by the eye of the most noble Prophet.
إهنأ بثالثة السنين فإنها
لك في مراقي المجد ثالث سُلَّم
Rejoice in your third year, for it is
Rejoice in your third year, for it is
your third step upon the stairways of glory:
your third ladder up the heights of glory.
سنةٌ أنال الأرضَ مقدمُ خيرِها
قدميك فاحتفلت بأسعد مقدم
a year in which the advent of its choicest gift granted the earth
A year whose goodness, on arriving, granted the earth
your two feet—and so it celebrated the happiest of arrivals.
your two feet; so it celebrated the happiest arrival.
طربت بنقل خطاك فوق أديمها
طرب المشوق بنغمة المترنم
It thrilled at the tread of your steps upon its surface,
It thrilled as your steps moved across its skin,
as a yearning lover thrills to the singer’s melody,
with a yearning lover’s rapture at a singer’s melody,
علماً بأنك سوف تملؤها هدى
وبغير ما ترجو لها لم تعلم
knowing that you will fill it with guidance;
knowing that you will fill it with guidance,
it knew nothing beyond the hopes it cherishes for itself.
and knowing nothing but what you hope for it.
ورأى البرية حين نطقِك أنه
فيهم سيعلو كل نطق محكم
And when you spoke, all humankind perceived that
And humankind saw, when you spoke, that your speech
among them every consummate utterance would rise.
would surpass every well-crafted utterance among them.
ولسوف تصعد قبة الفلك الذي
غير النجابة فيك لم يتوسَّم
You shall ascend the vault of the firmament, which
And surely you will ascend the dome of the firmament, which
discerned in you nothing but excellence.
discerned in you nothing but noble promise,
وتنالُ أسبابَ السماء بهمة
مأثورة عن جدك المتقدم
And you shall grasp the pathways of heaven with an aspiration
and reach the pathways of heaven with a resolve
inherited from your illustrious forefather.
handed down from your forebear who went before.
أولى بغرة كل يوم من حيا
تك أن يراه الناس أجملَ موسم
The dawn of every day of your life is most worthy
The dawn of each day of your life is most worthy
to be seen by all as the loveliest celebration.
of being seen by people as the loveliest festival.
عش في بلاد أبيك مدَّخراً لِما
يعطيك في المستقبل المتبسم
Live in your father’s land, preserved for all that
Live in your father’s lands, kept in reserve for what
the smiling future shall bestow upon you.
he will give you in the smiling future.
Sol 6.1