Sol 6.1

  1. A kingdom grows, and a nation rises high.

    So surpass these generations with your own.

  2. And attain your place in the heavens and in minds,

    that whoever saw you as a crescent may see you as a full moon.

  3. Aspiring, while people, amid their overwhelming troubles,

    devour one another in rancor and madness.

  4. Your peace, after your war, has become a guarantee

    that you will not burden your two armies with fighting.

  5. If they recall that obstinacy, both will repent

    and seek forgiveness from their paternal and maternal uncles.

  6. Will they return to estrangement and its bitterness

    after enjoying love and union?

  7. Best acquainted with the slanderers' aims is one who has tested

    the slanderers' cunning and experienced terrors.

  8. Rule was placed in your right hand by Him who decreed

    that the Nile should flow northward through Egypt.

  9. A destiny through which you overcame foes, and a nature

    that accepts neither alteration nor replacement.

  10. The world's conditions become unrecognizable amid

    time's changes, while yours is the happiest lot.

  11. You gained your share of Muhammad's qualities,

    and grew up noblest in lineage and character.

  12. Indeed, you are greater in ambition than Ramesses,

    mightier in dominion, and greater in wealth.

  13. Your vast kingdom has not beguiled you, so you are not seen

    haughty in its might or vainglorious.

  14. Egypt, whose Pharaoh gave to humankind [wording unclear],

    so they called him 'Lord of the Worlds' in error.

  15. Egypt, where tyrants suffered misery, even if

    they found a path to her and a means of attaining her.

  16. She captivated them with her beauty, until, when

    they won her, she proved a torment and a calamity.

  17. She made room for all humankind, and grew

    through her guests only in wealth and grandeur.

  18. No rule turned her from her nature, even though

    she donned a robe for every government.

  19. And this secure land is known, whenever

    a land turns a people away, to become their refuge.

  20. Your protective care decreed that its fruits should be

    lawful to all except those who seek to wrong you.

  21. If lands other than this one had borne

    what it now bears, they would have been violently shaken.

  22. And if a kingdom other than yours were visited each morning

    and evening by ambitious men, it would have fallen.

  23. But she is Egypt: her pillar has grown strong

    through you, so she has found these burdens light.

  24. The Nile has long been pure, palatable water,

    yet it may indeed be a sieve for one spoiled by luxury.

  25. If the ancients offered him maidens out of desire

    for him, you have indeed offered him heroes.

  26. His utmost wish is to see his blessings

    enrich his sons, so that they attain independence.

  27. And to see the villages as brides at the festival,

    unveiled; then he flows clear and sweet.

  28. The throne is mighty and secure; upon it

    you receive delegations and awaken hopes.

  29. The radiant countenance offers a wondrous sign

    to those congratulating you, and your two palms offer bounty.

  30. Their hearts would almost have melted in their reverence,

    had they not hurried past the throne.

  31. If they bow their heads, it is from modesty; and if they

    raise their eyes, they cry 'God is greatest' in reverence.

  32. It is Accession Day, and you are a radiant reminder

    of rising glories and blessings that follow in succession.

  33. Your splendors filled hearts and became

    radiance and beauty in every face.

Sol 6.1