Sol 6.1

  1. For an auspicious, radiant, happy year,

    In which the land has new hope.

  2. These lovely nights of its have adorned themselves

    For Muslims, as though they were graceful maidens.

  3. And the Christians welcomed its brother as it rose

    With it, as one peer accompanies another.

  4. Their hands united the hearts of the two faiths,

    And Trinity and divine Oneness took heart.

  5. And this crescent seems a vanguard

    Marching before hopes that come as delegations,

  6. Led onward as processions are led to you

    At a festival, or as troops march.

  7. And if you wish, every valley is a paradise;

    And if you command, every day is a feast.

  8. And you bestowed gifts on Egypt's guests and won them over,

    So every one of them became affectionate toward you.

  9. And they saw your path as gracious and secure,

    And discerned your aim, distant though it was.

  10. For them the Nile's nectar flows steadily, and from

    Your people's virtues comes sweet water to drink.

  11. They enjoyed its goodness, and were made witnesses to

    Its aims by its manifest proof.

  12. Were these virtues to tame the rebel, you would think he had become

    A noble angel—that very rebel.

  13. Peace is his armament; the armament of others

    Is fire whose harm is great, and iron.

  14. And foremost among his commanders are your guidance and his remembrance

    Of what fathers attained and forefathers won.

  15. O you who possess Egypt's sovereignty and her throne,

    And her banner and her outspread canopy,

  16. And son of those who made you their successor, well equipped,

    You build upon their legacy and raise edifices.

  17. So from the Prophet come love and approval for you,

    And from God, support for your resolve.

  18. And when, among your mounts, you mount Time,

    Then by morning comes the promised goal.

  19. A striver has grown familiar with safety and success,

    Who hastens to fulfill his hopes while remaining wise.

Sol 6.1