1. يومٌ سعيد على الأيام يفتخرُ

    بكوكب ناطق ألفظه دررُ

    A happy day boasts above all other days

    of a speaking star whose words are pearls.

  2. سماه توفيق بارينا ووفقه

    فوافق البدوَ في تمادحه الحضر

    Our Creator named him Tawfiq and granted him success,

    so the townspeople joined the Bedouins in praising him.

  3. فاكرم به ملكاً ما ذمه بشرٌ

    ولم يكن في الورى كفواً له بشر

    How noble a king he is: no mortal has censured him,

    and no mortal among humankind has been his equal.

  4. يرجى نداه ويخشى الخصمُ سطوته

    كالبحر يوجد فيه الخير والخطر

    His bounty is hoped for, and the enemy fears his might,

    like the sea, in which goodness and danger are found.

  5. ما مصر إلا نعيمٌ نورُ طلعته

    نُوَّارها وندى راحاته الثمر

    Egypt is nothing but bliss; the light of his countenance

    is her bloom, and the dew of his palms her fruit.

  6. وما الغريب بظام تحت رايته

    ومن يديه البحار العشر تنهمر

    And no stranger goes thirsty beneath his banner,

    and from his two hands the ten seas pour forth.

  7. اللَه يحرسه من عين حاسده

    فإنه للبرايا السمع والبصر

    May God guard him from his envier's eye,

    for he is the hearing and sight of creation.