توارد من كل الأنام لك الشكر

وباهت بك الأيام وابتهج العصرُ

Thanks have poured in for you from all humankind.

The days have taken pride in you, and the age has rejoiced.

وضاهت بك الأرض السما نضارة

وضاءت بك الدنيا ولا سيما مصر

Through you, the earth has rivaled heaven in freshness,

and through you the world has shone, especially Egypt.

واعلنت العلياء انك كفؤها

فقرت عيون الملك وانشرح الصدر

High glory has proclaimed you its equal,

so sovereignty's eyes were gladdened, and its breast was eased.

واضحى سرير الحكم بالعدل محكماً

واصبح مسروراً يلوح به البشر

The throne of rule became firmly secured through justice,

and became joyful, with gladness shining upon it.

وقد شابهت مصر بحلمك جن

فما شابها ضيم ولا نابها ضر

Through your forbearance, Egypt has come to resemble [a garden?].

No oppression has marred her, nor has harm befallen her.

تداركت ما قد حل في نعم بها

وساق لها الانعام انعمك الغر

You remedied what had befallen the blessings within her,

and your radiant favors brought her bounty.

بهمتك العلياء قد زال همها

وزاد بها نيل التي ولك الاجر

Through your lofty resolve, her distress has vanished,

and the Nile rose within her [text unclear]; yours is the reward.

وهل يصبحن من في حماك بعسرة

ونبتك الحسناء يصحبها اليسر

Could anyone within your protection awaken in hardship,

while ease attends your beautiful planting?

وان الذي في أهل مصر صنعته

من الخير في الاقطار طار به السفر

And what you have done among the people of Egypt

of good has flown with travelers through the lands.

وقد طرب الركبان حيث تحدثوا

بشكرك حتى شابهوا من به سكر

The riders were enraptured when they spoke

in your praise, until they resembled someone intoxicated.

محب لاسماعي لك المدح والثنا

فيعبق من طيب اسمك الافخم العطر

Praise and tribute to you are dear to my ears,

so perfume wafts from the sweetness of your most august name.

فيا ذا الخديوي الذي كل عصره

على مصره عيد له يغبط الدهر

O Khedive, whose whole reign

is a festival for his Egypt, for which Time is envied!

فيا سعد قطر أنت صرت عزيزه

بعدلك أمسى ليس يعدله قطر

How fortunate the land whose mighty ruler you have become!

Through your justice, no land now equals it.

هواك بتعمير الايالة دائماً

وترجو الأهالي ان يطول لك العمر

Your heart is ever set on building up the province,

and the people hope your life may be long.

وقد نال أهلوه بايامك الغنى

فلم يبق فقر في حماه ولا قفر

Its people have attained prosperity in your days,

so neither poverty nor desolation remains within its domain.

وازهر فيه ازهر العلم والهدى

واينع فيه من عنايتك الزهر

Within it, al-Azhar of learning and guidance has blossomed,

and through your care the flowers have bloomed within it.

تهاب الأسود الضاريات اصطدامه

وبنجده منك المهابة والازر

Ravening lions dread clashing with it,

and your aid gives it majesty and strength.

وجودك اغناه وحلمك زانه

وحكمك أعلى شأنه ولك الأجر

Your generosity has enriched it, and your forbearance adorned it;

your rule has raised its standing; yours is the reward.

به لك جند النصر والفلك التي

تشابهها في مسج الفلك الزهر

There you have the hosts of victory, and ships that

the bright stars resemble in the firmament's [unclear word].

لمن احصيت زهر الكواكب في العلا

فان مزاياك العلا ما لها حصر

[Even if] you counted the bright stars on high,

your lofty virtues are beyond all counting.

لذلك ان احسنت في النظم بعضها

وملت إلى جنب القصور في عذر

Thus, if I have rendered some of them well in verse,

yet have erred on the side of inadequacy, I stand excused.

فلا زلت ترقى في المعالي مؤيداً

ودام لك الاجلال والعز والنصر

May you never cease rising through the heights of glory, upheld,

and may veneration, might, and victory endure for you.