1. سلاماً على حصنكم والعلمْ

    ورعياً لندوتكم في الأممْ

    Peace upon your stronghold and the flag.

    And may your assembly be cherished among the nations.

  2. سلاماً على ذلك الملتقى

    سلاماً على ذلك المزدحم

    Peace upon that meeting place.

    Peace upon that crowded gathering.

  3. ومجداً ليومكمُ في الوجو

    د مقبلة المرتجى والقدم

    And glory to your day in this world,

    its hopes and footsteps kissed.

  4. يكفر فيه الزمان الذنوب

    ويرجع من حقكم ما هضم

    In it, Time atones for sins,

    and restores what was withheld of your due.

  5. بهذا الرواق وهذا الرواء

    تألف شملكمُ والْتأم

    Within this portico, amid this splendor,

    your company has drawn together and united.

  6. تطوف الوفود به هاتفين

    مطاف الحجيج بذاك الحرم

    The delegations circle it, chanting,

    as pilgrims circle that sacred sanctuary.

  7. فما اعتز رمسيس في مثله

    جلالاً ولا قاربته إرم

    For Ramses never gloried in its like

    in majesty, nor did Iram approach it.

  8. فتوح الممالك ما نلتمو

    ه يومكم أم وفاء الذمم

    Were conquests of kingdoms what you attained

    on your day, or the fulfillment of pledges?

  9. أمانة مستوثق معلنٍ

    لكم من سرائره ما كتم

    The good faith of one assured, revealing

    to you the secrets he had kept concealed.

  10. لقد أعجب الترك ما قلتمُ

    وأكبر ما تصنعون العجم

    What you said has indeed delighted the Turks,

    and the Persians have esteemed what you do.

  11. وطارت بأخباره المبرقا

    ت تسبق بالطيبات الديم

    And telegrams sped with its news,

    outstripping the steady rains with glad tidings.

  12. عقائد خالدة في القلوبِ

    ثبتم عليها ثبات الهرم

    Convictions everlasting in hearts,

    you stood by them as steadfast as the pyramid.

  13. وأدرك من سن هذا الجها

    د أن الكرامة في المختتم

    And he who initiated this struggle realized

    that honor lies in its conclusion.

  14. وعاد لقصدكمُ شاهداً

    من ارتاب في قصدكم واتهم

    And he became a witness for your purpose—

    he who doubted your purpose and accused you.

  15. وهذا غريمكمُ الملتوي

    تجمّل بعد الأذى واحتشم

    And here is your devious adversary:

    after causing harm, he puts on grace and modesty.

  16. تولى بغايته عابساً

    وعاودها فاتناً فابتسم

    He turned away, scowling, intent on his aim,

    then pursued it anew, beguiling, and smiled.

  17. إلى أجل أم إلى منتهى

    مراميه يلزمكم ما التزم

    Until a set time, or until the fulfillment

    of his aims, will he keep his pledge to you?

  18. وهل ينجلي الأفق أم يرتمي

    بعاصفة بعد هذا النسم

    And will the horizon clear, or plunge

    into a tempest after this gentle breeze?

  19. ولو كان يعرف عقبى النزا

    ع في الحق من زمن لا نحسم

    Had he known the outcome of contention

    over right, it would have been settled long ago.

  20. لكم ماله وعليه الذي

    عليكم يخيركم إن قسم

    You have what he has; he bears what

    you bear; he gives you the choice if he divides.

  21. وليس يقال فريق هفا

    وليس يقال فريق ظلم

    And it shall not be said, “One side erred,”

    nor shall it be said, “One side did wrong.”

  22. يضيع على مصر هذا النعي

    م إن لم يكن كل بيت أجم

    This bliss will be lost to Egypt

    unless every house is a lion's lair.

  23. وما أنا بالآمن المطمئن

    إلى المستعد الذي لم ينم

    And I feel neither safe nor reassured

    by one who stands ready and has not slept.

  24. أعد المرابط في المسلكين

    ومن ملك المسلكين اقتحم

    He has readied the outposts on both approaches;

    and whoever controls both approaches can storm in.

  25. وهل يترك الذئب عاداته

    وإن لبس الذئب ثوب الغنم

    And does the wolf abandon its habits,

    even if the wolf wears the garb of sheep?

  26. ويعفو عن الطيِّب المشتهى

    وما عف عن باليات الرمم

    And will it spare what is choice and coveted,

    when it would not abstain from decaying carcasses?

  27. وهل تتناول صم الصخو

    ر أنياب من أثقلته التخم

    And can the hardest rocks be gripped

    by the fangs of one weighed down by surfeit?

  28. وداهية مرجف بالذي

    تعدّى به غيره فانهزم

    And a cunning alarmist threatens with what

    another used to attack, only to be defeated.

  29. وليس الذي قاله حجة

    فقد ألف الناس هذا النغم

    And what he has said is no proof;

    people have long grown used to this refrain.

  30. وقد يتكلف تيه المدل

    لِ من في حشاه الجوى والألم

    And the arrogance of the pampered may be feigned

    by one whose breast harbors anguish and pain.

  31. أيزعم ملككم ملكه

    وهول القيامة فيما زعم

    Does he claim your kingdom for his own,

    though his claim holds the terror of Judgment Day?

  32. وهل يستطيع اغتصاب الرقا

    ب من بمراس النفوس اصطدم

    And can he seize men's necks by force—

    he who has met the toughness of souls?

  33. وما صنعت بالمغير القلا

    ع صنع إبائكمُ والشمم

    Fortresses have not done against the invader

    what your defiance and lofty pride have done.

  34. لكم ما تشاؤون من أهبة

    غداً وله ما نوى واعتزم

    You have whatever preparations you wish

    for tomorrow; he has his intentions and resolve.

  35. وحسبكمُ شملكم عدة

    وحسبكمُ صبركم معتَصَم

    And your unity is armament enough;

    and your patience is refuge enough.

  36. ولولا مواقفكم في البلا

    د داهمها الدهر فيما دهم

    But for the stands you took in the land,

    Time would have overwhelmed it among all it overwhelmed.

  37. ولو كان في البحر ما فيكمُ

    على الحق من غيرة لاضطرم

    And if the sea held what you hold

    of zeal for right, it would burst into flame.

  38. ولو حمل الجبل المشمخر

    رُ ما تحملون لمصر انهدم

    And if the towering mountain bore

    what you bear for Egypt, it would collapse.

  39. وإني لأشهد ما في الغيوب

    لكم وأروم الذي لم يُرَم

    And I indeed behold what the unseen holds

    for you, and seek what has never been sought.

  40. ومن صارح القوم في أمسه

    رأى اليوم فرصته فاغتنم

    And he who spoke frankly to the people yesterday

    has seen his chance today and seized it.

  41. لكم ملك ووزير هما

    ضمان مصيركمُ المحترم

    You have a king and a minister; the two are

    the guarantee of your honored destiny.

  42. فهذا بما شئتمُ قد أشار

    وهذا بما شئتمُ قد حكم

    The one has counseled according to your wishes;

    the other has ruled according to your wishes.

  43. وأفضى الحمى بمقاليده

    إلى العادل الحر فيما استلم

    And the homeland has yielded its keys

    to one just and free in the charge he assumed.

  44. تناولها باليقين الصبو

    ر لا بالقنوط ولا بالسأم

    He took them with patient certainty,

    not with despair, nor with weariness.

  45. وما أحسن العفو من قادر

    إذا ما اشتفى حاقد وانتقم

    And how beautiful is pardon from one with power,

    when a spiteful man sates his rancor and takes revenge.

  46. سيجلو عن الأرض جبّارها

    ويلبث فيها كريم الشيم

    Its tyrant will depart from the land,

    and one of noble character will remain there.

  47. ولا دولة لسوى المصلحين

    ولا ملك إلا لأهل الهمم

    And power is for none but reformers,

    and sovereignty for none but people of high resolve.

  48. فزعت إلى مهرجان البلاد

    وبي موجعات الضنى والسقم

    I hastened to the country's festival,

    though racked by wasting sickness and disease.

  49. وما أنا إلا الرفيق الذي

    وفى بمواثيقه والقسم

    And I am only the companion who

    has kept his covenants and oath;

  50. أتى بالمروءة فيما سعى

    وأقبل بالوحي فيما نظم

    who acted with honor in all his endeavors,

    and came with inspiration in all his verse;

  51. يروح ويغدو بفصل الخطاب

    عفيف اللسان طهور القلم

    he goes out evening and morning with decisive speech,

    chaste of tongue and pure of pen.