ياO خيرَbest مَولىًlord بِنَدىthrough the bounty of كفِّهِhis hand
يا خيرَ مَولىً بِنَدى كفِّهِ
قَدindeed أَصبَحتhas become مصرُEgypt كَرَوضٍlike a garden مَطيرrain-watered
قَد أَصبَحت مصرُ كَرَوضٍ مَطير
O best of lords, through the bounty of whose hand
Egypt has become like a rain-watered garden!
فُقتَyou surpassed الوَرىmankind فيin الفَضلexcellence أَوor سُدتَهyou became its lord
فُقتَ الوَرى في الفَضل أَو سُدتَه
فَحَبَّذاso how fine is الفَضلُthe excellence وَنِعمَand how excellent is الأَميرthe prince
فَحَبَّذا الفَضلُ وَنِعمَ الأَمير
You surpassed mankind in excellence—or became its lord;
how fine the excellence, and how excellent the prince!
وَخَصَّكand favored you اللَهُGod بماwith what تَرتَضىyou find pleasing
وَخَصَّك اللَهُ بما تَرتَضى
مِنof سُؤدُدٍeminence مَحضٍunalloyed وَمُلكٍand dominion كَبيرmighty
مِن سُؤدُدٍ مَحضٍ وَمُلكٍ كَبير
And God favored you with what pleases you:
unalloyed eminence and mighty dominion.
وَزانَand He adorned أَيّامكَyour days حتىuntil غدتthey became
وَزانَ أَيّامكَ حتى غدت
خالاًa beauty spot علىupon خدِّthe cheek of الزَمانِTime النَضيرradiant
خالاً على خدِّ الزَمانِ النَضير
And He adorned your days until they became
a beauty spot upon the radiant cheek of Time.
وَصاغَand He fashioned أَخلاقَكَyour character تُزرىputs to shame بِأزwith flow- (start of 'flowers')
وَصاغَ أَخلاقَكَ تُزرى بِأز
هارِ-ers (end of 'flowers') الرُباthe hills طيباًin fragrance وَنَشرِand the spreading scent of العَبيرperfume
هارِ الرُبا طيباً وَنَشرِ العَبير
And He fashioned your character to put to shame
the flowers of the hills in fragrance, and perfume's spreading scent.
بُشرىglad tidings فَأَعتابُكfor your thresholds قدalready أَمَّهاhas sought them
بُشرى فَأَعتابُك قد أَمَّها
عيدٌa feast بِأَنواعِof various kinds of الأَمانيhopes بَشيرa bearer of glad tidings
عيدٌ بِأَنواعِ الأَماني بَشير
Glad tidings! To your thresholds has come
a feast, a herald of hopes of every kind.
طالِعُهits rising يُمنٌgood fortune وَتاريخُهand its chronogram
طالِعُه يُمنٌ وَتاريخُه
توفيقُTawfiq عيدُthe feast of الفِطرthe breaking of the fast باهٍsplendid مُنيرradiant
توفيقُ عيدُ الفِطر باهٍ مُنير
Its rising is good fortune, and its chronogram:
“Tawfiq! Eid al-Fitr is splendid and radiant.”