1. يا خيرَ مَولىً بِنَدى كفِّهِ

    قَد أَصبَحت مصرُ كَرَوضٍ مَطير

    O best of lords, through the bounty of whose hand

    Egypt has become like a rain-watered garden!

  2. فُقتَ الوَرى في الفَضل أَو سُدتَه

    فَحَبَّذا الفَضلُ وَنِعمَ الأَمير

    You surpassed mankind in excellence—or became its lord;

    how fine the excellence, and how excellent the prince!

  3. وَخَصَّك اللَهُ بما تَرتَضى

    مِن سُؤدُدٍ مَحضٍ وَمُلكٍ كَبير

    And God favored you with what pleases you:

    unalloyed eminence and mighty dominion.

  4. وَزانَ أَيّامكَ حتى غدت

    خالاً على خدِّ الزَمانِ النَضير

    And He adorned your days until they became

    a beauty spot upon the radiant cheek of Time.

  5. وَصاغَ أَخلاقَكَ تُزرى بِأز

    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.

  6. بُشرى فَأَعتابُك قد أَمَّها

    عيدٌ بِأَنواعِ الأَماني بَشير

    Glad tidings! To your thresholds has come

    a feast, a herald of hopes of every kind.

  7. طالِعُه يُمنٌ وَتاريخُه

    توفيقُ عيدُ الفِطر باهٍ مُنير

    Its rising is good fortune, and its chronogram:

    “Tawfiq! Eid al-Fitr is splendid and radiant.”