بُورِكْتَ يَا فَارُوقُ مِنْ فَاتِحٍ

بُورِكْتَ يَا فَارُوقُ مِنْ فَاتِحٍ

وَأَيُّ فَتْحٍ مِثْلُ كَسْبِ الْقُلُوبْ

وَأَيُّ فَتْحٍ مِثْلُ كَسْبِ الْقُلُوبْ

Blessed are you, O Farouk—what a conqueror!

O Farooq, you were blessed as a conqueror

And what conquest compares with winning hearts?

And what conquest is like winning hearts?

جَدُّكَ بِالرَّأْيِ غَزَا أَمَّةً

جَدُّكَ بِالرَّأْيِ غَزَا أَمَّةً

قَدْ عَجَزَتْ عَنْهَا سُيوفُ الْحُرُوبْ

قَدْ عَجَزَتْ عَنْهَا سُيوفُ الْحُرُوبْ

Your grandfather, through judgment, conquered a nation

Your grandfather by his wisdom conquered a nation

That the swords of war had failed to conquer.

That swords of wars had failed against

شَهِدْتَ مِنْ تَارِيخِهِ قِصَّةً

شَهِدْتَ مِنْ تَارِيخِهِ قِصَّةً

رَوَائِعُ التَّمْثِيلِ فِيهَا ضُرُوبْ

رَوَائِعُ التَّمْثِيلِ فِيهَا ضُرُوبْ

You witnessed a tale from his history,

You witnessed in its history a tale

In which the wonders of dramatic portrayal take many forms.

With a variety of exemplary scenes

وَأَنْتَ مَرْجُوٌ لِيَوْمٍ بِهِ

وَأَنْتَ مَرْجُوٌ لِيَوْمٍ بِهِ

يَسْمُو بِهِ شَعْبُكَ أَرْقَى الشُّعُوبْ

يَسْمُو بِهِ شَعْبُكَ أَرْقَى الشُّعُوبْ

And you are looked to with hope for a day when

And you hope for a day in which

Your people rise thereby above the most advanced nations.

Your people will rise above the highest of nations

لِيُوَلِّكَ الْرَّحْمَنُ مِنْ عِزَّةٍ

لِيُوَلِّكَ الْرَّحْمَنُ مِنْ عِزَّةٍ

فِي المُلْكِ مَالاَ تَعْتَريهِ الخُطُوبْ

فِي المُلْكِ مَالاَ تَعْتَريهِ الخُطُوبْ

May the Most Merciful grant you such glory

May the Most Merciful grant you honor

In kingship as no calamities can assail.

In kingship untouched by tribulations