لَكَ في بُروج المَجد أَسعَدَ طَلعَةِ

لَكَ في بُروج المَجد أَسعَدَ طَلعَةِ

تَهدي الهُدى وَتُزيل كُل دجنةِ

تَهدي الهُدى وَتُزيل كُل دجنةِ

Yours is the most auspicious rising in the constellations of glory,

You have in the mansions of glory the happiest rising,

Guiding aright and dispelling every darkness.

Guiding to guidance and dispelling all darkness,

قَد أَطلَعَتكَ سَما المَعالي كَوكَباً

قَد أَطلَعَتكَ سَما المَعالي كَوكَباً

بِجَبين مصر لامِعاً في الأُمةِ

بِجَبين مصر لامِعاً في الأُمةِ

The heaven of lofty honors has raised you as a star,

The heavens of greatness have made you a star,

On Egypt's brow, shining amid the nation.

Shining brightly on Egypt’s forehead in the nation,

فَغَدَوتَ في الدُنيا هماماً سامياً

فَغَدَوتَ في الدُنيا هماماً سامياً

عِندَ العَزيز ممنعاً بِالعزةِ

عِندَ العَزيز ممنعاً بِالعزةِ

Thus you became a valiant, exalted man in this world,

So you have become in life a lofty protector,

In the mighty one's presence, unassailable through honor.

To the Almighty, preventing with might,

فَوقَ الرُؤوس بَدا يراعك قايماً

فَوقَ الرُؤوس بَدا يراعك قايماً

يُملي مِن العَلياءِ كُلّ حَقيقةِ

يُملي مِن العَلياءِ كُلّ حَقيقةِ

Above the heads, your reed pen appeared upright,

Above the heads your banner appeared standing,

Dictating every truth from the heights.

Dictating from the Most High every truth,

سَكرانٌ فَوقَ الطُرسِ يشرد طائِراً

سَكرانٌ فَوقَ الطُرسِ يشرد طائِراً

لَكنَّ سَكرَتهُ بِخَمر الحِكمَةِ

لَكنَّ سَكرَتهُ بِخَمر الحِكمَةِ

Drunk, it darts above the page in flight,

Intoxicated above the throne wandering like a bird,

Yet its drunkenness comes from wisdom's wine.

But your intoxication is with the wine of wisdom,

أَينَ اِبن مُقلة لَو رَأى حَركاتِهِ

أَينَ اِبن مُقلة لَو رَأى حَركاتِهِ

لَغَدا بِدَهشَتِهِ عَديم المُقلَةِ

لَغَدا بِدَهشَتِهِ عَديم المُقلَةِ

Where is Ibn Muqla? Had he seen its movements,

Where is the son of Muqla, if he saw your movements,

He would have become eyeless in his astonishment.

He would become, from his shock, devoid of composure,

سَعدت بِفَيض النيل مَصرٌ وَاِزدَهَت

سَعدت بِفَيض النيل مَصرٌ وَاِزدَهَت

بِصَفاءِ لُطفِكَ طائِفاً كَاللَجةِ

بِصَفاءِ لُطفِكَ طائِفاً كَاللَجةِ

Egypt rejoiced in the Nile's flood and grew radiant

Egypt rejoiced from the Nile’s abundance and delighted

With your pure kindness encircling it like the deep sea.

From the purity of your kindness like a wave,

بِالماءِ تَنتَعش الجُسوم وَإِنَّما

بِالماءِ تَنتَعش الجُسوم وَإِنَّما

تَحيي النُفوس بِفَيض تِلكَ الرقةِ

تَحيي النُفوس بِفَيض تِلكَ الرقةِ

Bodies are refreshed by water; yet it is only

With water, bodies are refreshed, but truly,

Through the outpouring of that tenderness that you revive souls.

Souls are enlivened by the abundance of that gentleness,

يا طَلعَةً لِلخَيرِ تُشرِقُ في المَلا

يا طَلعَةً لِلخَيرِ تُشرِقُ في المَلا

يا بَهجَةً لِلفَضلِ تُنعِشُ مُهجَتي

يا بَهجَةً لِلفَضلِ تُنعِشُ مُهجَتي

O countenance that shines for goodness in the assembly,

O rising of good shining in the horizon,

O delight of virtue, reviving my heart!

O joy of merit reviving my mind,

أَنا لا أَفي حَق التَشَكُرِ حَيثما

أَنا لا أَفي حَق التَشَكُرِ حَيثما

عَظمت عَلى ضَعفي جِبال المنَّةِ

عَظمت عَلى ضَعفي جِبال المنَّةِ

I cannot give thanks their due whenever

I cannot fulfill the due thanks wherever

The mountains of beneficence tower beyond my weakness.

Mountains of favors have overwhelmed my weakness,

وَافيتُ رُكنَكَ زائِراً فَمَنحتَني

وَافيتُ رُكنَكَ زائِراً فَمَنحتَني

حِلماً يُسَربِلُني بِأَشرَف حِلَّةِ

حِلماً يُسَربِلُني بِأَشرَف حِلَّةِ

I came to your side as a visitor, so you granted me

I came visiting your pillar, so you granted me

Forbearance that clothes me in the noblest robe.

Wisdom that adorns me with the noblest of robes.