1. سَما في سَما الإِقبال نجم سَعيدِ

    بِطالع يُمنٍ لِلوَلاء سَعيدِ

    Sa'id's star rose in the sky of good fortune,

    with a fortunate ascendant, auspicious for loyalty.

  2. وَشَوّال أَضحى فيهِ عيدانِ واحد

    صَغير وَعيد الملك أَكبر عيد

    And Shawwal came to hold two feasts: one

    a lesser feast, and the royal feast, the greatest feast.

  3. فَللَه ما أَبهى مَواسمه الَّتي

    بِها مَصر حلّت في بُروج سُعود

    So, by God, how splendid are his seasons of celebration,

    through which Egypt entered the constellations of good fortune!

  4. وَفي عَصره فازَت كَما شاء عَدله

    بِما تَشتَهي مِن رفعة وَصُعود

    And in his reign she gained, as his justice willed,

    the eminence and advancement she desired.

  5. وَعادَت إِلى عَهد الشَبيبة وَاِكتَسَت

    بَهاءً بَرأي صائب وَسَديد

    And she returned to the days of youth and clothed herself

    in splendor, through sound and prudent judgment.

  6. فَقامَت لَهُ بِالشُكر وَهوَ فَريضة

    عَلى سادة مِن أَهلِها وَعَبيد

    So she rose to thank him—a duty

    upon the masters among her people and the slaves.

  7. وَمَدّت بِإِخلاص يَدَيها تَضرُّعاً

    لَهُ بِالبَقا في دَولة وَجُنود

    And sincerely she stretched forth her hands in supplication

    for his long life in sovereignty, with armies.

  8. وَقالَت إلهي اشرح بِفَضلك صَدره

    وَكُن حافظاً لِلشبل خَير وَليد

    And she said: “My God, by Your grace, bring ease to his breast,

    and be a guardian to the lion cub, the finest offspring.

  9. وَأَيده بِالنَصر المُبين وَهب لَهُ

    مِن الفَتح ما لَم يَنحَصر بِحُدود

    And support him with manifest victory, and grant him

    conquests that no boundaries can contain.

  10. وَزد يوم عيد الملك في كُل حجة

    سَناء بِهِ يَنحَط قَدر حَسود

    And add to the day of the royal feast, each year,

    a splendor that brings an envier's standing low.

  11. وَحَقق لَهُ الآمال ما هام وَاِعتَنى

    بِإِنشاء ما يزري بِنَظم عُقود

    And fulfill his hopes, so long as he is passionately devoted

    to creating what puts strung necklaces to shame;

  12. وَما فاض مِن جَدواه نَيل مَكارم

    رَوى أَرضه وَاِخضرّ يابس عُود

    and as long as a Nile of noble deeds overflows from his bounty,

    watering his land, and dry wood turns green;

  13. وَأَشرَقت الدُنيا بِأَنوار زينة

    غدا ذكره فيها حَليف خُلود

    and the world shines with lights of festivity,

    his memory there becoming a companion to eternity;

  14. وَما طاب مَدح في مَعاليه وَاِزدَهى

    بِأَوصافه دِيوان كُل مجيد

    and as long as praise of his lofty deeds is sweet, and adorned

    with his virtues is every master poet's collection;

  15. وَما قال مَجدي في الوَلاء مُؤرِّخاً

    نَما نَفع شَوال بِبشر سَعيد

    and as long as Majdi says in loyal devotion, marking the date:

    ‘Shawwal's bounty grew with Sa'id's glad tidings.’”