عَلا رَوضةَ الحُسن الجَماليةَ البَها

عَلا رَوضةَ الحُسن الجَماليةَ البَها

مِن الصَدر إسماعيل جمّ المَناقبِ

مِن الصَدر إسماعيل جمّ المَناقبِ

Splendor crowned al-Jamaliyya, the garden of beauty,

The garden of beauty and elegance rose high,

From the dignitary Ismail, rich in virtues.

From the breast of Ismail, perfect of virtues,

وَفيها ابتنى فَبْرِيقَةَ السُكَّرِ الَّذي

وَفيها ابتنى فَبْرِيقَةَ السُكَّرِ الَّذي

بِهِ ضَرَبوا الأَمثال بَعدَ التَجارُب

بِهِ ضَرَبوا الأَمثال بَعدَ التَجارُب

And there he built a factory for sugar, which

And in it he built the aqueduct of sweetness,

They held up as an example after testing it.

By which proverbs were coined after trials,

فَصارَت بِما أَبدى مِن الحَزم جَنةً

فَصارَت بِما أَبدى مِن الحَزم جَنةً

عَلى الأَرض في شَرقيها وَالمَغارب

عَلى الأَرض في شَرقيها وَالمَغارب

So, through the resolve he showed, it became a paradise

So it became, through the wisdom he displayed,

On earth, in its east and western lands.

A paradise on earth, East and West,

وَما ذاكَ إِلا رَغبة في رَفاهة

وَما ذاكَ إِلا رَغبة في رَفاهة

مَواردها في مَصر تَصفو لِشارب

مَواردها في مَصر تَصفو لِشارب

And that was nothing but a desire for prosperity,

And that was only a desire for the prosperity

Whose springs in Egypt run clear for the drinker.

Of its resources in Egypt, clearing for the drinker,

وَذَلِكَ فَضل اللَه يَؤتيهِ مَن يَشا

وَذَلِكَ فَضل اللَه يَؤتيهِ مَن يَشا

وَيَجزي بِهِ الحُسنى وَنَيل المآرب

وَيَجزي بِهِ الحُسنى وَنَيل المآرب

And that is God's bounty, which He grants to whom He wills,

And that is the grace of God, He gives it to whom He wills

And thereby He grants the finest reward and the fulfillment of desires.

And rewards through it the good and attainment of goals

وَمُذ تمّ هَذا الصُنع قُلت مؤرّخا

وَمُذ تمّ هَذا الصُنع قُلت مؤرّخا

بفبريقة إسماعيل نَفع لِطالب

بفبريقة إسماعيل نَفع لِطالب

And when this work was finished, I said, marking its date:

And since this work was completed, I said, recording history,

In Ismail's factory lies benefit for the seeker.

"By the aqueduct of Ismail good came to the seeker."