1. بَشير التَهاني لِلوَزير مُحمَدِ

    بَشيرٌ بِإِقبالٍ وَسَعد مُجدَّدِ

    The herald of congratulations to Minister Muhammad

    is a herald of prosperity and renewed good fortune.

  2. وَيَسعى إِلى علياه سَعدٌ مبادرٌ

    بِما يَتَمنَّى في العَشية وَالغَد

    And eager fortune hastens toward his exalted station,

    with what he desires at evening and on the morrow.

  3. وَيَلثم بِالإِخلاص راحتَهُ الَّتي

    بِمصر لَها في الجُود أَعذَبُ مَورد

    And with devotion it kisses his palm, which

    in Egypt has the sweetest wellspring of generosity.

  4. أَلا يا وَليّ العَهد شُكرك واجب

    عَلى كُل مَولىً في الأَنام وَسَيد

    Behold, O crown prince: thanking you is a duty

    for every retainer and master among humankind.

  5. وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَنشاك رَبُّك عادِلاً

    هماماً سَديد الرَأي مِن نسل أَمجد

    And how could it be otherwise, when your Lord created you just,

    valiant, sound in judgment, and of most illustrious lineage,

  6. وَأَولاك مُذ سوّاك ما أَنت أَهله

    مِن المَنصب الأَسمى الجَليل المُمَجد

    and, since He fashioned you, bestowed on you what you deserve:

    the loftiest office, august and glorified;

  7. وَحلاك بِالتَدبير وَالحلم وَالذَكا

    وَبِالعلم وَالنَصر العَزيز المؤبد

    and adorned you with prudence, forbearance, and intelligence,

    and with knowledge and mighty, everlasting victory;

  8. وَأَحيا بك المَعروف وَالعَفو وَالنَدا

    بِعصر أَبيك الداوريِّ المؤيد

    and revived through you benevolence, pardon, and bounty

    in the age of your father, the upheld sovereign;

  9. وَزادك بِالدين القَويم مَهابةً

    وَعزاً وَتَأييداً عَلى كُل مُعتد

    and through the upright faith increased your majesty,

    and your might and support against every aggressor?

  10. فَلا زالَ ثَغرُ الدَهر وَالملك باسِماً

    لِطَلعتك الغَراء في خَير مسند

    So may the mouth of time and sovereignty never cease smiling

    at your radiant countenance upon the finest seat;

  11. وَدامَت لَكَ الأَيام في كُل حجة

    مسالمة ما أَقبَلَت بِتَجدّد

    and may the days remain, for you, in every year,

    peaceful, so long as they return anew,

  12. وَما قالَ مَجدي في هناك مُؤرخاً

    بصحة تَوفيق بَدا عام سؤدد

    and so long as Majdi says, dating your felicity:

    “With Tawfiq in good health, a year of preeminence has dawned.”