لِلملك عيد لَهُ العيد الكَبير تَلا

لِلملك عيد لَهُ العيد الكَبير تَلا

وَمَجدُه لِلتَهاني في السَعيد تَلا

وَمَجدُه لِلتَهاني في السَعيد تَلا

The king has a feast, followed for him by the Great Feast;

The king has a feast, a grand feast is his

and his glory recited congratulations in praise of the fortunate one.

And his glory, for congratulations, the auspicious inspires

هُوَ العَزيز الَّذي أَضحى بِدَولته

هُوَ العَزيز الَّذي أَضحى بِدَولته

في مَصر بِالعَدل وَالإِحسان مُحتفلا

في مَصر بِالعَدل وَالإِحسان مُحتفلا

He is the mighty one who, under his rule, has become

He is the mighty one who sacrificed his kingdom

devoted to justice and benevolence in Egypt.

In Egypt, with justice and kindness celebrating

هُوَ الَّذي سَيفُه المَشهور في يَده

هُوَ الَّذي سَيفُه المَشهور في يَده

عَلى رِقاب الأَعادي يَسبق العَذَلا

عَلى رِقاب الأَعادي يَسبق العَذَلا

He is the one whose drawn sword, in his hand,

He whose famed sword is in his hand

strikes his enemies' necks before reproach.

Over the heads of enemies preceding fate

هُوَ الَّذي جَيشه المَنصور بايعَهُ

هُوَ الَّذي جَيشه المَنصور بايعَهُ

عَلى ثَبات بِهِ قَدرُ الكَميِّ عَلا

عَلى ثَبات بِهِ قَدرُ الكَميِّ عَلا

He is the one whose victorious army pledged allegiance to him

He whose victorious army pledged allegiance to him

with steadfastness that raised the armored warrior's standing.

For its steadfastness, the value of perfection rose

هُوَ الَّذي صير الباغي بِصَولته

هُوَ الَّذي صير الباغي بِصَولته

في كُل مُعترك بَينَ الوَرى مَثَلا

في كُل مُعترك بَينَ الوَرى مَثَلا

He is the one whose onslaught made the aggressor

He who defeated the rebel with his might

an example among mankind on every battlefield.

In every battlefield among humanity an example made

يا أَيُّها الملك المسعود طالعه

يا أَيُّها الملك المسعود طالعه

وَمَن بِهِ بَلغت أَوطانهُ الأَمَلا

وَمَن بِهِ بَلغت أَوطانهُ الأَمَلا

O king whose rising star is fortunate,

O joyous king, auspicious is your rising star

and through whom your lands have attained their hope!

And with it, your lands their hopes fulfilled

أَنت الَّذي بِكَ هَذا الجَيش قَد مَلأت

أَنت الَّذي بِكَ هَذا الجَيش قَد مَلأت

أسوده الضارِياتُ السَهل وَالجَبَلا

أسوده الضارِياتُ السَهل وَالجَبَلا

You are the one through whom this army has filled

You, with whom this army has filled

the plain and the mountain with its fierce lions.

Its roaring lions the plain and mountain alike

وَأَمطَرَت مِن سَما الهَيجا مَدافعُه

وَأَمطَرَت مِن سَما الهَيجا مَدافعُه

عَلى رؤوس العِدا في أَرضهم كُلَلا

عَلى رؤوس العِدا في أَرضهم كُلَلا

And from the sky of battle its cannons rained

And its cannons rained from battle’s angry sky

cannonballs onto the enemies' heads in their own land.

Upon the heads of enemies in their own land destruction

فَكُلَّما لاحَ في البيدا لهم شبحٌ

فَكُلَّما لاحَ في البيدا لهم شبحٌ

تَوهموا أَنَّهُ حتفٌ بِهم نَزلا

تَوهموا أَنَّهُ حتفٌ بِهم نَزلا

So whenever a shape appeared to them in the desert,

So whenever a specter appeared to them in the waste

they imagined it was death that had descended upon them.

They imagined it death upon them descended

كَيفَ النَجاة وَكُل في هَزيمته

كَيفَ النَجاة وَكُل في هَزيمته

عَن الطَريق إِلى أَحيائِهِ ذَهلا

عَن الطَريق إِلى أَحيائِهِ ذَهلا

How could there be escape, when each, in his rout,

How to survive when all in their defeat

forgot the road to his own encampments?

From the path to their settlements bewildered fled

أَنتَ الَّذي لا تبارَى في مناضلة

أَنتَ الَّذي لا تبارَى في مناضلة

وَلا يُجاريك ذو بَأس إِذا حَمَلا

وَلا يُجاريك ذو بَأس إِذا حَمَلا

You are the one unrivaled in combat,

You whom none rivals in battle

and no man of valor can match you when he charges.

Nor any mighty one when you charge matches

أَنتَ الَّذي لَكَ رُمح في النحور لَهُ

أَنتَ الَّذي لَكَ رُمح في النحور لَهُ

طَعنٌ يُقرّب مِن أَخصامك الأَجَلا

طَعنٌ يُقرّب مِن أَخصامك الأَجَلا

You are the one whose spear, at throats, has

You whose spear in chests a stab

a thrust that brings death nearer to your adversaries.

That brings your foes closer to their death has

أَنتَ الَّذي إِن دَنا المَريخ مِنكَ هَوى

أَنتَ الَّذي إِن دَنا المَريخ مِنكَ هَوى

وَنجمُه في مَيادين الوَغى أَفَلا

وَنجمُه في مَيادين الوَغى أَفَلا

You are the one before whom Mars would fall if he drew near,

You before whom if Mars drew near, it fell

and his star would set upon the battlefields.

And its star in the arenas of conflict dimmed

فَلو تَمثلت في حَرب لِعَنترةٍ

فَلو تَمثلت في حَرب لِعَنترةٍ

لَفَرّ عَن جُنده رُعباً وَما وَأَلا

لَفَرّ عَن جُنده رُعباً وَما وَأَلا

For if you appeared before ʿAntarah in battle,

If you appeared in the war of Antarah

he would flee from his troops in terror, yet find no escape.

Terrified, his soldiers would flee and not stand

وَلَو زَحفت إِلى الأبطال مُنفَرِداً

وَلَو زَحفت إِلى الأبطال مُنفَرِداً

لانفلَّ جَمعهمُ مِن قَبل أَن تَصلا

لانفلَّ جَمعهمُ مِن قَبل أَن تَصلا

And if you advanced upon the heroes alone,

And if alone you marched to the heroes

their host would break before you arrived.

They would scatter before you arrived

وَفارَقوا الأَهل وَالأَوطان وَاِغتَنَمت

وَفارَقوا الأَهل وَالأَوطان وَاِغتَنَمت

رِجالُك المال وَالأَسلاب وَالحللا

رِجالُك المال وَالأَسلاب وَالحللا

And they would abandon their families and homelands; booty would be taken

And leave their families and homelands while your men

by your men: wealth, spoils, and robes.

Seized the riches, clothes and spoils

أَنتَ الَّذي عَزَّ مَن وَاليته وَصَفا

أَنتَ الَّذي عَزَّ مَن وَاليته وَصَفا

لَهُ الزَمان وَعدّوه مِن النُبلا

لَهُ الزَمان وَعدّوه مِن النُبلا

You are the one whose ally is exalted, and serene

You who empowered those loyal

for him are the times; they count him among the nobles.

While time and its enemies from the noble disgraced

وَذل مَن لَم تَكُن مَولاه فَاضطربت

وَذل مَن لَم تَكُن مَولاه فَاضطربت

أَحواله وَغدا في الأَسر مُعتَقَلا

أَحواله وَغدا في الأَسر مُعتَقَلا

And whoever lacks you as patron is abased, and unsettled

And humiliated those not your patron, in disarray

are his affairs; he becomes a prisoner in captivity.

Their lives became, imprisoned

أَنتَ الَّذي تُرتجَى في شدة وَرَخا

أَنتَ الَّذي تُرتجَى في شدة وَرَخا

لِكَشف كَرب وَبَذلٍ غَيثُه هَطلا

لِكَشف كَرب وَبَذلٍ غَيثُه هَطلا

You are the one looked to in hardship and ease,

You in hardship and comfort alike relied upon

to relieve distress and bestow bounty whose rain pours down.

To relieve distress, a downpour of aid unleashed

فَكُن لِأَبناء عَصر أَنت أَوحده

فَكُن لِأَبناء عَصر أَنت أَوحده

حُصناً مَنيعاً يَردّ الخَصمَ مُنجَدِلا

حُصناً مَنيعاً يَردّ الخَصمَ مُنجَدِلا

Be, then, for the sons of an age in which you are unrivaled,

Be then for the sons of this era of which you alone

an impregnable fortress that sends the foe back, felled.

A strong fortress to drive back the enemy battered

لا زلت في الملك يا أَسنى الأَنام أَبا

لا زلت في الملك يا أَسنى الأَنام أَبا

بِالنَصر مَع شبلك المَحفوظ مُشتَمِلا

بِالنَصر مَع شبلك المَحفوظ مُشتَمِلا

May you ever reign, O most illustrious father among men,

Still for the king - O finest of men - the father

cloaked in victory with your protected lion cub,

With victory, along with your protected cub, I remain

ما عادَ عيد وَفي حُسن الدُعا لَكُما

ما عادَ عيد وَفي حُسن الدُعا لَكُما

كُلٌّ تَوجه لِلرَحمَن مُبتَهِلا

كُلٌّ تَوجه لِلرَحمَن مُبتَهِلا

as long as a feast returns, and in beautiful prayer for you both

No longer a feast where in prayer for you both

everyone turns to the All-Merciful in supplication,

All turn to the Merciful imploring

أَو قالَ مَجدي بِإِخلاص يُؤرخه

أَو قالَ مَجدي بِإِخلاص يُؤرخه

عِيد الأَضاحي بِهِ الملك السَعيد حَلا

عِيد الأَضاحي بِهِ الملك السَعيد حَلا

or Majdi says sincerely, recording its date:

Has my pride sincerely chronicled it -

“The Feast of Sacrifices graced the fortunate king.”

The Feast of the Sacrifice in it the joyous king arrived