تَبسم في الهَنا ثَغر المَعالي

تَبسم في الهَنا ثَغر المَعالي

لِصَدر ناصر الأَوطان عالي

لِصَدر ناصر الأَوطان عالي

The lips of eminence smiled with joy

A smile graces the lips of the sublime one

for the exalted leader, defender of the homelands.

The protector of the nation's chest is high

وَجاءَ العيد يَسعى بِالتَهاني

وَجاءَ العيد يَسعى بِالتَهاني

لِدَولته عَلى أَثر الهِلال

لِدَولته عَلى أَثر الهِلال

And Eid came hastening with congratulations

And Eid comes seeking congratulations

to His Excellency, in the crescent moon’s wake.

For his state after the crescent's arrival

وَقَد صامَت بَنو الآداب عَمّا

وَقَد صامَت بَنو الآداب عَمّا

يَغذّي لا عَن السحر الحَلال

يَغذّي لا عَن السحر الحَلال

And the sons of letters had fasted from

The people of refinement have fasted from

what nourishes, but not from lawful magic.

That which does not come from permitted magic

وَكانَ الفطر بَينَ يَديه مِنهُم

وَكانَ الفطر بَينَ يَديه مِنهُم

لِرُؤيته عَلى نَظم اللآلي

لِرُؤيته عَلى نَظم اللآلي

And they broke their fast before him,

And for them the breakfast was in his presence

upon seeing him, by stringing pearls.

For seeing him in the order of sequences

وَمِن علياه بِالتَشريف فازَت

وَمِن علياه بِالتَشريف فازَت

رَعيّتُه بِتَقبيل النِعال

رَعيّتُه بِتَقبيل النِعال

And from his eminence, honor was gained

And from his most high place those he honored

by his subjects through kissing his sandals.

His subjects by kissing his shoes

فَصارَ لَها بِذاك عَلى سِواها

فَصارَ لَها بِذاك عَلى سِواها

سَناء دُونه شمُّ الجِبال

سَناء دُونه شمُّ الجِبال

Thus, through that, they gained above all others

Thus for them over others

a splendor beneath which lie the loftiest mountains.

Lofty renown below the mountains' scent

وَكَيفَ وَإِن هَذا الدَهر عَبد

وَكَيفَ وَإِن هَذا الدَهر عَبد

لَهُ في مَصره بَينَ المَوالي

لَهُ في مَصره بَينَ المَوالي

And how could it be otherwise, when Time itself is a slave

And how could it not when this era's slave

to him in his Egypt, among his retainers,

For him in his Egypt between the loyalties

وَإِن سَليله طوسن المفدَّى

وَإِن سَليله طوسن المفدَّى

رَئيس لِلعَساكر وَالرِجال

رَئيس لِلعَساكر وَالرِجال

and when his scion, Tosun, for whom lives would be sacrificed,

And that his descendant Tusun the revered

is commander of the troops and men?

Leader of the armies and men

فَلا زالَ الصَفا في كُل عيد

فَلا زالَ الصَفا في كُل عيد

يَهنيه بِإِقبال اللَيالي

يَهنيه بِإِقبال اللَيالي

So may joy, at every festival, never cease

So the good feeling during every Eid

to congratulate him as the nights come round.

Congratulates him on the passage of nights

وَلا زلنا نُؤرخه سَعيد

وَلا زلنا نُؤرخه سَعيد

لِعيد الفطر شرّف بِالنَوال

لِعيد الفطر شرّف بِالنَوال

And may we ever mark its date: ‘Saʿid

And we date it fortunate

honored Eid al-Fitr with bounty.’

For the Feast of Fast-Breaking honored with gifts