محاسن إسماعيل وَاحد عَصرِهِ

محاسن إسماعيل وَاحد عَصرِهِ

بمصر غَدَت تومي بحسن ثَناهُ

بمصر غَدَت تومي بحسن ثَناهُ

The merits of Ismail, peerless in his age,

Ismail's virtues, peerless in his time

In Egypt have come to bespeak his fine renown.

In Egypt, became, through his praise, Tommy

وَفي رَوضة البَدر الجَمالية اِزدَرى

وَفي رَوضة البَدر الجَمالية اِزدَرى

بِما قَد حَوَت ذات العِماد بِناه

بِما قَد حَوَت ذات العِماد بِناه

And in al-Badr's Jamaliyya garden, his buildings put to shame

And in the garden of perfect beauty he scorned

All that the city of pillars had contained.

What the pillar-like structure contained of its architecture

وَلا سِيما فَبريقة السُكَّر الَّذي

وَلا سِيما فَبريقة السُكَّر الَّذي

بِهِ زالَ عَن جسم العَليل ضَناه

بِهِ زالَ عَن جسم العَليل ضَناه

Especially the factory for sugar, which

Especially the gleam of sugar that

Freed the sufferer's body from his wasting illness.

Removed the sorrow from the body of the sick

فَقُلت بِإِخلاص لِعلياهُ شاكِراً

فَقُلت بِإِخلاص لِعلياهُ شاكِراً

بِدَولتك الإِتقان نال مُناه

بِدَولتك الإِتقان نال مُناه

So I said sincerely, thanking His Highness:

So I said sincerely, thanking its supremacy

"Under your rule, perfection attained its desire."

Through your skill perfection attained its purpose

وَأَثنى عَلَيهِ المَجد في ذا مؤرِّخاً

وَأَثنى عَلَيهِ المَجد في ذا مؤرِّخاً

عَلى ذَوق إِسماعيل دل سَناه

عَلى ذَوق إِسماعيل دل سَناه

And Glory praised him thus, recording the date:

And praised him, fame, in this chronicling

"Its radiance attests to Ismail's taste."

The taste of Ismail its years told