1. Should we congratulate you on the images, or should we congratulate the images on you?
He who created the images is little, while you are everything to him.
١. تُهَنّا بِصورٍ أَم نُهَنِّئُها بِكَ
وَقَلَّ الَّذي صورٌ وَأَنتَ لَهُ لَكا
2. How small is Jordan and its coast, which you loved, compared to your grandeur!
The countries were envious, and if they had souls, East and West would yearn for you.
٢. وَما صَغُرَ الأُردُنُّ وَالساحِلُ الَّذي
حُبيتَ بِهِ إِلّا إِلى جَنبِ قَدرِكا
3. Egypt could have no prince, though he be great and his mouth lament.
٣. تَحاسَدَتِ البُلدانُ حَتّى لَوَ أَنَّها
نُفوسٌ لَسارَ الشَرقُ وَالغَربُ نَحوَكا
٤. وَأَصبَحَ مِصرٌ لا تَكونُ أَميرَهُ
وَلَو أَنَّهُ ذو مُقلَةٍ وَفَمٍ بَكى