1. Oh what ill news the postman brought, and what a calamity that leaves souls as rays,
Oh Lord, what is the sin of those who one after another hasten to their death,

2. Wounded though they did not bear swords for pillage,
Slain though they did not wrestle with the enemy,

3. They said life, so hasten when called by its letters to hear,
Azrael was told what befell their groups, so he hesitated then saw them and shuddered,

4. A spectacle that strains the eyes and a scene that makes hearts bleed and ribs shatter,
When darkness cast its face on it, it donned from modesty a mask,

5. And called merciful Nero who did not desist until his glance recoiled in disgust,
And they described the tragedy to Dancourt so she made graves for the reformers,

6. And was certain that the catastrophe that befell them, they were the most righteous successors and natures,
Oh Egypt your disaster in kingdoms is grave, and the tribulation of your people has exceeded bounds,

7. A people terrified by redoubled affliction, and whom the turns of fate strike in succession,
They resorted to beautiful patience until the tempest of events made its pillar collapse,

8. They carried hearts that seethe with what they ignite, and surge with the pain they bear,
If the greed for life drove them, ambitions frightened them that glut ambitions,

9. And if they wanted a renaissance, red donkeys for them in the valley became beasts,
They shed innocent blood and bullied, assaulting a people unable to defend,

10. They took him defenseless, safe, unarmed, casting aside arms and removing armor,
They ordered so he neither rejected submissiveness nor disobeyed,

11. And they prohibited so he acquiesced in awe and obeyed,
They did not remember when we expend our strength, and remain slain in homes hungry,

12. Evil is the recompense, and harm may be justice for one who makes the enemy assault,
They came so some harbored affection, satisfaction, and some harbored deceit,

13. Thus the two parties were equal in their states, and the rights of both worlds were lost,
The people cannot be independent, leave their due, and see the countries as goods and possessions,

14. They fear the enemy so cannot endure firmness, and cower from him so do not want strife,
Life is for a courageous nation that tires the enemy with valor and conflict,

15. It marches to him legions of guards, and erects from him forts and castles,
If he saw in events their disunity, it united against its humiliation,

16. And if he wanted their subjugation, it exhausted ambitions that straiten the transgressors,
Oh Lord of Egypt, take care of Egypt and grant it a people who want it courageous life,

17. If one day it thought to sell its countries for all the kingdoms of the world, it would not sell,