1. Who will lend me the wings of storms as my conveyance
As I see the steeds of worries have gone farther away

2. O lightning alive upon the clouds, make homes
That quench the thirst of those distant from their loved ones

3. You are the message and messenger so be for them
For us in estrangement, the gilded missive

4. They have gotten used to gloom and the predatory birds clamor
The fish heard its defeat so hesitated in fear

5. Will they remember Egypt’s due right
Or do they keep for it the nearest rope

6. And they see its flooding and the stand of its people
They quarrel over its path and doctrine

7. Matters regarding it flow according to their whims
Each sees an opinion and seeks personal gain

8. Shall I see a country become independent and a nation
That refuses protection or do I behold a playing field

9. If not for the defenders every fighter would have
Cast down arms and deemed fleeing permissible

10. May Allah not torment cowardice for it
Would leave the noble free man tormented

11. The one who made loyalty its reward is not
Like one who took lightly his pact and flipped

12. Indeed the one who granted souls their nature
Made loyalty to the noble beloved

13. The truth has troops and if they march under its banner
They will defeat the proudest of armies

14. I wish the vanished had witnessed the ugly scene and spoken
Which of the boats was the most steadfast

15. They shielded the fighter with impenetrable armor
Yet the skulls tore them open, shattering the helmed

16. Passion blew away the reckless and perhaps
Cracked the shaky one who hesitated and delayed

17. No excuse for one who left the minaret behind
And went plunging into the depths of ruin

18. By Allah, in a land whose wounds still bleed
That will seal the fate of your heels to stumble

19. What ails these dreamers? They have gone farther astray
Than a pendant from the neck of a western belle