1. O Farouk, we are all ears,
Tell us what happened, tell us,

2. Your glorious name spread across the earth,
Until the angels echoed it back to us,

3. An echo of glory in the horizons,
It rang out and the world regained its melody,

4. The morning breeze spread it, bringing
Comfort, joy and yearning to people,

5. A glorious name whose fragrance from its folds
Spreads musk in our homes,

6. A name of glory that whenever mentioned
The listeners and those speaking magnified,

7. They all glorified it openly and shouted
That's how glory should be,

8. The researchers delved into the history of glory,
Interrogating the centuries,

9. And in it they saw that this glory of yours
Has no equal recorded in history,

10. It's beauty defeats the eloquent and casts
Awe into the heart of the most skilled writer,

11. We revel in its beauty as long as we live
And remember your blessed day,

12. That day will be preserved as a celebration
Of the world's salvation from the unjust,

13. On it your brave champions
Stood up to defend with determination,

14. They did not limit their defense to you, but
Defended the freedom of all nations,

15. They stood firm against the invaders, guarding
The lair as lions guard their den,

16. From the start of this war, O Farouk, you stood
As an impenetrable barrier against the Germans,

17. You crippled them in the Battle of El Alamein,
They could not extend a hand,

18. You stopped their advance and bombarded them
Until you severed their spine,

19. And William's son, tempted by maneuvering
Found only stillness there,

20. Thus was that day, and the Germans
Retreated from El Alamein defeated,

21. Broken in a way that degraded the Crown Prince,
Disgraced, shamed and dishonored,

22. You were the cause of what El Alamein meant
When you stirred in its heart passions,

23. And over you the King seethed with rage
Which boiled silently since,

24. To avenge himself of you, he resolved
Vowing and swearing an oath,

25. He went on with his preparations, mobilizing
Tens of thousands of experienced soldiers,

26. And for some twenty months he roused
Against you a raging war,

27. He did not neglect anything he saw as ensuring
His victory would be guaranteed,

28. And when he completed what he wanted, finding
Everything at his command secure,

29. He issued the order to attack and around you
The land quaked under the footsteps of the assailants,

30. And upon you the armies flooded like a torrent
Column after column advancing,

31. From east and north they confronted you
Fighting fiercely as they charged,

32. They swooped down on the forts around you
Like the swoop of destiny they charged,

33. The forts did not protect you, only the garrisons
Struggled to defend you as they defended the forts,

34. They competed in shielding you, the infantry
Outpacing the cavalry and the airmen,

35. They raced to it, trivializing the difficult
And disdaining death itself,

36. They were determined to stand firm and repel
The attackers time after time from your fence,

37. They sacrificed themselves without fearing death
As they sought only to keep your precious protection intact,

38. And they turned away from comfort and prosperity
Which once they enjoyed,

39. And they resolved with determination to repel
The invaders, even to smash the ribs of armored men,

40. And for your eyes they stayed up night after night
Denying sleep to visit their eyes,

41. And for your eyes Farouk they drew swords
That wanted nothing but chests and eyelids,

42. They met the iron blows with crushing blows
Bending and softening it,

43. They were not deterred by the enemies swarming
Upon them massed like a solid structure,

44. They tore their ranks apart and on the hilltops
Drove back their crowds retreating,

45. They claimed that reaching Farouk was easy
But they found beyond it wolves and sorrows,

46. They gained nothing from their million
And more sacrifices,

47. They kindled against you a fire but when
You subdued it, it was fuel for them,

48. They sought a gulp of victory but got
Only aloes and boiling water,

49. And they saw that with Frederick
And your defenders, Napoleon's hordes remained,