1. Gallant is Ibn Butrus Galli's worth
God knows in truth nothing is too dear

2. Let us celebrate the man of letters though justice prevails
And the majesty of manners and deeds

3. The education of the masses is mere talk
While true education is in souls and deeds

4. Praise brings out the elegance of the earnest man
Like a sword made more splendid by polishing

5. Much praise proclaimed among the people some merit
And presented them with might and example

6. And praise of a lad who excelled a nation
A necklace's value lies in some rare stones

7. Only the noble know the worth of the noble
And men appraise the weight of men

8. And when a land is exalted by its sons
It gives them stations of veneration

9. Their ambitions were crowned as they crowned it
With a treasure of praise and esteem

10. He is but a portrayal of character in the state
Of the Levant, lofty and sublime

11. A refined gentleman of a refined line
Refined by the tests of time

12. Bestowing wealth and youth for what benefits
Not for passion or misguidance

13. And making minds in the West taste what
The Arabs pressed in bygone ages

14. In a book filled with beauties in verse
And storing prizes for proverbs

15. With attributes that are in truth the eye
In representing forms and figures

16. A syntax that coy metaphor fears
Lest it rival beauty or lure the heart

17. And a system like the orbiting night sky
When it appears adorned in flowers

18. And eloquence that revealed itself to the Messenger
As it reveals itself to the shepherds of flocks

19. We know of no other tongue for others
That persisted as it gained momentum

20. Hashim declined and Nizar fell
But the eloquent tongue remains strong

21. Whenever its glory threatened to fade
It arose and came between it and fading

22. O sons of Egypt, I said not Coptic nation
For that is clinging to the impossible

23. And plotting with fanciful glory
And claiming the highest accolades

24. Rather we are Muslims and Copts
A nation united through generations

25. The Nile preceded in fatherhood over us
So it is the origin and Adam the elder

26. We are of its generous clay, by God's grace
And of its cool, limpid water

27. Centuries passed over us
Peering through shackles and bonds

28. And time elapsed between warriors' ululations
And the scattering of dust and exile

29. Jesus adorned you not, nor were we
By Taha and his faith graced

30. Lands diminish by the people from them
And matters diminish by neglect

31. O youth of the country, Egypt needs you
And the banner of the lair is for cubs

32. Whenever alarmed by the specter of harm
It made you bastions of hopes

33. Prepare it for what befits the noble-spirited
Of splendid relics and ruins

34. And rise, the awakening of nations, for a world
And a great vibrant life

35. To God belong those who walked with crosses in hand
And those who walked with crescents