1. A clear example for the insightful
Was dramatized in this era

2. So one may find guidance in Egypt
Yet none were guided, nor understood,

3. Nor knew the essence of cunning
Rather they witnessed the drama

4. Then recoiled stingily
My Lord of firm resolve

5. In the hour of deliverance
So do not blame France

6. Nor forget her merit
And say to whoever wished for the cause

7. The misery of Egypt has overcome
Marsham on the Nile met

8. After glory had embraced
They met in peace

9. On the immaculate shore
Where the waters flow

10. River beside river
And the virgin land remains

11. As He spread it in the beginning
Producing varieties of fruit

12. Growing kinds of flowers
Overflowing with edibles

13. Of lentils and beans
Its soil is soft loam

14. And in it are many ores
And its plants are the work

15. Of Marsham and his people
Marsham in it stood firm

16. As if he were a grown tree
Pliant to storms

17. With none to lop him
Delcassé brought him out

18. A plaything for the people
A plaything soon to end

19. Failed is he who was pleased
And what was the outcome

20. When Egypt the disappointed
Since Peter had no

21. Strength against Delcassé
Nor aid for him

22. From Salisbury
Nor a nation

23. To help him in distress
Nor a state

24. To provide him arms
He had nothing, nothing

25. God's will be done
And after this, listen

26. My empty-minded uncle
The Nile was sleeping

27. Saw the unjust standing
Striking its head

28. Thinking it was hitting its pillar
He addressed it, saying: O Nile

29. O you who were killed
O abandoner of the country

30. To the corrupters of the youth
O squanderer of inheritance

31. And the innocent children
Were slaughtered with knives

32. By a vile betrayer
Your people were destroyed

33. Rope and hands they were
Yet you screamed no scream

34. Nay, you lost your chick
You fell into mud

35. Or dropped into a well
So do not blame me after this

36. If I purposely harm you
I am the lawyer

37. Defending you before the people
I must have my share

38. Before chances are lost
For the plan is set

39. To close the case
So, rise O caller of the Nile

40. From your lengthy sleep
Say, what is Marsham

41. O Satan
O lion of the desert

42. O snake of the wild
O fish of shallow waters

43. O bird that hovers around
O fox in the dough

44. O mule stuck in the mud
O drum beats

45. On the ghoul's path
Emerging from your box

46. A mishap of toys
A problem wherever it descended

47. And double the problems if it left
Yet if you want earnestness

48. You are best to me
Above all with a brave heart

49. Who cultivated the earth and bonded it
The months were not

50. Enough regiments for it
Nor the blue pigeons

51. To protect a boat from it
Nor the black cannons

52. To stop it with gunpowder
Nor the ignorant of earth

53. Can be folded like villages
You took it, O invader

54. Impregnable to analogies
Until you controlled a course

55. Of the gazelle sea as property
Selling and buying it

56. With flag and army
But come tell me

57. And do not mislead me
Who made the protected lands permitted to you

58. Who enabled you the spoils
Who did this dragging

59. Who was it dragged against
The gazelle sea is mine

60. How can it disappear from me
And this is Fashoda

61. My familiar beloved
How can harm be done to it

62. And how can you acquire it
So the unjust one leapt

63. Spinning with his sorcery
And spoke convincing words

64. Proving what he claimed:
O lord of rivers

65. And king of lands
Why do you care for the fallen

66. After the head has fallen
And Salisbury came

67. To Egypt in gladness
Saying as she listened

68. Deceiving her so she's duped:
O Egypt my lovely one

69. O jewel of the maidens
O desire of England

70. O daughter of London's sister
O beloved of the Thames

71. And the dear homeland
Nay, O donkey of the Queen

72. O thousand, thousand railways
O she-camel of the Commander

73. And his mighty army
O source of the wealth accumulated

74. From riches and toil
O a country none in it

75. With a teary eye for it
O a nation not a homeland

76. O residence of whoever settled
O resting place for feet

77. O sedition of nations
I see the thief

78. Stealing the anklet
Come, let's advise the robber

79. And witness before all
With Peter and the ministers

80. Writing up the report
And noting in it

81. The theft charges
And after filing the complaint

82. We shall make the claim
And present the legal texts

83. And expel the thieves
First, hopes are dashed

84. And there's no way to work
He had barely finished his words

85. Than Egypt laughed at him
And proceeded to say:

86. O you who are hoped for
O my support and pillar

87. O my equipment in my resoluteness
Peter is but one of your slaves

88. And all are of your soldiers
So rule as you wish

89. No one overturns the rule
By God I did not expel them

90. With force when I embarrassed them
Rather, I wanted

91. And exhausted everyone
If I am clever

92. My manhood narrates to women
And I will make people forget

93. Lorraine and Alsace
Do you know England

94. What banner it scorns
What mighty ones it disgraces

95. What dignified it debases
What lions it wounds

96. So let the revenge be long awaited
And the hours anticipated

97. To you from Peter
A rarity in council

98. As the observers said
O you who has pride

99. O most competent of ministers
O possessor of skill

100. We see the situation difficult
A wolf biting a wolf

101. So tell us about it
How did you get out of it?

102. So he stood up eloquently saying
What he said openly:

103. Fashoda you live in
Chaotic like its name

104. Nothing of discord and disharmony
Except over the blanket

105. I handed it to the lord
And spent the night under my skin