1. O you who are returning from jihad, peace be upon you
Serenity has returned and the days have become good

2. Yesterday you drank bitter sorrows
And today its pains produced honey

3. What did you endure without wavering
Other than what you desire, and it is glory

4. You fulfilled the greatest wish, and neither
Were armies driven back, nor swords unsheathed

5. Faith urges you, and true faith, if
It remains loyal, its companion is daring

6. You sought the full right of the country
With no fear diminishing it, nor surrender

7. And God granted you success, so it was a victory
That nations witnessed to its majesty for you

8. O Mustafa, Egypt’s lofty position
Alas! None can change what you have attained in status

9. I was certain, when I saw what you defended
That you are the impregnable fortress

10. You fought until you left no arrow
Nor argument for the righteous in your quiver

11. You seized the admiration of the foremost ones, so you brought them
Today there is respect, and yesterday there was contention

12. It is inevitable that you meet Egypt with warmth
The pens have been exhausted in describing it

13. Ornaments on land or sea, to the furthest
Expanse, with processions and crowds

14. The sky, the falcons fly across it, and beneath them
The flags flutter in every air

15. Countless groups, their attack
Surrounded your caravan, and loyalty is their system

16. A great victory you opened up for the country
To match it is to show reverence and glorification

17. With your brilliant, professional, experienced vanguard
They accompanied you, no ambition made them weak

18. They carried the burden of responsibility, and it is a crushing load
That mountains cannot easily bear, yet they stood

19. With their steadfastness, wisdom and knowledge
They acted as an army, and it is intrepid

20. Can brevity suffice in describing them
O how far from what the artists aspire to!