1. It is true that Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra
Has returned after its long absence from glory

2. So praise Allah in the mornings and evenings
O people of it, then praise the Nile of Egypt

3. This is the first of glories for what
You have of other glories, O Harb

4. We knew you as a writer and orator
And accountant, and above that a shield

5. We did not know you, though skilled with rhyme
Before these verses, composing poetry

6. You amazed our minds with every eloquence
And beauty, that was not thought of yesterday

7. You created a city, we look upon
Half of its facades and neglect the other half

8. You built from small blocks, so if
Held together, the whole citadel returns solid

9. Lined with iron, and the sounds
Of its tools mixed with buzzing and roaring

10. And spun with what scatters the water
And its free breaths, boiling hot

11. And lit with what is born from every
Flame in its interior that was secret

12. You created a city for weaving and spinning
And types of crafts one after another

13. Where the garden grew flowers
A factory for dyes grows flowers

14. Have you seen the silk and cotton
And flax and wool in it, prose and verse

15. And clothes of every color and pattern
Filling the eye of splendor, extended and folded

16. Egypt stayed for an era, reaping
From its yields worry and hoarding blessings

17. And distracted by diverse affairs and did not
Pay heed to what was more deserving of care

18. Its wealth management was lacking until
Its scattered enrichment was counted poverty

19. How can nations grow rich without intent
Even if fertility replaced barrenness as land

20. So by the grace of the leader Talaat Harb
The matter was corrected after it was an issue

21. He established the great bank, so it was the origin
And the branches extended, many

22. And the strength of cooperation appeared
In achieving what is not expected as gain and abundance

23. Egyptian companies he assembled
An awakening that fills the souls with glad tidings

24. He perfected reason and management of wealth
His morals appraised profit as ripe fruit

25. An awakening that did not exclusive to Egypt in its blessings
And it encompassed the regions of the East in general

26. So it showed us ships sailing the air
And it showed us ships treading the sea

27. And it showed us the greatest industries established
After they were small industries

28. And it showed us brilliance in every established field
For the activity of minds, flowers blooming

29. And it showed us in the swarming of resolve and management
The march of armies, attacking and fleeing

30. And it showed us the spoils of profit and sustenance
From it to those deserving given

31. And it showed us barrenness transformed into fertility
And hardship transformed into ease

32. And it showed us a condition from which
The nations benefit, and above that take pride

33. O people of Egypt, Talaat Harb
Is unmatched in resolve, wisdom and righteousness

34. Apart from these first glories, how much
Did he make easy for you and pave roughness

35. Can the glory of reformers be equaled
Who built his nation and brought about an age?