1. O tongue defending the best of homes
Redeemed with souls and wealth

2. Blessed is the spirit of Mustafa while he is faithful
Manifesting from the Highest Place

3. Inspiring what is seen for the glory of Egypt
Of righteousness in its state and outcome

4. So the heir became ready
As their two covenants align

5. It is no innovation, and truth is what you hope
To see sincerity a protector of speech

6. Readers issue forth from its pure stream
Among them the temperaments of heroes

7. And Egypt of veneration and esteem is mirrored in it
Through the mirror of truth

8. And words come according to meanings
In an order more elegant than necklaces

9. And the youth see in its white curricula
The paths of sublimity and independence

10. And men attain the highest sphere
In which men’s minds compete