1. يا قومُ إن كان مجدُ النّيل مطلبكم

    فما لكم عن حُماةِ المجدِ مُنْصَرَفُ

    O people, if the Nile's glory is your aim,

    Then you cannot turn away from the defenders of glory.

  2. لا تتبعوا مِلّةَ الغاوين واجتنبوا

    أهواءَ قومٍ على أوثانهم عكفوا

    Do not follow the creed of the misguided, and shun

    The whims of people who devoted themselves to their idols.

  3. سُوقٌ من الجهلِ تَستنُّ التِجارُ بها

    ولا بضاعةَ إلا الحقُّ والشَّرفُ

    A marketplace of ignorance, where merchants race about,

    With no merchandise but truth and honor.

  4. صَاحَ الهُداةُ بمخدوعين ما فَقِهوا

    معنى النيابةِ مُذ كانوا ولا عرفوا

    The guides cried out to duped people who had never understood

    The meaning of representation in all their lives, nor ever known it.

  5. دَارُ النيابةِ أمست من جرائرِهم

    كأنّها حُفرةٌ تُلْقَى بها الجِيَفُ

    Parliament, through their misdeeds, has become

    Like a pit into which carcasses are thrown.

  6. فَكفِّروا بانتخابِ الصّالحين لها

    عمّا جنَى قومُنا بالأمس واقترفوا

    So atone, by electing the righteous to it,

    For what our people perpetrated and committed yesterday.