1. أُعلِّلُ نَفسِي بِالعَواقِبِ أَرتَجِي

    لِأَدواءِ قَومي مِن يَد اللَهِ شافيا

    I console myself with what is to come, hoping

    for a healer of my people's ills from the hand of God.

  2. عَسَى واضحٌ مِن نُورِهِ أَن يُظلَّنا

    فَيصدعُ عَن آمالِ مِصرَ الدِياجيا

    May a bright gleam of His light shelter us,

    and cleave the darkness away from Egypt's hopes.

  3. أَراها كَسارِي الليلِ لا يَأمنُ الرَدى

    وَلا هوَ يَرجو مِن سَنا النَجمِ هاديا

    I see her like a traveler by night, not safe from death,

    nor does he hope for a guide from the star's radiance.

  4. تَلفُّ الدُجى في غَمرةِ الهَمّ بِالدُجى

    وَتَلبس أَهوالَ السُرى وَالدَواهيا

    She wraps darkness in darkness amid a flood of sorrow,

    and clothes herself in the terrors of night travel and calamities.

  5. وَتَعزفُ تَدعو الجنَّ أَن يَكشفوا الأَذى

    تُعالجُ مِن كَربٍ يَهول الأَناسيا

    And she plays music, calling on the jinn to dispel the harm,

    struggling with anguish that terrifies humankind.