1. إن للكهرباء فضلاً على النا

    س كبيراً ونعمة غراءَ

    Indeed, electricity confers a boon upon people—

    a great one—and a radiant blessing.

  2. سخرت من طبيعة الكون للحا

    ضر ما كان أعجز القدماءَ

    From the universe's nature, it has harnessed for people today

    what had baffled the ancients.

  3. ولها في العلاج آية عيسى

    حينما بدل الفناء بقاء

    And in healing it has the miracle of Jesus,

    when he turned death into life.

  4. نشر الطب نفعها مثلما تن

    شر في سائر الفضاء الضياء

    Medicine has spread its benefit, just as it spreads

    light throughout all space.

  5. فإذا أعجز الأطباء داء

    معضل فليحكِّموا الكهرباء

    So if a disease baffles the physicians—

    an intractable one—let them make electricity the arbiter.

  6. فكم استرجعت حياة عليل

    بسواها ما كان يرجو شفاء

    For it has so often restored the life of a sick person

    who had no hope of recovery by any other means.

  7. أوجبت للطبيب عيدٍ رضى أب

    ناء مصر وحبَّهم والثناء

    It has won Doctor Eid the approval of the sons

    of Egypt, their love, and their praise.

  8. سبق الكلَّ في العلاج بها ثُم

    م رأيناه قدوة حسناء

    He surpassed everyone in treatment with it; then

    we saw him as a fine example.