لَئِن كانَ وافى مِصرَ فِرعَونُ وَحدَهُ

لَئِن كانَ وافى مِصرَ فِرعَونُ وَحدَهُ

مِنَ الشامِ فَاِستَعلى وَأَظهَرَ ناموسا

مِنَ الشامِ فَاِستَعلى وَأَظهَرَ ناموسا

If indeed Pharaoh came to Egypt alone,

If Egypt alone has sent forth Pharaoh

From Syria, then grew haughty and flaunted his authority,

From Syria, exalted and displaying a law,

فَقَد قَذَفَتنا مِصرُ مِنها بِواحِدٍ

فَقَد قَذَفَتنا مِصرُ مِنها بِواحِدٍ

يُرى أَلفَ فِرعَونٍ وَلَيسَ لَنا موسى

يُرى أَلفَ فِرعَونٍ وَلَيسَ لَنا موسى

Egypt has hurled at us a man from its own midst,

Then Egypt has cast upon us just one

Who seems a thousand Pharaohs—and we have no Moses.

Seen as a thousand Pharaohs, and we have no Moses.

فَعثنونه لِلّؤمِ وَالخبثِ مَعدِنٌ

فَعثنونه لِلّؤمِ وَالخبثِ مَعدِنٌ

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِ عاجِلاً رَبُّنا موسى

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِ عاجِلاً رَبُّنا موسى

For his beard is a mine of baseness and malice;

So we sent him as a refuge for villains and knaves

So may our Lord swiftly pour a razor down upon it.

And our Lord hastily rained down on him Moses.

حَوى كِبَرَ نَمرودَ بنِ كَنعانَ أَنفُهُ

حَوى كِبَرَ نَمرودَ بنِ كَنعانَ أَنفُهُ

فَلَيتَ بِهِ مِن نَقمَةِ اللَهِ ناموسا

فَلَيتَ بِهِ مِن نَقمَةِ اللَهِ ناموسا

His nose held the arrogance of Nimrod, son of Canaan;

The arrogance of Nimrod son of Canaan puffed up his nose,

If only a mosquito were in it as God's vengeance!

So would that the vengeance of God be on him a Moses!

تَطَأطَأَ حَتّى الطَيلسانِ مُرائِياً

تَطَأطَأَ حَتّى الطَيلسانِ مُرائِياً

فَكانَ لِما يَبغيهِ فَخّاً وَناموسا

فَكانَ لِما يَبغيهِ فَخّاً وَناموسا

He bowed low, down to his mantle, feigning piety;

He bent till the tall trees, pretending

So it became a trap and a hunting blind for what he seeks.

To attain what he desires, devious and with laws.