1. I greet the gathering from my pulpit
And utter words that soared from clear-mindedness

2. And address the tribes, knowing that I have
Symbols and some words resembling pearls

3. We have tread a path, by God's will without return
Otherwise, the sweetest thing is poison on the palate

4. We have tread a path where disgrace pitched its tent
Over us, so the eyes of the free overflowed with tears

5. So who, O people, for dignity and religion - has the time
For embracing justice come near or has it been announced dead?

6. When will things be set right, O do you see, when
Will the echo of the pure religion sound sweet to the hearing?

7. When will the Almighty support the race that
Has gotten used to grasping the embers of law?

8. When will the generous people rise up to reform
The corruption of people who have grown accustomed to banditry?

9. When will the beloved homeland become gushing
Freely according to its nature, dragging the trains of wandering?

10. When will the sublime ambitions blow their breeze
To revive spirits that have perished from isolation?

11. When, O when - is it decreed that we see
A crescent with a star and no other on the summit?

12. When will time allow for the dawn to appear
Of bliss and the rain to clear like a pearl in the udder?

13. When has the time for travel and pilgrimage passed,
My friend, or is there no tendency towards determination?

14. Alas that age has extended and the staff of
The free has bent, boding a ringing of bells.

15. It is impossible, yet possible if fate ran
Its course, for the North Star and orbiting sphere to change.

16. Yes, say and do not think it improbable, and entrust
Egypt's destiny, source of harm and benefit, to the Creator.

17. Be steadfast and leave your worries, and remember what
Past men have said, who liberated the position of integrity.

18. Lo, is there a gallant one to make his echo heard? Lo, lo,
With seriousness, resolve and seizing the heights?

19. To invigorate reason and delight one with purpose -
Peace, peace! No bliss or clarity

20. Farewell, farewell to the lands and to integrity.