1. She said, "Why do I see the sky so gloomy
With Egypt's affairs, unlike any other place?"

2. So I said, "Egypt is like other countries, and even
If smoke has risen over it, it's just smoke."

3. Islam has grown weary in its long life
And a thousand eras have turned in its eye.

4. When will the days release their claws from us
And the palm of the noblest son of Banan spread?

5. Deeds have been left as if they were
Molds of words without meaning.

6. So believe what people say about him, and do not say
The enemy's words are a kind of madness.

7. I swear, if a dog insulted him,
They are equal in fate.

8. As for my tongue, the noble fear it,
And what noble would not fear my tongue?

9. There is nothing between us except that I, by one,
Am indebted, when villains are judged by another.