1. The unlucky one, enduring of hardship
The onlooker imagines him the illusion of eternity

2. Fixed of gaze among his people
Parted of hair, bare of body

3. The passions did not make him weep, yet he is
Frowning of face, intimate of dried up

4. The Nile sent a messenger to him
Seeking ancient glory now lost

5. A book of history we read in it
About Egypt and horrors that shake resolve

6. It returned the heedless to sanity
And ignited a fire in the heart that guides

7. And the viewer from his doorway
Sees in the darkness of night a ray of guidance

8. And Egypt knows not but through him
As if he were the title of this country

9. His tongue is muted yet it is as though
He cries out to those who slumber

10. Whoever sleeps from the Nile of knowledge does not rise high
And whoever walks the earth seeking, finds

11. And the aspirational rises through it
And every coward is a vicious enemy

12. Roaming in its environs screaming
An army of spirits, huge in number

13. The spirits of Pharaoh and his supporters
Who built a strong and firm glory

14. Their children after them lost it
And the glory of the lost cannot be restored

15. Oh if only we could restore a glory now gone
Ingenuity is not in vain for one who tries

16. It is trodden by visitors, ones descending
Or ascending, climbed upon it without seeking permission

17. They took control and forgot its glory
As if the Capable is who takes control

18. It is as if he did not exist, the tomb
That was once near, of lasting times

19. It is deserved of visitors that they bow down
Oh fortunate is he in whose shade has bowed down

20. O student of history, stand reverent
For the pillar of history is this lion

21. O seeker of glory of an era gone by
In the pyramids you find what you miss