1. زار الكريم بلادهُ فتعطرت

    أرجاؤها وتبسمت منها الربَى

    The noble one visited his land, and fragrant grew

    Its reaches, and the hills within it smiled.

  2. واخضلّ من إقدامهِ وجه الثرى

    وغدا الصعيد به صيعداً طيبا

    And at his coming, the face of the earth grew moist.

    And Upper Egypt became, through him, wholesome soil.