حكامَ مصرَ كلكُمْ

حكامَ مصرَ كلكُمْ

لنحسِ زيدٍ منتبهْ

لنحسِ زيدٍ منتبهْ

Rulers of Egypt, all of you

Rulers of Egypt, all of you

are alert to Zayd’s ill luck.

Have cast poor Zaid aside

رأيتموهُ درَّةً

رأيتموهُ درَّةً

صفعتمُ الساحل بهْ

صفعتمُ الساحل بهْ

You saw him as a whip;

You saw him as a pearl

you slapped the coast with him.

And slapped the coast with him