كانَ بِمصر بَدر

لَه عَلَيها أَمر

There was a Badr in Egypt

Who had power over it

يَقتل كُل ساعة

مِن أَهلِها جَماعه

He would kill every hour

A group of its people

وَيهرق الدِّماء

حَتَّى تخال ماء

And shed blood

Until it seemed like water

أصلحها بِسَيفه

وَجوره وَحيفه

He corrected it with his sword

And his injustice and deprivation

جَزاء كُل فعل

لَديه سوء القَتل

The reward for every deed

For him was evil killing

لَما عَصاه وَلَده

وَبانَ مِنهُ أنكده

When his son disobeyed him

And his distress from him became evident

أَرداه حالاً بيده

ثَمَّ رَمى بِجَسَده

He immediately destroyed him with his hand

Then he threw away his body

فَغضِب المنتصر

وَقالَ هذا منكر

So the victor became angry

And said this is unacceptable

فَقالَ لَو عَصاني

قَلبي في جُثماني

He said if he disobeyed me

My heart within my body

نزعته مِن صَدري

وَلَم يَكُن يُنكر

I would rip it out from my chest

And it would not be deniable

ثُمَّ غَزا ولاته

إِذ ظَنَّهم عداته

Then he invaded his states

When he thought they were his enemies

فَحين قيد الأَسرى

قالَ اقتلوهم طرّا

So when he tied the prisoners

He said kill them violently

عِشرين أَلفاً كانوا

حَتَّى جَرى الميدان

Twenty thousand they were

Until the battlefield flowed

في النيل مِن دِمائهم

وَلج في أَفنائهم

In the Nile from their blood

And he penetrated their homes

وَهوَ عَلى ظَهر الفَرَس

كَضيغم إِذا اِفتَرَس

While he was on the back of the horse

Like a predator when it pounces

وَماتَ حَتف أنفه

لَم يَعتسف بِعَسفه

And he died with his nose arrogance

His tyranny was not moderated