بَديع الثَنا يُهدَى إِلى الصَدر شاهينِ

بِنظمٍ تَحلَّى مِنهُ جَيدُ الدواوينِ

The peerless melody offered to the bosom of a hawk

In verse adorned from which the scrolls of records gleam

وَتَبدو مِن العَليا بمصر ثُغورُها

له باسمات في جميع الأحايين

And from on high its frontiers upon Egypt appear

For it smiles from all the lands throughout time

وأجناده شم الأنوف بحزمه

تُفَرّق في الهَيجا جُموع السَلاطين

And its armies the noses perceive in their resolution

To scatter amidst the tumult the multitudes of rulers