لو نطقت مصرنا لقالت

يا ملك العصر والأقالم

If Egypt could speak, she would say,

O king of the era and the pens,

سواه أدبه بل أذبه

واجعله للهالكين خاتم

None but he whose morals were great, rather, whose generosity was vast,

Make him the seal for those who pass away.