أَمُهجَةَ مِصرَ يَضرِبُ كُلُّ رامِ

لَقَد بَغَتِ الرُماةُ عَلى السِهامِ

The archers of Egypt shoot every archer

The archers have indeed rebelled against the arrows

رَموا بِالنَبعِ حَتّى قيلَ أَودى

فَما أَنفوا الرِمايَةَ بِالبَشامِ

They shot at the spring until it was said to have perished

Yet they did not refrain from shooting with arrows

وَصاغوها سِهاماً مِن نُضارٍ

تُمَزِّقُ مُهجَةَ البَطَلِ المُحامي

And made them arrows from fresh, slender branches

That tear apart the intestines of the warrior in combat

لَئِن وَجَدوا السِهامَ وَهُنَّ شَتّى

فَما وَجَدَ الرَمِيُّ سِوى الحِمامِ

If they found the arrows scattered and broken

The archer found nothing but doves

رَأَيتُ كِنانَةَ اللَهِ اِستُبيحَت

وَكانَت مَعقِلَ البَيتِ الحَرامِ

I saw the sanctuary of God violated

Though it had been an impenetrable fortress

فَأَينَ الحافِظونَ لَها حِماها

وَأَينَ القائِمونَ عَلى الذِمامِ

So where are its protectors who defended it

And where are those holding its reins

فَمَن يَكُ نائِماً مِنهُم فَإِنّي

نَهَضتُ أُهيبُ بِالقَومِ النِيامِ

As for any who slumber among them, I

Have risen to rouse the sleeping people

سَأُفزِعُ في المَضاجِعِ كُلَّ حَيٍّ

وَأَعصِفُ بِالقُبورِ وَبِالعِظامِ

I will startle in their beds every living soul

And shake the graves and the bones