هَا هُنا الأعلامُ كانت تُنْصَبُ

هَا هُنا بالأمسِ كان الملعبُ

A speaker interrupted the voice and became confused

A phone we saw it ringing

قَطعَ الصَّوتَ خَطِيبٌ وَارْعَوَى

هاتِفٌ كُنّا نَراهُ يَنعبُ

The mind cheered and the truth stood up

In its high glory as an imam giving a speech

هَتَفَ العقلُ وقامَ الحَقُّ في

جَاههِ العَالي إماماً يَخطبُ

Every glory that does not come from it disappears

Every authority other than it goes away

كُلُّ جاهٍ ليس مِنهُ يَنْقَضِي

كُلُّ سُلطانٍ سِواهُ يذهبُ

And the most misguided opinion is that of a provocateur

Sometimes raving and sometimes lying

وأَضَلُّ النّاسِ رَأياً مُرجِفٌ

تارةً يَهذِي وَحِيناً يكذِبُ

He rides the opinion foolishly stubborn

Leading the person astray, what is he riding?

يركب الرّأيَ غويّاً جَامحاً

ضِلَّةً لِلمرءِ ماذا يركبُ

The people asked for a good leader

For the public and benefit was sought

سَألَ القومُ أَخيرٌ يُبْتَغَى

للجماهيرِ ونَفْعٌ يُطلَبُ

Or was it just a parade with no purpose?

If it was said, what was the purpose?

أَمْ هُو الموكبُ ما مِنْ مأربٍ

غَيرُه إن قيلَ ماذا المأربُ

The rulers persist in their needs

And the peasants, every day they persist

يَدأبُ الحُكّامُ في حاجاتِهم

والعَوادِي كُلَّ يومٍ تَدْأبُ

They mentioned the constitution in their anger

Yet it angers them all the time

ذَكروا الدُّستورَ في غَضْبَتِهمْ

وَهْوَ مِنهم كُلَّ حينٍ يَغْضَبُ

May God have mercy on the men who knew

The law of truth and what it entails

رَحِمَ اللهُ رِجالاً عَرَفوا

شِرعةَ الحقِّ وماذا تُوجِبُ

Woe to Egypt, do you see in it anything but

A nation that is hurt and a people that stumbles?

وَيْحَ مِصرٍ هَلْ تَرى فيها سِوَى

أُمةٍ تُؤذَى وشَعبٍ يُنْكَبُ

An uproar comes and goes.

Did you see how the parade disappeared?

ضَجَّةٌ تَمضِي وأخرَى تَذهبُ

أَرأَيتُمْ كيفَ ذَابَ الموكبُ