قُلْ للأمين أقم لِلحُرِّ مَأتَمه

لا النّيلُ حُرٌّ ولا الدُّستورُ مأمونُ

Tell the trustee to prepare a funeral for the free man

Neither the Nile is free, nor is the constitution safe

أَشاهدُ الزُّورِ مَرجُوٌّ لأُمّتِه

والمؤمنُ الصّادقُ الوجدانِ ملعونُ

I see the ministers hopeful for their nation

While the truthful faithful is cursed

يُؤذَى بأسوأ ما يُؤذَى الهُداةُ بهِ

من فِتيةٍ كلّهم نَشوانُ مفتونُ

He is hurt by the worst that the guides are hurt with

By young men, all of them infatuated and tempted

الحمدُ لله هذا ما أعدَّ لنا

شيخُ الزّغاليلِ والمغبونُ مغبونُ

Praise be to God, this is what was prepared for us

By the chief of rogues and the fooled one is fooled