لَئِن كانَ وافى مِصرَ فِرعَونُ وَحدَهُ

مِنَ الشامِ فَاِستَعلى وَأَظهَرَ ناموسا

If Egypt alone has sent forth Pharaoh

From Syria, exalted and displaying a law,

فَقَد قَذَفَتنا مِصرُ مِنها بِواحِدٍ

يُرى أَلفَ فِرعَونٍ وَلَيسَ لَنا موسى

Then Egypt has cast upon us just one

Seen as a thousand Pharaohs, and we have no Moses.

فَعثنونه لِلّؤمِ وَالخبثِ مَعدِنٌ

فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِ عاجِلاً رَبُّنا موسى

So we sent him as a refuge for villains and knaves

And our Lord hastily rained down on him Moses.

حَوى كِبَرَ نَمرودَ بنِ كَنعانَ أَنفُهُ

فَلَيتَ بِهِ مِن نَقمَةِ اللَهِ ناموسا

The arrogance of Nimrod son of Canaan puffed up his nose,

So would that the vengeance of God be on him a Moses!

تَطَأطَأَ حَتّى الطَيلسانِ مُرائِياً

فَكانَ لِما يَبغيهِ فَخّاً وَناموسا

He bent till the tall trees, pretending

To attain what he desires, devious and with laws.