قَد أَجدَبَت دارُ الحِجا وَالنُهى

بَعدَكَ مِن آرائِكَ النافِعَه

The abode of pilgrimage and virtue is now barren

Without your wise beneficial views,

وَأَخصَبَت أَرجاءُ مِصرٍ بِمَن

صَيَّرَ مِصراً كُلَّها جامِعَه

Yet the precincts of Egypt thrive because of him

Who made all Egypt into one university.