أَيَّ بَانٍ أَقَامَ هَذِي المَنَارَ

وَهَدَى النَّاسَ مُدْلَجِينَ حَيَارَى

What man built this lighthouse

And guided lost souls wandering in confusion

وَهُمْ خَابِطُونَ فِي الجَهْلِ أَشْبَا

هُ سَكَارَى وَمَا هُمْ بِسَكَارَى

They are drunk but not with wine

The tyrants went too far with them and destroyed

أَسْرَفَتْ فِيهِمِ المَمَالِيكُ إِذْلا

لَ وَرَدَّتْ نُضْرَ الجَّنَانِ بُوارَا

The blossoms of paradise leaving only thorns

Truth is violated and hidden

يُسْتَبَاحُ الحَقًّ الصِّرَاحُ فَيُخْفَى

وَيُرَاقُ الدَّمُ الذَّكِيُّ جُبَارَا

While innocent blood is shed unjustly

The wrongs have gripped them

أَخَذَتْهُمْ مَآخِذَ الضَّيمِ مِنْ

كُلِّ النَّواحِي خَصَاصَةً وَصِغَارَا

From all sides, weak and strong

They remained so for a time

مَكَثُوا حِقْبَةً كَذَاكَ إِلى أَن

قَيَّضَ اللهُ مَنْ أَقَالَ العِثَارَا

Until God sent one to lift their burdens

There is no just man in Egypt who does not

لَيْسَ فِي مِصْرَ مُنْصِفٌ لاَ يُحَيِّي

مَعَنا اليَومَ ذَلِكَ التَذْكارَا

Remember that day with us

O King whose words are most noble

يَا مَلِيكاً رَوَائِعُ القَوْلِ فِيهِ

لاَ تُوَفِّيهِ حَقَّه إِكْبَارَا

Do him full justice, exalt him

He expanded what his grandfather and father built

زَادَ مَا شَادَ جُدُّهُ وَأَبُوهُ

فَتَخَطَّت أَعْيَانُهُ الآثَارَا

So that his great works surpassed theirs