يَا وَقْفَةَ الْعِيدِ مَاذَا

أَرَيْتِنَا فِي وَقْفَهْ

O moment of Eid, what did you see

In this standing of ours

مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَبْدَعَتْ مِصْ

رُ نَوعَهُ أَوْ صِنْفَهْ

Of all that Egypt ever created

In its type or genre?

فَرَاعَ وَشْياً وَصَوْغاً

وَأَحْكَمَ الذَّوْقُ رَصْفَهْ

It excelled in ornaments and crafts

And taste perfected its arrangement

فِي الْعَيْنِ دَمْعٌ تُبِيحُ المَ

سَرَّةُ الْيَوْمَ ذَرْفَهْ

In the eye, a tear that joy permits today to shed

For shadow has shrunk

فَقَدْ تَقَلَّصَ ظِلٌّ

أَلْقَى عَلَى الْقُطْرِ سَجْفَهْ

Cast on the rain its drizzle

And the star of bliss rises

وَلاحَ طَالِعُ سَعْدٍ

يُمِيطُ تِلْكَ السدْفَهْ

To unveil that screen

A speech supported until

خَطْبٌ تَأَيَّدَ حَتَّى

أَرَدْتَ يَا مِصْرُ صَرفَهْ

You wished, O Egypt, to spend it

To God your people march

للهِ شَعْبُكِ يَغْزُو

حَقّاً وَيُحْكِمُ زَحْفَهْ

Truly and steady their advance

Only does the people do justice

وَإِنَّمَا يُنْصِفُ الشَّعْ

بُ حِينَ يُوجِبُ نَصْفَهْ

When they validate its half

A precious opening congratulated

فَتْحٌ عَزِيزٌ يُحَيَّى

فِي فَتْحِ هَذِي الْغُرْفَهْ

In the opening of this chamber