بِكَ اسْتَقَامَتْ مِصْرُ حَتَّى غَدَتْ

يَحْمَدُهَا الْوَارِدُ وَالصَّادِرُ

With you Egypt was set aright, until

It was praised by all who came and went.

وَكَيْفَ لا تُبْصِرُ قَصْدَ الْهُدَى

حُكُومَةٌ أَنْتَ لَهَا نَاظِرُ

How could you not have seen the right path,

When you were the one overseeing the government?