1. قولو لمَن نظمَ الروا

    يةَ لم تعد تجدى الروايه

    Tell the one who composed the story:

    The story is no longer of any use.

  2. هي في الصميم من التفا

    هةِ والصميم من الغوايه

    It is triviality at its very core,

    and misguidance at its very core.

  3. سئِمَت مناظرَها النوا

    ظرُ منذ أيّام الجبايَه

    Eyes have grown weary of its scenes

    since the days of tax collection.

  4. ماذا عليك إذا اعتصمتَ

    بصَمتِ من عرف النهايه

    What harm would it do you if you took refuge

    in the silence of one who knows the end,

  5. فتركت هذي الأرض يع

    مرها الألى للفقر آيه

    and left this land to be inhabited

    by those who are poverty’s very emblem?

  6. قولوا لشيخ السوء ماضيك

    البعيد لديك حاضر

    Tell the sheikh of evil: Your past,

    though distant, is present with you still.

  7. ستظلّ تلعن عهده أروا

    حُ سكّان المقابر

    That era will forever be cursed by the spirits

    of the dwellers in graveyards—

  8. من كل موفور الشبا

    ب جعلته طي الحفائر

    of every man in the fullness of youth

    whom you consigned to the burial pits,

  9. والأبرياء وأنت ظالمهم

    وعمال العنابر

    and the innocent, whose oppressor you are,

    and the workshop workers.

  10. يا أوّل الباغين كم

    لك في الضلالةِ من مآثر

    O foremost of oppressors, how many

    are your exploits in error!

  11. قولوا لهم إن الكرا

    مة دين أبناء الكنانه

    Tell them that dignity

    is the creed of al-Kinana’s sons.

  12. جاء الزعيم به فآ

    منّا وقدّسنا بيانه

    The leader brought it;

    so we believed and held his declaration sacred.

  13. وإليه بعد اللَه مل

    جؤُنا ففي يده الأمانه

    And to him, after God, we turn for refuge;

    for in his hand rests the trust.

  14. ولقد رأينا دينكم

    دين المجانة والخيانه

    And we have indeed seen your creed

    to be a creed of shamelessness and treachery.

  15. فارضخ إذا لعنتك مص

    ر فمصرُ لا ترضى المهانه

    So submit when Egypt curses you;

    for Egypt does not accept humiliation.

  16. قولوا لشعب النيل وه

    و أبو الحضارة في الشعوب

    Tell the people of the Nile, who are

    the father of civilization among the peoples:

  17. المجد منك فعش له رغم

    التعاسةِ والكروب

    Glory comes from you; so live for it despite

    misery and anguish.

  18. لا يُقعِدنّك عن مراد

    كَ بطش جبّارٍ رهيب

    Never be held back from your goal

    by the violence of a fearsome tyrant.

  19. فالموت في ساح العلا خي

    رٌ من العيش المريب

    For death in the arena of glory is better

    than a dubious life.

  20. والحرّ تخلقُه الخطو

    ب ولا يُنهنَهُ بالخطوب

    And the free man is shaped by hardships,

    and is not cowed by hardships.