1. لَو قَطرَةٌ مِن دَمِهِ

    سالت في ماءِ النيلِ

    If a drop of his blood

    flowed into the waters of the Nile,

  2. لَثَقُلَت دِمَاءُ أه

    لِ مِصرَ ألفَ جِيلِ

    heavy would grow the blood of the people

    of Egypt for a thousand generations.