ودّعْ أخا العزمِ مِصراً لا لَميسَ وخُضْ

ودّعْ أخا العزمِ مِصراً لا لَميسَ وخُضْ

بالسَّابحاتِ بحارَ المَهْمَهِ البيدِ

بالسَّابحاتِ بحارَ المَهْمَهِ البيدِ

Bid Egypt farewell, O man of resolve—not Lamis—and wade

Bid farewell to a brother determined to leave Egypt, not out of cowardice, and plunge

On swimming steeds through the seas of the trackless desert wastes.

Into the seas of glorious endeavor,

وسِرْ عَنِ الأرضِ تَنْبو بالكرامِ فَقَد

وسِرْ عَنِ الأرضِ تَنْبو بالكرامِ فَقَد

طال انتظارُ الجَنَى مِن يابِس العودِ

طال انتظارُ الجَنَى مِن يابِس العودِ

And journey away from the land that is inhospitable to the noble, for indeed

And depart from the land, it brings you glory, for

Long has been the wait for fruit from a withered bough.

The wait for ripe fruit from withered branches was long.