1. ماذا تُؤمِّلُ أرضُ مصرٍ من فتىً

    يَغنى بها خريدةٍ يُجدى بها

    What does the land of Egypt hope for from a young man

    who grows rich through a maiden, receiving gifts through her?

  2. يُمني ذوي آدابِها وشبابَهَا

    أن زيدَ في شعرائِها وقحابِها

    He holds out hope to its men of letters and its youth

    that one more has been added among its poets and its whores.