1. تولَّتْ دولَةُ الحْمقَى

    ألا سُحقًا لها سُحْقا!

    The reign of fools has passed.

    Ah, damnation upon it—damnation!

  2. ألا حُلُّوا عن الوادي

    قتلتم أهلَه خَنْقًا

    Listen! Leave the valley;

    you strangled its people to death.

  3. لقد دنَّسْتُمُو مصرًا

    بحكمكُمو بل الشَّرْقا

    You have indeed defiled Egypt

    with your rule—nay, the East!

  4. وما خلفتمو بين الزُّ

    نُوج وبيننا فرقا

    And you left, between Black

    people and us, no distinction.

  5. فكم بالطُّور من شاكٍ

    إلى الرحمن ما يَلقى

    For how many at al-Tur complain

    to the All-Merciful of what they endure!

  6. وكم بالسجن مظلومٌ

    له سَجَّانُه رَقَّا

    And how many a wronged man is in prison,

    whose own jailer felt pity for him!

  7. عصَفْتم بالحمى عصفًا

    فرفقًا بالحمى رفقًا

    You have ravaged the homeland utterly;

    so be gentle with the homeland—gentle!

  8. فلو سابقتمو نِيرو

    نَ نلتُمْ دونه السبقا

    For had you raced Nero,

    you would have gained the lead over him.

  9. كذبتم إِذْ توهَّمْتم

    مظالمَ عهدكم تَبْقَى

    You lied when you imagined

    the injustices of your reign would endure.

  10. فمصرُ كنَانةُ الرحمـ

    ـنِ؛ لا تشْقَى، ولن تشقى!

    For Egypt is the quiver of the All-Merciful;

    it suffers not, and never shall!