Egypt's Joy Poem by Mohamed ElHallag

The honorable People are excited and jubilant.
Finally, the grumpy 80 year old tyrant
Has stepped down.
Long live Egypt! And that man is down

Down with the thirty year old dictatorship!
The country is hopefully embarked on the ship
Of Democracy, Justice, and Fairness.
God’s willing, this is the end of the ugliness

Of corruption, nepotism and arbitrary arrest.
With all my heart, I wish the best,
Not only for Egypt but for the other regions

For eighteen days we were fighting for what we are willing
To either live free or die standing.

At times, death, the ultimate sacrifice and horror,
Is the only way to obtain liberty and freedom
From brutal and oppressive kingdom.

The people have spoken and they had reached their goal.
Let’s pray that the military understand the toll,
The courage and sacrifices that the protesters had to endure,
In order to liberatate, So liberty they must to us assure

We all will drink from liberty cup
When the honorable People stand up,
For the goodness and the future of their country,

The Egyptian revolution should be served as a lesson
For all the compelled countries
Thy all must sing ' Long live freedom, long live democracy! '
Because our world deserves peace, justice, liberty,

Compassion, honesty, equality
Greater sensitivity and prosperity.
It is time for the old regimes to set sail,
Good judgment and youth will always prevail.