A New Day, a New Egypt

Flags flood the streets

People rejoicing in fleets.

Music and dance fill the air,

They celebrate without a care,

As though victory they won.

Tomorrow rises the sun,

On a new Egypt,

So they hope, so they believe.

There is still work to be done,

Many difficulties yet to come.

Of hope and freedom, they sing.

Egypt’s streets, with joy, shake and ring.

Tonight, the night does not creep

On the country that does not sleep.

Cairo, Suez and Alexandria,

Qaliyubiya, Sharqia, Daqahlia,

In twenty-six governorates,

Millions stand at the gates

Of a new dawn, a new day,

A new shade of grey,

With a new hope, a new choice,

The proud people of Egypt rejoice.

Of hope and freedom, they sing.

Egypt’s streets, with joy, shake and ring.

Tonight Egyptians sleep

As dawn begins to creep.

Tonight, with pride Egypt rests,

After almost three years of unrest.

Tomorrow, the birds rise from their nests

Tomorrow, begins the test

To see how fare we

With what we call ‘victory’.

The sun will shine

On a land Egyptians call “Mine”.

Of hope and freedom, they sing.

Egypt’s streets, with joy, shake and ring.

Written 4^th of July 2013, at 2:20 am.