Nume custode e vindice

English Libretto or Translation:

RAMFIS
… lightning and death,
addressing the god
O god, guardian and avenger
of this sacred land,
spread out thy hand
over the soil of Egypt.

RADAMČS
O god, who dost rule and arbitrate
in every human war,
do thou protect, do thou defend
the sacred soil of Egypt.

PRIESTS
O god, guardian and avenger
of this sacred land, etc.

RAMFIS
O god, guardian and arbiter
of this sacred land, etc.

RADAMČS
… do thou protect, do thou defend
the sacred soil of Egypt.