1. We were too weak to traverse both easts,
Or too blind to miss both brilliant lights,

2. The slayer of heroes in their armor -
Fate tossed them both into darkness.

3. It commanded the wind but it did not carry them
And veered away from them, tipped to both sides.

4. The atmosphere clad itself in a smoke that blocked it
And folded its banners from every eye.

5. Among them fate cast down the two eagles
Whose claws were sharp and deadly.

6. The furious warrior whom the throngs of war
And might of armies cannot drive back.

7. The white swords fall before him
And the eggs take flight filling both quivers.

8. He sent off both messengers in a wink
And cast himself into a soul with two calamities.

9. If he protects a sorrowful nation
He could unite both communities.

10. Knowledge has power if it greets him
And is powerless if he opposes it, where can it be?

11. Swimming in both land and sea and in
The orbit of wind and course of both streams.

12. Every living being, when a hand casts it
With strong grip and hands bound.

13. The valley's look made tears pour forth
From the wonderful eye watering both eyelids.

14. Hot tears flowed and mourning broke out
Singing joyfully among the bereaved.

15. The rejoicing of the critic but he is
Farther from fault or disgrace than any critic.

16. It rose with fervor and glory together
And fulfilled what right it knew between two parties.

17. How much glory in a coveted life
And life that is doomed in an instant.

18. What misfortune did its horror not mitigate -
The death of Al-Farooq or the sermons of Al-Hussain?

19. Look at the two processions in their dignity
And describe to me the pride of both processions.

20. Seek flowers from me and take
From my eloquence a garden or two gardens.

21. Recall for the East about its poet
The confusion of grief between both seasons.

22. After Shauqi you do not want other than him
The best poetry is the poetry of the two Ahmads.

23. The world was active in its needs
Seeking them in the realm of the two bright stars.

24. If we did this, the Nile in its hopes
Would not be this way, if we adorned it.

25. It's time for the fathers to regain
What is due from the sons, a right and debt.

26. If we were as sincere to them as they were,
We wouldn't be content with lies and disgrace.

27. They took the exemplary stand while we remained
Stuck between two stands.

28. What is this world that
We have of it nothing but suppressed yearning?

29. O youth of the Nile, be diligent and persevere
This glory is no easy thing.

30. And if you need help
Seek it from the builders of the two pyramids.

31. Use the monumental past to build greatness
For the sons of the world and shake the two banners.

32. Are we from Pharaoh or Omar?
What glory is like the glory of the two fathers?

33. Remember the two eras, how much power
Kindling its fire in both memories.

34. And seek in your time the furthest extent
Do not fear that - one of two designs.