1. In the garden of immortality, O son of Abdul Majeed
O martyr of glory, and what a martyr!

2. O youth that if ransomed, every bird would ransom with its sweetest warble,
O stranger, who found doves but did not take comfort in the cool Nile of Egypt

3. You took on the age of Mustafa though you were exiled and alone
Spring blossomed, so the birds wept instead of singing joyfully

4. And death folded a banner of brilliance
And a record of noble creation

5. O Death, what have you done to a face that was like the morning of Eid?
O Lightning, what news have you carried to Egypt from the distant beloved?

6. Rather, you carried the announcement that breaks hearts and makes the heads of infants gray
O new lodger of the world, has old age come upon you in the chill of new marriage?

7. O Sea, you have carried remains more precious than your studded pearls
You left a wave yearning in the arms of a wave made of tears flowing over cheeks

8. He was carried on shoulders, nay, adorned like a jewel unmatched among necklaces
They strewed flowers over him, so that their fragrance covered the scent of roses

9. A traveler whose conduct bid him farewell before crowds of people came in droves
Had we not inherited him, his refined morals would have eulogized him in a thousand poems

10. Egypt grieved when Kamel died, a glorious hero, noble and generous
Manliness came to him early, in the prime of youth and freshness of sapling

11. Keen-eyed toward lofty ideals, detached from paltry wares
The firmness of youth with the wisdom of gray hair and the sound view of the experienced

12. A handsome profile adorned by dignified silence rarely found in the young
Yearning for Egypt, he chose exile from Egypt and answered her call when summoned

13. How degraded is the estranged bird from cooing though living in gardens of eternity!
O singular model of youth among models of glorious nations

14. We wished the likes of you for the nation like regiments of soldiers
We sent you to Canada as an envoy amidst a sky full of envoys

15. And a symbol of the awakening of the East, so the skeptical West may finally believe
And every fair person may see that Egypt is a homeland for the free, not slaves

16. O you whose faith the West never caused to forget Allah or bow down in worship
You lived among them yet did not conform or indulge like a parrot in imitation

17. Upholding your people's covenant among a people who regard no pacts as sacred
You were a pillar of the true faith in the West - O toppled pillar of the true faith!

18. Many are the warriors for Allah who never drew sword, yet surpassed even Khalid ibn Al-Walid
If Kamel met his fate alone, he is not alone, for there are many Kamels in Egypt

19. If there are lions in its formidable jungle, the resolve of lions can restore the doves
Say to Saad and the brethren of Saad: Sorrow cannot restore the life of the departed

20. By my life, even if tears could revive the dead, we would weep with the tears of a homeless girl
How I wonder, what do you say, O people of the household virtuous in knowledge?

21. Only the wise whose hearts are unshaken by calamities overcome tribulations
In life and death there is a mystery the people have misunderstood since the dawn of existence

22. Look around: do you see in the wilderness anything but a living creature doomed to die?
Be playful, O my soul, for life, O self, mocks those who are serious

23. One who swims in the sea of aspirations, while death comes upon him like a fate
Lost is one who is content with little provision yet unsatisfied with the kingdom of the just

24. The earth is a veil over every face except the One God worshipped and obeyed