1. The one who leaves a legacy does not die
And lives on through the chronicles

2. I call him absent though he is far away
However lengthy the journey may be

3. The virtuous keeps coming back
As the sun and moon alternate

4. Many completed lights
Have reached us from the graves

5. Only one who walked the path
Of benevolence and goodness, dead

6. One who when alive brought no benefit
And when dead did no harm

7. Neither glory nor riches hold
For him a shade or fruit

8. Honor seems ugly in palaces
When power leaves the palaces

9. The truth was in need of a guide
And turned to Mustafa for aid

10. And his courtyards longed
For the gift of the firm minded hero

11. Who travels the far reaches
And mounts all dangers

12. O people, revere the one
Who set down the principles and stones

13. Recall the sermon that
Was a sign from the signs of greatness

14. Never before had people seen
A pulpit under such duress

15. I cannot forget his banner
As he marched to victory

16. He gathered people under it
In droves, group after group

17. And you see the truth around him
No distinction between black and white

18. And whenever he went or returned
He breathed life into the musical horns

19. O brother of the soul in youth
The spirit finds pleasure in childhood

20. And a friend whom I treasured
Was beyond price

21. Fate came between me and him
In its unexpected reversals

22. How can I repay affection
Unadulterated by any discord

23. Except with tears I speak of it
However little or much

24. And a heart saddened
By memories and reminiscence

25. It did not sleep an hour
In conversations and night talk

26. Arise and look upon the people
United like solidified rocks

27. They renewed the amity of love
And brotherhood that was severed

28. No trace remains among them
Of discord or its causes

29. United by fragrant breezes
Blowing from afar

30. Awakened from a slumber
And roused from heedlessness

31. They came towards their right
Having no other recourse

32. They made it an exclusive circle
Penetrated by select threaded needles

33. Conspiring to a plan
And gathering for council

34. The elite of the revered
Meet in thought

35. They summoned us to a stance
Of glory and danger

36. We hear the lion in his den
Roaring without his armor

37. Tell them in their assembly
Egypt stands at the gate waiting