1. Your leader has responded to the call
To console Dimyat's people, giving consolation

2. Though the consoler and the consoled are equal
And all people share in tribulation

3. We all grieved for Al-'Alayli
Like stars in Taurus or the lofty plateau

4. The finest of Dimyat's youth upon it
And the most active to fulfill its needs

5. The best of its homes in generosity and piety
And origin in leadership and climax

6. A young man like a towering, thundering spear
And like a drawn sword, gallant and ready

7. He gave wealth and lofty ambitions
But did not give dignity and refusal

8. A youth who rivaled the basil in fragrance
And competed with cheerfulness and splendor

9. A soldier for the cause since it began
He learned under its banner readiness for sacrifice

10. And its venerable elder was frightened one day
So he gave him protection with his shoulders

11. He strove for his conscience and Egypt's dignity
And did not hesitate waiting for reward

12. A funeral procession like a shady cloud
When the crowds depart and it comes

13. And no eyes fell upon it except
It stirred grief or awakened crying

14. We wondered how the plank did not grow green
When it carried chivalry and loftiness

15. Dimyat walked, turning toward it
Competing with it for provision and hope

16. O people of Dimyat, nothing remains
Except the One who alone possesses eternity

17. God Most High, none but Him remains
When His creation passes into oblivion

18. And you are people of faith and piety
Do you accept fate's rebuke?

19. You filled the earth with God's houses
And the heaven with the dawn caller's summons

20. You greet the dawn only
With feet set for prayer when it lights up

21. You watch for its rising, children
And women hasten its first glow

22. And how many past stances you took
When you were ransom for the nation

23. You repelled a ferocious raid from it
And protected its cities from tribulation

24. My brother Abdel Halim, I do not know
Should I say brother-in-law or brotherhood?

25. How much affection grew into kinship
And was like the closest blood ties in purity

26. Strange that you left the world ill
When you were honey that healing fills

27. And when all maladies posed riddles
We would come to you making you the cure

28. A crooked instrument took you away
Rider of time and fate's mount

29. And the parties walked behind you in rows
While you were the banner in the row

30. Bringing them together dead, remaining loyal
As was your way in life, giving them allegiance