1. A new life has appeared in the country
It has filled its corners without delay

2. The first to inspire it was Mustafa
Then Farid followed, and he is the best successor

3. And Ahmed held on to that tradition
He endured its difficulties without fatigue

4. To complete the paths to glory that was started
And he died as the remainder of the righteous

5. That life, despite its recent beginning
Its tendencies toward independence grew strong

6. And the complaint of the one bound in chains arose
From a thousand promises met with procrastination

7. And after the plateau between Egypt and the valley
The roars of lions were heard in the wilderness

8. So the homelands became as they once were
As the sharp, unsheathed sword

9. And the veil of despair was torn, beyond it
Hope like the sharp, unsheathed sword

10. And the weak and resigned charged forth
Belittling the enormities of the tribulations

11. But time was opposed by one who hindered
The rise of Egypt, an impossible feat

12. He measured the new against the old in his delusion
That stagnation was hard to uproot

13. An old misconception that does not allow
For the elders to cast aside the youth

14. Who can divert the changes of time
If it wills, as it alters conditions?

15. No day like the day Egypt was struck with grief
Struck with the loss of its most precious

16. As if in the morning an awakened volcano
Reached the south, its echo to the north

17. The hand of an assailant threw its fire
At the great man, disgracing his life

18. From a faction volunteering
To ransom its creed through sacrifice

19. They thought the guardians of the living were duped
By the oaths of traitors permitting what was forbidden

20. So they moved to awaken them, but they moved
With a blow more jolting than an earthquake

21. They looked upon the man of resolve and decided
To destroy the dignified with haste

22. So he fell in the glory of his prime
And the rise of his state, the rising flame

23. The attacker did not realize he
Would perish and collapse without a care

24. Had he thought his matter through
He would not have torn him limb from limb

25. Preserving for his country and people
The will of that effective saying

26. Did you see how Ahmed rose up fighting
In a critical situation full of strife

27. And performed wonders in his eloquent defense
Not just at first, but until the end

28. If only the deceased could have heard the orator
He would have forgiven, for glory was his aim

29. But he refused the succession in his footsteps
Dragged to sell the old goods

30. Circumstance may strike its sudden blow
By the hand of the destroyer or assassin

31. And a people will sleep with worries as their pillows
Weighted down like heavy loads

32. No surprising sound when a nation reviews
Its history with the cry of the guide

33. But it is a succession that has transcended
With the wisdom of the righteous in dire straits