1. The president died, so every march
Became but to announce that death and mourning filled the airports

2. The stalwart, strongman died, who
Was neither tyrannical nor authoritarian

3. The one died, who in passion
Lived as a protector, not as one protected

4. Acknowledge his status wherever you wish, for it
Is the inevitable result of that acknowledgment

5. If you exalt him, he will be adorned with stars
And if you belittle him, he will be clothed in dust

6. If you sing his praises, he will smile at sublimity
And if you disparage him, he will be content in desolation

7. The most honourable judgment you pass on yourself
Is yours, if you fulfil your duty justly

8. Obligations are sorrow and the hardship of pursuits
Yet in them lies the sweetness for the elect

9. Unlike the feeble, he takes on responsibilities
As inspired, unlike the idle prattler

10. To God is the glory of those who taste His torment,
And the dignity of those whom gravity has worn down

11. What vessel is as fragile as one who wades into evil
Yet protects the truth while calamities clash

12. The sword of destiny, having struck Muhammad
Attained faithfulness in its keen edge

13. Not blindness, no no, but wisdom
Made firm by continuous repetition

14. The martyr calls for a thousand like himself
Through whom the cycles of time are completed

15. O you who died, may the Bountiful's favor
And the Forgiving's mercy water your graves

16. We cry for every fallen hero
With burning sorrow in our hearts

17. The throne, God's throne, grows purer
With the blood spilled on it for martyrdom

18. And the land, when watered from the pure
Is adorned and trembles with excitement

19. Like the joy of a bride, the order of her jewelry shines
And her paths are strewn with petals

20. Honor yourselves, for what are souls
Spilled in the dust if not by a tyrant spilled

21. In every place of your sacrifice flows
The most blessed and fertile ground for seeds

22. We know their worth, those which
Gave us worth and standing

23. And we forever revere them, remembering they
Shielded our dignity from disgrace

24. They enhanced the Nile's beauty in our eyes
And the meadow's adornment and the light's splendor

25. And from their souls into our souls flowed
A sweet fragrance like the wafting of flowers

26. And as if with heavenly subtlety
They adorned for us the laden trees