دَمُ المَكارِمِ بِالفُسطاطِ مَسفوحُ

دَمُ المَكارِمِ بِالفُسطاطِ مَسفوحُ

وَالجودُ قَد ضاعَ فيها وَهوَ مَطروحُ

وَالجودُ قَد ضاعَ فيها وَهوَ مَطروحُ

The blood of noble virtues is spilled in Fustat.

The blood of nobleness is spilled in Cairo

The blood of noble virtues is spilled in Al-Fustat,

And generosity has been lost there, lying cast aside.

Generosity has vanished and lies discarded

And generosity is lost within, discarded and cast down.

يا أَهلَ مِصرَ لَقَد غِبتُم بِأَجمَعِكُم

يا أَهلَ مِصرَ لَقَد غِبتُم بِأَجمَعِكُم

لَمّا حَوى قَصَبَ السَبقِ المَسابيحُ

لَمّا حَوى قَصَبَ السَبقِ المَسابيحُ

O people of Egypt, indeed you were absent, every one of you,

O people of Egypt, you are all gone

O people of Egypt, you were absent, one and all,

When the swift steeds claimed the reed of victory.

When the palaces embraced the glowing lanterns

When the prize of glory was claimed by the swift.

أَموالُكُم جَمَّةٌ وَالبُخلُ عارِضُها

أَموالُكُم جَمَّةٌ وَالبُخلُ عارِضُها

وَالنيلُ مَع جودِهِ فيهِ التَماسيحُ

وَالنيلُ مَع جودِهِ فيهِ التَماسيحُ

Your wealth is abundant, but miserliness obstructs it.

Your wealth abounds but stinginess accompanies it

Your wealth is vast, yet miserliness obstructs its flow,

And the Nile, for all its bounty, has crocodiles within it.

While the Nile, despite its generosity, harbors crocodiles

Just as the Nile, for all its bounty, harbors crocodiles below.

لَولا نَدى اِبنِ جُوَيٍّ أَحمَدٍ نَطَقَت

لَولا نَدى اِبنِ جُوَيٍّ أَحمَدٍ نَطَقَت

مِنّي المَفاصِلُ فيكُم وَالجَواريحُ

مِنّي المَفاصِلُ فيكُم وَالجَواريحُ

But for Ahmad ibn Juwayy's bounty, they would have spoken—

If it were not for the dew of Ibn Juwayni Ahmad,

Were it not for the generosity of Ahmad ibn Juwayy,

My joints and limbs—against you.

My joints and limbs would speak of you

My very joints and limbs would cry out against you.