أكبرت خطبك والخطوب عظامُ

أكبرت خطبك والخطوب عظامُ

والأرض سيلٌ والسماء ضرامُ

والأرض سيلٌ والسماء ضرامُ

I deemed your loss immense, though calamities are great.

Your great speeches and engagements are bones,

And the earth is a torrent, and the sky a blaze.

And the land is a flood, and the sky is rainclouds.

فيك الليالي حاربتنا بينما

فيك الليالي حاربتنا بينما

تطوى الحروب وتسكن الأقوام

تطوى الحروب وتسكن الأقوام

In your loss the nights made war on us, while

In you, the nights fought us, while

wars were ending and peoples growing still.

Wars are folded, and nations fall silent.

ونعتك مصر إلى الحجاز فكان ما

ونعتك مصر إلى الحجاز فكان ما

دوى العراق به وضج الشام

دوى العراق به وضج الشام

Egypt announced your death to the Hijaz; the news

And Egypt called you to the Hejaz, so what

resounded through Iraq and made the Levant cry aloud.

Echoed in Iraq because of you and Damascus roared.

عوجلت في غالي شبابك فاختفى

عوجلت في غالي شبابك فاختفى

نجمٌ وأغمد في التراب حسام

نجمٌ وأغمد في التراب حسام

You were taken in your precious youth, and there vanished

You hurried in your precious youth, so a

a star, and a sword was sheathed in the dust.

Star disappeared and a sword was sheathed in the dust.

وعرفت معنى الموت وهو أشقُّ ما

وعرفت معنى الموت وهو أشقُّ ما

شقيت به الألباب والأفهام

شقيت به الألباب والأفهام

And I learned the meaning of death, the harshest thing

And you knew the meaning of death, which is the most

that minds and understanding have ever suffered.

Painful thing that afflicted intellects and minds.

ما كان أزكى العامَ وهو ممهّد

ما كان أزكى العامَ وهو ممهّد

للصلح لولا أن طواك العام

للصلح لولا أن طواك العام

How blessed the year would have been, paving the way

It would not have been the best year as it was paved

for peace, had the year not folded you away.

For peace, had it not been for your death this year.

قد كنت أولى بالمظاهر حية

قد كنت أولى بالمظاهر حية

لا بالمآتم في البلاد تقام

لا بالمآتم في البلاد تقام

You deserved public tributes while alive,

You would have been more deserving of alive glories

not funeral rites held throughout the land.

Not the sorrows erected in the countries.

وأحق بالعمر الطويل تحوطه

وأحق بالعمر الطويل تحوطه

بعد المكاره راحة وسلام

بعد المكاره راحة وسلام

And you deserved a long life, surrounded

And more deserving of a long life protected

after hardships by ease and peace.

By tranquility and peace after adversity.

لك من فضائلك المجيدة رتبة

لك من فضائلك المجيدة رتبة

ومن المكارم والعفاف وسام

ومن المكارم والعفاف وسام

Your glorious virtues confer on you a rank,

You have from your glorious virtues a rank

and noble deeds and chastity, a medal.

And from generosity, chastity, a medal.

ولئن سكنت الخدر وهو مقدس

ولئن سكنت الخدر وهو مقدس

فكما تضم الزهرة الأكمام

فكما تضم الزهرة الأكمام

And though you dwelt in the women's chamber, sacred as it is,

And if you settled the cells, which are sacred,

it was as a flower is enfolded by its calyx.

As flowers wrap their buds.

ولقد وقفت وللحجاب قضية

ولقد وقفت وللحجاب قضية

شغلت بها الأفواه والأقلام

شغلت بها الأفواه والأقلام

You took your stand when veiling was an issue

And you had stood, and for the veil an issue,

that occupied the mouths and pens

Which busied mouths and pens.

من مفرطين أبيتِ أن يستغرقوا

من مفرطين أبيتِ أن يستغرقوا

ومُفرِّطين أبيتِ أن يتعاموا

ومُفرِّطين أبيتِ أن يتعاموا

of the overzealous, whom you would not let go to excess,

From the excessive, you refused that they overwhelm,

and the negligent, whom you would not let turn a blind eye.

And from the deficient, you refused that they fall short.

فغدوت باحثة ورحت رشيدة

فغدوت باحثة ورحت رشيدة

والنقض في ناديك والإبرام

والنقض في ناديك والإبرام

So you went forth a seeker and returned discerning,

So you became an inquirer and went rightly guided,

and in your assembly were refutation and confirmation.

And refuting in your club and concluding.

وظهرتِ بالرأي الذي بهر النهى

وظهرتِ بالرأي الذي بهر النهى

وأمده التجريب والإلهام

وأمده التجريب والإلهام

You came forward with a view that dazzled minds,

And you appeared with the opinion that dazzled prohibition

and experience and inspiration lent it strength.

And revelation and inspiration supported it.

في كل ناد من يراعك سامر

في كل ناد من يراعك سامر

ولكل بيت من هداك إمام

ولكل بيت من هداك إمام

In every gathering is an evening companion from your pen,

In every club is one who holds you in esteem,

and for every home, a leader from your guidance.

And for every house you guided, an imam.

ملكاً نزلت فسايرتك ملائكٌ

ملكاً نزلت فسايرتك ملائكٌ

ممن ألفت من القصور كرام

ممن ألفت من القصور كرام

You descended as an angel, and angels walked beside you—

You came down like a queen, so angels accompanied you

noble ones from the palaces, whom you knew well.

From those you befriended from the palaces.

فرعيت أخلاقاً وصنت عقائداً

فرعيت أخلاقاً وصنت عقائداً

كادت بها تتعثر الأوهام

كادت بها تتعثر الأوهام

So you tended morals and safeguarded beliefs

You held morals and protected beliefs

over which delusions had nearly stumbled.

That perceptions almost stumbled with.

وحملت في عبء البلاد وأهلها

وحملت في عبء البلاد وأهلها

ما لا يطيق الفاتح المقدام

ما لا يطيق الفاتح المقدام

And you bore, amid the burdens of the land and its people,

And you carried the burden of the country and its people

what no intrepid conqueror could endure.

What the daring conqueror cannot bear.

وشرفت بالنفس الكريمة قبل ما

وشرفت بالنفس الكريمة قبل ما

شرفت بك الأخوال والأعمام

شرفت بك الأخوال والأعمام

And your noble soul brought you honor before

And you were honored by the generous soul before

your maternal and paternal uncles gained honor through you.

The uncles and paternal uncles honored you.

أغناك عن نسل وعن ذرية

أغناك عن نسل وعن ذرية

ما خلدت من ذكرك الأيام

ما خلدت من ذكرك الأيام

You were spared the need for offspring and descendants

What you immortalized of your mention made you

by the memory of you the days have immortalized.

Needless of descendants and offspring.

تتناقل الأجيال فضلك في الحمى

تتناقل الأجيال فضلك في الحمى

ما دام فيه النيل والأهرام

ما دام فيه النيل والأهرام

Generations pass down your virtue in the homeland,

Generations hand down your virtues in protection

as long as the Nile and the Pyramids remain there.

As long as the Nile and pyramids remain in it.

راعتك آلامُ الممالك فانتهت

راعتك آلامُ الممالك فانتهت

تلك الشجون إليك والآلام

تلك الشجون إليك والآلام

The sufferings of kingdoms appalled you, and there came

The sorrows of kingdoms ended up to you,

to you those sorrows and pains.

Those passions and pains.

فقضيت رفقاً بالبلاد ورحمة

فقضيت رفقاً بالبلاد ورحمة

والرفق منه أسىً ومنه سقام

والرفق منه أسىً ومنه سقام

So you died of tenderness and mercy for the land,

So you judged gently with the country and had mercy,

and tenderness brings sorrow, and it brings sickness.

And gentleness is sometimes pain and sometimes sickness.

تبكي العقائل قدوة فُطِرت كما

تبكي العقائل قدوة فُطِرت كما

تختار مصر ويؤثر الإسلام

تختار مصر ويؤثر الإسلام

Noble women mourn an exemplar, fashioned as

The dears cry an ideal nature created

Egypt would choose and Islam would favor.

As Egypt chooses and Islam prefers.

يذكرن فضلك ما جرى قلم وما

يذكرن فضلك ما جرى قلم وما

قامت صلاة برَّةٌ وصيام

قامت صلاة برَّةٌ وصيام

They will recall your virtue while a pen runs, and while

They mention your grace what the pen flowed

devout prayer and fasting are observed.

And what prayers and fasts stood up.

يا بنت شاعرنا وقاضينا الذي

يا بنت شاعرنا وقاضينا الذي

عزت به الأشعار والأحكام

عزت به الأشعار والأحكام

O daughter of our poet and our judge, through whom

O daughter of our poet and our judge whose

poems and judgments gained honor,

Poetry and judgments glory.

وقرينة العربي وهو أبر ما

وقرينة العربي وهو أبر ما

ترعى عهود عنده وذمام

ترعى عهود عنده وذمام

and wife of the Arab, most faithful of those

And companion of the Arabic who is the most

with whom pledges and bonds of honor are kept:

Pacts are guarded with him and reins are pulled.

خفقت لك اليوم القلوب توجعاً

خفقت لك اليوم القلوب توجعاً

وجوىً وكم خفقت لك الأعلام

وجوىً وكم خفقت لك الأعلام

Today hearts beat for you in anguish

Hearts throbbed for you today painfully

and burning grief—how often banners fluttered for you!

And mournfully, and how many flags throbbed for you.

عزيت فيك الدين والدنيا معاً

عزيت فيك الدين والدنيا معاً

ونظمت فيك الدر وهو كلام

ونظمت فيك الدر وهو كلام

I consoled faith and the world alike for your loss,

Religion and life both lost you

and strung pearls in your honor, though they are words.

And prose and poetry composed about you.