دعا الإقليم شاعره فلبى — أحمد الكاشف

دعا الإقليمُ شاعرَه فلبى

جميل الصوت وافتنَّ افتتانا

The province called its poet, and he answered,

Sweet-voiced, he displayed enchanting artistry.

سيعرفني بنوه بعد جهل

وأذكر حامداً ذا المهرجانا

Its sons will know me after ignorance,

And I shall recall this festival with gratitude.

وتبقى فيك أشعاري رحيقاً

كما تبقى مآثرك الزمانا

And my poems about you will remain nectar,

Just as your noble deeds will endure through time.

وإن لك الحسامَ به تحامى

عن الوادي وإن ليَ اللسانا

And yours is the sword, with which you defend

The valley, and mine is the tongue.

أذكِّرُ بالفضيلة من تلاهى

وأُعْجِلُ بالنصيحة من توانى

I remind those absorbed in amusement of virtue,

And with advice I spur on those who delay.

ستجعل أهل مصر وملحقيها

ملائكة وتجعلها جنانا

You will make the people of Egypt and its dependencies

Angels, and turn it into gardens of paradise.