1. ثَمَنُ المَجدِ وَالمَحامِدِ غالي

    آلُ زَغلولَ فَاِصبِروا لِلَيالي

    The price of glory and praiseworthy deeds is high.

    House of Zaghloul, be patient with the nights.

  2. قَد هَوى مِنكُمُ ثَلاثَةُ أَقما

    رٍ خَلَت مِنهُمُ بُروجُ المَعالي

    Three moons from among you have fallen;

    the towers of high distinction stand empty of them.

  3. ماتَ فَتحي وَمَن لَنا بِحِجاهُ

    وأَفانينَ فِكرِهِ الجَوّالِ

    Fathi has died—who can offer us his wisdom

    and the varied arts of his roving thought?

  4. كانَ أُعجوبَةَ الزَمانِ ذَكاءً

    وَمَضاءٍ في كُلِّ أَمرٍ عُضالِ

    He was the marvel of the age in intelligence

    and decisiveness in every intractable matter.

  5. وَسَعيدٌ وَكانَ غُصناً نَدِيّاً

    فُتِّحَت فيهِ زهرَةُ الآمالِ

    And Sa'id, who was a dewy branch,

    in whom the flower of hopes had blossomed.

  6. وَقَضى عاطِفٌ وَكانَ عَظيماً

    صادِقَ العَزمِ مُطمَأَنَّ الخِلالِ

    And Atif passed away; he was great,

    true in resolve, serene in character.

  7. يَهزِلُ الناسُ وَالزَمانُ وَيَأبى

    غَيرَ جِدٍّ مُواصِلٍ وَنِضالِ

    People and time jest, but he refuses

    anything but unceasing earnestness and struggle.

  8. ساهِدُ الرَأيِ نائِمُ الحِقدِ لاهٍ

    عَن مَلاهي الوَرى عَفيفُ المَقالِ

    Wakeful in judgment, with malice asleep, heedless

    of humankind's diversions, pure in speech.

  9. قَد جَلا سَيفَ عَزمِهِ صَقيلُ النَفـ

    ـيِ فَأَربى عَلى السُيوفِ الصِقالِ

    The sword of his resolve was polished by the burnishing of

    exile, so that it surpassed the polished swords.

  10. وَنَمَت رَأيَهُ التَجارِبُ حَتّى

    باتَ أَمضى مِن نافِذاتِ النِبالِ

    And experience matured his judgment, until

    it became keener than piercing arrows.

  11. يا شَهيدَ الإِصلاحِ غادَرتَ مِصراً

    وَهيَ تَجتازُ هَولَ دَورِ اِنتِقالِ

    O martyr of reform, you left Egypt

    while she passed through a terrifying phase of transition.

  12. لَو تَرَيَّثتَ لَاِستَطالَ بِكَ النيـ

    ـلُ عَلى هَذِهِ الخُطوبِ التَوالي

    Had you lingered, the Nile would, through you, have prevailed

    over these successive calamities.

  13. غَيرَ أَنَّ الرَدى وَإِن كَثُرَ النا

    سُ حَريصٌ عَلى البَعيدِ المَنالِ

    But death, though people are many,

    covets what is hard to attain.

  14. كُلَّما قامَ مُصلِحٌ أَعجَلَتهُ

    عَن مُناهُ غَوائِلُ الآجالِ

    Whenever a reformer rises, he is hurried away

    from his hopes by the calamities of death.

  15. يُخطَفُ النابِغُ النَبيهُ وَيَبقى

    خامِلُ الذِكرِ في نَعيمٍ وَخالِ

    The gifted, discerning man is snatched away, while

    the obscure lives on in bliss, free of care.

  16. أَيَعيشُ الرِئبالُ في الغابِ جيلاً

    وَيَمُرُّ الغُرابُ بِالأَجيالِ

    Does the lion live in the forest for a generation,

    while the crow passes through generations?

  17. كُنتَ فَوقَ الفِراشِ وِالسَقمُ بادٍ

    لَهفَ نَفسي عَلَيكَ وَالجِسمُ بالِ

    You lay upon the bed, your illness plainly showing;

    my soul grieved for you, and your body was worn away.

  18. لَم يُزَحزِحكَ عَن نُهوضِكَ بِالأَعبا

    ءِ داءٌ يُهِدُّ أُسدَ الدِحالِ

    You were not shaken from shouldering your burdens

    by an illness that lays low the lions in their lairs.

  19. شَغَلَتكَ الجُهودُ وَالداءُ يَمشي

    فيكِ مَشيَ المُحاذِرِ المُغتالِ

    Your labors engrossed you, while illness crept

    within you like a wary assassin.

  20. لَم يَدَع مِنكَ غَيرَ قُوَّةِ نَفسٍ

    تَتَجَلّى في هَيكَلٍ مِن خَيالِ

    It left you nothing but the strength of a soul

    manifest in a frame of mere shadow.

  21. عَجِزَ السُقمُ عَن بُلوغِ مَداها

    فَمَضَت في سَبيلِها لا تُبالي

    Illness could not match its reach,

    so it went on its way, unheeding.

  22. لَم تَزَل في بِناءَةِ النَشءِ حَتّى

    هَدَمَ المَوتُ عُمرَ باني الرِجالِ

    You kept building up the young until

    death demolished the life of the builder of men.

  23. عَجِبَ الناسُ أَن رَأَوا سَرَطانَ الـ

    ـبَحرِ قَد دَبَّ في رُؤوسِ الجِبالِ

    People marveled to see the crab of the

    sea creeping upon the mountain summits.

  24. مَن رَأى عاطِفاً وَقَد وَصَلَ الأَشـ

    ـغالَ بَعدَ الهُدُوِّ بِالأَشغالِ

    Whoever saw Atif joining tasks

    to tasks after all grew still,

  25. ظَنَّ أَو كادَ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ نَومٍ

    نامَهُ كانَ تَحتَ تِلكَ الرِمالِ

    thought, or nearly thought, that the first sleep

    he ever slept was beneath those sands.

  26. أَو رَأى قُوَّةَ العَزيمَةِ فيهِ

    وَهوَ فَوقَ الفِراشِ بادي الهُزالِ

    Or saw the strength of determination in him,

    as he lay upon the bed, plainly wasted,

  27. ظَنَّ بَأسَ الحَديدِ فارَقَ مَثوا

    هُ اِجتِواءً وَحَلَّ عودَ الخِلالِ

    thought iron's strength had left its dwelling

    in distaste, and settled in a toothpick.

  28. قَد تَبَيَّنتَ كُلَّ مَعنىً فَأَنكَر

    تَ عَلى السالِفينَ مَعنى المُحالِ

    You discerned every meaning, and rejected

    your predecessors' notion of the impossible.

  29. رُمتَ في أَشهُرٍ صَلاحَ أُمورٍ

    دَمَّرَتها يَدُ العُصورِ الخَوالي

    In months you sought to set right affairs

    that the hand of bygone ages had ruined.

  30. رُمتُ إِصلاحَ ما جَنَت يَدُ دَنلو

    بَ عَلى العِلمِ السِنينَ الطِوالِ

    I sought to undo what Dunlop's hand had inflicted

    upon learning over long years.

  31. وَقَليلٌ عِندي لَها نِصفُ جيلٍ

    لِمُجِدٍّ مُوَفَّقٍ فَعّالِ

    And half a generation seems little to me for that,

    even for a diligent, successful man of action.

  32. لَم تَكُن مِصرُ بِالعَقيمِ وَلَكِن

    قَد رَماها أَعداؤُها بِالحَيالِ

    Egypt was not barren, but

    her enemies accused her of barrenness.

  33. أَفسِحوا لِلجِيادِ فيها مَجالاً

    قَد أَضَرَّ الجِيادَ ضيقُ المَجالِ

    Make room for the noble steeds within her;

    the narrow course has harmed the steeds.

  34. أَصبَحَت في القُيودِ تَمشي الهُوَينا

    كَسَفينٍ يَعبُرنَ مَجرى القَنالِ

    Now in fetters they move at a slow pace,

    like ships passing along the canal's course.

  35. فَاِصدَعوا هَذِهِ القُيودَ وَخَلّو

    ها تَبارى في السَبقِ ريحَ الشَمالِ

    So shatter these fetters, and let

    them vie with the north wind in the race.

  36. عَرَفَ الغَربُ كَيفَ يَستَثمِرُ الجِد

    دَ فَيَبني بِفَضلِهِ كُلَّ غالِ

    The West learned how to make earnestness bear fruit,

    and so, through its bounty, builds all that is precious.

  37. وَدَرى الشَرقُ كَيفَ يَستَمرِئُ اللَه

    وَ فَيُفضي بِهِ إِلى شَرِّ حالِ

    And the East learned how to relish amusement,

    and is thereby led into the worst of states.

  38. فَاِترُكوا اللَهوَ في الحَياةِ وَجِدّوا

    إِنَّ في اِسمِ الرَئيسِ أَيمَنَ فالِ

    So abandon amusement in life, and work earnestly;

    indeed, in the leader's name lies the most auspicious omen.

  39. فَاِصنَعوا صُنعَ عاطِفٍ وَاِذكُروهُ

    آيَةَ المَجدِ ذِكرَةَ الأَبطالِ

    So do as Atif did, and remember him

    as an emblem of glory, as heroes are remembered.

  40. يا مُحِبَّ الجِدالِ نَم مُستَريحاً

    لَيسَ في المَوتِ مَنفَذٌ لِلجِدالِـ

    O lover of debate, sleep at ease;

    in death there is no opening for debate.

  41. ـصامِتٌ يُسكِتُ المُفَوَّهَ فَاِعجَب

    وَبَطيءٌ يَبِزُّ خَطوَ العِجالِ

    A silent one silences the eloquent—marvel at that!

    And a slow one outstrips the stride of the swift.

  42. كُلُّ شَيءٍ إِلّا التَحِيَّةَ يُرجى

    فَهيَ لِلَّهِ وَالدُنا لِلزَوالِ

    Everything may be hoped for except immortality;

    that belongs to God, and the worlds must pass away.

  43. إِن بَكَت غَيرَكَ النِساءُ وَأَذرَفـ

    ـنَ عَلَيهِ الدُموعَ مِثلَ اللَآلي

    If women weep for someone other than you, and shed

    over him tears like pearls,

  44. فَعَلى المُصلِحينَ مِثلِكَ تَبكي

    ثُمَّ تَبكي جَلائِلُ الأَعمالِ

    then over reformers like you weep—

    and weep again—the great deeds.