فُجعتْ بكتَّانيِّها مصرُ

فُجعتْ بكتَّانيِّها مصرُ

فبمثلِهِ لا يسمحُ الدهرُ

فبمثلِهِ لا يسمحُ الدهرُ

Egypt was stricken by the loss of her Kattani;

Egypt was bereaved of her Kattani.

for Time grants no other like him.

For time does not bestow another like him.

يا زينَ مذهبِهِ كفى أسفاً

يا زينَ مذهبِهِ كفى أسفاً

أنَّ الصدورَ بموتِكَ انسروا

أنَّ الصدورَ بموتِكَ انسروا

O glory of his school, sorrow enough it is

O adornment of his school, it is sorrow enough

that the foremost men vanished with your death.

that the notables rejoiced at your death.

ما كانَ منْ بأسٍ لو انك بال

ما كانَ منْ بأسٍ لو انك بال

علماءِ برٌّ أيُّها البحرُ

علماءِ برٌّ أيُّها البحرُ

There would have been no harm had you, toward the

There would have been no harm had you, toward the

scholars, been kind, O Ocean.

scholars, been kind, O sea.