حَيِّ الخَليلَ وَطُف بِتِلكَ الدارِ

حَيّاهُ رَبُّ البَيتِ ذي الأَستارِ

Greet the beloved friend and walk around that house,

Greeted by the Lord of the house with curtains.

إِنَّ التَحِيَّةَ وَالسَلامَ لِمُؤمِنٍ

عالي المَواقِفِ راجِحِ المِقدارِ

Greetings and peace to the faithful believer,

Of high character and weighty value.

لا ريعَ سِربُكَ مِن كَمِيٍّ باسِلٍ

يُرجى لِيَومِ كَريهَةٍ وَمَغارِ

Your flock is not frightened by a howling wolf,

Hopeful on a day of hardship and caves.

خُضتَ الخُطوبَ لِأَجلِ مِصرَ مَخوفَةً

مِن كُلِّ أَرعَنَ هائِلِ التَيّارِ

You endured battles for fearful Egypt,

From every roaring torrential current.

وَقَضَيتَ في بَرلينَ حَقَّ شَهيدِها

فَقَضَيتَ حَقَّ اللَهِ وَالمُختارِ

And in Berlin you sought justice for its martyr,

Thus you sought the right of God and the Chosen one.

سَدَّ القَضاءُ عَلَيهِ أَقطارَ الدُنى

فَفَتَحتَ عَنهُ مَغالِقَ الأَقطارِ

Destiny has blocked him from the corners of the world,

So you opened for him the locked corners.

نَصَرَتكَ هِمَّةُ ماجِدٍ لَولا التُقى

لَظَنَنتُها قَدَراً مِنَ الأَقدارِ

You were helped by the resolve of the glorious one, were it not for piety,

I would have thought it predetermined fate.

وَالمَرءُ إِن طَلَبَ الأُمورَ بِهِمَّةٍ

لَم يُعيِهِ وَطَرٌ مِنَ الأَوطارِ

And one who seeks matters with resolve,

No route of fate can weary him.

وَيحَ الَّتي أَكَلَ النُسورُ وَليدَها

وَمَضَت مُحَلِّقَةً بِكُلِّ مَطارِ

Woe to her whom the eagles ate her newborn,

And she flew off in every airfield.

قَذَفَت بِهِ دارُ الجِهادِ إِلى الَّتي

ما بَعدَها لِمُجاهِدٍ مِن دارِ

The home of jihad cast him to the one,

After which there is no home for the holy warrior.

تَهَبُ الحَياةَ لِمَن يَجيءُ بِشِلوِهِ

وَتَراهُ عَينَ الفارِسِ المِغوارِ

It gifts life to whomever comes with his weapons,

Seen by the gallant, dashing horseman.

أَوَ ما رَأَت صُنعَ الخَليلِ فَأَكبَرَت

في العالَمينَ جَليلَ صُنعِ الباري

Or did she not see the work of the beloved friend, so she exalted,

In both worlds, the magnificent work of the Creator?

جَعَلَ العِنايَةَ وَالقَضاءَ بِأَسرِهِ

عَونَ الكِرامِ وَنَجدَةَ الأَحرارِ

He made providence and fate altogether,

Aiding the generous and helping the free.

فَإِذا سَعَوا جَرَتِ الحَوادِثُ طَوعَهُم

وَإِذا مَشوا وَقفَ القَضاءُ الجاري

So when they hastened, events flowed to their purpose,

And when they walked, fate stopped in its tracks.

هُزّي لِنُصرَتِكِ الخَليلَ وَهَيِّجي

فيهِ مَضاءَ الصارِمِ البَتّارِ

Rouse to your victory, O beloved friend, and provoke

In him the spark of the sharp piercing sword.

مَن لَيسَ لِلجُلّى سِواهُ وَما لَهُ

في الصالِحاتِ الباقِياتِ مُبارِ

He who has none but the glorious one, and he has no,

Among the righteous deeds, any rivals.

يَحمي الحَقيقَةَ وَالذِمارَ وَما الفَتى

إِلّا رَهينُ حَقيقَةٍ وَذِمارِ

He protects the truth and the harvest, and a man,

Is but a hostage to the truth and harvest.

فَإِذا هُما ذَهَبا تَهَدَّمَ حَوضُهُ

وَأَقامَ رَهنَ مَذَلَّةٍ وَصَغارِ

So if they are lost, his basin crumbles,

And he remains a hostage of humiliation and pettiness.

وَالمَرءُ تَأخُذُهُ الخُطوبُ بِظُلمِها

فَيَموتُ أَو يَحيا حَياةَ العارِ

And one is gripped by hardships in their darkness,

And dies or lives a life of disgrace.

وَالناسُ بَينَ مُحَقَّرينَ أَصاغِرٍ

وَمُعَظَّمينَ مِنَ الرِجالِ كِبارِ

While people are between two despised inferiors,

And revered great men.

لَولا الحَمِيَّةُ في النُفوسِ تُثيرُها

هَتَكَ الكِلابُ حِمى الهِزَبرِ الضاري

Were it not for the zeal in souls stirring them,

The dogs would have violated the protected grounds.

وَعَفَت مِنَ الدُنيا الفَضائِلُ وَاِنمَحَت

أَعقابُها وَبَقِيَّةُ الآثارِ

Virtues have waned from the world and vanished,

Their remnants and few traces.

وَلَما رَأَيتَ العِرضَ إِلّا سِلعَةً

تُزجى وَتَدفَعُها يَمينُ الشاري

And when you saw honor only as merchandise,

To be bargained and given away by the buyer.

فَإِذا الحَياةُ غَياهِبٌ مُسوَدَّةٌ

يَشقى الدَليلُ بِها وَيَعيا الساري

Then life becomes obscured darknesses,

In which the guide suffers and the walker is lost.

وَإِذا النُفوسُ لِما تَذوقُ مِنَ الأَذى

حَرّى الشكاةِ عَلى الحَياةِ زَواري

And when souls taste some harm,

The suffering stokes fires upon life.

قُل لِلخَليلِ صَدَقتَ قَومَكَ عَهدَهُم

وَرَعَيتَ مِصرَ رِعايَةَ الأَبرارِ

Say to the beloved friend you were true to your people's covenant,

And cared for Egypt with care of the righteous.

وَشَفَيتَ وَجدَ شَهيدِها وَحَبَوتَهُ

فيها بِدارِ إِقامَةٍ وَقَرارِ

You healed the passion of its martyr and sheltered him

In it with a home and stability.

شُغِفَت بِهِ وَاِهتاجَ مِن بُرَحائِهِ

شَوقٌ إِلَيها في الجَوانِحِ وارِ

She longed for him and stirred from his spirit,

A yearning in the most ardent souls.

فَطَوَيتَ ما يَشكو المَشوقُ مِنَ النَوى

وَجَمَعتَ بَينَ الصَبِّ وَالمُزدارِ

So you folded what the longing one complained of woe,

And united determination and purpose.

مِصرُ الحَياةُ لِكُلِّ ذي شَغَفٍ جَرى

في العاشِقينَ فَطاحَ في المِضمارِ

Egypt is the life for all who have passion that flowed

Among the lovers and excelled in the race.

إِنّي لَأَعلَمُ وَالمَحَبَّةُ مِحنَةٌ

أَنَّ النُفوسَ لِمَن تُحِبُّ عَواري

I know, and love is an ordeal,

That souls for those they love are defiled.

تَبقى وَتُؤخَذُ ما أَرادَ وَما أَبى

لا شَيءَ غَيرَ تَحَكُّمِ وَخِيارِ

They remain and are taken whether he wished or refused,

Nothing but control and choice.

قالوا أَخٌ لِأَبي الشَهيدِ وَأُمِّهِ

أَم مِن ذَوي القُربى أَمِ الأَصهارِ

They said a brother to the martyr's father and mother,

Or of close kin or in-laws?

ما كُنتَ إِلّا الحُرَّ يَحفَظُ قَومَهُ

وَالحُرُّ صاحِبُ ذِمَّةٍ وَجِوارِ

You were but the noble one protecting his people,

And the noble is of covenant and neighborliness.

وَالحَقُّ إِن تَرَكَ المَليءُ قَضاءَهُ

ضاقَت عَلَيهِ مَنادِحُ الأَعذارِ

And the truth, if the resourceful one neglects its fulfillment,

Excuses become too narrow for him.

إِنَّ الفَقيرَ إِلى الحَياةِ لَمَن يَرى

أَنَّ الحَياةَ بِثَروَةٍ وَعَقارِ

The poor towards life is one who sees,

That life is with wealth and real estate.

المالُ لِلرَجُلِ الكَريمِ ذَرائِعٌ

يَبغي بِهِنَّ جَلائِلَ الأَخطارِ

Money for the generous man is means,

Through which he seeks the greatest perils.

وَالناسُ شَتّى في الخِلالِ وَخَيرُهُم

مَن كانَ ذا فَضلٍ وَذا إيثارِ

While people are diverse in morals, and the best among them,

Is one of merit and preference.

بورِكتَ أَنتَ كَتَبتَ أَبلَغَ آيَةٍ

لِلمُسلِمينَ بِسائِرِ الأَمصارِ

You were blessed, you wrote the most eloquent verse,

For Muslims in all corners.

وَنَسَختَ ما كَتَبَ الَّذينَ تَقَدَّموا

مِن تُرُّهاتِ الكُتبِ وَالأَسفارِ

And you copied what those before had written,

Of nonsense from books and epics.

كانوا إِذا لَوَتِ النُفوسَ عَنِ النَدى

سَعَةُ الغِنى قالوا نُفوسُ تِجارِ

When souls deviated from propriety,

They said ample wealth, those were merchants' souls.

أوتيتَ مُلكَ الحَمدِ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ

وَلَبِستَ تاجَي سُؤدُدٍ وَفَخارِ

You were given the possession of praise without contention,

And wore the crown of good lineage and honor.

وَرُزِقتَ ميراثَ النَوابِغِ كُلِّهِم

فيما وَرِثتَ اليَومَ مِن أَشعاري

And you were granted the inheritance of all the geniuses,

In what you inherited today of my poetry.

أَطرَيتُ أَبلَجَ مِن غَطارِفِ يَعرُبٍ

وَمَدَحتُ أَروَعَ مِن شُيوخِ نِزارِ

I have excelled over the most eloquent Arab poet,

And praised what is most wondrous than the elders of Nizar.

أَطَلَبتَ مِن حاجاتِ نَفسِكَ مَأرَباً

أَم كُنتَ في بَرلينَ طالِبَ ثارِ

Did you seek from your soul's needs a purpose,

Or were you in Berlin seeking vengeance?

هِمَمٌ مَضَت في الغابِرينَ وَأُمَّةٌ

ما بَينَنا مِنها سِوى الأَخبارِ

Resolves have passed in ages ago, and a nation,

Between us is but their news.

المُسلِمونَ الأَوَّلونَ بِغِبطَةٍ

وَالشَرقُ في فَرَحٍ وَفي اِستِبشارِ

The early Muslims in pride,

And the East in joy and elation.

جَدَّدتَ مِن ذِكرِ الصَحابَةِ ما اِنطَوى

وَرَفَعتَ ذِكرَكَ في بَني النَجّارِ

You renewed what was implicit from mention of the companions,

And raised your mention among the carpenter's sons.

وَأَعدَتَّ مِن عَصرِ النُبُوَّةِ ما مَضى

لَمّا أَعدَتَ لَنا حَديثَ الغارِ

And you prepared from the era of prophethood what had passed,

When you prepared for us the story of the cave.

ثِقَةُ المَمالِكِ بِالرِجالِ وَحُبُّها

وَقفٌ عَلى أَبنائِها الأَخيارِ

The confidence of kingdoms in men, and their love

Is dependent on their finest youth.

وَالمَرءُ في الدُنيا العَريضَةِ سَعيُهُ

فَبَدارِ لِلسَعيِ الجَميلِ بَدارِ

And one’s endeavor in the vast world,

So for beautiful efforts, the reward is with reward.