قَبرَ الوَزيرِ تَحِيَّةَ وَسَلاما

الحِلمُ وَالمَعروفُ فيكَ أَقاما

The minister's grave, greetings and peace

Wisdom and kindness in you resided

وَمَحاسِنُ الأَخلاقِ فيكَ تَغَيَّبَت

عاماً وَسَوفَ تُغَيَّبُ الأَعواما

And good morals in you have vanished

For a year, though years will make them vanish

قَد كُنتَ صَومَعَةً فَصِرتَ كَنيسَةً

في ظِلِّها صَلّى المُطيفُ وَصاما

You were a monastery, now a church

In whose shade the wandering prayed and fasted

وَالقَومُ حَولَكَ يا اِبنَ غالي خُشَّعٌ

يَقضونَ حَقّاً واجِباً وَذِماما

And the people around you, oh precious son

Praying a duty and obligation sincerely

يَسعَونَ بِالأَبصارِ نَحوَ سَريرِهِ

كَالأَرضِ تَنشُدُ في السَماءِ غَماما

They glance towards his bier

Like the land seeking clouds in the sky

يَبكونَ مَوئِلَهُم وَكَهفَ رَجائِهِم

وَالأَريحِيَّ المُفضِلِ المِقداما

They weep for their refuge and source of hope

And the courageous, preferred protector

مُتَسابِقينَ إِلى ثَراكَ كَأَنَّهُم

ناديكَ في عِزِّ الحَياةِ زِحاما

Competing to your burial place as though

They called you in life’s prime, crowding

وَدّوا غَداةَ نُقِلتَ بَينَ عُيونِهِم

لَو كانَ ذَلِكَ مَحشَراً وَقِياما

They wished the morn you were carried before their eyes

It were judgement day and the awakening

ماذا لَقيتَ مِنَ الرِياساتِ وَالعُلا

وَأَخَذتَ مِن نِعَمِ الحَياةِ جِساما

What have you gained of glory and prestige

And taken of the bounties of life, bodily

اليَومَ يُغني عَنكَ لَوعَةُ بائِسٍ

وَعَزاءُ أَرمَلَةٍ وَحُزنُ يَتامى

Today, a miserable one’s agony consoles you

And a widow’s solace and orphans’ sorrow

وَالرَأيُ لِلتاريخِ فيكَ فَفي غَدٍ

يَزِنُ الرِجالَ وَيَنطِقُ الأَحكاما

And the view for history regarding you, so tomorrow

It will weigh men and speak judgements

يَقضي عَلَيهِم في البَرِيَّةِ أَو لَهُم

وَيُديمُ حَمداً أَو يُؤَيِّدُ ذاما

Judging for or against them in the wild

Or lasting praise or supporting blame

أَنتَ الحَكيمُ فَلا تَرُعكَ مَنِيَّةٌ

أَعَلِمتَ حَيّاً غَيرَ رِفدِكَ داما

You are wise, so do not fret over death

You knew in life, your heritage everlasting

إِنَّ الَّذي خَلَقَ الحَياةَ وَضِدَّها

جَعَلَ البَقاءَ لِوَجهِهِ إِكراما

Indeed, He who created life and its opposite

Made permanence for His sake, honoring

قَد عِشتَ تُحدِثُ لِلنَصارى أُلفَةً

وَتُجِدُّ بَينَ المُسلِمينَ وِئاما

You lived creating affinity amongst Christians

And harmony amongst Muslims, reconciling

وَاليَومَ فَوقَ مَشيدِ قَبرِكَ مَيتاً

وَجَدَ المُوَفَّقُ لِلمَقالِ مَقاما

And today, above your erected grave, deceased

The eloquent found scope for words

الحَقُّ أَبلَجُ كَالصَباحِ لِناظِرٍ

لَو أَنَّ قَوماً حَكَّموا الأَحلاما

The truth is evident like dawn to a seer

If only a people judged dreams

أَعَهِدتَنا وَالقِبطُ إِلّا أُمَّةٌ

لِلأَرضِ واحِدَةٌ تَرومُ مَراما

You entrusted us, Copts being but a nation

To the land, one, seeking purpose

نُعلي تَعاليمَ المَسيحِ لِأَجلِهِم

وَيُوَقِّرونَ لِأَجلِنا الإِسلاما

We revere Jesus’ teachings for their sake

And they revere Islam for ours

الدينُ لِلدَيّانِ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ

لَو شاءَ رَبُّكَ وَحَّدَ الأَقواما

Religion is for the Judge, Majestic is His Majesty

If your Lord willed, He would unite peoples

يا قَومُ بانَ الرُشدُ فَاِقصوا ما جَرى

وَخُذوا الحَقيقَةَ وَاِنبُذوا الأَوهاما

Oh people, righteousness is clear, so reflect on what transpired

And take the truth, forsaking delusions

هَذي رُبوعُكُمُ وَتِلكَ رُبوعُنا

مُتَقابِلينَ نُعالِجُ الأَيّاما

Facing time, side by side

Adjacent skulls and bones

هَذي قُبورُكُمُ وَتِلكَ قُبورُنا

مُتَجاوِرينَ جَماجِماً وَعِظاما

So by sanctity of the deceased and their due right

Live as neighborliness decrees, nobly

فَبِحُرمَةِ المَوتى وَواجِبِ حَقِّهِم

عيشوا كَما يَقضي الجِوارُ كِراما