مَاذَا تُعِيضُكَ مِن صِبَاكْ

شَكْوَى شَجٍ وَدَمُوُع بَاكْ

What will compensate you for your youth,

Complaining of the pain and shedding tears?

أَمْسَى مُحَمَّدُ وهْوَ

مِقْدَامُ الشَّبابِ بِلاَ حَرَاكْ

Muhammad has passed away while he

Was the brave youth without motion.

عَن مِصْرَ نَاءَ وَهْوَ فِيهَا

إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّأيِ ذَاكْ

He yearned for Egypt while he was in it.

That was the worst kind of remoteness.

يَا غَادِياً وَيْلاَهُ مَا

أجْنَى الغَدَاةَ علَى ضحَاكْ

O passerby, alas what did the dawn reap

Except joy on the laughing dawn.

مهْما يُجِدَّ بِيَ النَّوَى

أَلَماً سَيُذكِرُنِي نَوَاكْ

No matter how destiny tries me with pain,

Your affection will remember me.

أَنْتَ الصَّفيُّ لِمنْ صَفَا

أَنْتَ الوَفِيُّ لِمَنْ رعَاكْ

You are loyal to those who are loyal to you

You are faithful to those who follow you

أَنْتَ الكَرِيمُ ابنُ الكِرَا

مِ المُزْدَهِي بِكَ عُنْصُرَاكْ

You are the generous, son of the generous

The glittering star of your family.

أَنْتَ الرَّجَاءُ رَجَاءُ مِصْرَ

بَدَا سَنَاهُ فِي سَنَاكْ

You are the hope, the hope of Egypt

Its glory appeared through your glory.

وَرَآهُ مُزْدَاناً بِأَلْوَانِ

الأَشِعَّة مَنْ رَآكْ

And he saw you adorned with the colors

Of radiance, whoever saw you.

لَمْ يَحْبُ غَيْرَكَ رَبُّهُ

كلّ مَعْنىً مَا حَبَاك

Your Lord did not love anyone

Except you, all the meanings He gave you.

خُلُقٌ عَظِيمٌ نَابِهٌ

لَمْ يَسْتَقِلَّ بِهِ سِوَاكْ

Great morals, brilliant ones

None attained them except you.

أَدَبٌ وَلاَ أَدَبُ المُلُو

كِ وَذَاكَ في الشِّيمِ المِلاَكْ

Manners, not the manners of kings

That is within the angelic traits.

نَظْمٌ كَنَظْمِ الدُّرِّ

أَبْدَعَهُ وَنَوَّعَه حِجَاكْ

A composition like that of pearls

Invented and diversified by your wisdom.

نَثْرٌ بَلَغْتَ بِهِ الإِمَا

مَةَ مَن تَلاَه فَقَد تَلاَكْ

Prose you reached through it the imamate

Of those who read it, so he read you.

لَفْظٌ نَفَسْتَ بلَحْنِهِ

لحْنَ الشَّوَادِي فِي الأَرَاكْ

An utterance you breathed into it

The melody of meadows in Iraq.

فَنٌّ حَكِيتَ المُعْجِزِين

بِهِ وَمَا أَحدٌ حكَاكْ

An art you told the miracles through it

And no one told them except you.

كَمْ فَرَّ أَبْطَالٌ فَعُدْ

تَ بِهِمْ إِلى دُنْيَا الْعِرَاكْ

How many heroes escaped

And you returned them to the battle.

أَنْشَرْتَهُمْ بَعْدَ الْبِلَى

وَنُشُورُ قَوْمكَ مُبْتَغَاكْ

You spread them after decay

And resurrecting your people is your goal.

لُطْفاً لِنَهْضَةِ رَاسِفِيهِمْ

وَاحْتِيَالاً لِلْفِكَاكْ

Gently to awaken those sinking among them

And trying to set them free.

وَببَذْل هَاتِيكَ الْقُوَى

أَنْفَذْتَ فِي عَجَلٍ قوَاكْ

And by exerting these powers

You accomplished your purposes promptly.

مَا مَنْ رَدّى أَجْرى الشُّؤُو

نَ دماً كَمَا أَجْرَى رَدَاكْ

None who deflected the affairs poured blood

As your purpose poured blood.

تَاللهِ إنِّي لَسْتُ أَدْ

رِي كَيْفَ تَعْزِيَتِي أَبَاكْ

My God I really do not know how

To console your father.

يَا أَحْمَدَ الآبَاءِ مَا

ذَا فِي ابْنِكَ الغَالِي دَهَاكْ

O Ahmad of fathers, what is

In your precious son that grieved you.

لَما ثكِلْتَ فَتَاكَ مِصْرُ

جَمِيعُهَا ثَكِلَت فَتَاكْ

Since you lost your son, all of Egypt

Lost him, so it lost you.

فَكَأنَّما فِي كُلِّ وَجْهٍ

مُسْتَهِلٍّ مُقْلَتَاكْ

It is as if in every fading face

Are your two teary eyes.

وَكَأنَّما فِي كُلِّ جِسْمٍ

بَاتَ قَلْبُكَ وَهْوَ ذَاكْ

And it is as if in every body

Lay your heart, that is it.

سَلْ أَنْ يُثَبّتَكَ الذَّي

فِي فِلْذَةِ الكَبِدِ ابْتَلاَك

Ask Him who tested you in the apple

Of your heart to make you steadfast.

وَليَعْصِمَنْكَ الْيَوْمَ مَا

نَهْنَهْتَ عِلْماً مِنْ نُهَاكْ

And may He protect you today from what

You prohibited, knowing it would hurt you.

وَلْيَنْفَعَنْكَ الخُبْرُ فِي

تَطْوِيعِ صَبْرِكَ إِنْ عَصَاكْ

And may experience benefit you in

Taming your patience if it disobeyed you.

وَلْتَغدُوَنَّ عَتَادَكَ

الشِّيمُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حُلاَكْ

And may your qualities that were your wardrobe

Become your habit again.

أَمُحَمَّدُ اقْرَرْ فِي جَوا

رِ اللهِ فَهْوَ قدِ اصْطَفَاكْ

O Muhammad, admit in the proximity of God

For He has chosen you.

أَمْحَمَّدُ انْعَمْ بِالْخُلُو

دِ وَطَابَ بِالذِّكْرَى ثرَاك

O Muhammad, be content with eternity

And your memory was good.