فِي رِضَى المَرْبُوبِ وَالرَّبِّ

بِتْ قَرِيراً يَا أبَا الطَّبِّ

In contentment of the Lord and Master

Stay happy, O father of medicine

يَا رَئِيسَ القَصْرِ مِنْ قِدَمٍ

وَأُسَاةِ العَصْرِ فِي العَقْبِ

O leader of the palace from old

And pillar of the age in succession

جَلَّ رُزْءُ القِطْرِ أَجْمَعِهِ

فِيكَ مِنْ عَلاَّمَةٍ قُطْبِ

All the land's prosperity focused

In you as a great symbol

مِنْ سَدِيدِ الرَّأْيِ مُبْرَمِهِ

مُحْكَمِ الإِيجَابِ وَالسَّلْبِ

With resolute, definitive opinion

Decisive in affirmation and negation

مَنْ صَحِيحِ المجدِ صَادِقِهِ

حِينَ يُشْرَى المَجْدُ بِالكذْبِ

Of true glory, its sincerity

When glory is bought with lies

مِنْ بَعِيْدِ الهَمِّ مُشْتَغِلٍ

في انْصِدَاعِ الشَّمْلِ بِالرَّأْبِ

Far from worries, busy

In mending the rift with connection

لَيْسَ بِالْوَقَّافِ مُخْتَبِلاً

بَيْنَ دَفْتِ الفِكْرِ وَالجَذْبِ

Neither hesitant nor confused

Between the pull of thought and determination

ذَبَّ عَنْ حَقِّ البِلاَدِ بِمَا

في حُدُودِ العِلْمِ مِنْ ذَبِّ

He protected the rights of the country with

What knowledge contains of resolution

إذْ رَآهَا وَالشُّعُوبُ شَأَتْ

لَمْ تَزَلْ فِي أَوَّلِ الدَّرْب

When he saw it and the people declined

They did not stop at the start of the path

ورِضَاهَا السِّلْمُ اَشْبَهُ مَا

كَانَ فِي عُقْبَاهُ بِالحَرْبِ

And their contentment is peace, most similar

To what was in its heels with war

فَبِجِدٍّ هَبَّ يَرْجِعُ مِنْ

شَأْنِهَا مَا ضَاعَ بِاللَّعْبِ

So seriously he strove to return

What was lost of its affairs in play

وبِمَا أبْلَى لِنُصْرَتِها

عُدَّ فِي أَبْطَالِهَا الغُلْبِ

And with what he spent in its victory

He counts among its brave heroes

فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مُرْتَحِلٌ

شَقَّ عَنْهُ مُظْلِمَ الحُجْبِ

Traveling in God's cause

The intense veils parted for him

عُمْرُهُ وَالمَالُ قَدْ بُذِلاَ

قُرْبَةً فِ خِدْمَةِ الشَّعْبِ

His life and money were sacrificed

In devotion serving the people

إِنَّ مِصْراً إذْ نَعَوْهُ لَهَا

وَجَمَتْ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الخَطْبِ

Egypt, when it lost him

Was intense in its anguish

وَأَجَلَّ ألْفَاقِدُوهُ بِهَا

قَدْرَهُ عَنْ سَاكِبِ الغَرْبِ

And those who missed him made clear

His value over the pouring of sunset

هَلْ دُمُوعُ العَيْنِ مُغْنِيَةٌ

في العُلَى مِنْ هَابِطِ الشُّهْبِ

Can the tears of the eye avail

In the Highest, for the falling stars?

حَقُّهُ الذِّكْرَى تُخَلِّدُهُ

بِجَمِيلِ القَوْلِ لاَ النَّحْبِ

His right is remembrance that immortalizes him

With good words, not crying

وَمَعَانٍ يَسْتَدِيمُ بِهَا

وَجْهُ حَيٍّ مُنْقَضِي النَّحْبِ

And meanings that can keep

The face of the living when crying ceases

مِنْ عَلٍ أشْرِفْ وَبَشَّ إلى

هَؤُلاَءِ الآلَ وَالصَّحْبِ

From the highest, noble origin, he smiled

Upon this family and friends

هَلْ بِلاَ وُلْدٍ يَعِزُّ بِهِمْ

مَنْ لَهُ وُلْدٌ بِلاَ حَسْبِ

Is one without children made wealthy

By them, who has children without merit?

مَنْ يُرَبِّي كَالأَفَاضِلِ مِنْ

هَؤُلاَءِ الصَّفْوَةِ النُّجْبِ

Who raises the exceptional from

These elite choice ones?

تَتَبَنَّاهُمْ لَهُ نِعَمٌ

وَاصِلاَتُ الحُقْبِ بِالْحُقْبِ

He adopted them, so he has blessings

And successive epochs, epoch by epoch

قَطَرَاتٌ مِنْ نَدَى هِمَهمٍ

مُثْمِرَاتٌ كَنَدَى السُّحْبِ

Drops of dew from his concerns

Fruitful like the dew of rainclouds

أرَأيْتَ البِرَّ يَجْمَعُهُمْ

هَهُنَا جَنْباً إلى جَنْبِ

Have you seen righteousness gathering them

Side by side here together?

كَانَ عِيسَى فِي مَوَدَّتِهِ

وَاحِداً في البُعْدِ والْقُرْبِ

Jesus in his affection was

One in distance and nearness

عَزْمُهُ مِنْ عُنْصُرٍ مَرِنٍ

خُلْقُهُ مِنْ جَوْهَرٍ صُلْبِ

His resolve of flexible character

His nature of solid essence

قَوْلُهُ فِي نَفْسِ سَامِعِهِ

طَيِّبٌ كَالمَورِدِ العَذْبِ

His words in the soul of the listener

Are good like the fresh sweet drink

رَأْيُهُ فِي كُلِّ مُعْضِلَةٍ

قَاطِعٌ كَالصَّارِمِ العَضْبِ

His opinion in every dilemma

Incisive like the sharp sword

جُودُهُ شَافٍ أَعَادَ بِهِ

مَجْدَ مِصْرٍ عَاليَ الكَعْبِ

His generosity healing, he restored

The glory of lofty Egypt

جَاءَ فِيهِ بِدْعَةً غَصَبَتْ

كُلَّ حَمْدٍ أَيَّمَا غَصْبِ

He came with an innovation that usurped

Every praise, whatever the usurpation

والمَعَانِي قَدْ تَكُونُ لَها

كَالْغَوَانِي رَوْعَةٌ تَسْبِي

And meanings can have

Like melodies, an awe that captivates

لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الشَّرْقِ وَاحَرَبَا

كَرَمٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الضَّرْبِ

There was no one in the East like him

Of that class and upbringing

فَبِحَمْدِي الْيَوْمَ صَارَ لَنَا

مَوْقِفٌ فِي جَانِبِ الغَرْبِ

So by my praise today we have

A stance on the Western side

حَبَّذَا أنْبَاءُ مِنْحَتِهِ

قُلْ وَكَرِّرْ أَيُّهَا المُنْبِي

How excellent the news of his gift

Say and repeat, O you who declare

عَلَّ فِي مُثْرِي مَوَاطِنِنَا

مَنْ ضِخَامِ الرَّيْعِ وَالْكَسْبِ

May one increase our fertile regions

Of abundant yields and livelihoods

مَنْ إذَا دَاعِي الوَلاَءِ دَعَا

قَالَ إحْسَاسٌ لَهُ لَبِّ

One whom when the voice of loyalty calls

Says, "I feel a responsiveness"

هَلْ يُفِيدُ الخِصْبُ فِي بَلَدٍ

وَقُلُوبُ القَوْمِ فِي جَدْبِ

Can abundance benefit a land

When people's hearts are arid?

أَلثَّرَاءُ المُسْتَعَزُّ بِهِ

كَنْزُهُ فِي العَقْلِ لاَ التُّرْبِ

Are the wealthy made proud by it

When their treasure's in the mind, not soil?

مِصْرُ يَا أُسْتَاذُ تَذْكُرُ مَا

جِئْتَ بِالإِعْجَابِ وَالْعُجْبِ

Egypt, O professor, remembers what

You brought of wonder and awe

كُلَّمَا مَرَّ الزَّمَانُ بِهِ

فَهْوَ فِي إجْلاَلِها مُربِي

Whenever time passed with it

It was in venerating you a nurturer

كَانَ عِيسَى صَبَّ حِرْفَتِهِ

يَفْتَدِيهَا فِدْيَةَ الصَّبِّ

Jesus poured his craft

To ransom it the price of melting

وَُرَجِّي أنْ يُعِيدَ لَهَا

شَأْنَهَا فِي دَوْلَةِ العُرْبِ

And I hope he will restore for it

Its status in the state of Arabs

فَانْبَرَى لِلْكُتْبِ يُخْرِجُهَا

آيَ تَعْلِيمٍ بِلاَ كُتْبِ

So he embarked upon books, producing from them

Verses of education without books

وَأَفَادَ النَّاسَ غَايَةَ مَا

فِي اقْتِدَارِ النَّاصِحِ الطَّبِّ

And benefited people to the extent

Of what an able adviser can do

فَهُوَ الآسِي لِذِي سَقَمٍ

وَالمُوَاسِي لِأَخِي الكَرْبِ

He is the comforting for the ill

And the consoling for a brother in distress

تَحْتَ آدَابِ الحَكِيمِ طَوَى

مَكْرُمَاتِ السَّيِّدِ النَّدْبِ

Under the manners of the wise he folded

The generous qualities of the noble man

كَانَ فِي كُلِّ الشُّؤُونِ يَرَى

كَيْفَ يَرْقَى الْأَوَْ ذُو الدَّأْبِ

He saw in all affairs how

The first may rise, he of effort

فَازَ قِدْماً مَنْ لَهُ نَظَرٌ

قَبْلَ بَدْءِ الأَمْرِ فِي الغِبِّ

He succeeded early, one whose sight

Precedes action in the unseen

فَإذَا ما سَارَ سِيرَتَهُ

لَمْ يَجِدْ صَعْباً مِنَ الصّعْبِ

So when his conduct progressed

He found no hardship in hardship

كَانَ لاَ يُعْطِي الحَيَاةَ سِوَى

قَدْرِ مَا يُعْطِي أَخُو اللُّبِّ

He gave life only the measure

That a bosom friend would give

نِضْوُ خُبْرٍ لَيْسَ يَفْتِنُهُ

زُخْرُفُ الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ يُصْبِي

A maturity not tempted

By the world's glamor, nor foolish

يَجِدُ الحُسْنَى بِلاَ جَذَلٍ

وَيَرَى السُّوأَى بِلاَ عَتْبِ

Finding the beautiful without disdain

And seeing the ugly without blame

فِيهِ حُبُّ النَّاسِ أَخْلَصَهُ

طَبْعُهُ الصَّافِي مَنَ الخِبِ

In him the love of people was most sincere

His pure nature, free of deceit

جَاءَهُمْ مِنْهُ بِأبْدَعَ مَا

ضُمِّنَتْهُ آيَةُ الحُبِّ

He gave them the best contained

In the verse of love

خَيْرُ مَا يَأْتِي الذَكَاءُ بِهِ

هُوَ مَا يَأْتِي مِنَ الْقَلْبِ

The best that intelligence can bring

Is what comes from the heart

ذَاكَ بَعْضُ الحَقِّ فِيهِ وَلَوْ

طَالَ وَقْتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ حَسْبِي

That is some of the truth in him, and if

My time continued, it would not be enough

فَلْتَكُ الجَنَّاتُ مَرْتَعَهُ

خَالِداً فِيهَا عَلَى الرُّحْبِ

So let the gardens be his pasture

Abiding in them, at peace