بَقِيَ الِّذكْرِ وَالرَّغَامُ فَنِي

وَسَيَحْيَى فِي الخَالِدِينَ فِني

The boasting and pride are transient

While my poetry will live on in the immortal

حَسْرَةٌ للِضِّعَافِ أنَّ يَداً

نَصَرَتْهُمُ تُغَلُّ فِي كفَنِ

It's sorrowful for the weak when a hand

That supported them is shackled in a coffin

لَقِيَ الْحَتْفَ وَالأَسَى عَمَمٌ

عَلَمٌ مِنُ مَفَاخِرٍ الزَّمَنِ

He met his fate and sorrow prevail

A monument among the glories of time

بَلَّغَتْهُ عَلْيَاءهُ هِمَمٌ

فَوْقَ وَصْفِ المُفَوَّهِ اللَّقِنِ

His determination took him to great heights

Beyond the words of the most eloquent speaker

إنَّ لِلمَرْءِ فِي الحَيَاةِ مُنًى

إنْ سَمَتْ عَزَّ أَوْتَهُنْ بَهُنِ

A person's fate in life heads to an end

Whether it reaches glory or is disgraced in shame

سِوْفَ يَبْلَى مَا يُبْتَنَى لِبِلُى

وَسَيَبْقَى مَا لِلبَقَاءِ بُنِي

What is built will wear away and decay

While what is made to last will remain

سَاسَ أَعْمَالَهُ فَأَنْجَحَهَا

جَهْدُ رَوَّاضِ صَعْبَةٍ مَرِنِ

He led his deeds so the best prevailed

Through the effort of one who masters the difficult

بتَصَاريفِ عَازمٍ ثَقِفٍ

وَأَسَالِيبِ حَازِمٍ ذَهِنِ

With the ways of a prudent and wise one

And methods of a judicious mind

لَمْ يُمَالِيءْ عَلَى الصَّوَابِ هَوى

أوْ يُجَنِبْ مَا اسْتَدَّ مِنْ سَنَنِ

He did not compromise truth to desire

Or avoid what traditions deemed right

وَلَقَدْ غَامَرَ الخُطُوبَ فَلَمْ

بيهِ مِنْ بَأُسِهَا وَلَمْ يَهِنِ

He took risks and was undaunted

By their severity and was not disgraced

بَسْطَةُ اللهِ فِي الثَّرَاءِ لَهُ

أَجْمَلَتْ شُكْرَهَا يَدَا فَمِنِ

God's generosity in prosperity to him

Multiplied his gratitude and bounty

لاَ كَمَنْ فِي الجَمِيلِ مَرْتَعُهُ

وَكَأَنَّ الجَمِيلَ لَمْ يَكُنِ

Unlike one whose pasture is favor

As if favor has never existed

أَوْسَعَ البِرَّ فِي مَعَاهِدِهِ

مِنَحاً لَمْ يُشَبْن بِالمِنَنِ

His kindness in his covenants was vast

Gifts that were not stained with favors

مَأْثُرَاتٌ جَلَّتْ وَضَاعَفَهَا

أَنَّهَا مِنْ دَقَائِقِ الفِطَنِ

Deeds that were great and multiplied

For they were of the finest consciousness

لَبْسَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَاسْمُهُ عَلَمٌ

فِي القُرى النَّائْيَاتِ وَالمُدُنِ

His reputation from Egypt spread

To distant villages and cities

بَيْنَ مَنْ أَكْرَمَتْ وِفَادَتَهُمْ

مَنْ رَعَى العَهْدَ كَالفَقِيدِ مَنِ

Between those whose loyalty he treasured

And those who kept their word like the deceased

ألوْ حَذَوْا حَذْوَهُ لَطَابَ لَهُمْ

وِرْدُهُمْ صَفياً مِنَ الإحَنِ

If only they followed his example

Their return would be pure from sorrow

مَنْ أحَبَّ الإحْسَانَ لَمْ يُرِهِ

دَهْرُهُ غَيْرَ وَجْهِهِ الحَسَنِ

Whoever loves kindness will not see

His days as anything but beautiful

أَيْن مِنْ جًودِ بَاذِلٍ وَهُدَى

رَأيِهِ شُحُّ بَاخِلٍ أفِنِ

Where is the open-handed and guided one

Whose view overcame the stingy and vain

حُظْوَةٌ لِلغَنِيِّ أُوتِيَ أنْ

يُقْرِضَ اللهَ وَهْوَ عَنْهُ غَنِي

A blessing for the wealthy to loan God

While He is without need from him

لَيْسَ وَقْعُ النَّدَى عَلَى زَعَرٍ

مِثْلَ وَقْعِ النَّدَى عَلَى دِمَنِ

Dew falling on a flower is not

Like dew falling on a pile of hay

يَا أمِيراً لَنَا العَزَاءُ بِهِ

عَنْ أَعَزَ الأَحْياءِ إنْ يَحِنِ

O prince, we have solace in you

For the most noble of the living, if he passes

ولَكَ فِي كُلِّ حَالَةٍ عَرَضَتْ

سُنَّةٌ مِنْ طَرَائِفِ السُّنَنِ

And you have in every situation

A tradition of diverse traditions

مِنَنٌ لاَ تَنِي تتَابِعُهَا

قَدْ مَلأَتَ الأَيَّامَ بِالمِنَنِ

Favors that do not cease, continuing

To fill the days with favors

يَوْمُ هَذَا التَّأْبِينِ مَفْخَرَةٌ

فَلْيُثِبْكَ القَدِيرُ وَليَصُنِ

This day of mourning is a pride

So may God Almighty make it last

كَانَ أسْمَى مَعْنًى وَألْطَفُهُ

مَا بِهذَا الحَشْدِ المَهِيبِ عُنِي

The highest and gentlest meaning

Was what this majestic gathering intended

أَهْلُ ثَغْرِ الإسكَنْدَرِيْةِ فِي

كُلِّ فَتْحٍ طَليعَةُ الوَطنِ

The people of Alexandria's shore in

Every conquest, the vanguard of the nation

مَثَّلُوا الشَّعْبَ فِي الوَدَاعِ لِمَنْ

بِالأُمُورِ الَّتِي عَنَتْهُ عَنِي

Representing the people in farewell to one

Busy with matters that preoccupied him from me

أيُّ حَفْلٍ بَدَا الصَّنِيعُ بِهِ

وَالوَفَاءُ البَدِيعُ فِي قَرَنِ

What gathering has kindness appeared in

And marvelous loyalty of its age

حَسْبُ رُوحِ الفَقِيدِ مَا لَقيَتْ

مِنْ ثَنَاءِ القُلُوبِ وَاللُّسُنِ

The soul of the deceased is content

With the praise of hearts and tongues

إنَّهُ كَانَ للِعُلَى سَكَناً

فَبَكَتْ شَجْوَهَا عَلَى السَّكَنِ

He was a dweller of the heights

So it wept its sorrows over the dwelling

هَلْ تُعَزِّيكِ يَا عَقِيلَتَهُ

أُمَّةٌ شَارَكَتْكِ فِي الحَزَنِ

Can a nation that shared your sorrow

Comfort you, O his beloved wife?

عَلَّ أَشْجَانَهَا مُلَطِّفَةٌ

بَرْحَ مَا ذُقْتِهِ مِنَ الشَّجَنِ

Consoling its anguish

Over what you have tasted of grief

كُنْتِ مِعْوَانَةَ الأَبَرِّ وَمَا

بَرَّ زَوْجاً كَالزَّوْجِ إنْ تُعِنِ

You were the aid of the righteous one and none

Excelled the husband if you support him

فَإِذَا مَا بَقِيَتِ سَالِمَةً

فَكَأَنَّ الفَقِيدَ لَمْ يَبِنِ

So if you remain safe

It is as if the deceased never lived