فَلَمَّا دَعَاهُ اللهُ بَعْدَ جهَادهِ
إِلَى الرَّاحَةِ الكًبْرَى وَقَدْ بَاتَ مُجْهَدَا
When God called him after his jihad
To the great rest, exhausted from effort
تَوَارَى وَملْءُ النَّاظرَيْنَ شُعَاعُهُ
فَرَاعَ مَغيباً مثْلَ مَا رَاعَ مَشْهدَا
His brilliance disappeared from all eyes
His absence caused grief, as did his presence
ذَخْيرَةُ قَوْمٍ فُوجئُوا بضِيَاعهَا
فَمَا دَفَعَ الحرْصُ القَضَاءَ وَمَا فَدَى
A people's treasure suddenly lost
Neither greed could prevent fate, nor ransom
فَأَيُّ أَديبٍ اَلْمَعيٍّ طَوَى الثَّرَى
وَأَيُّ اجْتمَاعيٍّ حَكيمٍ تَغَمَّدَ
What cultured poet lies in the grave?
What wise community leader is shrouded?
وَأَيُّ اقْتصَاديٍّ رَمَاهُ وَلَمْ يَبِنْ
لَهُ مَقْتَلٌ رَامٍ خَفيٌّ فَأَقْصَدَا
What economic planner aimed true though obscured
Limits matched his great virtues, multiplying
فَقيدٌ عَلَى قَدْرِ المَعَالي تَعَدَّدَتْ
مَآتمُهُوَالرزْءُ فيهِ تَعَدَّدَا
His bereavements, and sorrows multiplied
In Egypt, nay the East, a family mourns
فَفي مِصْرَ بَلْ فِي الشَّرْقِ أَحْزَانُ أُسْرَةٍ
عَلَى خَيْرِ أنْ لَمَّ الشَّتاتَ وَوَحَّدَا
For one who united diversity's shards
He left us, his days beyond counting
تَوَلَّى وَمَا خلْنَاهُ يُحْصَى زَمَانُهُ
عَلَيْه وَمَا خلْنَا امْرَءاً منْهُ أَسْعَدَا
Nor did we leave one happier in his departure
His remembrance grants him life everlasting
لَهُ منْ خُلُودِ الذِّكْرِ عُمْرٌ وَلَيْتَ مَنْ
يُرَجَّى جَنَاهُ كَانَ بالعُمْرِ أُخْلدَ
Would that one so remembered lived on forever
O kinsmen, does his company no longer cheer the home?
فَيَا آلَهُ هَلْ يُوحَشُ الدَّارِ أُنْسُهُ
وَقَدْ تَرَكَ الذِّكْرَ الجَميلَ المُؤَبَّدَا
Though he left fair, lasting memory
May God grant you solace and his goodness
ليَمْنَحْكُمُ اللهُ العَزَاءَ وَخَيْرُهُ
تَعَهُّدكُمْ منْ مَجْدِهِ مَا تَعَهَّدَا
As you perpetuate his glory, as he perpetuated
O inheritor, guardian of his legacy
وَيَا مَنْ تَوَلَّى بَعْدَهُ رَعْيَ مَا بَنَى
لَقَدْ كُنْتَ خَيْراً حَافِظاً وَموَطِّدَا
You were the best protector, solidifier
Among the age's lofty figures, your place is secure
مَكَانُكَ فيمَنْ أَنْجَبَ العَصرُ بَاذخ
وَمَا زلْتَ في أَعْلاَمه الشُّم مفْرَدَا
Never ceasing to be unique among its highest
When Egypt's best are gone, eclipsed
إِذَا مُنَيتْ عَلياءُ مصْرَ بفَرْقَد
تَغَيَّب عَنْهَا أَطْلَعَ اللهُ فَرْقَدَا
The dawn God revealed will be eclipsed
