هي الحياة تجددت بقوانا

ما مات كامل بل تعاظم شأنا

It is life renewed by our laws

What died wholly but grew greater

حياً وميتاً أنت قائد أمة

يا مصطفى كانت تقاد هوانا

Alive and dead, you are the leader of a nation

O Mustafa, once led in humiliation

لو كنت تعلم ان موتك جامع

تلك القلوب لكنت غبت زمانا

Had you known your death would unite

Those hearts, you would have lived on

أحييت في يوم بموتك عنصرا

لو عشت ما ألفت منه عنانا

You revived in your death a people

Had you lived, you would not have tamed it

أبقيت ذكرا ساطعا لا ينطفي

وأقمت حزبا في العلا يتفانا

You left a shining memory that does not fade

And established a party selflessly devoted

أبكيت من ملأ السرور جرابه

بل كان موتك في الصدور سنانا

You made the happiest weep from joy

Indeed your death was like a spear in hearts

ابكيت جل العالمين فكبروا

وتحسروا اذ قد بعدت مكانا

You made most of the world weep, so they grew

And regretted that you went far away

ما مت لكن قد تسلمك القضا

وجلاء خصمك من بلادك حانا

You did not die, but destiny took you

And the time came for your enemy to leave your land

ما مات بل من قبل كنت معانداً

والآن قال الكل انت هدانا

You did not die, but before you were opposed

And now all say "You have guided us"

ما مت لا غلط رثاؤك مصطفى

بل زدت عمرا والمعاند لانا

You did not die, no - mourning you is wrong, Mustafa

Rather you gained life and the opponent despaired

ما مت لا والناس كل للفنا

لكن سبقت لكي تحوز رثانا

You did not die, no - and all people die

But you went first so you could gain inheritance

ما مات من ترك السياسة تقتفي

فلم البكاء وقد شددت عرانا

You did not die - who left politics pursuing

Why the weeping when you tightened the reins?

قد كنت تسعى أن تؤلف أمة

فتألفت مذ نعي خطبك جانا

You always sought to unite the nation

So it united when your sermons reached us

ما كنت تعهد أن حزبك هكذا

عددا وحزما يا مدار رحانا

You did not expect your party to be thus

In number and resolve, O pivot of bliss

ما كنت تعهد أن مصر بشعبها

تهز يوم الاربعين حنانا

You did not expect Egypt with its people

To shudder on the fortieth day in sorrow

ما كنت تعهد أن حبك كامن

في كل صدر يا عظيم رجانا

You did not expect your hidden love

To be in each breast, O mighty refuge

كم مات من شهم وكم بطل مضى

بل كم مليك للمنية عانا

Many brave heroes died - but how many kings

Suffered the stroke of death before their time?

شهدت جنازته الوفود تكلفا

وتوقياً وسياسة وأمانا

Their funerals were attended for show

Hypocritically, politically, insincerely

لكن لمشهدك العظيم تسارعوا

خيلا ورجلا عزة لحمانا

But for your magnificent scene they raced

Horse and foot, prestige and protection

فكأن مغناطيس هاتيك الورى

بفسيح قبرك يوم ظعنك كانا

As if the people of this world were magnets

Drawn to your noble grave the day you were stabbed

لو قمت قلت من الذي يرثونه

أولي أم ملك الملوك تفانا

If you rose and said "who mourns me?"

Would it be my family or the King of Kings in devotion?

لا تعجبن اذا القضية جاوزت

حد المقام فذا المصاب دهانا

Do not be surprised if the issue went

Beyond propriety - for this blow pierces

صعب علينا رزء فقدك اذ علي

ذو المجد في صحف اللواء دعانا

We struggled with the pain of losing you, Ali

The glorious one called us in the banners of glory

لا زال يخفق والشبيبة ترتقي

والصيت يصعد والنفاق مهانا

Still throbbing as the youth grows

The fame rises as hypocrisy is disgraced

ما مات من ترك الشقيق مؤديا

حق اللواء ولم يكن يتوانا

He did not die who left his brother fulfilling

The banner's right, and he did not hesitate

فاسلك أبا الحسن السبيل ولا تهب

فالحق حصحص والمخالف دانا

So take the path Abu Al-Hassan and do not give up

For truth is solid and the opponent despised

ما غاب صنوك والرياسة بعده

لفريد اذ خدم الكمال مجانا

Your leadership did not disappear but remained

With Fareed who selflessly served perfection

والله يلهمك الرشاد ويرزقن

صبراً ليذعن للرحيل عدانا

And may God grant you guidance and give us

Patience to accept departure, O pillar