1. ذكرتك والذكر الذي أنت تارك

    هو الخلد في الدنيا لمن ترك الدنيا

    I remembered you; the remembrance you leave behind

    Is immortality in this world for one who has left this world.

  2. أطالع من عطر ونور صحيفة

    لسيرتك العظمى وغايتك العليا

    I read a page of fragrance and light,

    Of your great life and your lofty purpose.

  3. وأنشر شعري فيك بعثاً ولم يكن

    لك اليوم تأبيناً معاداً ولا نعيا

    And I publish my verse about you as a resurrection; it is not

    A repeated eulogy for you today, nor tidings of your death.

  4. وأفتقد الحر الشهيد لعله

    يعود إلى الوادي بنضرته حيا

    And I miss the free man, the martyr; perhaps he

    Will return to the valley alive, in all his freshness.

  5. وليس وفائي للفقيد رثاءه

    ولكنه في أن أتابعه رأيا

    And my loyalty to the departed is not to elegize him,

    But lies in following his views.

  6. وقد كنت في محياك لي موضع المنى

    فأمسيت في مثواك لي موضع الرؤيا

    In your lifetime, you were the focus of my hopes;

    Now, in your resting place, you have become the subject of my dreams.

  7. وعندي لك العهد القديم أزيده

    على الدهر ميثاقاً وإن زدتني نأيا

    And I keep my old pledge to you, making it

    A firmer covenant as time passes, though you grow more distant from me.

  8. تنازع أهل الأرض بغياً فما لقوا

    سوى الرمم المرعى وغير الدم الريّا

    The peoples of the earth fought unjustly, but found

    Only corpses for pasture and blood to quench their thirst.

  9. ومن مكنته ناره وحديده

    من الخلق بأساً أطلق الأمر والنهيا

    And he whose fire and iron gave him power

    Over mankind commanded and forbade without restraint.

  10. وأين المنجِّي من أذى الحرب أهلها

    وفي الشرق ما أوهى وفي الغرب ما أعيا

    And where is one to save those at war from its harm,

    While the East has much that weakens, and the West much that exhausts?

  11. وهل يلتقي أبناء مصر تألُّفاً

    ويطوون صحف الخلف بينهمُ طيا

    And will the sons of Egypt unite in harmony,

    And fold away the pages of discord between them?

  12. وإني أرى للقوم في الخير نية

    وإني لأرجو أن أرى العزم والسعيا

    And I see that the people intend good,

    And I earnestly hope to see resolve and endeavor.