Sol 6

  1. يا كوكباً في كل برج دارا

    أرضيت في هذا الضريح قرارا

    O star who traveled through every constellation,

    Are you content to rest in this tomb?

  2. ومجاهداً في كل واد ضارباً

    لولا المنية ما لقيت عثارا

    And warrior who struck out through every valley,

    But for death, you would never have stumbled.

  3. قد كنت تعدو في السماء وفي النهى

    وغدا الثرى لك غاية وقصارى

    You once raced through the sky and through thought,

    And now the earth is your limit and end.

  4. تسعى وحولك عصبة نبَّهتها

    فتبيَّنت مرماك والأوطارا

    You strove, surrounded by a band you awakened,

    Who came to see your aim and aspirations.

  5. من كل حرٍّ ليس يهدأ روعه

    حتى يطاول مصره الأمصارا

    Each was a free man whose heart could not rest

    Until his Egypt could rival other lands.

  6. وحملت عبء القوم وحدك عنهم

    لا شاكياً نصَباً ولا خوارا

    You bore the people's burden alone for them,

    Complaining neither of toil nor of weakness.

  7. أرهقتَ نفسك واستراحوا بعد ما

    وكلوا إليك الدار والديارا

    You exhausted yourself while they rested, after

    They entrusted their home and country to you.

  8. وبكوا هجوداً فاهتززتَ مواسياً

    ودعوك ليلاً فاستجبت نهارا

    They wept in sleep, and you stirred to console them;

    They called you at night, and you answered by day.

  9. عودتهم رفع الرؤوس تطلعاً

    فاستجمعوا الأسماع والأبصارا

    You taught them to lift their heads in expectation,

    And they gathered their hearing and sight.

  10. ومددت أسباب الرجاء طويلة

    وقضيت أيام الحياة قصارى

    You extended the means of hope far ahead,

    And lived your days to their utmost.

  11. لم تعرف الدنيا نبياً مرسلاً

    في ذا الشباب ولا رأت أبرارا

    The world has known no commissioned prophet

    At such a young age, nor seen such righteous men.

  12. كانت خلالك مثل وجهك جنةً

    ملء النفوس وكان قلبك نارا

    Your virtues, like your face, were a paradise

    Filling souls, while your heart was fire.

  13. ما متَّ محزوناً على عزم نبا

    أو مشهد في مصر عنك توارى

    You did not die grieving over a resolve that failed

    Or a scene in Egypt hidden from your sight.

  14. إن الذي أخنى عليك لَفَقْدُ من

    ألقى عليك الحب والأسرارا

    What wore you down was the loss of one

    Who gave you love and shared secrets with you.

  15. ما زلت توصي بالوفاء وأهله

    حتى ذهبت شهيده إيثارا

    You kept urging loyalty and its people

    Until, in devotion, you died its martyr.

  16. أربت على تلك الشجاعة رحمة

    لو نالت الجبل الأشم انهارا

    A mercy surpassed even that courage;

    Had it reached the lofty mountain, it would have crumbled.

  17. قد خر أيقاظ لرزئك غشية

    وأفاق قوم غافلون سكارى

    Those alert to your loss fell fainting,

    And heedless, drunken people came to their senses.

  18. لهفي عليك وقد رحلت اليوم لم

    تدرك لغرسك في البلاد ثمارا

    Alas for you: you have departed today without

    Seeing the fruit of what you planted in the land.

  19. يسقيه ماء النيل عذباً بارداً

    واليوم تسقيه الدموع غزارا

    The Nile's sweet, cool water waters it;

    Today, tears water it in torrents.

  20. لهفي وما لاقتك يثرب ضيفها

    وخطيبها المسترسل المكثارا

    Alas, Yathrib never welcomed you as her guest,

    Her eloquent, abundant speaker.

  21. تعظ الحجيج مؤلِّفاً وموفقاً

    وتوحد الآمال والأفكارا

    You would exhort the pilgrims, uniting and reconciling,

    And bring hopes and thoughts together.

  22. وتطوف بالقبر الكريم منادياً

    فيهز صوتك هاشماً ونزارا

    You would circle the honored tomb, calling out,

    And your voice would stir Hashim and Nizar.

  23. لهفي عليك ولم تسر متفقداً

    في الهند إخواناً لمصر حيارى

    Alas for you: you never went to check on

    Egypt's bewildered brethren in India.

  24. لهفي ولم تنقل من اليابان ما

    يهب البلاد حضارة وعمارا

    Alas, you never brought from Japan what

    Would give the country civilization and prosperity.

  25. قد كنت مزمعَ هجرة لو قدرت

    قربت أعواناً لمصر كبارا

    You meant to travel; had you been able,

    You would have brought Egypt great allies

  26. وجمعت بين السابقين وأمة

    مهضومة تتتبع الآثارا

    And joined those who had gone before with a nation

    Wronged and following in their footsteps.

  27. لو كان عمرك بعض ما ترجو وما

    تسعى لمصر استوعب الأعمارا

    Had your life been as long as even part of what you hoped

    And strove for Egypt, it would have filled lifetimes.

  28. يا ليتها يفديك من وزرائها

    من لم يضع عن أهلها الأوزارا

    Would that Egypt could ransom you with one of her ministers

    Who has not lifted the burdens from her people.

  29. ويل الذين تخلفوا عن مشهد

    مشت الملائك حوله إكبارا

    Woe to those who stayed away from a gathering

    Around which angels walked in reverence.

  30. هل يُعرضون ترفعاً وتكبراً

    أم يسكنون تهيباً وحذارا

    Do they turn away out of pride and arrogance,

    Or hold back from awe and caution?

  31. هلا رأوا جزع الأمير وصنعه

    برضاه عما شئته إقرارا

    Why did they not see the prince's grief and his act,

    His approval of what you wished, an acknowledgment?

  32. في أي يوم غير يومك هائل

    يبكي المسيء لذنبه استغفارا

    On what other day as momentous as yours

    Does a wrongdoer weep for his sin and seek forgiveness?

  33. ما كنت ذا عرش وتاج لامع

    أو فارساً تتقلد البتارا

    You possessed no throne and shining crown,

    Nor were you a knight wearing a sharp sword.

  34. ما كنت إلا صائحاً في أمة

    تستصرخ الشجعان والأحرارا

    You were only a voice crying out among a people,

    Calling on the brave and the free.

  35. ما كنت إلا ابناً لكل تقية

    ولكل آنسة أخاً مختارا

    You were only a son to every pious woman,

    And a chosen brother to every young woman.

  36. ترثيك أشياخ وشبان كما

    ترثي عفافك نسوة وعذارى

    Old men and young men mourn you, just as

    Women and maidens mourn your purity.

  37. وكأن نعشك والبرية حوله

    فلك يشق المائج الزخارا

    Your bier, with all the people around it, seemed

    A ship cleaving the surging, abundant sea.

  38. وكأن من أنفاسهم ودموعهم

    في خطبك الأمطار والإعصارا

    Their breaths and tears, amid the calamity of your loss,

    Seemed rainstorms and a whirlwind.

  39. يا قائد الأبطال هذا جيشك ال

    جرار فانظر جيشك الجرارا

    O leader of heroes, here is your mighty

    Army; look upon your mighty army.

  40. أعلامهم منكوسة فكأنها

    أسراب طير ضلت الأوكارا

    Their banners are lowered, as though they were

    Flocks of birds that had lost their nests.

  41. يوم كيوم الحشر ضمهمُ وكم

    رحَّبتَ في أرب لهم مضمارا

    A day like the Day of Gathering brought them together; how often

    You opened a wide field for their aspirations.

  42. فلئن بكوك فقد بكيتهمُ وهم

    غرباء في أوطانهم وأسارى

    Though they weep for you, you wept for them when they were

    Strangers in their own homeland and captives.

  43. أو يحملوك على رؤوسهمُ فقد

    أصعدتهم فوق النجوم فخارا

    And if they carry you on their heads, you had

    Raised them above the stars in pride.

  44. ومشيعين أعزة نجباء لم

    يبكوك حتى أغضبوا الجبارا

    And noble, distinguished mourners did not

    Weep for you until they angered the tyrant.

  45. وأبى عليهم في الأسى أعذارَهم

    وتقبلوا في غيظه الأعذارا

    In their grief, he refused to accept their excuses,

    Though they accepted excuses in the face of his anger.

  46. يرغي ويزبد ناقماً متحرقاً

    حنقاً ولو عرك الأمور لدارى

    He rants and fumes, resentful and burning

    With rage; had he weighed matters, he would have shown restraint.

  47. هل يحذرون قيوده وحدوده

    ولوَ اَنَّ دونك أجبلاً وبحارا

    Do they fear his fetters and limits,

    Even if mountains and seas lay between them and you?

  48. هذي عواطف لا تعارضها يد

    ومجازف من عارض التيارا

    These are feelings no hand can resist;

    Whoever resists the current takes a reckless risk.

  49. لولاك لم تبد الحوادثُ مخلصاً

    لبلاده منا ولا غدّارا

    Without you, events would not have revealed among us one loyal

    To his country, nor one who betrayed it.

  50. ساروا وسرت فكنت أوضحَ منهجاً

    فينا وأشرف رتبة وشعارا

    They went their way and you yours; among us your path was clearest,

    Your standing and banner the noblest.

  51. وترددوا حيناً وحيناً خافتوا

    ومضيت تدعو بالجلاء جهارا

    They wavered at times and whispered at others,

    While you went on calling openly for evacuation.

  52. ولقد توسَّطت المواقع مشرفاً

    تتعرف الفرّار والكرّارا

    You stood prominently amid the conflicts,

    Recognizing those who fled and those who charged.

  53. فلئن سخرت من المنافق مرة

    فلقد أسفت على الجبان مرارا

    Though you mocked the hypocrite once,

    You grieved for the coward many times.

  54. ما للأُلى خذلوك في أبان ما

    ترجو نصيراً أصبحوا أنصارا

    Why have those who failed you, when you most

    Hoped for a supporter, now become supporters?

  55. عرفوا الصواب اليوم أم جاءوا كما

    ذهبوا بكل سياسة تجارا

    Have they learned what is right today, or have they come as

    They left, trading in every kind of politics?

  56. أمنوا رفاقك ما حييت وأصبحوا

    يخشون بعدك للرفاق مثارا

    They felt safe from your companions while you lived, but now

    After your death they fear a rising of those companions.

  57. ولئن تعلل بالشماتة بعضهم

    لم يملكوا لشماتة إظهارا

    And though some sought comfort in gloating,

    They could not bring themselves to show it.

  58. ولربما شفت الحزينَ دموعُهُ

    وشكا الحسود الشامت الإضمارا

    Perhaps tears can heal the grieving person,

    While the envious gloater complains of having to hide his feelings.

  59. أشقيتهم حياً وميتاً والعدى

    لم يبرحوا لنفوسهم أشرارا

    You troubled them alive and dead, and your foes

    Have never ceased to harm their own souls.

  60. ليست عداتك من بني مصر وإن

    أوسعتهم أو أوسعوك نفارا

    Your enemies are not Egyptians, even if

    You and they were sharply estranged.

  61. إن العدى لمقسمو زعمائها

    ومفرِّقوهم يمنة ويسارا

    The enemies are those who divide Egypt's leaders

    And scatter them to right and left.

  62. لو يعلمون بأن سقمك قاتل

    لأتوا إليك ملائكاً أطهارا

    Had they known your illness was fatal,

    They would have come to you like pure angels.

  63. يمحو أعاديها جنايتهم وما

    يمحو المنافق من بنيها العارا

    Her enemies may erase their offense, but nothing

    Can erase the shame of her own hypocrites.

  64. أشهدت مصر على علاك ونيلها

    وصعيدها والنبت والأحجارا

    You called Egypt, her Nile, and her Upper Egypt to witness your greatness,

    Along with her plants and stones.

  65. قدستها حتى كأن لقومها ال

    أقوام أو من نهرها الأنهارا

    You held her sacred, as though, beside her people, all other

    Peoples were nothing, or beside her river, all other rivers.

  66. وأبحتها لسوى المحارب جامعاً

    فيها بلاد اللّه والأقطارا

    You opened her to all but the combatant, gathering

    Within her God's lands and peoples.

  67. ولقد ظفرت بكل جبار فلم

    تترك لها عند العوادي ثارا

    You prevailed over every tyrant and did not

    Leave her any vengeance to seek against aggressors.

  68. أمنتها من بعد ما مدوا إلى

    حراسها الأنياب والأظفارا

    You made her safe after they had bared

    Their fangs and claws at her guardians.

  69. قالوا شديد البأس قلت لهم على

    قدر الفريسة يركب الأخطارا

    They called you fierce in battle; I told them,

    One faces danger according to the prey.

  70. إن كنت نفّاع البلاد فحجة

    لك أن يسميك العدى ضرّارا

    If you benefit the country, that is reason enough

    For your enemies to call you harmful.

  71. أنثير حرباً في البلاد وأنت من

    منع السوابق أن تثير غبارا

    Would we stir up war in the land, when you are the one who

    Kept the racers from raising dust?

  72. كذبوا الممالك والشعوب الحضَّ وال

    إغراء والآراء والأخبارا

    They lied to kingdoms and peoples through incitement and

    Provocation, opinions, and reports.

  73. وتوهموا الإخلاص للسلطان إي

    قاعاً بمن راد البلاد وزارا

    They imagined that loyalty to the sultan meant setting

    Upon anyone who sought the land and visited it.

  74. هل ينكرون له علينا سؤدداً

    أو يجهلون قرابة وجوارا

    Do they deny his authority over us,

    Or fail to know the bonds of kinship and neighborliness?

  75. يخشون جيش الترك وهو مرابط

    ويحاذرون الجيش أنى سارا

    They fear the Turkish army while it stays in camp,

    And dread the army wherever it marches.

  76. إن دافع الباغي وأمَّن خائفاً

    مستنجداً قالوا اعتدى وأغارا

    If it repels an aggressor and reassures someone afraid

    Who seeks help, they say it attacked and raided.

  77. ولو استطاعوا أن يفرق بيننا

    حظروا علينا أن نفي ونغارا

    And if they could divide us,

    They would forbid us to be loyal and feel protective zeal.

  78. ما بالهم وهم ضيوف الدار ما

    نزلوا بها حتى استباحوا الدارا

    What is wrong with them? They are guests in the house, yet no sooner

    Had they entered than they claimed the house as theirs.

  79. صعب علينا والخطوب ملمةٌ

    لولا الخلافة أن نصون ذمارا

    With calamities pressing upon us, it was hard

    To guard our honor, but for the caliphate.

  80. لو لم تَسِلْ قطعُ النفوس لشيَّدوا

    منها لك التمثال والتذكارا

    If fragments of their souls had not flowed away, they would have built

    From them a statue and memorial to you.

  81. ما مات من ورثت مناه أمةٌ

    تجري على منهاجه استمرارا

    One has not died when a nation inherits his hopes

    And continues along his path.

  82. أحيى على يدي القوافي حرة

    من صرَّف الأحكام والأقدارا

    May He keep her free through my verses,

    He who directs judgments and destinies.