Sol 6.1

  1. فوق أرض الحمى وتحت سمائِهْ

    أبعث التهنئات في أرجائِهْ

    Upon the homeland's soil and beneath its sky,

    I send congratulations throughout its reaches.

  2. عشتُ حتى شهدتُ في مستوى العم

    ر جلاءَ العادي وطيَّ لوائه

    I lived to witness, at this stage of my life,

    the aggressor's withdrawal and the furling of his banner.

  3. ورأت مصرُ يومَ ذكرى عليٍّ

    عودَ سلطانهِ إلى أبنائه

    And Egypt saw, on the day commemorating Ali,

    his sovereignty return to his sons.

  4. ردّ فيها حياتَهُ البائدُ البا

    لي ولاقى العليلُ نعمى شفائه

    In her, what had perished and grown timeworn regained its life,

    and the ailing found the blessing of recovery.

  5. وأطلَّ التاريخُ من شرفات ال

    دهر في تيهِهِ وفي خُيَلائه

    And history looked out from the balconies of

    the ages, in its pride and pomp,

  6. يملأ الخافقين عطراً ونوراً

    من أحاديثه ومن أنبائه

    filling both horizons with fragrance and light

    from its tales and its tidings.

  7. كادت القلعةُ المنيعةُ تسعى

    في ضحى عيدها إلى بُشرائه

    The impregnable citadel almost set forth

    in the forenoon of its feast, toward its heralds.

  8. وهي أغلى أمانةٍ لعليٍّ

    في ذمام الأبرار من أمنائه

    And it is Ali's most precious trust,

    in the safekeeping of the righteous among his trustees.

  9. وكأني أراه في هذه اللي

    لة بين الأطهار من شهدائه

    And it is as though I see him on this

    night, among the pure ones of his martyrs.

  10. وكأني أرى فتوحاته اليو

    مَ جميعاً في ساعةٍ من مَسائه

    And it is as though I see his conquests today,

    all together in a single hour of its evening.

  11. حبذا العام بعد ستين عاماً

    جاءَ يمحو شقاءَها بهنائه

    How welcome the year that, after sixty years,

    came to wipe away their misery with its joy.

  12. مهَّدَتْ صيفَهُ المقاديرُ للعز

    زة والخير والرضا في شتائه

    The fates prepared its summer for

    glory, goodness, and contentment in its winter.

  13. وأتى الظافرُ المُدلَّلُ في خَش

    يته بعد كبره وإبائه

    And the pampered victor came in

    fear, after his arrogance and defiance,

  14. يترضَّى أجل من يقبل الصل

    حَ وفرضَ السلام في أكفائه

    seeking the favor of the noblest one who accepts

    reconciliation and the imposition of peace among his equals.

  15. ما تجني ولا استراب ولكن

    ن عليه الحسيب من عزمائه

    He neither made unjust accusations nor grew suspicious, but

    among his resolute men was one to hold him to account.

  16. من تكن نيةُ السماح له وال

    حقِ عاد العدوُّ من أصدقائه

    Whoever's intention is generosity and

    justice sees the enemy become one of his friends.

  17. ومن الفضل والجميل عليه

    أن يرى أهلَ مصرَ من حلفائه

    And it is a favor and a kindness to him

    that he sees Egypt's people among his allies.

  18. غير مغنٍ بأس الحليف إذا لم

    يُغن ميثاقُه وصدقُ وفائه

    An ally's might is of no avail if

    his covenant and the sincerity of his loyalty do not avail.

  19. ألف النيلُ أمةً أمَّنَتْهُ

    في ينابيعه وفي أجزائه

    The Nile grew familiar with a nation that kept it safe

    in its sources and throughout its reaches.

  20. وأمدّ الوجود من شاطئيه

    بِجَنَى غرسه وفائض مائه

    And from its two banks it supplied the world

    with the fruit of its planting and the abundance of its water.

  21. وانتهى الشعب من قضيته الكب

    رى بمحتوم حكمه وقضائه

    And the people settled their great cause

    with their irrevocable judgment and decree.

  22. بِخُفُوقِ القلوب جاء يُحيِّي

    في خفوق اللواء روحَ رجائه

    With beating hearts, they came to salute,

    in the banner's flutter, the spirit of their hope.

  23. جمع الوادي شملهَ وتلاقتْ

    في ميادينه قوى زعمائه

    The valley united its people, and

    its leaders' forces converged in its squares.

  24. وتمادتْ به إلى ما تمنا

    هُ غواليِّ دمعهِ ودمائه

    And toward what it desired, it was carried onward

    by the precious drops of its tears and blood.

  25. واستمد الوادي المقدسُ من را

    عيه أسبابَ رغده ورخائه

    And the sacred valley drew from its

    shepherd the means of its comfort and prosperity.

  26. واطمأن الراعي الأمين إلى مُحْ

    كم أركانه ومُعلي بنائه

    And the faithful shepherd trusted in the one who

    strengthens its pillars and raises its edifice.

  27. حاكم الشعب من ينال قلوب ال

    شعب لا من يخوض في أحشائه

    The people's ruler is the one who wins the hearts of

    the people, not the one who wades through their entrails.

  28. وإذا ما تمكن الحكم فالعد

    ل ضمينُ امْتداده وبقائه

    And once rule is firmly established,

    justice guarantees its continuance and survival.

  29. قلَّ شعري وحقُّ ذا اليوم عندي

    منه ملءُ الوادي وملءُ فضائه

    My verse is scant; yet, in my view, this day deserves

    from it enough to fill the valley and all its expanse.

  30. أقعدتني السقام عن واجبيه

    وهي عذري إلى أبي شعرائه

    Illness kept me from the two duties owed to it,

    and it is my excuse before the father of its poets.