Sol 6.1

  1. قَد ماتَ رَب العلا فَليبكه الوَطن

    وَالعلم وَالفَضل وَلآداب وَالمنن

    The lord of glory has died; let the homeland mourn him,

    And learning, virtue, letters, and benefactions.

  2. هُوَ الَّذي كانَت العَليا تَروق بِهِ

    لِأَنَّهُ حسن وَالعَين وَالاذن

    He was the one through whom high glory shone,

    For he was Hasan—the eye and the ear.

  3. بِهِ المَعارف نالَت خَير مُكتسب

    ما نالَهُ قَبل مَن ساروا وَمَن ظَعَنوا

    Through him, learning attained its finest gain,

    A gain none who traveled or journeyed away had attained before.

  4. كانَت تَوَد بِهِ نَشر العُلوم لِمَن

    تَرجو عُلاه وَلَكن خانَها الزَمَن

    It wished through him to spread the sciences to those

    Whose rise it hoped for, but time betrayed it.

  5. فَفاجأته المَنايا وَهِيَ تُنشدها

    تَأتي الرِياح بِما لا تَشتَهي السُفن

    Then death took him unawares, as it recited:

    “The winds come bearing what the ships do not desire.”

  6. وَأَصبَح القطر لا تَصفو مَوارده

    وَلا يَزور عُيوناً بَعدَهُ الوَطَن

    And now the land's water sources no longer run clear,

    Nor, after him, does the homeland visit springs.

  7. وَحَق لِلعَين أَن تَبكي عَلَيهِ دَماً

    فَقَد تَناءى وَعز القَبر وَالكَفَن

    And rightly may the eye weep blood for him,

    For he has gone far away, and grave and shroud are beyond reach.

  8. وَكانَ يُحسن مِنا الصَبر حَيث نَأى

    عَن الدِيار وَلا أَهل وَلا سَكَن

    It was fitting for us to be patient while he was far

    From home, with neither family nor shelter.

  9. وَمَن نَعزى وَكُل الناس تَندبه

    وَلَو عَزاء فَمنا الرُوح وَالبَدَن

    And whom shall we console, when all people lament him?

    And if there is consolation, then from us come soul and body.

  10. كُل القُلوب لَقَد قالَت مُؤرخة

    مُت يا صَفاء فَما في مَصر لي حَسَن

    All hearts have said, recording the date:

    “Die, O Safa, for I have no Hasan in Egypt.”