1. لَم يَمُت مَن لَهُ أَثَر

    وَحَياةٌ مِنَ السِيَر

    He has not died who leaves a trace,

    and a life in the chronicles.

  2. أُدعُهُ غائِباً وَإِن

    بَعُدَت غايَةُ السَفَر

    Call him absent, even if

    the journey's destination is distant.

  3. آيِبُ الفَضلِ كُلَّما

    آبَتِ الشَمسُ وَالقَمَر

    His goodness returns whenever

    the sun and moon return.

  4. رُبَّ نورٍ مُتَمَّمٍ

    قَد أَتانا مِنَ الحُفَر

    Many a light brought to fullness

    has come to us from the graves.

  5. إِنَّما المَيتُ مَن مَشى

    مَيتَ الخَيرِ وَالخَبَر

    The only dead man is he who walks

    dead in good deeds and renown;

  6. مَن إِذا عاشَ لَم يُفِد

    وَإِذا ماتَ لَم يَضِر

    who, while alive, brought no benefit,

    and, when he died, caused no loss.

  7. لَيسَ في الجاهِ وَالغِنى

    مِنهُ ظِلٌّ وَلا ثَمَر

    For all his rank and riches,

    he gives neither shade nor fruit.

  8. قُبِّحَ العِزُّ في القُصو

    رِ إِذا ذَلَّتِ القَصَر

    Cursed be glory in the palaces,

    if necks are humbled.

  9. أَعوَزَ الحَقَّ رائِدٌ

    وَإِلى مُصطَفى اِفتَقَر

    Justice lacked a guide,

    and stood in need of Mustafa.

  10. وَتَمَنَّت حِياضُهُ

    هَبَّةَ الصارِمِ الذَكَر

    And its pools longed

    for the onrush of the keen, hard-tempered sword,

  11. الَّذي يُنفِذُ المُدى

    وَالَّذي يَركَبُ الخَطَر

    that drives the daggers home,

    and that rides into peril.

  12. أَيُّها القَومُ عَظِّموا

    واضِعَ الأُسِّ وَالحَجَر

    O people, honor

    the one who laid the foundation and the stone.

  13. أُذكُروا الخُطبَةَ الَّتي

    هِيَ مِن آيَةِ الكُبَر

    Remember the speech which

    is one of the signs of greatness.

  14. لَم يَرَ الناسُ قَبلَها

    مِنبَراً تَحتَ مُحتَضَر

    Before it, people had never seen

    a pulpit beneath a dying man.

  15. لَستُ أَنسى لِواءَهُ

    وَهوَ يَمشي إِلى الظَفَر

    I shall not forget his banner,

    as he marches toward victory.

  16. حَشَرَ الناسَ تَحتَهُ

    زُمَراً إِثرَها زُمَر

    He gathered the people beneath it,

    throng after throng.

  17. وَتَرى الحَقَّ حَولَهُ

    لا تَرى البيضَ وَالسُمر

    And you see justice around him,

    not white swords and tawny spears.

  18. وَكُلَّما راحَ أَو غَدا

    نَفَخَ الروحَ في الصُوَر

    And whenever he went at evening or dawn,

    he breathed spirit into the forms.

  19. يا أَخا النَفسِ في الصِبا

    لَذَّةُ الروحِ في الصِغَر

    O brother of my soul in youth,

    delight of my spirit in childhood,

  20. وَخَليلاً ذَخَرتُهُ

    لَم يُقَوَّمَ بِمُدَّخَر

    and a dear friend whom I treasured,

    whose worth no hoarded treasure could match.

  21. حالَ بَيني وَبَينَهُ

    في فُجاءاتِهِ القَدَر

    Between me and him intervened

    fate, in its sudden visitations.

  22. كَيفَ أَجزي مَوَدَّةً

    لَم يَشُب صَفوَها كَدَر

    How can I repay an affection

    whose purity no murk has tainted,

  23. غَيرَ دَمعٍ أَقولُهُ

    قَلَّ في الشَأنِ أَو كَثُر

    save with tears I utter,

    whether scant in this matter or abundant,

  24. وَفُؤادٍ مُعَلَّلٍ

    بِالخَيالاتِ وَالذُكَر

    and a heart consoled

    by imaginings and memories?

  25. لَم يَنَم عَنكَ ساعَةً

    في الأَحاديثِ وَالسَمَر

    It has not slept unmindful of you for an hour,

    amid conversations and evening talk.

  26. قُم تَرَ القَومَ كُتلَةً

    مِثلَ مَلمومَةِ الصَخَر

    Rise and see the people as one mass,

    like a tightly packed mass of rock.

  27. جَدَّدوا أُلفَةَ الهَوى

    وَالإِخاءَ الَّذي شُطِر

    They renewed the bond of love,

    and the brotherhood that had been sundered.

  28. لَيسَ لِلخُلفِ بَينَهُم

    أَو لِأَسبابِهِ أَثَر

    Neither discord among them

    nor its causes leave a trace.

  29. أَلَّفَتهُم رَوائِحٌ

    غادِياتٌ مِنَ الغِيَر

    Evening visitations united them,

    and morning ones, from adversity.

  30. وَصَحَوا مِن مُنَوِّمٍ

    وَأَفاقوا مِنَ الحَذَر

    And they awoke from a soporific,

    and shook off their fear.

  31. أَقبَلوا نَحوَ حَقِّهِم

    ما لَهُم غَيرَهُ وَطَر

    They advanced toward their right;

    they have no desire beyond it.

  32. جَعَلوهُ خَلِيَّةً

    شَرَعوا دونَها الإِبَر

    They made it a hive,

    and leveled their stings in its defense.

  33. وَتَواصَوا بِخُطَّةٍ

    وَتَداعَوا لِمُؤتَمَر

    And they counseled one another on a plan,

    and called one another to a conference.

  34. وَقُصارى أولي النُهى

    يَتَلاقونَ في الفِكَر

    And the utmost aim of those endowed with reason

    is to come together in thought.

  35. آذَنونا بِمَوقِفٍ

    مِن جَلالٍ وَمِن خَطَر

    They told us of an occasion

    of majesty and great import.

  36. نَسمَعُ اللَيثَ عِندَهُ

    دونَ آجامِهِ زَأَر

    We hear the lion there

    roar outside his thickets.

  37. قُل لَهُم في نَدِيِّهِم

    مِصرُ بِالبابِ تَنتَظِر

    Tell them in their assembly:

    Egypt is waiting at the door.