ما أَنتَ أَوَّلُ كَوكَبٍ

ما أَنتَ أَوَّلُ كَوكَبٍ

في الغَربِ أَدرَكَهُ المَغيب

في الغَربِ أَدرَكَهُ المَغيب

You are not the first star

You are not the first star

in the West to be overtaken by setting;

that sunset has overtaken in the West.

فَهُناكَ أَقمارُ المَشا

فَهُناكَ أَقمارُ المَشا

رِقِ قَد أُتيحَ لَها الغُروب

رِقِ قَد أُتيحَ لَها الغُروب

for there are moons of the East

For there, the moons of the East

to which setting, too, has been allotted.

have been destined to set.

داسَ الحِمامُ عَرينَ خا

داسَ الحِمامُ عَرينَ خا

لِكَ وَهوَ مَرهوبٌ مَهيب

لِكَ وَهوَ مَرهوبٌ مَهيب

Death trampled the lair of your maternal un—

Death trampled your uncle's den,

—cle, though it was dreaded and awe-inspiring.

though he is feared and awe-inspiring.

لَم يَثنِهِ عَنكَ الرَئيـ

لَم يَثنِهِ عَنكَ الرَئيـ

ـسُ وَلا رَمى عَنكَ الخُطوب

ـسُ وَلا رَمى عَنكَ الخُطوب

The lead—

The leader did not turn it away from you,

—er did not turn it aside from you, nor ward calamities away.

nor repel calamities from you.

يا سَعدُ كَيفَ قَضى سَعيـ

يا سَعدُ كَيفَ قَضى سَعيـ

ـدٌ وَهوَ مِن سَعدٍ قَريب

ـدٌ وَهوَ مِن سَعدٍ قَريب

O Saʿd, how did Saʿ—

O Saad, how did Saeed die,

—īd perish when he was so close to Saʿd?

though he was close to Saad?

عَجَباً أَتَحمي أُمَّةً

عَجَباً أَتَحمي أُمَّةً

وَتَخافُ جانِبَكَ الخُطوب

وَتَخافُ جانِبَكَ الخُطوب

How strange! Do you protect a nation

How strange! Do you protect a nation,

while calamities fear to approach your side,

and calamities dread your presence,

وَيُغالُ ضَيفُكَ وَاِبنُ أُخـ

وَيُغالُ ضَيفُكَ وَاِبنُ أُخـ

ـتِكَ وَهوَ عَن مِصرٍ غَريب

ـتِكَ وَهوَ عَن مِصرٍ غَريب

yet your guest is slain—your sis—

yet your guest, your sister's son, is snatched away,

—ter’s son—while far from Egypt?

while he is far from Egypt?

نُبِّئتُ أَنَّكَ قَد بَكَيـ

نُبِّئتُ أَنَّكَ قَد بَكَيـ

ـتَ وَهالَكَ اليَومُ العَصيب

ـتَ وَهالَكَ اليَومُ العَصيب

I was told that you had wept

I was told that you had wept,

for a young man—and the grievous day appalled you.

and that the dreadful day had appalled you.

وَإِذا بَكى سَعدٌ بَكَت

وَإِذا بَكى سَعدٌ بَكَت

لِبُكائِهِ مِنّا القُلوب

لِبُكائِهِ مِنّا القُلوب

And when Saʿd weeps, there weep

And when Saad weeps, so do

our hearts at his weeping.

our hearts, at his weeping.

يا آلَ زَغلولٍ ذَوى

يا آلَ زَغلولٍ ذَوى

مِن رَوضِكُم غُصنٌ رَطيب

مِن رَوضِكُم غُصنٌ رَطيب

O House of Zaghlul, there withered

O house of Zaghloul, there has withered

from your garden a tender branch.

a tender branch from your garden.

فَقَدَت بِهِ مِصرٌ فَتىً

فَقَدَت بِهِ مِصرٌ فَتىً

أَخلاقُهُ مِسكٌ وَطيب

أَخلاقُهُ مِسكٌ وَطيب

Through him Egypt lost a youth

In him, Egypt has lost a young man

whose character was musk and perfume.

whose virtues were musk and fragrance.

يا آلَ زَغلولٍ وُعو

يا آلَ زَغلولٍ وُعو

دُكُمُ عَلى الجُلّى صَليب

دُكُمُ عَلى الجُلّى صَليب

O House of Zaghlul, your prom—

O house of Zaghloul, your stem

—ises amid grave trials stand firm.

is stout against great calamity.

إِنّي لَأَخجَلُ أَن أُعَز

إِنّي لَأَخجَلُ أَن أُعَز

زِيَكُم وَكُلُّكُمُ أَريب

زِيَكُم وَكُلُّكُمُ أَريب

I am ashamed to offer you con—

I am indeed ashamed to offer you condolences,

—dolences, when every one of you is discerning,

when every one of you is discerning,

شاكي سِلاحِ الصَبرِ مُمـ

شاكي سِلاحِ الصَبرِ مُمـ

ـتَحِنٌ لِدُنياهُ لَبيب

ـتَحِنٌ لِدُنياهُ لَبيب

armed with patience as a weapon, test—

well-armed with patience's weapon, one who has tested

—ed by life and wise.

his world and is wise.

خَطبُ الكِنانَةِ في فَقيـ

خَطبُ الكِنانَةِ في فَقيـ

ـدِكُمُ لِخَطبِكُمُ يُشيب

ـدِكُمُ لِخَطبِكُمُ يُشيب

Al-Kinānah’s grief over your lost—

The Quiver's grief for your departed one

—one melts in sympathy with your grief.

grows gray at your own grief.

لَم يَبقَ مِنّا واحِدٌ

لَم يَبقَ مِنّا واحِدٌ

إِلّا لَهُ مِنهُ نَصيب

إِلّا لَهُ مِنهُ نَصيب

Not one of us remains

Not a single one of us is left

without a share in it.

without a share in it.