Sol 6.1

  1. رُزِءَ بِهِ كُلُّ القُلوبِ اِنكَوَت

    وَاِستَرسَلَ الدَمعُ وَطالَ الأَنينِ

    At his loss, all hearts were seared,

    and tears streamed freely, and the moaning grew long.

  2. وَالحُزنُ قَد عَمَّ جَميعَ المَلا

    فَلا تَرى غَيرَ بَكي حَزينِ

    And grief has engulfed all the people,

    so you see none but a sorrowful weeper,

  3. عَلى اِبنِ عَبدِ اللَهِ تاجُ العُلا

    خُلاصَةَ المَجدِ الصَدوقِ الأَمينِ

    for the son of Abd Allah, crown of eminence,

    the essence of glory, the truthful and trustworthy,

  4. مَن سادَ في الناسِ بِأَخلاقِهِ

    وَفي الوَلا كانَ القَوي المَتينِ

    who excelled among people through his character,

    and in loyalty was strong and steadfast.

  5. قَد أَنشَبَ المَوتُ بِهِ ظَفرَهُ

    في نُضرَةِ العُمرش عَلى غَيرِ حينِ

    Death sank its claw into him,

    in life's bloom, before his time.

  6. وَالمَوتُ نَقادٍ عَلى كَفِّهِ

    جَواهِرٌ يَختارُ مِنها الثَمينِ

    And Death is an appraiser; upon its palm

    are jewels, from which it chooses the precious one.

  7. يا أَيُّها الناسُ اِسكُبوا لِلدِما

    وَقَطِّعوا يا ناسُ الوَتينِ

    O people, pour forth blood,

    and sever, O people, the aorta.

  8. فَالخَطبُ قَد جَلَّ وَغَطّى النُهى

    وَالصَبرُ قَد عَزَّ وَضاعَ اليَقينِ

    For the calamity is grave and has veiled reason,

    and patience has grown scarce, and certainty is lost.

  9. الهَمتَ يا مِصرُ جَميلَ العَزا

    إِذ خانَكَ الدَهرُ بِأَحنى البَنينِ

    May you be granted noble solace, O Egypt,

    when fate betrayed you by taking the tenderest of sons.

  10. هَذا مُصابٌ جاءَ تاريخُهُ

    ثَكَلَت يا مِصرُ لِمَوتِ الأَمينِ

    This is a calamity whose chronogram reads:

    "Bereaved are you, O Egypt, at the death of the Trustworthy One."