أعيذك من شرّ الحوادث يا مصرُ

أعيذك من شرّ الحوادث يا مصرُ

فقد آن أن يزهو بأبنائك العصرُ

فقد آن أن يزهو بأبنائك العصرُ

I seek protection for you from the evil of calamities, O Egypt.

I seek refuge for you from the evil of calamities, O Egypt

For the time has come for the age to take pride in your sons.

For it is time for your children to prosper in this age

وتظهر للأيام منهم براعة

وتظهر للأيام منهم براعة

يكون بها بين البلاد لك الفخرُ

يكون بها بين البلاد لك الفخرُ

And their brilliance shall be revealed to the days,

And for them to show the days skills

Through which glory among the lands shall be yours.

With which you will have pride amongst nations

وما أنت في جوزِ الفخار دعيةٌ

وما أنت في جوزِ الفخار دعيةٌ

ولكن قضاءٌ والليالي لها سِرُ

ولكن قضاءٌ والليالي لها سِرُ

And you are no pretender in the very heart of glory,

You are not just a vessel made of clay

But such is fate, and the nights have a secret.

But rather destined, and nights have their mysteries

وتلك صروف في ظروفِ تقدمت

وتلك صروف في ظروفِ تقدمت

لتأخيرنا حيناً فلا ردها الدهرُ

لتأخيرنا حيناً فلا ردها الدهرُ

And those were turns of fortune amid circumstances now past,

Those are the turns of circumstances

To hold us back awhile—may time never bring them back!

That delayed us for a while, time cannot change them

فإن كنتِ قد قصرت فيما مضى ففي

فإن كنتِ قد قصرت فيما مضى ففي

طوالع الاستقبال ينتظم الأمرُ

طوالع الاستقبال ينتظم الأمرُ

So if you have fallen short in the past, then in

If you fell short in the past, in

The dawns of the future, affairs will fall into order.

The horizons of the future order will be set

وحسبك أن قد لاح فيك أئمة

وحسبك أن قد لاح فيك أئمة

لهم في دواوين النُّهىَ النهْي والأمرُ

لهم في دواوين النُّهىَ النهْي والأمرُ

And it is enough for you that leaders have appeared within you,

It suffices you that leaders have emerged in you

Theirs, in the councils of reason, are prohibition and command.

For them in the records of prohibition is the prohibition and command

عُنوا باتباع المجد حتى عَلا لهم

عُنوا باتباع المجد حتى عَلا لهم

على المشتري قدرٌ وسار لهم ذكْرُ

على المشتري قدرٌ وسار لهم ذكْرُ

They devoted themselves to pursuing glory, until there rose for them

They cared for pursuing glory until

A rank above Jupiter, and their renown spread.

Their value became high to the Buyer and their mention circulated

ومالوا إلى نشر المعارف والهدى

ومالوا إلى نشر المعارف والهدى

ففاح على الأكوانِ من طِيبها نشرُ

ففاح على الأكوانِ من طِيبها نشرُ

And they turned to spreading knowledge and guidance,

And they inclined to spread knowledge and guidance

So the scent of their perfume wafted throughout creation.

So its goodness has spread fragrantly over the galaxies

وإن جحد الغر الجهول فخارهم

وإن جحد الغر الجهول فخارهم

فهذا دليل أن آثارهم غُرُ

فهذا دليل أن آثارهم غُرُ

And if the naive ignoramus denies their glory,

And if the ignorant foreigner denies their superiority

Then this is proof that their works are radiant.

This is proof that their effects have overwhelmed

كتابٌ فريد من تآليف تدرسٍ

كتابٌ فريد من تآليف تدرسٍ

إذا قِسْتَه بالدر يستحقَرُ الدرُّ

إذا قِسْتَه بالدر يستحقَرُ الدرُّ

A peerless book among the writings of Tadros:

A unique book of the compositions of Teaching

If you compare it with pearls, the pearls are deemed paltry.

If weighed against pearls, pearls would be worthless

تخال إذا طالعته أنّ ما مضى

تخال إذا طالعته أنّ ما مضى

من المر مشهود وهذا هو السحرُ

من المر مشهود وهذا هو السحرُ

You imagine, when you read it, that what has passed

You'd think when reading it that the past bitterness

Of bitterness is before your eyes—and this is magic.

Is witnessed and this is sorcery

وتنظر في أسجاعه حسنَ يوسف

وتنظر في أسجاعه حسنَ يوسف

فيا حبذا في حسنهِ السجع والشعرُ

فيا حبذا في حسنهِ السجع والشعرُ

And in its rhymed prose you behold Yusuf's beauty,

And you see in its rhythms the beauty of Joseph

So how lovely, in its beauty, are rhymed prose and verse!

How excellent is the rhyme and poetry in its beauty

به تشحذ الأذهان والروح ترتوي

به تشحذ الأذهان والروح ترتوي

بعذب مبانيه ويسترشد الفكرُ

بعذب مبانيه ويسترشد الفكرُ

Through it minds are sharpened, and the soul drinks its fill

It sharpens the minds and the soul is satiated

Of its sweet phrasing, and thought finds guidance.

With the sweetness of its structure and thought is guided

فيا نبهاء القوم جدوا كتدرسٍ

فيا نبهاء القوم جدوا كتدرسٍ

فما للفتى من دون آدابهِ قدر

فما للفتى من دون آدابهِ قدر

So, O gifted ones among the people, strive like Tadros,

So oh eminent people, strive like Teaching

For a young man has no worth without his learning and refinement.

For the young man is worthless without his manners

وأحيوا بهذا العصر لهجة قومكم

وأحيوا بهذا العصر لهجة قومكم

فليس على نسيانها يحسن الصبرُ

فليس على نسيانها يحسن الصبرُ

And in this age revive your people's tongue,

And revive with this age the dialect of your people

For it is not fitting to endure its being forgotten.

For bearing its forgetfulness is not seemly to endure