1. عَزِّ الكِرام وَشاطِرهُم رَزِيَّتَهُم

    فَإنَّهُم بِالتَعازي أَخلَقُ الناسِ

    Console the noble, and share their bereavement;

    for they, of all people, most deserve consolation.

  2. وَأَلقِ دَمعَكَ في تَيّارِ أَدمُعهِم

    وَوَحِّدِ الرُزءَ في مِصرٍ وَبُلقاسِ

    And pour your tears into the torrent of their tears,

    and make Egypt and Bilqas one in their loss.

  3. وَاِخلَع عِذاركَ فَالأَشجانُ آمِرةٌ

    وَما على من يُطيعُ الأَمرَ من باسِ

    And cast off your bridle, for sorrows command,

    and no blame rests on one who obeys the command.

  4. وَلا يَغُرَّك في البَلوى ثَباتُهُم

    كم من رَفيعِ الذُر فوقَ اللَظى راسي

    And let not their steadfastness in affliction deceive you:

    how many a lofty-peaked mountain stands firm above the flames!

  5. همُ الأُلى قَطعوا في الحُزنِ أودِيَةً

    يَضِلُّ إن سار في أَقطارِها الاسى

    They are those who have crossed valleys of sorrow,

    where a consoler would lose his way if he journeyed through their reaches.

  6. يخالُهُم من رَآهُم في مَضاجِعِهِم

    سَكرى وَما ذاكَ من دَنٍّ وَلا كاسِ

    Whoever saw them in their beds would think them

    drunk—yet not from wine jar or cup.

  7. جلّت مُصيبَتُهُم عن أن يكون لها

    عَرضٌ سوى الهمِّ أو طولٌ سوى الياس

    Their calamity is too great to have

    any breadth but anguish, or any length but despair.

  8. أبا الفُتوحِ ومن ناداكَ جاوَبهَ

    من جانبِ اسمِكَ نَفحُ الوَردِ والآسِ

    O Abu al-Futuh, whoever called you was answered

    by the fragrance of roses and myrtle wafting from your name.

  9. إِذا غَدَت مصرُ منكَ اليوم خاليةً

    فما لِعَهدِك فيها الدَهرَ من ناسي

    If Egypt has become bereft of you today,

    none within her will ever forget your days.

  10. هل كان يومُكَ فينا غير يومِ مُنىً

    كانَت كباراً فَأَمسَت طيَّ أَرماسِ

    Was your day among us anything but a day of hopes,

    once great, but now folded away in graves?