1. مَعشَرَ القِبطِ يا بَني مِصرَ في السَر

    راءِ قد كُنتُمُ وَفي الضَرّاءِ

    O Coptic community, O sons of Egypt in prosperity,

    as you have been in adversity too.

  2. قَد فَقَدنا مِنّا ومنكم كَبيراً

    كان بِالأَمسِ زينةَ الكُبراءِ

    We have lost a great man, one of us and of you,

    who yesterday was the ornament of the great.

  3. فَأَقَمنا عليه في كلِّ نادٍ

    مَأتَماً داوِياً بصَوتِ البُكاءِ

    So we held for him in every gathering place

    a mourning assembly resounding with the sound of weeping.

  4. وَمَزَجنا دُموعَنا بِدُموعٍ

    بَذَلَتها عُيونُكم عن سَخاءِ

    And we mingled our tears with tears

    that your eyes shed so generously.

  5. وَرَأَينا فَتكَ الرَزيئةِ بِالعَق

    لِ وَفِعلَ المصابِ بِالعُقلاءِ

    And we saw how the calamity ravaged reason,

    and what the disaster did to the wise.

  6. باركَ اللَهُ فيكُم أَنتُمُ النا

    سُ وفاءً إن عُدَّ أهلُ الوَفاءِ

    God bless you! You are foremost among people

    in loyalty, if the loyal are counted.

  7. أَدمُعٌ جاوَزَت مدى كل حُزنٍ

    وَتخطَّت حُدودَ كلِّ عزاءِ

    Tears that surpassed the measure of every sorrow

    and overstepped the bounds of every consolation;

  8. وعَديدٌ وَراءَ كلِّ خيالٍ

    وَعويلٌ في إِثرِ كلِّ هناءِ

    and lamentation beyond all imagining,

    and wailing in the wake of every joy.

  9. لو بَلَغتُم على النجومِ صُعوداً

    لاتَّهَمتُم كواكِبَ الجَوزاءِ

    Had you climbed up to the stars,

    you would surely have accused the stars of al-Jawza.

  10. عُذرُكُم أنَّ بُطرُساً كان في مِص

    رَ كبيرا في الفَضلِ جمَّ العلاءِ

    Your excuse is that Boutros was, in Egypt,

    great in merit, rich in eminence.

  11. خَفِّفوا من صياحِكُم ليس في مِص

    رَ لأَبناءِ مِصرَ من أعداءِ

    Lessen your cries: in Egypt there are no

    enemies of Egypt's sons.

  12. دينُ عيسى فيكُم ودينُ أخيهِ

    أحمدٍ يَأمُرانِنا بِالإِخاءِ

    The faith of Jesus among you, and that of his brother

    Ahmad, both enjoin brotherhood upon us.

  13. وَيحَكُم ما كذا تكون النَصارى

    راقِبوا اللَهَ بارىءَ العذراءِ

    Woe to you! Christians do not behave this way.

    Be mindful of God, the Creator of the Virgin.

  14. مِصرُ أنتُم ونحن إلّا إذا قا

    مت بِتَفريقِنا دَواعي الشَقاءِ

    Egypt is you and us—unless

    the causes of misery arise to divide us.

  15. مِصرُ ملكٌ لنا إذا ما تَماسَك

    نا وَإلّا فَمصرُ لِلغُرَباءِ

    Egypt is ours if we hold

    together; otherwise Egypt belongs to strangers.

  16. لا تُطيعوا منّا ومِنكم أناساً

    بَذَروا بَينَنا بُذورَ الجَفاءِ

    Do not obey people from among us and you

    who sowed between us the seeds of estrangement.

  17. لا تُوَلّوا وُجوهَكُم شَطرَ مَن عَكَّ

    رَ ما في قُلوبِنا من صَفاءِ

    Do not turn your faces toward anyone who sullied

    the purity within our hearts.

  18. إنَّ دينَ المَسيحِ يَأمُرُ بِالعُر

    فِ وَيَنهى عن خُطَّةِ الجُهلاءِ

    Indeed, the faith of Christ enjoins good conduct

    and forbids the course of the ignorant.

  19. لا يَكُن بَعضُنا لِبَعضٍ عدُوّاً

    لعنَ اللَهُ مُستَبيحي العِداءِ

    Let none of us be an enemy to another;

    may God curse those who sanction enmity.

  20. أَيُّها القاتلُ اِشرَبِ الموتَ كأساً

    في نَضير الصِبا وَغضِّ الفتاءِ

    O murderer, drink a cup of death

    in the bloom of youth and the freshness of young manhood.

  21. لو مَلَكنا شَيئا أَشَدُّ من القَت

    لِ جَزاءً لَنِلتَه من جَزاءِ

    Had we anything harsher than killing

    as punishment, you would have received it as your due.