1. I never thought that I would eulogize her
After I was composed from her most woeful songs

2. I used to hear her sing, so I was delighted
And today I hear myself crying and bewailing her

3. I accompanied her from the dawn of my life and lived for her
To pour the honey of meanings and then dedicate them to her

4. A charm from the harvest of my mind and emotions
That circulates around souls confiding in her

5. A melody that creeps into ears, dazzling them
With the beauty it contains in its singing

6. And an enchanting eloquence, its whispers
Flow to the hearts of those who love her, captivating them

7. And I have from the passion.. from my inspiration's singing
What made me forget the world and all that is in it

8. And I never imagined, as my dreams conversed with me
That I would stay up late in memory of her nights

9. O pearl of art.. O most splendid of its pearls
Glory to my Lord, Originator of the universe, its Maker

10. No matter how my eloquence wishes to depict her
It cannot sufficiently describe and compare her

11. She is uniquely among His gifts that He generously bestows
Upon His wilds, for their comfort and amusement

12. And a sign from Him, believed in only
By the rare ones among those deserving of her

13. A far-reaching voice.. its springs overflowing
With the pure, strange melodies within it

14. And a sigh from the heart's core that she sends
To the wounds of those who complain, healing them

15. And a discernment for the meanings she repeats
That illuminate their mysteries with her singing

16. She sings, so you hear the whisper of her soul's speaker
And you perceive the beauty of the melody from within her

17. As if she combined the creativity of her composer
In poetry and melody for her chanter

18. O daughter of Egypt, symbol of loyalty to it
You gave it the most precious gift that can be given to its valleys

19. You were its companion.. in the days of its bliss
And you were its most truthful weeper.. in its tragedies

20. You have, since childhood, shouldered its burdens
And sent agony into the souls of its people

21. Until you raised over its horizons a flag
That flutters with your name at its highest minarets

22. And when evil that concerned it loomed over the land
That bestowed its kindness upon you

23. You called on the people to strive for its salvation
With wealth and effort.. restoring its past

24. And you toured the Arabs seeking aid for it
And help against banishing its enemies

25. Until, when their determination for support was sincere
And it was granted victory and its darkness receded

26. Serenity returned to it and its conscience was comforted
After overcoming what had distressed it

27. And the West began pursuing its friendship
When it saw the ambition in its wishes

28. O you who reproached it after its absence
Do not despair, for it has a memory that will perpetuate it

29. And how can it be forgotten? When this is its voice warbling,
Resonating in the hearing of the world and moving it

30. My God, bestow on it the shade of Your mercy
And the shade of the spring of bliss that waters it

31. Bones decay but the soul remains immortal
Until it returns to her the day He brings her to life