1. Love was in a land I almost recall
Perhaps we lived in the gardens of Helwan

2. I have nothing to do with reason, reason did not dictate to me
In Egypt, reason is the lot of the wretched sufferer

3. The free thinker in Egypt, his talents cause him misery
The intellectual profits a thousand losses there

4. I suffered in it and from it, so I fled
From living in the bosom of sorrows