1. You fell ill, so hearts fell ill and eyes
Avoided you, lids that would not dry for them.

2. So Egypt was not watered, nor did its Nile extend,
Nor did green leaves stir in its branches.

3. Do you think Egypt loves my heart
When it has made me drink, as much as Egypt made me drink?

4. It overflowed when its rivers flowed beneath His throne,
And Pharaoh was lost, lost in unbelief.

5. So Egypt was not rewarded when I despised it,
And did not see that the sea flowed beneath you.