1. The dawn caller cries that dawn has indeed called out
And the dawn reveals its splendors unveiled

2. The sun sends its greetings to the world
Seeking the treetops as a lookout

3. The shepherds here sing to the cheerful dawn
And the field spreads in the morning some new plants

4. Arise, fill the dawn with a joyful sound from you
O charmer of the dawn, for the dawn has risen

5. I have roamed all over Egypt a stranger
From Damietta's bay to Aswan's slopes

6. Hoping I may see a resemblance depicting you in grace
Or lightness or beauty of yours enchanting

7. Never have I seen but you, my heifer, ever
A beauty roaming our fair village enticing us

8. From what spring of beauty is your inspiration drawn
Are your eyes some Harut's sorcery in our valley

9. O magic of your steps when you walk following
Your mother in the morn toward the field delighted

10. The village girl recites her songs about you
And crosses the green canals delighted

11. When I hear your bell the countryside comes rushing
Before my eyes then meets me and greets me

12. I see the fields and I graze the countryside of folks
Sun and shade and trees and their waters

13. More deserving is clover blossom to be your fodder
And to be your grazing on fragrant basil

14. I call you my heifer, not as my companion
But as my charmer, O beauty of vision

15. On your milk the countryside fed its youth
Who then excelled as heroes and champions

16. Every go-getter seeking glory with pride
His harvest won him glory and fame

17. If I had a sublime pen for fine art
That quivers with inspiration in scenes' sphere

18. I'd depict you forever in lush green meadows
Dew-sprinkled, in the shade of eucalyptus trees

19. Or over the Giza plateau lying stretched out
Or in Elysian fields in Isis' paradise

20. Grazing, wandering, walking half-asleep
Breakfasting drowsy next to Apis' side