1. How bitter my life is with parting,
And my eyelids find no pleasure in sleep.

2. My eyes have seen many lands,
Yet I saw nothing in them to please or satisfy me.

3. I saw no land like Egypt which delights me,
Nothing like its life and tranquility.

4. After my own country, all other lands
Are the same, so I prefer none over another,

5. If the abode contains none I love,
Then there is no difference between it or the rest of the earth.