1. Let your radiance shine, O bride of the Nile,
And may your sail be easy in the noblest course.

2. You are the queen among the maids, so excel
With wonders beyond all compare.

3. The gazelle shepherd who judges her sway
Tends the bend of water with care.

4. Or is it her gliding over bubbles seen
Between the smile of waves and kissing?

5. The healthy youth inclines toward her and swoons,
Then passes like an ailing one.

6. The stars keep her company with a coyness
No matter how long the night lasts.

7. If you launch despite the rocks' severity,
You flow on a measure of facilitation.

8. And where you dock, the banks are gardens
Blooming with all that is lovely and fair.

9. Your green shadows reach out to the mirror.
Reality melts into imagined finery.

10. A house is erected self-sufficient, containing
What satisfies towns of fine imports.

11. Its features are beautiful with glyphs of warning
Against excess of color and arrogance of forms.

12. Strands of prosody adorn its walls
With pearls that paused at the flood.

13. O captain of the ship whose flags
Flutter joyfully for every lodger,

14. Honor yourself when the moment said:
For you whatever gladdens the heart of all nobles.

15. Speak of the blessing of your eternal Lord
Who gave you all He gave in pure kindness.

16. Speak of it, for generosity is best with which
To repay Him for favoring.

17. How many favors does the miser bind
Making God's gifts like begging!

18. Let your generosity and life be a ship
Between staying and leaving in fate.

19. Safety and prosperity to life and its Lord,
And joy in roaming and bliss in alighting.