1. You asked my darling something to say
But she did not respond, nor was the question answered

2. Numbed, she refused, not out of coyness
And had she done so, she would have rightly done so

3. But she was hurt by my naked affliction
Of which my laments to her are telling

4. When an illness makes the body of one alive immobile
Does their spirit become lively while it has them incapacitated?

5. I have, for the elite and the noble, rights
I stoop under, and burdens heavy to bear

6. They found me a visitor, and found my friend
With a warmth beyond what we were used to

7. And we competed in praising them
Improvisation and celebration vied

8. So neither I in loyalty, nor my friend
When gratitude fails to reward

9. Yusuf fulfilled what he could for his brother
And excellent is Yusuf's support and worth

10. He has, with the Sudanese's affection, a pact
Firm, not corroded by time

11. We toured their dwellings, so what
Magic captivated us in them, pure and beautiful?

12. A land where dreams in it
Become reality, and imagination captures it

13. For the course of its Nile and its two banks
A beauty unmatched in splendor

14. And for its thick palms and meadows
A majesty unparalleled in grandeur

15. And none of its maidens sing like another
Nor roar as unique as its waterfalls

16. So if its people represent valor and might
Then the example has been observed

17. Of beautiful traits, roses have thrived
Despite the bitterness of time, and still thrive

18. And boldness for family, and resolve
That flames if oppressed

19. O people of Sudan, may God protect a people
In whom these virtues and merits exist

20. Many great tribulations your heroes have crossed
They roamed and journeyed through them

21. And periods of respite followed, in which you did not humiliate
Yourselves to the judges of fate in them, and were not weakened

22. And now as you rise in the morn
No stumbling block remains but is removed

23. Sharp youths, in whom
Flashes of each lofty hope are seen

24. And wise elders, judicious
Purifying what they say by action

25. Onwards, to realms of glory onwards!
Your precedents will not lack a domain

26. Prepare for the precious zeal, defenders
When zeal asks: where are the men?

27. O people of Sudan, each people's need
To raise their stature is knowledge and wealth

28. For if their courage combines with purpose
And education, then destiny is ensured

29. And each attempter of attaining a right
Will attain it, though long the course

30. And does a people striving with faith and patience
For their due seek what cannot be attained?

31. In Egypt, you have trusted brethren
Whose passion time does not change

32. And between you and them, longstanding
Are ties that will not fray with separation

33. So they are not preoccupied with your affairs
Nor you with theirs preoccupied

34. Egypt and Sudan share only
A will for accord between them to endure

35. And this Nile is the Nile of both
Enough cause for the bond to be eternal

36. As for the valley and its channel, south
It is the valley and its channel, north

37. They are two lands in one dear homeland
And in the two lands, brethren and family