1. O my beloved, I have none but you, my love
And with you has been my passion since my youth

2. If you were not the companion of my prime
The days would not be joyful for me

3. I do not hide from you a painful secret
It is a suppressed lament in my bones

4. Everything I love, I love for your sake
Except to see for myself a partner in my passion

5. With my love, if only you were mine, mine alone
I have fallen short of you, for that I blame myself

6. What has befallen, o beloved of my heart
And my prot�g�, as was your wont, my prot�g�

7. This banner which has conquered your heart
Is my preoccupation awake and in my dreams

8. So it is, every moment, your main concern
In the radiance of dawn and beneath the shadows

9. Beware, o beloved of the heart, of cares
That are naught but delusions of the mind

10. O my darling, you have enlightened my thoughts and saturated
My heart with delight with these words

11. There is nothing more deserving of protection
Than Egypt's banner, with safeguarding and honour

12. I ransom you, my darling, and it ransoms you
And all people ransom you both

13. Rather, come, let us both recite, and be
The best support for your confused lover

14. The banner of ease in the serenity of the nights
The banner of victory in the fury of clashes

15. Outdo every banner and bring honour
To our people forever above all peoples