قَد عَلِقنا سِواكِ عِلقاً نَفيساً

قَد عَلِقنا سِواكِ عِلقاً نَفيساً

وَصَرَفنا إِلَيهِ عَنكِ النُفوسا

وَصَرَفنا إِلَيهِ عَنكِ النُفوسا

We have indeed grown attached to another than you, a precious treasure,

We have hung your memory high, a precious pendant,

and turned our souls toward that other, away from you.

And turned to it our souls away from you.

وَلَبِسنا الجَديدَ مِن خِلعِ الحُ

وَلَبِسنا الجَديدَ مِن خِلعِ الحُ

بِّ وَلَم نَألُ أَن خَلَعنا اللَبيسا

بِّ وَلَم نَألُ أَن خَلَعنا اللَبيسا

And we have donned a new robe of lo-

We have put on new love, having taken off the old,

ve, and did not fail to cast off the worn-out garment.

Nor did we ever cease to strip away what cloaks us.

لَيسَ مِنكِ الهَوى وَلا أَنتِ مِنهُ

لَيسَ مِنكِ الهَوى وَلا أَنتِ مِنهُ

اِهبِطي مِصرَ أَنتِ مِن قَومِ موسى

اِهبِطي مِصرَ أَنتِ مِن قَومِ موسى

Love is not of you, nor are you of it.

This passion is not from you, nor are you from it,

Go down to Egypt—you are of Moses’s people.

Descend to Egypt, you belong to Moses' tribe.