حرام على من غاب عن مصر انه

حرام على من غاب عن مصر انه

يرى غيرها خيرا وفيها معايب

يرى غيرها خيرا وفيها معايب

It is forbidden for anyone absent from Egypt

It is forbidden for one who is absent from Egypt to

to deem another land better and see faults in her.

See goodness in other than it, though faults are in it.

تقارن منه لؤمه وخساره

تقارن منه لؤمه وخساره

بان صار عنها غائبا وهو عائب

بان صار عنها غائبا وهو عائب

His baseness and his loss have come together

To compare its defects and loss

because he has become absent from her while finding fault.

To becoming absent from it while still desiring it.

فبعدا له من غائب وهو عائب

فبعدا له من غائب وهو عائب

وخسرا له من غائب وهو خائب

وخسرا له من غائب وهو خائب

So away with him—an absentee who finds fault!

So stay away, O absent yet desiring one!

And loss be his—an absentee who is thwarted!

And lose, O absent, disappointed one!

فما مصر الا جنة ورياضها

فما مصر الا جنة ورياضها

منى كل نفس تطبيها الرغائب

منى كل نفس تطبيها الرغائب

For Egypt is nothing but a paradise, and her gardens

For Egypt is nothing but a paradise, and its meadows

are the dreams of every soul enticed by delights.

Are what every soul seeking desires.

وكوثرها النيل المبارك فائضا

وكوثرها النيل المبارك فائضا

بخير عميم لم تفضه السحائب

بخير عميم لم تفضه السحائب

And her Kawthar is the blessed Nile, overflowing

Its abundant Nile, blessed, overflowing

with all-embracing bounty the clouds have not poured forth.

With abundant goodness the clouds did not pour down.

فإني لها عيب وفضل عزيزها

فإني لها عيب وفضل عزيزها

على كل راج في البرية ساكب

على كل راج في البرية ساكب

For I am indeed a blemish upon her, while her mighty one's bounty

So I for it, despite its faults, treasure its virtues,

pours upon every hopeful one in creation.

Above all others sprawling in the wilderness.