1. هَذِهِ نورُ السَفينَه

    هَذِهِ شِبهُ أَمينَه

    This is the ship's light;

    this is Amina's likeness.

  2. هَذِهِ صورَتُها مُن

    بِئَةٌ عَنها مُبينَه

    This is her image, telling

    of her, revealing her clearly.

  3. هَذِهِ لُؤلُؤَةٌ عِن

    دي لَها مِثلٌ ثَمينَه

    This is a pearl; I have

    her equal, a precious one.

  4. مِن بَناتِ الرومِ لَكِن

    لَم تَكُن عِندي مَهينَه

    She is among the daughters of the Rum, yet

    she was not lowly in my eyes.

  5. أَنا مَن يَترُكُ لِلدَي

    يانِ في الدُنيا شُؤونَه

    I am one who leaves to the

    Judge his affairs in this world.

  6. يا مَلاكَ الفُلكِ لي صِن

    وُكِ في تِلكَ المَدينَه

    O angel of the ship, I have your

    counterpart in that city.

  7. أَنتِ في الفُلكِ بَهاءٌ

    وَهوَ في حُلوانَ زينَه

    You are splendor aboard the ship,

    and he is an ornament in Helwan.

  8. ناجِهِ وَاِذكُر لَهُ وَج

    دَ أَبيهِ وَحَنينَه

    Speak privately to him, and tell him of the

    yearning of his father and his longing.

  9. وَأَفِدهُ أَنَّني في ال

    بَحرِ مُذ دُستُ عَرينَه

    And tell him that, in the

    sea, since I trod its lair,

  10. لَستُ بِالنَفسِ ضَنيناً

    وَبِهِ نَفسي ضَنينَه

    I am not sparing of my own life,

    yet my soul is loath to part with him.

  11. أَسأَلُ الرَحمَنَ يُرعي

    كَ وَإِيّاهُ عُيونَه

    I ask the All-Merciful to watch over

    you and him with His eyes.