طريقُroad to مصرEgypt ضيّقnarrow المسلكِthe passage
طريقُ مصر ضيّق المسلكِ
سالكُهُone who travels it لاno شكَّdoubt فيin مهلكِmortal peril
سالكُهُ لا شكَّ في مهلكِ
The road to Egypt is narrow to traverse.
The road to Egypt is a narrow path
Its traveler is, without doubt, in mortal peril.
Whoever walks it, no doubt, walks to ruin
وحبُّand love of مصرEgypt صارbecame جُبّاًa pit لمنfor the one whom
وحبُّ مصر صار جُبّاً لمن
أَوقَعَهُit cast him فيinto شبكِthe net of الشَّوْبَكِal-Shawbak
أَوقَعَهُ في شبكِ الشَّوْبَكِ
And love of Egypt has become a pit for the one
And love of Egypt has become a chasm for one
whom it cast into the net of al-Shawbak.
Whom it has dropped into the trap of yearning
لكنَّماyet منْon دُونهاthis side of it كعبةٌa Kaaba
لكنَّما منْ دُونها كعبةٌ
محجوجةٌvisited by pilgrims مبرورةُblessed المنسكِthe rites
محجوجةٌ مبرورةُ المنسكِ
Yet on this side of it stands a Kaaba,
Yet, without her, there is a Kaaba
visited by pilgrims, blessed in its rites.
Inaccessible, blessed of pilgrimage
بهاwithin it صلاحُSalah (righteousness) الدِّينal-Din (of the faith) يُشكىhas his grievance redressed الذيthe one who
بها صلاحُ الدِّين يُشكى الذي
إليهto him منof أَيامهِhis days يشتكيcomplains
إليه من أَيامهِ يشتكي
Within it is Salah al-Din; relief is granted to the one
In it Salah al-Din is complained to
who complains to him of his days.
Since his days he has been complained of
Sol 6.1