يَموتُ الفَتى شَوقاً إِلى الحُسنِ وَحدَهُ

يَموتُ الفَتى شَوقاً إِلى الحُسنِ وَحدَهُ

فَكَيفَ بِمَن قَد فارَقَ الحُسنَ وَالحُسنى

فَكَيفَ بِمَن قَد فارَقَ الحُسنَ وَالحُسنى

A young man dies of longing for beauty alone.

The young man dies longing for beauty alone

What, then, of one who has parted from beauty and goodness?

So what of one who has left both beauty and glory

وَما مِصرُ مُذ فارَقتَها غَيرُ لَفظَةٍ

وَما مِصرُ مُذ فارَقتَها غَيرُ لَفظَةٍ

فَرَدَّ عَلَيها اللَهُ مِن قُربِكَ المَعنى

فَرَدَّ عَلَيها اللَهُ مِن قُربِكَ المَعنى

And since you left her, Egypt is nothing but a word.

And Egypt has been naught but a word since you left

So may God restore her meaning through your nearness.

Yet God has restored its meaning through your nearness