1. I wondered at the Nile, it knows its nightingale
Is going and it waters a land of Upper Egypt and waters us
١. عَجِبتُ لِلنيلِ يَدري أَنَّ بُلبُلَهُ
صادٍ وَيَسقي رُبا مِصرٍ وَيَسقينا
2. By Allah, its watering place did not please the friends
Nor did they, after you, approve of the softness of their living
٢. وَاللَهِ ما طابَ لِلأَصحابِ مَورِدُهُ
وَلا اِرتَضَوا بَعدَكُم مِن عَيشِهِم لينا
3. You did not keep away from it, though you left its bank
While we kept away, though we were staying
٣. لَم تَنأَ عَنهُ وَإِن فارَقتَ شاطِئَهُ
وَقَد نَأَينا وَإِن كُنّا مُقيمينا