1. للهِ يومٌ أَنالَه النيلُ

    لحُسْنِه جملةٌ وتَفْصيلُ

    God be praised for the day the Nile bestowed!

    Its beauty is in the whole and in each detail.

  2. في منظرٍ مشرقٍ على خضْرٍ

    كأنه في الظلام قِنْديل

    In a radiant scene above green fields,

    as though it were a lantern in the dark.

  3. تبدى لنا جانبا جزيرته

    أشياءَ فيها للعين تأميل

    The two sides of its island appeared to us—

    sights for the eye to linger over.

  4. كأنما البحرُ عند مفتَرق ال

    ماءَيْنِ من رأسِها سَراويل

    As though the river, at the parting of the

    two streams from the island's tip, were trousers.

  5. ورَقْمه الجسر وتفريكه ال

    موجُ وتَكُّ الخليج تكميل

    Their embroidery is the bridge; their creases, the

    waves; and the canal, their drawstring, completes them.