أحب سمنود لا للغنى

أحب سمنود لا للغنى

أصبتُ ولكن لبرى بها

أصبتُ ولكن لبرى بها

I love Samannud, not for the wealth

I love Samannoud, not for its wealth

I have gained, but for my devotion to her.

I have fallen, but out of love for it

بها قد ولدت وفيها شببتُ

بها قد ولدت وفيها شببتُ

وعلي سأدفن في تربها

وعلي سأدفن في تربها

In her I was born, and in her I grew up.

In it I was born and grew up

And perhaps I shall be buried in her soil.

And in its soil I will be buried

وغذيت فيها الهوى والشباب

وغذيت فيها الهوى والشباب

وملأت قلبي من عذبها

وملأت قلبي من عذبها

And there I nurtured love and youth,

I nurtured passion and youth in it

And filled my heart with her sweetness.

And filled my heart with its sweetness

وصحبي فيها على عيبهم

وصحبي فيها على عيبهم

فعودت نفس على عيبها

فعودت نفس على عيبها

And my companions are there, despite their faults,

And kept company with its people, faults and all

So I accustomed myself to her faults.

So my soul grew used to their faults

نود الغريب وتجفو القريب

نود الغريب وتجفو القريب

وليست تساوي في حدبها

وليست تساوي في حدبها

We cherish the stranger, while she shuns the one close to her,

The stranger pines, while the neighbor shuns

And she is not even-handed in her care.

And they are not equal in their hump

ولكن أذاها حرامٌ على

ولكن أذاها حرامٌ على

وحسبي المخافة من ربها

وحسبي المخافة من ربها

Yet harming her is forbidden to me,

But to hurt it is forbidden me

And fear of her Lord is enough for me.

It suffices that I fear its Lord