ياO جيرةَneighbors النيلthe Nile، حيَّاmay bless اللهGod مقدمكمْyour arrival
يا جيرةَ النيل، حيَّا الله مقدمكمْ
لسناwe are not نعدُّكموregard you فيin مصرَEgypt ضيفاناguests
لسنا نعدُّكمو في مصرَ ضيفانا
O neighbors of the Nile, may God bless your arrival!
O neighbor of the Nile, may God welcome you
We do not regard you as guests in Egypt.
We do not consider you strangers in Egypt
لقدindeed نزلتمyou lodged برهطamong a company منof عشيرتكمyour kin
لقد نزلتم برهط من عشيرتكم
وزرتموand you visited بدلَin place of الأوطانthe homelands أوطاناhomelands
وزرتمو بدلَ الأوطان أوطانا
You have indeed lodged among a company of your own kin,
You have descended among a group of your kinsmen
And have visited homelands in place of your own.
And have visited homelands instead of homelands
لماwhen نزلتُمyou lodged علىwith الفصحىclassical Arabic بدارتهاin her abode
لما نزلتُم على الفصحى بدارتها
كادتalmost ترحِّبُwelcomed آساسًاfoundations وجدراناand walls
كادت ترحِّبُ آساسًا وجدرانا
When you came as guests to classical Arabic in her abode,
When you descended upon cultured Egypt
Its very foundations and walls almost welcomed you.
Its foundations and walls almost bid you welcome
إناindeed we نكرِّمhonor فيin أشخاصكمyour persons وطنًاa homeland
إنا نكرِّم في أشخاصكم وطنًا
لوif صُوِّرتْwere pictured مصرُEgypt عينًاan eye كانit would be إنساناthe eye's pupil
لو صُوِّرتْ مصرُ عينًا كان إنسانا
We honor in your persons a homeland
We honor in your persons a homeland
Which, were Egypt pictured as an eye, would be its pupil.
If Egypt were depicted as an eye, it would be a human being
النيلthe Nile قدindeed وحَّدَunited الرحمنُthe Most Merciful واديَهُits valley
النيل قد وحَّدَ الرحمنُ واديَهُ
ففيمwhy, then نقْسِمُهُdo we divide it: مصرًاEgypt وسوداناand Sudan؟
ففيم نقْسِمُهُ: مصرًا وسودانا؟
The Nile—the Most Merciful has united its valley;
The Nile, God has unified its valley
Why, then, do we divide it into Egypt and Sudan?
Why then should we divide it: Egypt and Sudan?
Sol 6.1