طريقُ مصر ضيّق المسلكِ

سالكُهُ لا شكَّ في مهلكِ

The road to Egypt is a narrow path

Whoever walks it, no doubt, walks to ruin

وحبُّ مصر صار جُبّاً لمن

أَوقَعَهُ في شبكِ الشَّوْبَكِ

And love of Egypt has become a chasm for one

Whom it has dropped into the trap of yearning

لكنَّما منْ دُونها كعبةٌ

محجوجةٌ مبرورةُ المنسكِ

Yet, without her, there is a Kaaba

Inaccessible, blessed of pilgrimage

بها صلاحُ الدِّين يُشكى الذي

إليه من أَيامهِ يشتكي

In it Salah al-Din is complained to

Since his days he has been complained of