أحب سمنود لا للغنى

أصبتُ ولكن لبرى بها

I love Samannoud, not for its wealth

I have fallen, but out of love for it

بها قد ولدت وفيها شببتُ

وعلي سأدفن في تربها

In it I was born and grew up

And in its soil I will be buried

وغذيت فيها الهوى والشباب

وملأت قلبي من عذبها

I nurtured passion and youth in it

And filled my heart with its sweetness

وصحبي فيها على عيبهم

فعودت نفس على عيبها

And kept company with its people, faults and all

So my soul grew used to their faults

نود الغريب وتجفو القريب

وليست تساوي في حدبها

The stranger pines, while the neighbor shuns

And they are not equal in their hump

ولكن أذاها حرامٌ على

وحسبي المخافة من ربها

But to hurt it is forbidden me

It suffices that I fear its Lord