كم ليلة بالباب ممتعةٍ

وأريكة المستمتع الجسرُ

How many a night at the door was delightful,

And the couch of the reveler was the bridge,

والنيل يجرى فوق صفحته

تتكسر الأضواء والبدر

And the Nile flowed over its surface,

The lights and the moon were shattered,

وكأننا وعروسنا الدنيا

وكأننا والراقص النهر

As if we and our bride were the world,

And we and the river were the dancer.