طالَ اِنتِزاحُكَ أَي مَتى مَلقاكا

وَيَعود لِلوَطنِ العَزيز بَهاكا

Your prolonged absence, when will I meet you

And return to the beloved homeland happily

لَما رَأكَ وَأَنتَ زينة جيدِهِ

عَنهُ بَعدتَ بِشَوقِهِ ناداكا

When he saw you adorning his neck

He longed for you and called out to you

فَلذاتكَ الغَراءِ فَضلٌ باهِرٌ

يَدعو لِحُبّكَ شاهِداً بِوفاكا

For your precious virtues there is clear superiority

That calls for loving you as a witness to your loyalty

لَكَ في الصِفات الغركل حَميدَةٍ

طَبعت بِأَفئِدَةِ المَلا مَعناكا

You have praiseworthy traits engraved

In the hearts of leaders meaningfully

أَمجمّع الأَلطافِ وَهُوَ يَفيضها

هَلا سَمحتَ بِفضلةٍ لِسواكا

O Gatherer of graces overflowing them

Why not be generous with an extra morsel for your peer

ما أَنتَ ذو بُخلٍ يَضنُّ وَإِنَّما

لَيسَ البَخيلُ بِمَجدِهِ الاكا

You are not stingy or grudging

The stingy one has no glory whatsoever

لا تُنكِرُ الصُحبُ الكِرامُ مَآثراً

عَنها يقصّرُ مِن سَرى مَسراكا

The noble companionship does not deny favors

That the one who travels at night falls short of

تَبعوكَ ما لَحقوكَ إِلا أَنَّهُم

جاروكَ فَاتَسموا بِبَعضِ ثَناكا

They followed you wherever you went

And took on some of your qualities

وَمِن العَجائِبِ أَنَّهُم لِلَفَضلِ ما

حَسَدوكَ بَل غَبطوا اِنتِشارَ شَذاكا

And of the wonders is that they did not envy you for your superiority

Rather, they congratulated the blossoming of your splendor

يا اِبنَ التوينيّ الكَريم لَكَ الثَنا

فَلَقَد بنت بَيتَ الفَخار يَداكا

O son of the generous Tuwainis, praise be to you

For you built the house of pottery with your hands

لَم أَنسَ يَوم حَلَلتَ مَصرَ فَكُنتَ لي

فيها كَيوسف فائِزاً بِصَفاكا

I do not forget the day you came to Egypt, and you were to me

In it like Yusuf, triumphant in your clarity

قَد رُحتَ مِن راح المَحبَةِ شارِداً

لا أَستفيق سِوى عَلى ذكراكا

You have wandered astray from the meadow of love

I do not awaken except to your memory

أَنا ذَلِكَ المُشتاق أَعدمني النَوى

بَعدَ اللُقا جَوراً عَدمتَ نَواكا

I am that longing one, whom absence deprived me

Unjustly, after meeting you abandoned your intention

طَيبُ اِجتِماعٍ هبَّ يَختَرِقُ النَوى

ما طالَ حَتّى صالَ سَيف جَفاكا

A good gathering stirred up intention

No sooner had it lasted than the sword of your separation struck

قَد أَيقَظَ الحُبُّ الموسد بِالحَشى

مَع أَنَّهُ ما نامَ مُنذُ سَراكا

Love awakened the one slumbering blissfully

Although he did not sleep since your departure

كَنَسيمةٍ هَبَّت عَلى النار الَّتي

تَحتَ الرَماد فَأَسفَرَت كَسَناكا

Like a breeze that blew upon the hidden embers

And uncovered your spearheads

قُل لِلفُراق بِإِنَّني متجلدٌ

فَليرشقنَّ سِهامِهُ فَتاكا

Say to separation, I am steadfast

So let it strike me with its deadly arrows

لا انثني حَتّى أَذيبُ فُؤادَهُ

واقدُّ عاتِقُهُ بِسَيفِ لِقاكا

I will not waver until I melt its heart

And confront its shoulder with the sword of meeting you

يَوماً سَتَجمَعني السَعادَةُ بِالحِما

فَأَكادَ أَرقُص بِالسُرورِ حِماكا

One day, happiness will gather me with the protector

Then I will dance with joy crazily

أَو لا فَفي النيلِ المُبارَكِ مورَدٌ

يَطفي غَليل خَليل حينَ يَراكا

Or not, so in the blessed Nile there is a watering place

That will quench the anguish of a friend when he sees you