النَيلُ قَد لاحَت عَلى خَصرِهِ

مِنطَقَةٌ مِن صيغَةِ البَدرِ

The Nile has gleamed at its waist

A belt of the crescent moon's shape

فَاِشرَب عَلى مُذهَبِ أَزهارِهِ

مِن ذَهَبٍ في فَضَّةٍ يَجري

So drink according to the doctrine of its flowers

Gold in silver flowing

قَبلَ يُريكَ الصُبحُ بِلَّورَهُ

يَلمَعُ في فَيروزَجِ الفَجرِ

Before the dawn shows you its crystals

Shining in the turquoise of dawn