يا مذكري بندى يديه وبابه
شهوات مصر لنا وطيب حماها
O you who, through the bounty of his hands and gate, remind me
of Egypt’s delights for us and the sweetness of her precinct—
إن يحلُ عندي مشتهى أبوابه
فلقد حلا من سكّر هرَماها
if what is coveted at his gates tastes sweet to me,
then surely it has grown sweet from the sugar of her two pyramids.
Sol 5.6