مَرِضتَ فَأَمرَضتَ القُلوبَ وَجانَبَت

كَراها جُفونٌ مايَجِفُّ لَها شُفرُ

You fell ill, so hearts fell ill and eyes

Avoided you, lids that would not dry for them.

فَلا سُقِيَت مِصرٌ وَلا مَدَّ نيلُها

وَلادَبَّ في أَغصانِها الوَرَقُ النَضرُ

So Egypt was not watered, nor did its Nile extend,

Nor did green leaves stir in its branches.

أَتَحسِبُ مِصرٌ أَنَّ قَلبي يُحِبُّها

وَقَد جَرَّعَتني فيكَ ما جَرَّعَت مِصرُ

Do you think Egypt loves my heart

When it has made me drink, as much as Egypt made me drink?

طَغى إِذ جَرَت أَنهارُها تَحتَ عَرشِهِ

وَتاهَ بِها فِرعَونُ تيهاً هُوَ الكُفرُ

It overflowed when its rivers flowed beneath His throne,

And Pharaoh was lost, lost in unbelief.

فَلا جُزِيَت مِصرٌ لِذاكَ اِحتَقَرتُها

وَلَم تَرَ شَيئاً أَن جَرى تَحتَكَ البَحرُ

So Egypt was not rewarded when I despised it,

And did not see that the sea flowed beneath you.