عَجِبتُ لِلنيلِ يَدري أَنَّ بُلبُلَهُ

صادٍ وَيَسقي رُبا مِصرٍ وَيَسقينا

I wondered at the Nile, it knows its nightingale

Is going and it waters a land of Upper Egypt and waters us

وَاللَهِ ما طابَ لِلأَصحابِ مَورِدُهُ

وَلا اِرتَضَوا بَعدَكُم مِن عَيشِهِم لينا

By Allah, its watering place did not please the friends

Nor did they, after you, approve of the softness of their living

لَم تَنأَ عَنهُ وَإِن فارَقتَ شاطِئَهُ

وَقَد نَأَينا وَإِن كُنّا مُقيمينا

You did not keep away from it, though you left its bank

While we kept away, though we were staying