حَسبُ المِليحةِ حُسنُها ويُغنِيهَا

حَسبُ المِليحةِ حُسنُها ويُغنِيهَا

والعِقدُ في عُنقِ الحَسنَأ يُحَلِّيها

والعِقدُ في عُنقِ الحَسنَأ يُحَلِّيها

The fair woman's beauty is enough for her; she needs nothing more.

Her beauty suffices her, and her necklace adorns her neck

And the necklace on the beautiful woman's neck adorns her.

Greet the blossoming garden and salute it

سَلِّم على الرَّوضِة الغَنَّا وحَيِّيهَا

سَلِّم على الرَّوضِة الغَنَّا وحَيِّيهَا

تَنالُ نفسُكَ في الدنيا أمانيهَا

تَنالُ نفسُكَ في الدنيا أمانيهَا

Greet the lush garden and salute it;

You will attain your soul’s wishes in this life

Your soul will attain its wishes in this world.

And in the great minaret, if you look, is not

وفي المنَارِ العظِيمِ إن نَظَرتَ فما

وفي المنَارِ العظِيمِ إن نَظَرتَ فما

أهرَامُ مِصر إذا ما رُمتَ تَشبِيهَا

أهرَامُ مِصر إذا ما رُمتَ تَشبِيهَا

And if you gaze at the great minaret, what are

The pyramids of Egypt, if you intend to compare it

Egypt's pyramids, should you seek a comparison?

This one with its mosque boasts, and its pulpit

هذا بمسجدِه يزهُو ومِنبَرِه

هذا بمسجدِه يزهُو ومِنبَرِه

وذاك أصنامُه تَزدَادُ تَشوِيها

وذاك أصنامُه تَزدَادُ تَشوِيها

This one glories in its mosque and pulpit,

While that, its idols increase in distortion

While that one's idols grow ever more hideous.

Enter its castles and look at its minarets

وادخُل لأكدَالها وانظُر مَنارَتَها

وادخُل لأكدَالها وانظُر مَنارَتَها

واسكُن قُصورا سَما بالعِزِّ بانيها

واسكُن قُصورا سَما بالعِزِّ بانيها

And enter her Agdal and behold her minaret,

And dwell in palaces high with glory built them

And dwell in palaces whose builder rose high in glory.