1. لولاك لاستن مهري

    بي عن ديار جدودي

    Were it not for you, my colt would have galloped

    Away with me from my forefathers' homes;

  2. ولا رعى العشب إلا

    على مراعي الصعيدِ

    Nor would it have grazed on grass except

    On the pastures of Upper Egypt.

  3. يا هندُ حبك قيد

    لي من أمر القيود

    O Hind, your love is a fetter—

    For me, one of the bitterest fetters.

  4. لولاك ما طال صبري

    على الشقاء المبيد

    Were it not for you, my patience would not have lasted

    Through this ruinous misery.

  5. ولا رضيت خمولي

    ولا الفت جمودي

    Nor would I have accepted my obscurity,

    Nor grown accustomed to my stagnation,

  6. ولا توالت حظوظي

    سوداً على إثر سود

    Nor would my fortunes have followed one another,

    Black ones in the wake of black ones.

  7. لولاك عفت بلاداً

    سماؤها من حديد

    Were it not for you, I would have spurned a land

    Whose sky is made of iron,

  8. وارضها من نحاس

    وقومها من عبيد

    And whose earth is made of copper,

    And whose people are slaves,

  9. وعيشها في الأماني

    وخبزها من وعود

    And whose livelihood lies in hopes,

    And whose bread is made of promises.

  10. لولاك لم اثنِ كفي

    عن قطع حبل وريدي

    Were it not for you, I would not have stayed my hand

    From severing the cord of my jugular vein;

  11. ولا تحاميت موتي

    بالأمس موت الشهيد

    Nor would I have shunned my death

    Yesterday—a martyr's death.

  12. فكان حظي سعيداً

    نظير حظ سعيد

    Then my lot would have been happy,

    Like the lot of Sa'id.

  13. يا هند كنا وصرنا

    ولم نجد من جديد

    O Hind, we were, and now we are,

    Yet we have found nothing new.

  14. كفاك تعليل قلبي

    بذي المنى لا تزيدي

    Enough of soothing my heart

    With these hopes; add no more.

  15. لا تنصحيني بصبر

    فالصبر غير مفيد

    Do not counsel me to be patient,

    For patience is of no use.