سلامpeace عليكمupon you أهلpeople of مصرEgypt إلىuntil حينِa time
سلام عليكم أهل مصر إلى حينِ
معاذيرapologies ممعودone with an ailing stomach ولوعةand anguish مشجونِone grief-stricken
معاذير ممعود ولوعة مشجونِ
Peace be upon you, people of Egypt, for a while—
Peace be upon you, people of Egypt, until another time.
The apologies of a sick man, and the anguish of one grief-stricken.
The apologies of one with an ailing stomach, and the anguish of one grief-stricken.
صبرتI endured علىin the face of الدائينthe two ailments عامينtwo years لمdid not أدعI abandon
صبرت على الدائين عامين لم أدع
جهاديmy struggle لمغصوبfor one dispossessed وناءand one far away ومسجونand one imprisoned
جهادي لمغصوب وناء ومسجون
For two years I bore both maladies, never abandoning
I endured both ailments for two years, never abandoning
My struggle for the dispossessed, the far-off, and the imprisoned.
my struggle for the dispossessed, those far away, and the imprisoned.
سألتكمُI asked you ستينsixty يوماًdays إجازةleave
سألتكمُ ستين يوماً إجازة
تلمسهاhe requested it منيfrom me الطبيبthe physician يداوينيhe treats me
تلمسها مني الطبيب يداويني
I asked you for sixty days’ leave,
I asked you for sixty days' leave,
Which the doctor urged me to take, that he might treat me.
which the physician treating me requested of me.
فإماso either حياةa life بعدهاafter it مستريحةrestful
فإما حياة بعدها مستريحة
وإماor else قنوطdespair بعدafter ذلكthat يطوينيenfolds me
وإما قنوط بعد ذلك يطويني
Then either comes a life of ease thereafter,
So either a restful life afterward,
Or despair, after that, enfolds me.
or despair after that, which enfolds me.
وماand nothing بيَin me إلاexcept همُّthe concern موفٍone fulfilling his duty لقومهto his people
وما بيَ إلا همُّ موفٍ لقومه
بحريّةby the freedom الواديthe valley المقدسthe sacred مفتونenthralled
بحريّة الوادي المقدس مفتون
Nothing ails me but the concern of one true to his people,
And nothing ails me but the concern of one faithful to his people,
Enraptured by the freedom of the sacred Nile Valley.
enthralled by the freedom of the sacred valley.