حَبَّذا دورٌ عَلى الني

حَبَّذا دورٌ عَلى الني

لِ وَكاساتٌ تَدورُ

لِ وَكاساتٌ تَدورُ

How lovely are mansions on the

How lovely are dwellings along the

Nile, and goblets passing round!

Nile, and cups that go round!

وَمَسَرّاتٌ تَموجُ ال

وَمَسَرّاتٌ تَموجُ ال

أَرضُ مِنها وَتَمورُ

أَرضُ مِنها وَتَمورُ

And delights from which the

And joys that make the

earth surges and heaves;

earth surge and heave!

وَقُصورٌ ما لِعَيشٍ

وَقُصورٌ ما لِعَيشٍ

نِلتُهُ فيها قُصورُ

نِلتُهُ فيها قُصورُ

and palaces—for my life there was no

And palaces—the life

shortcoming in what I gained within them.

I enjoyed within them has no shortcoming.

كَم بِها قَد مَرَّ لي أَس

كَم بِها قَد مَرَّ لي أَس

تَغفِرُ اللَهَ سُرورُ

تَغفِرُ اللَهَ سُرورُ

How much came my way there—God

How often I have known there—I seek

forgive me!—of sheer delight.

God's forgiveness!—joy!

كُلُّ عَيشٍ غَيرَ ذاكَ ال

كُلُّ عَيشٍ غَيرَ ذاكَ ال

عَيشِ في العالَمِ زورُ

عَيشِ في العالَمِ زورُ

All the life I live, apart from that

Every life other than that

life, is falsehood in this world.

life in the world is a sham.

مَنزِلٌ لَيسَ عَلى الأَر

مَنزِلٌ لَيسَ عَلى الأَر

ضِ لَهُ عِندي نَظيرُ

ضِ لَهُ عِندي نَظيرُ

A dwelling that nowhere on the

A dwelling—nowhere upon the

earth, in my eyes, has an equal.

earth does it have an equal in my eyes.