سَلامي عَلى مَن لا يَرُدُّ سَلامي

سَلامي عَلى مَن لا يَرُدُّ سَلامي

لَقَد هانَ قَدري عِندَهُ وَمَقامي

لَقَد هانَ قَدري عِندَهُ وَمَقامي

My greetings to one who does not return my greetings.

My greetings to those who don't return my greetings

Indeed, my worth and standing have fallen in his eyes.

My status seems lowly to them and my position

وَإِنّي عَلى مَن لا أُسَمّيهِ عاتِبٌ

وَإِنّي عَلى مَن لا أُسَمّيهِ عاتِبٌ

فَيا رَبِّ لا يَبلُغ إِلَيهِ كَلامي

فَيا رَبِّ لا يَبلُغ إِلَيهِ كَلامي

And I am aggrieved with one I do not name;

And I blame those whom I don't name

So, my Lord, may my words not reach him.

So Lord, don't let my words reach them

فَكَم بينَنا مِن حُرمَةٍ وَمَوَدَّةٍ

فَكَم بينَنا مِن حُرمَةٍ وَمَوَدَّةٍ

وَكَم بَينَنا مِن مَوثِقٍ وَذِمامِ

وَكَم بَينَنا مِن مَوثِقٍ وَذِمامِ

For how much respect and affection lie between us,

How much sanctity and affection lies between us

And how many pledges and bonds of honor lie between us!

How many covenants and bonds tie us

يَحُقُّ لَكُم هَذا التَصَلُّفَ كُلُّهُ

يَحُقُّ لَكُم هَذا التَصَلُّفَ كُلُّهُ

لِعِلمِكُمُ وَجدي بِكُم وَغَرامي

لِعِلمِكُمُ وَجدي بِكُم وَغَرامي

You are entitled to all this haughtiness,

You deserve all this courtesy

For you know my yearning for you and my passionate love.

For your knowledge, love for you, and my passion

حَفِظتُ لَكُم وُدّاً أَضَعتُم عُهودَهُ

حَفِظتُ لَكُم وُدّاً أَضَعتُم عُهودَهُ

فَها هُوَ مَختومٌ لَكُم بِخِتامي

فَها هُوَ مَختومٌ لَكُم بِخِتامي

I have preserved for you a love whose pledges you have broken;

I've kept my love for you though you broke your vows

So here it is, sealed for you with my seal.

So here it is, sealed for you with my seal

أَحِنُّ إِلَيكُم كُلَّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَةٍ

أَحِنُّ إِلَيكُم كُلَّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَةٍ

وَأَهذي بِكُم في يَقظَتي وَمَنامي

وَأَهذي بِكُم في يَقظَتي وَمَنامي

I yearn for you every day and night,

I yearn for you each day and night

And I rave of you, awake and asleep.

And rave of you while awake and in my dreams

فَلا تُنكِروا طيبَ النَسيمِ إِذا سَرى

فَلا تُنكِروا طيبَ النَسيمِ إِذا سَرى

إِلَيكُم فَذاكَ الطيبُ فيهِ سَلامي

إِلَيكُم فَذاكَ الطيبُ فيهِ سَلامي

So do not find the breeze's fragrance strange when it wafts

So don't deny the sweet breeze when it blows

Toward you, for that fragrance bears my greetings.

Towards you - that sweetness carries my greetings

فَهَل عائِدٌ مِنكُم رَسولي بِفَرحَةٍ

فَهَل عائِدٌ مِنكُم رَسولي بِفَرحَةٍ

كَفَرحَةِ حُبلى بُشِّرَت بِغُلامِ

كَفَرحَةِ حُبلى بُشِّرَت بِغُلامِ

So will my messenger return from you with joy,

Will any messenger return to me with glad tidings

Like the joy of a pregnant woman given glad tidings of a son?

Like those of a pregnant woman told she'll bear a boy

وَيَرتاحُ قَلبي لِلصَعيدِ وَأَهلِهِ

وَيَرتاحُ قَلبي لِلصَعيدِ وَأَهلِهِ

وَعَيشٍ مَضى لي عِندَهُم وَمَقامي

وَعَيشٍ مَضى لي عِندَهُم وَمَقامي

And my heart delights in Upper Egypt and its people,

And my heart rests easy in Upper Egypt and its people

And in the life I once lived among them and my stay there.

Where I once lived and had a place

وَأَهوى وُرودَ النَيلِ مِن أَجلِ أَنَّهُ

وَأَهوى وُرودَ النَيلِ مِن أَجلِ أَنَّهُ

يَمُرُّ عَلى قَومٍ عَلَيَّ كِرامِ

يَمُرُّ عَلى قَومٍ عَلَيَّ كِرامِ

And I love coming to the Nile, because it

And I love the Nile's roses most of all

Flows past people I hold dear.

Because it flows past people who honor me