جفني وجفن الحب قد أحرزا

جفني وجفن الحب قد أحرزا

وصفين من نيلك يا مصر

وصفين من نيلك يا مصر

My eyelid and my beloved’s have acquired

My eyelids and the eyelids of love have earned

two qualities from your Nile, O Egypt:

Two descriptions from your Nile, O Egypt

جفني له يوم الوداع الوفا

جفني له يوم الوداع الوفا

وجفنه الساجي له الكسر

وجفنه الساجي له الكسر

my eyelid, on the day of parting, has fullness;

My eyelids on the day of farewell were loyal

and his languid eyelid has the breaking.

While its tender eyelids were broken