أما آن للشمل أن يُنظما

أما آن للشمل أن يُنظما

وَيرْوِيَ صادي الغرام الظما

وَيرْوِيَ صادي الغرام الظما

Has the time not come for the scattered company to reunite,

The time has come for affection to arrange

And for one parched with love to quench his thirst?

And quench the thirst of yearning love's soothe

ويدنو الزمان الذي قد مضى

ويدنو الزمان الذي قد مضى

بمصر كما كان أو أعظما

بمصر كما كان أو أعظما

And for the time that has passed to draw near,

And bring the days gone by draw near

In Egypt, as it was, or grander still?

With Egypt as it was, or greater yet

ويذهب عمر النوى والجفا

ويذهب عمر النوى والجفا

جُفاءً ويكفيه ما أضرما

جُفاءً ويكفيه ما أضرما

And for the span of separation and estrangement to vanish,

And take away the years of aloofness and disdain

Like discarded foam, and for what it has kindled to suffice it?

Aloof and cold, and make them enough

فلولا تطاولُ عمر النوى

فلولا تطاولُ عمر النوى

لما هام قلبي وطرفي همي

لما هام قلبي وطرفي همي

For, were separation's span not so prolonged,

So were it not for the years of disdain lengthening

My heart would not have grown lovesick, nor my eye have streamed with tears.

My heart would not have pined, nor my eyes wept

ومن عجبٍ أن شيطانه

ومن عجبٍ أن شيطانه

عتا والشهابُ له مارمى

عتا والشهابُ له مارمى

And it is a wonder that its devil

And strange it is, that its devil

Has grown defiant, while the shooting star has not shot at him.

Has rebelled, while the flames have yet to subside