كانwas الغرامlove بأرضin a land كدتI almost أذكرهاremember it
كان الغرام بأرض كدت أذكرها
لعلهاperhaps it عشناour nest فيin روضa garden حلوانHelwan
لعلها عشنا في روض حلوان
Love was in a land I almost remembered—
Love was in a land I almost recall
Perhaps it was our nest in Helwan's garden.
Perhaps we lived in the gardens of Helwan
ماليwhat have I وللعقلand with reason ليسis not العقلreason منamong أملىmy hope
مالي وللعقل ليس العقل من أملى
العقلreason فيin مصرEgypt حظthe lot البائسthe wretched one العانيthe sufferer
العقل في مصر حظ البائس العاني
What have I to do with reason? Reason is not among my hopes.
I have nothing to do with reason, reason did not dictate to me
Reason in Egypt is the lot of the wretched sufferer.
In Egypt, reason is the lot of the wretched sufferer
الحرthe free man فيin مصرEgypt تشقيهmake him miserable مواهبهhis talents
الحر في مصر تشقيه مواهبه
ربحgain المفكرthe thinker فيهاin it ألفa thousand خسرانيmy loss
ربح المفكر فيها ألف خسراني
The free man in Egypt is made miserable by his talents.
The free thinker in Egypt, his talents cause him misery
The thinker's gain there is a thousandfold loss for me.
The intellectual profits a thousand losses there
إنيindeed I شقيتhave suffered بهاin it منهاbecause of it فواضجرىand oh, my weariness
إني شقيت بها منها فواضجرى
منfrom المعيشةliving فيin أكنافthe folds أحزانيmy sorrows
من المعيشة في أكناف أحزاني
Indeed, I have suffered in it, because of it—oh, my weariness
I suffered in it and from it, so I fled
At living in the folds of my sorrows!
From living in the bosom of sorrows
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