Run softly,
Nile River.
Fill my heart
With your wonders,
And my eyes
With your charm.
For your waves
Are my tears,
My dreams,
And my wine.
Sing the songs
Of Akhenaten
To the beloved.
Sing the songs
Of Anthony,
And Cleopatra,
Of Osiris,
And Isis,
Of Yusuf,
And Zulaikha,
Of the maidens
Who had fallen
In love
With your deep,
Blue eyes,
With your tales,
With your rhymes.
Sing the songs
Of Ahmose,
Hatshepsut,
Tutankhamen.
Sing the songs
Of Thebes,
Alexandria,
Heliopolis.
Sing the songs
Of the men
In their fields,
And the women,
At their sides.
Run softly
Nile River,
And sing
Your love songs.
Fill my heart
With your wonders,
And my eyes
With your charm.
For your waves
Are my tears,
My dreams,
And my wine.