Translation of the song القاهرة artist Amr Diab

كإنها بنت جميلة بتنادي عليك

As if she1 was a beautiful girl calling on you,

فيها سرّ بيخلّيها دايماً حلوة في عنيك

there is a secret that makes her always look beautiful in your eyes.

يا سحرها، عشقتها، بحبها

How magical she is! I adored her. I love her.

القاهرة ونيلها وطول ليلها

Cairo, her Nile, her long night,

وأغانيها ومواويلها وحكاويها آه يا جمالها

her songs, her mawwals2 and her tales. how beautiful (they) are!

القاهرة تجيلها تحنّلها

To Cairo you came, you long,

وتهواها ما تنساها وتتحاكى بأحوالها

you love her, you can't forget her and you keep talking about her.

هنا ناس تشيل عنك همّك وتقاسمك فيه

Here are such people who can take away your worries, or (at least) share it with you,

وفي عز فرحك تفرحلك وتجاملك فيه

be with you in your happy moments and complement you.

ناس يوحشوك لما يسيبوك ويفكروك

Those people you miss when they leaveز. and they always remind you

بالقاهرة ونيلها وطول ليلها

with Cairo, her Nile, her long night,

وأغانيها ومواويلها وحكاويها آه يا جمالها

her songs, her mawwals and her tales. how beautiful (they) are!

القاهرة تجيلها تحنّلها

To Cairo you came, you long,

وتهواها ما تنساها وتتحاكى بأحوالها

you love her, you can't forget her and you keep talking about her.

يا جمالها ساعة العصرية في مركب ع النيل

How beautiful she is at noon, in a felucca3 in in the Nile

مع صحبة حلوة واغنية عالشوق والليل

with a nice group of people and a song about love and passion

للمغرمين والعاشقين والسهرانين

for those are in love, in a deep passion and staying up all night long

القاهرة ونيلها وطول ليلها

Cairo, her Nile, her long night,

وأغانيها ومواويلها وحكاويها آه يا جمالها

her songs, her mawwals and her tales. how beautiful (they) are!

القاهرة تجيلها تحنّلها

To Cairo you came, you long,

وتهواها ما تنساها وتتحاكى بأحوالها

you love her, you can't forget her and you keep talking about her.