Egypt

قالولي بتحب مصر فقلت مش عارف
أصل المحبة بسيطة ومصر تركيبة
ومصر حلوة ومُرَّة وشِرْحة وكئيبة
دا نا اختصر منصب الشمس وأقول شمعة
ولا اختصر مصر وانده مصر يا حبيبة

They asked me "Do you love Egypt?", "I don't know!" I replied.
Love is simple and Egypt is complicated
Egypt is sweet and bitter, joyful and grouchy
I would rather sum up the sun and call it "A candle"
but never sum up Egypt and call it "A beloved one"

Tameem Barghouti
The whole poem here

A poem of a half Egyptian poet shows how much he loves Egypt...and adores every detail in her!