'Innal ka^'k 'al-misriyy li-'akthar min mumtāz

Egyptian cookies are superb.

^'Indamā 'usāfir li-l-khārij, dā'iman 'akhudh ma^'ī thalātha sanādīq minal ka^'kil misriyy

When I go abroad I always take three boxes of Egyptian cookies with me.

Wāhid kahadiyya, wa-tab^'an 'al-bāqiyy lī

One as a present, and of course the rest for me.

Fa-'anta lā ta^'rif mā huwa t-ta^'ām fī d-dawwalil 'ajnabiyya

You never know what food they got in foreign countries.

'Athnā' 'as-siyām fī ramadān, 'a^'taqidu 'anna misr tatawaqqaf ^'an sun^'il khubz

During the fast in Ramadan, I think that Egypt stops making bread.

Kullud daqīq yustakhdam li-l-ka^'k bi-kulli 'ashkālihi wa-kulli alwānihi

All of the flour is used for cookies in all shapes and colours.

^'Indamā yantahiyy 'as-siyām, kullul 'ā'ilātil misriyya yakūn ^'indamā ka^'k yakfiyy li-mudda shahr

When the fast is over, all Egyptian families have cookies enough for months.