1. If God does not give water except to the generous,
Then give water to the homes of the family of Hanbal,
١. إذا الله لم يسقِ إلا الكرام
فأسقي ديار بني حنبل
2. A home sprinkled and nurtured for him, Haydib,
Honest in thunder and late winter rain,
٢. مُلثّاً مُربَّاَ له هيدب
صدوق الرواعد والأزمل
3. As if the clouds are ostrich chicks in the sky
Ostriches hanging by their feet,
٣. كأنّ السحاب دُوين السماء
نعام تعلق بالأرجل
4. Rumbling with the gurgling of the south wind
And startled by the shaking of the north wind,
٤. تكركره خضخضات الجنوب
وتفزعه هزة الشمأل
5. So he gave their homes an early drink
Of rain in the due season.
٥. فسقى ديارهم باكراً
من الغيث في الزمن الممحل