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O plain, you made my life easy

يا سهل سهلت عيشي

1. O plain, you made my life easy
After it was rough terrain

١. يا سَهلُ سَهَّلتَ عَيشي
مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ وَعرا

2. You generously rained it
Covering it with grass and flowers

٢. أَمطَرتَهُ مَكرُماتٍ
كَسَتهِ عُشباً وَزَهرا

3. So it became a fertile garden
While it was barren land

٣. فَصارَ بِالخِصبِ رَوضاً
وَكانَ بِالمَحلِ قَفرا

4. You brought it sufficient irrigation
That the sea seems to you a sea

٤. وَجُدتَ بِالرِيِّ حَتّى
يَخالُكَ البَحرُ بَحرا

5. And in your gardens the eve
My glory crescent became a full moon

٥. وَفي جِنانِكَ أَمسى
هِلالُ عِزِّيَ بَدرا

6. And the taste of my life became
Sweet while it was bitter

٦. وَصارَ طَعمُ حَياتي
حُلواً وَما زالَ مُرّاً

7. I was a slave to worries
But today I became free

٧. وَكُنتُ لِلهَمِّ عَبداً
فَاليَومَ أَصبَحتُ حُرّا

8. You granted me affection
I gained pride from it

٨. أَقطَعتَني مِنكَ وُدّاً
جَنَيتُ لي مِنهُ فَخرا

9. And I rose up high until
I surpassed Zayd and Amr

٩. وَصِرتُ أَعلو إِلى أَن
طاوَلتُ زَيداً وَعَمرا

10. What blessed hands
That turned hardship into ease

١٠. فَيا لَها مِن أَيادٍ
أَعادَتِ العُسرَ يُسرا

11. From a benefactor of noble origin
And honorable, great worth

١١. مِن مُنعِمٍ طابَ أَصلاً
وَمَكرِمٍ جَلَّ قَدرا

12. So I lost no glory through you
Nor did I lack provision

١٢. فَلا فَقَدتُكَ جاها
وَلا عَدِمتُكَ ذُخرا