1. رُبَّ فوارةٍ خلال مروجٍ

    ماؤها ناثرٌ عقودَ لآلي

    Many a fountain amid meadows,

    Its water scattering necklaces of pearls.

  2. كلما قام ذلك الماء فيها

    خرَّ للأرض ساجداً للحال

    Whenever that water rises within it,

    It falls to the earth, prostrating at once.

  3. وهو في حالة السجود تراه

    في هدير بذكره متوالي

    And while it is prostrate, you see it

    In a ceaseless roar, remembering Him.

  4. ليس إلا هو الشخوص إذا ما

    زال شخصٌ أتاه شخص تالي

    It is nothing but forms: whenever

    One form vanishes, another comes after it.

  5. جل يا ماء خالقٌ لك أجرى

    دائماً فهو ربنا ذو الجلال

    Exalted, O water, is your Creator, who made you flow

    Ceaselessly; He is our Lord, possessed of majesty.

  6. قم به هكذا بنفسك واقعد

    في السواقي وصوت ذكرك عالي

    Rise through Him thus, yourself, and sit

    In the watercourses, your voice of remembrance raised high.

  7. عبرة للذي يرى بك منا

    نفسه في تكوُّنٍ وزوال

    A lesson for whoever among us sees in you

    Himself coming into being and passing away

  8. مدة العمر فهو لله عبد

    من أولي الأمر أمر مولى الموالي

    Throughout life; he is a servant of God,

    Among those vested with command—the command of the Master of masters.