إذا الله لم يسقِ إلا الكرام

إذا الله لم يسقِ إلا الكرام

فأسقي ديار بني حنبل

فأسقي ديار بني حنبل

If God sends rain to none but the noble,

If God does not give water except to the generous,

Then I pray for rain upon the dwellings of Banu Hanbal:

Then give water to the homes of the family of Hanbal,

مُلثّاً مُربَّاَ له هيدب

مُلثّاً مُربَّاَ له هيدب

صدوق الرواعد والأزمل

صدوق الرواعد والأزمل

A persistent, lingering raincloud with a trailing fringe,

A home sprinkled and nurtured for him, Haydib,

True to the promise of its thunderclaps and roar.

Honest in thunder and late winter rain,

كأنّ السحاب دُوين السماء

كأنّ السحاب دُوين السماء

نعام تعلق بالأرجل

نعام تعلق بالأرجل

As though the cloud, just beneath the sky,

As if the clouds are ostrich chicks in the sky

Were ostriches hanging by their legs.

Ostriches hanging by their feet,

تكركره خضخضات الجنوب

تكركره خضخضات الجنوب

وتفزعه هزة الشمأل

وتفزعه هزة الشمأل

The south wind's churning gusts roll it to and fro,

Rumbling with the gurgling of the south wind

And the north wind's jolt startles it.

And startled by the shaking of the north wind,

فسقى ديارهم باكراً

فسقى ديارهم باكراً

من الغيث في الزمن الممحل

من الغيث في الزمن الممحل

So may it water their dwellings early,

So he gave their homes an early drink

With rain in the drought-stricken season.

Of rain in the due season.