1. يُهنَّأُ بالإِفطار قومٌ لأنهمْ

    تأتَّى لهم قبلَ العَشاءِ غَداءُ

    Some people are congratulated on breaking the fast because

    a midday meal has become available to them before supper.

  2. وأما عليُّ ذو العلا فلأنهُ

    أطاعَ له الإطعامُ كيف يشاءُ

    But as for ʿAlī of lofty rank, it is because

    feeding others is at his command, however he wishes.

  3. وما فاته في الصومِ فِطْرٌ لأنهٌ

    مُدارِسُ علمٍ والدِّارسُ غذاءُ

    He misses no breaking of the fast while fasting, for

    he studies knowledge, and study is nourishment.

  4. ولا فاتهُ في الفطر صومٌ لأنهُ

    مواصِلُ صومٍ عُقْبَتاهُ سَواءُ

    Nor does he miss fasting when breaking the fast, for

    he fasts unceasingly, his two alternating states alike.

  5. هنيئاً له إفطارُهُ وصيامُهُ

    هنيئاً ومن بعد الهناءِ مَراءُ

    May his breaking of the fast and his fasting bring him delight—

    delight, and after delight, easy digestion!

  6. بحقِّك أمطرتَ الورى وبحقهمْ

    لأنهُمُ أرضٌ وأنتَ سماءُ

    As befits you, you have rained upon humankind—and as befits them,

    for they are earth, and you are sky.