1. تَقَدَّم إِلى هَذا السَحابِ فَإِنَّهُ

    أَخوكَ بِأَن تَنأى مَطارِفُهُ عَنّا

    Bid this cloud—for it

    is your brother—to draw its mantles away from us.

  2. فَلَو لم يُصِبنا مِنهُ صَيِّبُ قَطرِهِ

    لَجادَ عَلَينا مِن يَمينِكَ ما أَغنى

    For, if its pouring rain did not reach us,

    enough would shower upon us from your right hand.