1. Welcome to her and what she brought
Whatever she carries

2. We see good fortune when it comes
As though beneath auspicious clouds it rained

3. With it they are sustained, either I lead their camels
Swaying with howdahs and litters on their hump

4. As though above them a lad
Bedecked and gleaming or wandering astray

5. She flew with it so he stayed, and his drinking-spot
Flowed, now rising, now spreading, now flooding

6. The sea of dew, the copious downpour with which she came
From us, and the stars of his munificence do not depart

7. A lion when he meets enemies, facing them
A rain when it meets him, good and generous

8. And the eagle follows his army, and the partridges
Knowing their enemy will be overcome

9. And his, when the rain singles out its path
Merit that benefits all the lands and their excelling

10. And if you come to it seeking aid
You will meet with it obliging and ready

11. Truly time is commended by Muhammad
And by his fair and graceful deeds adorned

12. A towering glory, lofty and sublime, bearing what it bears
A sea of dew, enough for all it undertakes

13. Girded with the 'Muhammads', crowned
Allied with the 'Most Generous', clasped

14. His father was a firm root
To the kingdom, a base, and he is a taller branch

15. So he built on his father's foundation
A house with decayed palm-trunks as columns

16. Wealth that hastens to whoever calls it, rushing
And to whoever does not call it, volunteering

17. And dew that benefits all, not singling out or excluding
Glory cannot be attained without all-encompassing rain

18. If they make you partner, they did not spend
On the day of dew, and in distress do not spend

19. Might that the valiant man endures and so folds
And dew that the clouds witness and are ashamed

20. And I have none but you
After God, upon whom I rely