1. Your arrival is sweeter than wealth to the impoverished
And better than ease that comes after hardship

2. And more desirable to the thirsty than a full cup
And brighter to the lost than the rising full moon

3. You have arrived, so good tidings of bounty and wealth!
Welcome, welcome, O cheerful bringer of good news!

4. Kos wept when you departed from it on your travels
And from its tears the Nile swelled and flooded Egypt