قد سلَّم الناسَ إليكَ المدى

فارفِق أبا الجَيشِ عَلى الناسِ

The people have entrusted the vastness to you,

So go easy, O father of the army, on the people.

إِن كانَ يومٌ فيه بؤسٌ فَما

يُلحق في النَّجدَةِ والباسِ

If there is a day of distress, it does not equate,

To prowess and courage.

لو أجدَبَ العامُ فكلُّ امرئٍ

يلقاكَ منه طاعِمٌ كاسِ

If the year is arid, every person,

Finds you a provider of drink.

ما عَرفَت كفُّكَ غيرَ النَّدى

وقائِمَ المُرهَفِ والكاسِ

Your hand has known naught but generosity,

And the honorable and the cup.

تَستَوحشُ النِّعمةُ من أهلِها

حتَّى تُلاقيها بايناسِ

Blessings feel estranged from their people,

Until you encounter them with affection.