غزْل الكساء تُرى من النسّاج منْ

غزْل الكساء تُرى من النسّاج منْ

وبأرض عُمَّان تطرّز أو عَدَنْ

وبأرض عُمَّان تطرّز أو عَدَنْ

Who, do you suppose, among the weavers spun the cloak?

The cloak's weaving can be seen from the weaver

And was it embroidered in Oman, or Aden?

Embroidered in Oman or Yemen's land

ولأي وقتٍ بعد ريحٍ قرَّةٍ

ولأي وقتٍ بعد ريحٍ قرَّةٍ

هبتْ وأمطار ألحتْ يخترن

هبتْ وأمطار ألحتْ يخترن

And for what season—after a biting wind

And after a pleasant breeze has blown

has blown and relentless rains persisted—do they choose it?

With rain urging the choice

هبْهُ الكساء كساء آل محمدٍ

هبْهُ الكساء كساء آل محمدٍ

هل مطلنا هذا الطويل به حسن

هل مطلنا هذا الطويل به حسن

Suppose the cloak were the Cloak of Muhammad’s House:

Bestow upon him the cloak, the cloak of Muhammad's family

is our long delay over it at all seemly?

Have we hoped for this long one for its beauty