تَنَبَّه الغيثُ بعد النومِ فاندفقا

وأرَّق الأرضَ حتى مَلَّتِ الأرقا

The rain awoke after slumber and poured down,

Making the earth soft until it was saturated.

وأصبح الزَّهرُ منثوراً ومؤتلقاً

وأصبح الروضُ مَصبوحاً ومغتبقا

The flowers became scattered and hung,

And the meadow became illuminated and embraced.

وماجت الغُدر حتى ملت ناحيةٌ

من السماء دَنَت للأرض فاعتنقا

The valleys swelled until an area

Of the sky lowered to the earth and they embraced.

وكادت الأُكمُ منه تستحيل ثرى

وصفحةُ الأرض فيه تكتسى وَرَقا

The sand dunes almost turned into soil from it,

And the page of the earth was clothed in leaves.

ولازم الأفق حتى كان أكثرنا

ينسى الكواكب أو لا تنبتُ الفلقا

It accompanied the horizon until most of us

Forgot the stars or the dawn did not split.

أرضى وأوسع حتى قال أرغبنا

لسنا نذمُّ سوى إسرافه خُلُقا

It watered and expanded until the most greedy among us

Said, "We do not blame anything but its excess of manner."

ما زال يُوضع وجهُ الأرض درَّته

حتى ظنَنتُ الرُّبى مغتصَّة شَرِقا

It continued to pour down upon the face of the earth

Until I thought the open country was overflowing eastward.