أرَى السَّجَّادَ إِن غَنَّى تَمنَّى

مُغَرِّدُ كُلِّ قَومٍ أن يَجُنَّا

I see the carpet, if it sings, it wishes

The warbler of every people wishes we would be mad

تَغَنَّى بِالقَرِيضِ فَلَم يُغَير

مَعَانِيَهُ أوَانَ بِهِ تَغَنَّى

It sang with melody, but did not change

Its meanings or the time it sang

يَفُلُّ مُغَنِّياً بِغِنَاهُ عَنَّا

شَبَاةَ الحُزنِ مَهمَا الحُزنُ عَنَّا

It makes the singer fail with his singing about us

No matter how much sorrow is about us

وَإِن عَقَد القُرُونَ مَعَ المُغني

يُغَادِرهُ كَئِيباً مُستَجِنَا

And if ages gather with the singer

He leaves it sad, driven mad

وإِن هُو في البَيَاضِ شَدَا تَرَاهُ

يُفَرِّجُ شَدوُهُ كُربَ المُعَنَّى

And if he tightens in white, you see him

His singing relieves the worried one's worries

ولا مَفهُومَ فالأَهوالُ طُرًّا

يُصَرِّفُهَا كَمَا فِيهَا تَمَنَّى

And no understanding, terrors are flying

He controls them as he wished in them

بِهِ مَنَّ الإِلهُ على البَرَايَا

ونَحمَدُ أنَّهُ فِينَا ومِنَّا

With it God granted favors on the land

And we praise that it is among us and from us