قد قلت إذ خرجوا لكي يستمطروا

لا تقنطوا واستمطروا بثيابي

When they set out to pray for rain

Do not despair, pray in my clothes instead

لو في حزيران هممت بغسلها

غطى ضياء الشمس جو سحاب

Had I in June intended to wash them

The sun's radiance would have veiled the skies with clouds

فكأنها العباس يستسقي به

عمر فيرويهم دعاء مجاب

As if it were Al-‘Abbas entreating rain with them

‘Umar whose prayers are ever granted would quench their thirst