وبارقَ بعضُ العالمينَ نساءَهم

وضاقَ بهم من ذلك الوعرُ والسهلُ

Some people's lands light up, while their women are in despair.

The rough and easy paths become too narrow for them.

وقلّ البِنَا والحرثُ والزرعُ للورَى

وضاقَ بأهليها بها العُلوُ والسُّفْلُ

Little construction, farming or planting for people remains.

The high and low lands become too narrow for their people.

وقد يَبِس الآبارُ إلا نوادراً

وأكْدَى جميعُ الخلق وافترقَ الأهلُ

The wells have dried up, except for a few.

All people are suffering and families are divided.

فبعضٌ غدا في الغرب يطلبُ رزقه

وبعضٌ غدَا في الشرق واضطربَ الجُلّ

Some head west seeking their livelihood.

Others go east and the groups are confused.

ترَى الناسَ سَكْرَى خاشعين تذللاً

مِن القلّ حتى لا يَصيحَ لهم طِفلُ

You see people drunk, humbly submitting,

So little that not even a child cries out for them.

وعهدِي ببعض يلقطُ النخَلَ بلحها

ويشربُ ماءَ لا يُمِرُّ ولا يَحْلُو

I knew some who would pick date palms for their pits,

And drink undrinkable and tasteless water.

وبعضٌ تولى يطلبُ الناس بُلْغَةً

فحلَّ به من سوءِ مطلبه الذل

Some took to asking people for scraps,

So begging brought them disgrace and humiliation.

وبعضٌ تغدى بالقليلِ ولم يسلْ

وبعضٌ تراهُ سائِلاً وهو الكلُّ

Some eat little and are not wasteful,

While others beg though they have plenty.

وبعضٌ فلا يبكى ولا هو ضاحِك

يكابِدُ أشغالاً من الهم لا يخُلو

Some neither cry nor laugh,

Enduring worries and grief without respite.

وبعضٌ تمنى للحمام لِفَقْرِه

وممّا رأى السُّوأى وحَل به القُلُّ

Some wish for pigeons due to their poverty,

And the evils they saw and troubles that befell them.

وذلك في عام الثمانين حجةً

وألف توالتْ مع ثمان وما حلوا

This was in the year eighty pilgrimage,

And a thousand plus eight and they did not get relief.

ولولاكَ سلطان بن سيف بن سالك

لحلَّ بنا مِن أجْل مَا مَسَّنَا الخبْلُ

Were it not for you Sultan bin Saif bin Salik,

We would have suffered for what afflicted us.

فأمطرْتنا مِن جُود كَفّيْك وابلاً

أقام مقاماً لا يقومُ به الولُ

You rained on us from your generous palms, a downpour

That took the place of what cannot be upheld.

فأحييكَ أرضَ اللهِ بالعدلِ والندى

إلى أن أمتّ الجهلَ وانتشر العدلُ

I congratulate you for reviving God’s land with justice and dew,

Until ignorance passes and justice spreads.

وهذا قديمٌ منكم ليس محدثاً

كذَا كانَ أجدادٌ لكَ العزُّ مِنْ قبلُ

This is old from you, not new,

So were your noble ancestors before you.

هُمُ مَعشر لا خابَ راجى نوالهم

لهم بحرُ جود لا يكدره مَطْلُ

They are a people whose seekers never despair of attaining their generosity,

For them is an ocean of generosity that no adversity makes bitter.

ومن تكنْ الغُرّ الكرامُ جدودَه

ليوثاً ضوارى هَكذا يكن الشبلُ

He whose ancestors were generous and noble lions,

Thus is the cub.

فعِشْ إِن مَدْحى فيكَ حَقٌّ مؤثرٌ

ومَدْحُ سواى في سواك هو الجَهلُ

So live! For my praise of you is true and effective,

While praising others than you is ignorance.

دعوتُ إِلهي أَنْ يخلِّدَ مُلككم

ويسقَينا غيثا به يُجمعُ الشملُ

I prayed to my God to make your rule eternal,

And quench us with rain that unites our nation.

فيا ربِّ يا مولايَ ندعوكَ فاسقما

حياً ذا شآبيبٍ بموتُ بهِ المْحلُ

So oh my Lord and Master, we call upon you, quench our thirst

With a living rain that kills drought.

ويا خيرَ مسئولٍ دعوناك فاستجبْ

وأكرمَ مأمولٍ به وثق الكُلُّ

O best of those called upon, we call you so answer,

And most generous of hopes, in you the all trust.

عبادَك يا ربَّ العبادِ إغاثةً

بِفَضْلِكَ يا مَنْ منه قد عمّنا الفضلُ

Your servants, oh Lord of servants, asking for relief

By your grace, O He from whom we have received abundant grace.

دَعَوناكَ يا رْحمن دعوةَ واثقٍ

بجودِك يا مَن قوله الحقُّ والعدْلُ

We called you, O Merciful, with the call of one certain

Of your generosity, O You whose word is truth and justice.

ويا مَن هُو الربُّ العظيمُ جلاله

ومَنْ بيديه الخلقُ والأمرُ والفعلُ

O You who are the Almighty Lord, majestic His glory,

In whose hands are creation, command and action.

فأنت الحكيمُ الخالقُ الرزاقُ الورَى

أغثْنا فمنك الجود يا رب والفضلُ

You are the Wise, Creator, Sustainer of mankind,

Relieve us, for from You comes generosity, O Lord, and grace.

فأنتَ العليمُ الفادرُ الواهبُ الذي

تسبِّحه الحيتانُ في البحر والنملُ

You are the Knowing, Able, Giver, who

Is glorified by whales in the sea and ants.

وأنتَ الجوادُ السيدُ الصمدُ الذي

تفردَ عزّاً أنْ يكونَ له مِثْلُ

You are the Giving, the Master, the Eternal, who

Uniquely was honored to have no equal.

تعالَى إلهُ الخلق عَنْ كلِّ واصفٍ

لقدرتِه أو أنْ يحيطَ به عَقْلُ

Exalted is the God of creation, above all describers,

Of His power, or for any mind to encompass Him.

وصلِّ إلهَ الخلق جلَّ ثناؤُه

عَلَى أَحْمَدَ المختارِ ما سارتْ بِه الإبلُ

And send blessings upon God's creation, great is His praise,

Upon Ahmed the Chosen, by whom the camels march.

صلاةً توالى ليس يُحصَى عدادُها

كمَا ليس يُحْصَى القَطْرُ ولويْلُ والرمْلُ

Blessings uncountable in number,

As drops of rain, leaves and sand cannot be counted.