وبارقَ بعضُ العالمينَ نساءَهم

وضاقَ بهم من ذلك الوعرُ والسهلُ

Some lands shone as their women grew bright,

While the rough and smooth terrains narrowed for them.

وقلّ البِنَا والحرثُ والزرعُ للورَى

وضاقَ بأهليها بها العُلوُ والسُّفْلُ

Few became the buildings and cultivation and crops for people,

While the high and lowlands narrowed for their inhabitants.

وقد يَبِس الآبارُ إلا نوادراً

وأكْدَى جميعُ الخلق وافترقَ الأهلُ

The wells dried up except for a few,

And all people grew hungry and the families dispersed.

فبعضٌ غدا في الغرب يطلبُ رزقه

وبعضٌ غدَا في الشرق واضطربَ الجُلّ

Some headed west seeking their livelihood,

While some headed east and the groups got disrupted.

ترَى الناسَ سَكْرَى خاشعين تذللاً

مِن القلّ حتى لا يَصيحَ لهم طِفلُ

You see people humbled, pleading submissively,

Due to scarcity, even a baby wouldn't cry for them.

وعهدِي ببعض يلقطُ النخَلَ بلحها

ويشربُ ماءَ لا يُمِرُّ ولا يَحْلُو

I knew some who picked date fruits to eat,

And drank still, tasteless water that wouldn't quench thirst.

وبعضٌ تولى يطلبُ الناس بُلْغَةً

فحلَّ به من سوءِ مطلبه الذل

Some turned to ask people for handouts,

So the disgrace of their shameful request befell them.

وبعضٌ تغدى بالقليلِ ولم يسلْ

وبعضٌ تراهُ سائِلاً وهو الكلُّ

Some have supper with very little and don't ask,

While some appear asking though they have it all.

وبعضٌ فلا يبكى ولا هو ضاحِك

يكابِدُ أشغالاً من الهم لا يخُلو

Some don't cry nor laugh,

Bearing worries that don't cease.

وبعضٌ تمنى للحمام لِفَقْرِه

وممّا رأى السُّوأى وحَل به القُلُّ

Some wished for pigeons due to their poverty,

And what they saw of adversity and dearth that befell them.

وذلك في عام الثمانين حجةً

وألف توالتْ مع ثمان وما حلوا

That was in the year eighty pilgrimage,

And a thousand accumulating with eight they didn't improve.

ولولاكَ سلطان بن سيف بن سالك

لحلَّ بنا مِن أجْل مَا مَسَّنَا الخبْلُ

Were it not for you Sultan bin Saif bin Salik,

Weakness for what afflicted us would've befallen us.

فأمطرْتنا مِن جُود كَفّيْك وابلاً

أقام مقاماً لا يقومُ به الولُ

So you rained upon us from your palms' generosity,

A rain that settles in place of one that wouldn't settle.

فأحييكَ أرضَ اللهِ بالعدلِ والندى

إلى أن أمتّ الجهلَ وانتشر العدلُ

So I congratulate you for reviving God's land with justice and blessing,

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,

That's how your glorious ancestors were before.

هُمُ مَعشر لا خابَ راجى نوالهم

لهم بحرُ جود لا يكدره مَطْلُ

They are a people no seeker of their help was disappointed,

For them is a sea of generosity no cloud dirties.

ومن تكنْ الغُرّ الكرامُ جدودَه

ليوثاً ضوارى هَكذا يكن الشبلُ

And he whose ancestors were generous and honorable,

Thus would the cub be; fierce lions.

فعِشْ إِن مَدْحى فيكَ حَقٌّ مؤثرٌ

ومَدْحُ سواى في سواك هو الجَهلُ

So live on, 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 my God to immortalize your reign,

And quench us with a rain that would unite us.

فيا ربِّ يا مولايَ ندعوكَ فاسقما

حياً ذا شآبيبٍ بموتُ بهِ المْحلُ

So oh my Lord, my Master, we call upon you so quench us,

With lively youth, the death of dearest wishes.

ويا خيرَ مسئولٍ دعوناك فاستجبْ

وأكرمَ مأمولٍ به وثق الكُلُّ

And oh Best of those called upon, we called you so answer,

And Most generous of hopes, in you we trusted.

عبادَك يا ربَّ العبادِ إغاثةً

بِفَضْلِكَ يا مَنْ منه قد عمّنا الفضلُ

Your servants oh Lord of servants, save us

With your grace, oh You from whom grace covered us.

دَعَوناكَ يا رْحمن دعوةَ واثقٍ

بجودِك يا مَن قوله الحقُّ والعدْلُ

We called upon you firmly trusting,

In your generosity, oh You whose words are truth and justice.

ويا مَن هُو الربُّ العظيمُ جلاله

ومَنْ بيديه الخلقُ والأمرُ والفعلُ

And oh You who is the Almighty Lord, Majestic His glory,

And in whose hands are creation, command and action.

فأنت الحكيمُ الخالقُ الرزاقُ الورَى

أغثْنا فمنك الجود يا رب والفضلُ

So You are the Wise, Creator, Sustainer of people,

Relieve us for from You are generosity and grace our Lord.

فأنتَ العليمُ الفادرُ الواهبُ الذي

تسبِّحه الحيتانُ في البحر والنملُ

You are the Knowing, Able, Giver, whom

Whales in sea and ants praise.

وأنتَ الجوادُ السيدُ الصمدُ الذي

تفردَ عزّاً أنْ يكونَ له مِثْلُ

You are the Bountiful, Master, Eternal, whom

None can equal His pride or be like.

تعالَى إلهُ الخلق عَنْ كلِّ واصفٍ

لقدرتِه أو أنْ يحيطَ به عَقْلُ

Exalted is God of creation, beyond any description,

Of His might or that a mind can encompass Him.

وصلِّ إلهَ الخلق جلَّ ثناؤُه

عَلَى أَحْمَدَ المختارِ ما سارتْ بِه الإبلُ

And bless God of creation, Exalted His praise,

Upon Ahmed the Chosen, for whom camels walked.

صلاةً توالى ليس يُحصَى عدادُها

كمَا ليس يُحْصَى القَطْرُ ولويْلُ والرمْلُ

Blessings uncountable in number,

Like drops, twilight, and sand can't be counted.