تَعَرَّضَ لي السَحابُ وَقَد قَفَلنا

فَقُلتُ إِلَيكَ إِنَّ مَعي السَحابا

The cloud turned against me as we were turning back

The cloud blocked my path as we were returning,

So I said, “With me is the cloud”

So I said, "Stand aside! For the true Cloud is with me."

فَشِم في القُبَّةِ المِلكَ المُرَجّى

فَأَمسَكَ بَعدَ ما عَزَمَ اِنسِكابا

Smell in the dome the awaited King

"Gaze upon the hoped-for King beneath the royal dome,"

Who withheld, after resolved pouring out

And so it held back, though it had resolved to pour.