أَيا سَحاباً وَبلُهُ هامِ

وَيا رَبيعاً عُشبُهُ نامِ

O clouds, gather and pour down rain,

And o spring, your plants grow lush.

وَيا أَخا البِرِّ الذي بَعضُهُ

يَفضُلُ عَن حاجَةِ إِلمامي

O brother of righteousness, some of which

Exceeds my need to know.

وَمَن هُو البَحرُ الَّذي دائباً

يَغمُرُني آذِبُه الطامي

And who is the sea that steadily

Drowns me, its lies are overwhelming?

وَمَن كَساني وُدُّهُ مَفخَراً

يَنجَرُّ مِن خَلفي وَقُدّامي

And who dressed me with his love as a boast

That drags behind and ahead of me?

وَمَن إِذا يَمَّتَهُ لَم أَزَل

ما بَينَ إِكرامٍ وَإِنعامِ

And when I lean on him I never cease to be

Between honoring and obliging.

وَمَن غَدا يَسحَبُ ذَيلَ العُلا

ما بَينَ إِجلالٍ وَإِعظامِ

And who tomorrow will drag the train of glory

Between reverence and esteem?

اِستَقبِلِ العيدَ الَّذي قُربُهُ

أَشهى مِنَ الرِيِّ إِلى الظامي

Welcome the feast day whose nearness

Is sweeter than water to the thirsty.

وَراعِهِ حَقَّ مُراعاتِهِ

إِن شِئتَ بِالطاسِ أَو الجامِ

And keep his due rights in caring for him

If you wish, with a cup or a chalice.

وَعِش قَريرَ العَينِ يا سَيِّداً

سُؤدُهُ بَينَ الوَرى سامِ

And live, o master, with delighted eye

Whose brightness among mankind is sublime.

فَأَنتَ مَن إِن صاغَ أُكرومَةً

رَندَجَها مِنهُ بِإِتمامِ

For you are one who, if he forges a link

Will perfect it through and through.