يا سَهلُ سَهَّلتَ عَيشي

مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ وَعرا

O plain, you made my life easy

After it was rough terrain

أَمطَرتَهُ مَكرُماتٍ

كَسَتهِ عُشباً وَزَهرا

You generously rained it

Covering it with grass and flowers

فَصارَ بِالخِصبِ رَوضاً

وَكانَ بِالمَحلِ قَفرا

So it became a fertile garden

While it was barren land

وَجُدتَ بِالرِيِّ حَتّى

يَخالُكَ البَحرُ بَحرا

You brought it sufficient irrigation

That the sea seems to you a sea

وَفي جِنانِكَ أَمسى

هِلالُ عِزِّيَ بَدرا

And in your gardens the eve

My glory crescent became a full moon

وَصارَ طَعمُ حَياتي

حُلواً وَما زالَ مُرّاً

And the taste of my life became

Sweet while it was bitter

وَكُنتُ لِلهَمِّ عَبداً

فَاليَومَ أَصبَحتُ حُرّا

I was a slave to worries

But today I became free

أَقطَعتَني مِنكَ وُدّاً

جَنَيتُ لي مِنهُ فَخرا

You granted me affection

I gained pride from it

وَصِرتُ أَعلو إِلى أَن

طاوَلتُ زَيداً وَعَمرا

And I rose up high until

I surpassed Zayd and Amr

فَيا لَها مِن أَيادٍ

أَعادَتِ العُسرَ يُسرا

What blessed hands

That turned hardship into ease

مِن مُنعِمٍ طابَ أَصلاً

وَمَكرِمٍ جَلَّ قَدرا

From a benefactor of noble origin

And honorable, great worth

فَلا فَقَدتُكَ جاها

وَلا عَدِمتُكَ ذُخرا

So I lost no glory through you

Nor did I lack provision