أَهلاً بِها وَبِما أَتَتنما تَحمِلُ

خَلاً نَرى الاقبالَ ساعةَ تُقبِلُ

Welcome to her and what she brought

Whatever she carries

جاءَت تنزَّعُ تَحتَ أَكرم مَن مَشى

وَكَأَنَّها تَحتَ السَحابَة شَمأل

We see good fortune when it comes

As though beneath auspicious clouds it rained

يَغُذُّ بهم إِمّا أَقبُّ مَطيّهم

نَهدُ المَراكِل أَو أَغرٌّ مُحَجَّل

With it they are sustained, either I lead their camels

Swaying with howdahs and litters on their hump

وَكَأَنَّهُ مِن غِلمةٍ من فَوقِهِ

تَزهى فَيشمعُ أَو تَتيهُ فَيصهَل

As though above them a lad

Bedecked and gleaming or wandering astray

طارَت بِهِ فَأَقامَ وَبلُ نَوالِهِ

يَجري فَيهمي أَو يَسُحُّ فَيَهطل

She flew with it so he stayed, and his drinking-spot

Flowed, now rising, now spreading, now flooding

بَحرُ النَدى الغَمِرُ الَّذي رَحَلَت بِهِ

عَنّا وَأَنجمُ جُودِهِ ما تَرحَلُ

The sea of dew, the copious downpour with which she came

From us, and the stars of his munificence do not depart

لَيثٌ إِذا لاقى الأَعادي مُشبِلٌ

غَيثٌ إِذا لاقاهُ عافٍ مُسبِلُ

A lion when he meets enemies, facing them

A rain when it meets him, good and generous

وَالنَسرُ يَتبعُ جَيشَه وَالأَجدَلُ

عِلماً بأَنَّ عَدوَّهُ سَيُجَدَّلُ

And the eagle follows his army, and the partridges

Knowing their enemy will be overcome

وَلَهُ إِذا ما الغَيثُ خَصَّ بسيبهِ

فَضلٌ يَعُمُّ بِه البِلادَ وَمُفضِلُ

And his, when the rain singles out its path

Merit that benefits all the lands and their excelling

وَإِذا عَرضتَ لِنَيلِهِ مُستَجدياً

لاقاكَ مِنهُ العارِضُ المتهمِّلُ

And if you come to it seeking aid

You will meet with it obliging and ready

إِنَّ الزَمانَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِمُحَمَّدٍ

وَبِفعلهِ الحَسَنِ الجَميلِ مُجمَّلُ

Truly time is commended by Muhammad

And by his fair and graceful deeds adorned

طودُ العُلى السامي بِما يَتَحَمَّلُ

بَحرُ النَدى الكافي بِما يَتَكفَّل

A towering glory, lofty and sublime, bearing what it bears

A sea of dew, enough for all it undertakes

متمنطِقٌ بِالمحمداتِ مُتَوَّجٌ

مُتآزرٌ بالمكرُمات مُسَربَكُ

Girded with the 'Muhammads', crowned

Allied with the 'Most Generous', clasped

قَبلٌ أَبوه كانَ أَصلاً ثابِتاً

لِلمُلكِ قِدماً وَهوَ فَرعٌ أَطوَلُ

His father was a firm root

To the kingdom, a base, and he is a taller branch

فَبَنى عَلى أَساس والدِهِ لَه

بَيتاً دَعائِمُهُ الوشيجُ الذُبَّلُ

So he built on his father's foundation

A house with decayed palm-trunks as columns

مالٌ يُبادِرُ مَن دَعاهُ مُسارِعاً

وَعَلى الَّذي لَم يَدعِه مُتَطَفِّل

Wealth that hastens to whoever calls it, rushing

And to whoever does not call it, volunteering

وَنَدىً يَعُمُّ وَلَم يَخصَّ وَلا نَرى

مَجداً يُنالُ بِلا نَوالٍ يَشمَلُ

And dew that benefits all, not singling out or excluding

Glory cannot be attained without all-encompassing rain

إِن يُشرِكوكَ فانَّهم لَم يَبذُلوا

يَومَ النَدى وَلَدى الوَغى ما تَبذل

If they make you partner, they did not spend

On the day of dew, and in distress do not spend

بأسٌ يُعانيهِ الشُجاعُ فَيَنثَنى

وَنَدىً يُعاينُهُ السَحابُ فَيَخجَلُ

Might that the valiant man endures and so folds

And dew that the clouds witness and are ashamed

وَلَيـــسَ لــــي

بَعدَ الالهِ عَلى سِواكَ مُعَوّلُ

And I have none but you

After God, upon whom I rely