أيا شجرات الله ليس بقاطعٍ

لك الدهر شرباً أنت فيه شوارع

O trees of God, there is no cutter for you

Time is a drink for you, and you are its streets

تَحيَّر دُفَّاعٌ من الماء خلفه

لسقياك دُفَّاع له متدافعُ

A bucket wanders confused behind you

To water you, a rushing bucket follows you

إذا قدَّر الجُهَّال وشكَ انقطاعه

أتى مددٌ من ربه متتابع

If the ignorant decree and doubt its cessation

Help comes from your Lord, continually

فلا يرتجي الأعداء فيكم رجاءهم

فليس لغرس الله في العرش قالع

So let not enemies hope in you their hopes

For God's plants in the Throne have no uprooter

ولا يطمع الحساد في قطع شربكم

فليس لما أجرت يد الله قاطع

And let not the envious hope to cut off your drinking

For what God's hand has flowed has no cutter

يد الله درع لا تزال تقيكمُ

وترس لكم ترفَضُّ عنه القوارع

God's hand is armor that always protects you

And a shield for you that repels assaults

وليست على ما يحفظ الله ضيعة

ولكن ما لا يحفظ الله ضائع

And there is no negligence in what God protects

But what God does not protect is lost

تعيشون ما عشتم وللحبل واصل

تقوم به الدنيا وللشمل جامع

You live as long as you have lived, and the rope remains connected

The world continues by it, and it unifies the community

وللدين أنصار وللملك شيعةٌ

وللعرف معطاء وللجار مانع

And for religion there are supporters, and for the kingdom partisans

And for customs there is a giver, and for the neighbor a preventer

وما تتقذّاكم عيونٌ جليّةٌ

ولا تلفِظُ التقريظَ فيكم مسامع

And no unveiled eyes gaze at you

Nor do ears utter congratulations among you