بِحَارُ النَّدَى تُعْزَى إِلَيْكُمْ أَبَا يَعْزَى

فَأَعْظِمْ بِمَا يُنْمَى إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَا يُعْزَى

Seas of generosity are attributed to you, O Abu Ya'za,

So how magnificent is what is ascribed and attributed to you.

أَقُولُ وَقَدْ هَبَّتْ فَتَاتِي تَلُومُنِي

عَلَى السَيرِ إِنََّ السَيْرَ قَد يُذهِبُ الرِجزَا

I spoke, as my beloved rose up to reprimand me

For traveling: 'Indeed, journeying can drive away affliction.'

دَعِينِي أُعَانِ السَّيْرَ أَوْ أُدْرِكَ الْمُنَى

إِلَى حَيْثُ لَمْ أَعْدَمْ ثَرَاءً وَلاَ عِزَّا

Let me endure the journey, so I may attain my desires,

In a place where I shall lack neither wealth nor glory.

إِلَى بَحْرِ جُودٍ مَاؤُهُ لَيْسَ آسِناً

وَلاَ طَعْمُهُ مُزّاً وَلاَ رَبُّهُ جِبْزَا

To a sea of bounty whose waters are never stagnant,

Whose taste is not bitter, and whose lord is no miser.

إِلَى حَيْثُ نَوَاهُ الْمُنَى مُتَأَرِّجٌ

وَحَيْثُ النَّدَى ثَاوٍ وَحَيْثُ أَبُو يَعْزَى

To where the destination of hopes is sweetly fragrant,

Where generosity resides, and where Abu Ya'za dwells.

هُمَامٌ إِذَا نَادَاهُ مَنْ ضَاقَ صَدْرُهُ

بِحَادِثِ دَهْرٍ كَانَ فيِ غَوْثِهِ وَجْزَا

A valiant hero who, when called upon by one whose chest is constricted

By the calamities of time, is swift in his relief.

وَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْ مُعْضِلاَتِ زَمَانِهِ

وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاهِيَةٍ حِرْزَا

He rescues him from the severe hardships of his era,

And serves as a sanctuary for him against every disaster.

فَكَمْ مِنْ حَبُولٍ قَدَّ سُودَ حِبَالِهَا

بِلَخْزِ الْمُنَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا أَوْجَبَتْ جَأْزَا

How many dark-roped snares has he severed,

Piercing through to hopes, after they had caused choking distress.

أَيَا عَلَماً مَا إِنْ يُضَامُ نَزِيلُهُ

وَمَا إِنْ يُرَى مِنْ دَهْرِهِ أَبَداً وَشْزَا

O eminent peak, whose guest is never wronged,

And who never sees any adversity from his days.

حَتَثْنَا مَطَايَا الْعَزْمِ نَحْوَ حِمَاكُمُ

نَشُقُّ بِهَا فَرْزاً وَنَعْلوُ بِهَا نَشْزَا

We spurred the mounts of determination toward your sanctuary,

Cleaving through valleys with them, and ascending heights.

وَجُبْنَا إِلَى مَثْوَاكَ أَفْوَازَ مَهْمَهٍ

عَسَى بَحْرُكَ الزَّخَّارُ مِنْ فَيْضِهِ نُجْزَى

And we traversed the desolate desert expanses to your abode,

Hoping we might be rewarded from the overflow of your surging sea.

فَأَنْجِزْ مُنَى مَنْ أَمَّ مَثْوَاكَ قَائِلاً

بِحَارُ النَّدَى تُعْزَى إِلَيْكُمْ أَبَا يَعْزَى

So fulfill the desires of the one who sought your abode, saying:

'Seas of generosity are attributed to you, O Abu Ya'za.'