يا مَن نَداهُ لزائرِي
هِ الدَّهْرَ تَرحيبٌ وبِشْرُ
O you whose bounty toward your visitor
is, through all time, welcome and cheer,
اسْمَحْ بلُبٍّ من نَدا
كَ لنا فإنّ البِشْرَ قِشْر
Grant us the kernel of your boun—
—ty; for cheer is but a shell.
يا مَن نَداهُ لزائرِي
هِ الدَّهْرَ تَرحيبٌ وبِشْرُ
O you whose bounty toward your visitor
is, through all time, welcome and cheer,
اسْمَحْ بلُبٍّ من نَدا
كَ لنا فإنّ البِشْرَ قِشْر
Grant us the kernel of your boun—
—ty; for cheer is but a shell.