إِذا السنة الشَّهباء مَدّت سَماءَها

مَدَدتَ سَماءً دونها فَتَجَلّت

When the starry sky stretched out its horizon

You stretched a sky below it, so it appeared

وَعادَت بِكَ الرِّيح العَقيمُ لَدى القِرى

لِقاحاً فَدرّت عَن نداك وَطَلّت

The barren winds have come back to the villages with you

Ripened by your rains, they came seeking more