أَيا سَحاباً وَبلُهُ هامِ

أَيا سَحاباً وَبلُهُ هامِ

وَيا رَبيعاً عُشبُهُ نامِ

وَيا رَبيعاً عُشبُهُ نامِ

O cloud whose downpour streams,

O clouds, gather and pour down rain,

And O spring whose grass flourishes,

And o spring, your plants grow lush.

وَيا أَخا البِرِّ الذي بَعضُهُ

وَيا أَخا البِرِّ الذي بَعضُهُ

يَفضُلُ عَن حاجَةِ إِلمامي

يَفضُلُ عَن حاجَةِ إِلمامي

And O companion of benevolence, a portion of which

O brother of righteousness, some of which

exceeds the needs of my visit;

Exceeds my need to know.

وَمَن هُو البَحرُ الَّذي دائباً

وَمَن هُو البَحرُ الَّذي دائباً

يَغمُرُني آذِبُه الطامي

يَغمُرُني آذِبُه الطامي

And you who are the sea, which ceaselessly

And who is the sea that steadily

engulfs me with its surging waves;

Drowns me, its lies are overwhelming?

وَمَن كَساني وُدُّهُ مَفخَراً

وَمَن كَساني وُدُّهُ مَفخَراً

يَنجَرُّ مِن خَلفي وَقُدّامي

يَنجَرُّ مِن خَلفي وَقُدّامي

And you whose affection clothed me in glory

And who dressed me with his love as a boast

that trails behind me and before me;

That drags behind and ahead of me?

وَمَن إِذا يَمَّتَهُ لَم أَزَل

وَمَن إِذا يَمَّتَهُ لَم أَزَل

ما بَينَ إِكرامٍ وَإِنعامِ

ما بَينَ إِكرامٍ وَإِنعامِ

And you—whenever I seek you, I am always

And when I lean on him I never cease to be

amid honor and generous gifts;

Between honoring and obliging.

وَمَن غَدا يَسحَبُ ذَيلَ العُلا

وَمَن غَدا يَسحَبُ ذَيلَ العُلا

ما بَينَ إِجلالٍ وَإِعظامِ

ما بَينَ إِجلالٍ وَإِعظامِ

And you who now trail the hem of eminence

And who tomorrow will drag the train of glory

amid reverence and exaltation:

Between reverence and esteem?

اِستَقبِلِ العيدَ الَّذي قُربُهُ

اِستَقبِلِ العيدَ الَّذي قُربُهُ

أَشهى مِنَ الرِيِّ إِلى الظامي

أَشهى مِنَ الرِيِّ إِلى الظامي

Welcome the feast, whose approach

Welcome the feast day whose nearness

is more delightful than slaking thirst to the thirsty;

Is sweeter than water to the thirsty.

وَراعِهِ حَقَّ مُراعاتِهِ

وَراعِهِ حَقَّ مُراعاتِهِ

إِن شِئتَ بِالطاسِ أَو الجامِ

إِن شِئتَ بِالطاسِ أَو الجامِ

And honor it with all due observance,

And keep his due rights in caring for him

if you wish, with the drinking bowl or goblet.

If you wish, with a cup or a chalice.

وَعِش قَريرَ العَينِ يا سَيِّداً

وَعِش قَريرَ العَينِ يا سَيِّداً

سُؤدُهُ بَينَ الوَرى سامِ

سُؤدُهُ بَينَ الوَرى سامِ

And live with an eye at peace, O lord,

And live, o master, with delighted eye

whose eminence towers among humankind.

Whose brightness among mankind is sublime.

فَأَنتَ مَن إِن صاغَ أُكرومَةً

فَأَنتَ مَن إِن صاغَ أُكرومَةً

رَندَجَها مِنهُ بِإِتمامِ

رَندَجَها مِنهُ بِإِتمامِ

For you are one who, if he fashions a generous deed,

For you are one who, if he forges a link

adorns it by bringing it to completion himself.

Will perfect it through and through.