مَوْلايَ دارِي والذي قد حَوَتْ

مَوْلايَ دارِي والذي قد حَوَتْ

نَبْتٌ زَهَا من صَوْبِ أمْطارِهْ

نَبْتٌ زَهَا من صَوْبِ أمْطارِهْ

My lord, my house and all that it holds—

My lord, my house and all it holds

are plants that flourished from the downpour of his rains.

are plants that flourished from the downpour of his rains.

وإنَّني عَبْدٌ له حارسٌ

وإنَّني عَبْدٌ له حارسٌ

بشُكْرِهِ رَوْضةَ آثارِهْ

بشُكْرِهِ رَوْضةَ آثارِهْ

And I am his servant, guarding

And I am his servant, guarding

with gratitude to him, the garden of his works.

with gratitude to him the garden of his benefactions.

إذا دَعَوْناه لأجل القِرَى

إذا دَعَوْناه لأجل القِرَى

وأشْرَقتْ داري بأنْوارِهْ

وأشْرَقتْ داري بأنْوارِهْ

When we invite him to partake of our hospitality,

When we invite him to partake of our hospitality,

and my house shines with his lights,

and my house shines with his radiance,

قالُوا طُفَيْليّاً عجِبْنَا له

قالُوا طُفَيْليّاً عجِبْنَا له

يُضيفُ رَبَّ الدارِ في دَارِهْ

يُضيفُ رَبَّ الدارِ في دَارِهْ

they say, “A gate-crasher! How strange we find him—

they say, 'A freeloader—we marvel at him:

he plays host to the master of the house in his own house!”

he hosts the house's master in that master's own house!'