ما كلَّفَ اللَّهُ لكَ الخَيلا

ما كلَّفَ اللَّهُ لكَ الخَيلا

أَن تَحملَ البَحرَ ولا اللَّيلا

أَن تَحملَ البَحرَ ولا اللَّيلا

God has not charged horses, for your sake,

God did not task you, O horse, with carrying the sea or the night,

With carrying the sea or the night.

Nor did we see, before you, a horse on which trailed a tail.

وَلا رَأَينا فَرَساً قَبلَهُ

وَلا رَأَينا فَرَساً قَبلَهُ

أرخَت عَليهِ مُزنةٌ ذَيلا

أرخَت عَليهِ مُزنةٌ ذَيلا

Nor have we seen a horse before it

You took the place of the wind in carrying burdens -

Over which a raincloud let down its train.

Expending your strength and wits.

قامَ مَقامَ الرِّيحِ في حَملِها

قامَ مَقامَ الرِّيحِ في حَملِها

فاستفرَغَ القوّةَ والحيلا

فاستفرَغَ القوّةَ والحيلا

It took the wind's place in carrying the cloud,

Your known quality in color resembles the Nile,

So it expended all its strength and ingenuity.

And it fancied to resemble it in flooding.

أشبهَ مَعروفَكَ في لَونِه

أشبهَ مَعروفَكَ في لَونِه

وَهمَّ أَن يُشبِهَهُ نَيلا

وَهمَّ أَن يُشبِهَهُ نَيلا

It resembled your bounty in its color,

The land was thirsty, so in its eagerness,

And aspired to match it in giving.

It cast upon it rain and torrent.

واستَسقَت الأَرضُ فَمِن حِرصِه

واستَسقَت الأَرضُ فَمِن حِرصِه

ألقَى عَلَيها الغَيثَ والسَّيلا

ألقَى عَلَيها الغَيثَ والسَّيلا

And the earth asked for rain; so, in its eagerness,

It cast rain and flood upon her.