ويوم تَبَدَّى من سَحائِبه الوَدْقُ

ويوم تَبَدَّى من سَحائِبه الوَدْقُ

كما اسْتَعْبَر المعشوقُ أَقْلَقَه العِشْقُ

كما اسْتَعْبَر المعشوقُ أَقْلَقَه العِشْقُ

And a day when rain emerged from its clouds,

When his clouds began to drizzle

As the beloved wept, made restless by love.

As if the beloved was made restless by love

يُقَهْقه فيه الرعدُ من أَدْمُع الحَيا

يُقَهْقه فيه الرعدُ من أَدْمُع الحَيا

ويبسم من أنفاس أَرياحِه البرق

ويبسم من أنفاس أَرياحِه البرق

Thunder laughs aloud within it at the rain's tears,

Thunder rumbles in them from the tears of life

And lightning smiles at the breaths of its winds.

And lightning smiles from the breaths of its winds

حكي جودَ شاهِنْشاه أفعالُ نَوْئه

حكي جودَ شاهِنْشاه أفعالُ نَوْئه

وكلا ولكنْ نَوْءُه منه مُشْتَقّ

وكلا ولكنْ نَوْءُه منه مُشْتَقّ

Its rainstorm's deeds mirrored Shahinshah's generosity—

Tell of the generosity of the great Shah

But no! Rather, its rainstorm is derived from him.

Though each telling derives from his generosity

هو الملك المخصوص بالفضل دائماً

هو الملك المخصوص بالفضل دائماً

فكلُّ تَغالٍ في مَدائحه صدق

فكلُّ تَغالٍ في مَدائحه صدق

He is the king forever distinguished by excellence,

He is the king distinguished by perpetual merit

So every exaggeration in praising him is true.

So each extravagance in praising him is truth

إذا كَرَّر الحادون في البيدِ مِدْحةً

إذا كَرَّر الحادون في البيدِ مِدْحةً

تغنتْ به ما بين أوراقِها الوُرْق

تغنتْ به ما بين أوراقِها الوُرْق

When the camel-drivers repeat a praise-song in the deserts,

When poets repeat praise in verse

The grey doves sing of him among their leaves.

The leaves between the pages sing of him