لَعَمْرِي لَئِنْ شَرَّفْتَنِي بِصَنِيعَةٍ

لَعَمْرِي لَئِنْ شَرَّفْتَنِي بِصَنِيعَةٍ

وَحَلِّيْتَ مِنِّي بِالنَّدى راحَةً عُطْلاً

وَحَلِّيْتَ مِنِّي بِالنَّدى راحَةً عُطْلاً

By my life, if indeed you have honored me with a kindness

By my life, though you have honored me with a deed,

and adorned my bare palm with generosity,

And refreshed me with the dew, giving me leisure,

فَلَمْ يَأْتِ عِنْدِي غَيْرُ ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

فَلَمْ يَأْتِ عِنْدِي غَيْرُ ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

وَلا عَجَبٌ لِلْغَيْثِ أَنْ رَوَّضَ الْمَحْلا

وَلا عَجَبٌ لِلْغَيْثِ أَنْ رَوَّضَ الْمَحْلا

then, in my eyes, you have done only what befits you;

None has come to me but you, who deserves it,

nor is it any wonder that rain has turned barren land into a meadow.

Nor is it strange that rain should make the place lush.