حَلَلْتَ حُلوُلَ الْغَيْثِ فِي الْبَلَدِ الْمَحْلِ

حَلَلْتَ حُلوُلَ الْغَيْثِ فِي الْبَلَدِ الْمَحْلِ

عَلَى الطَّائِرِ الْمَيْمُونِ وَالرَّحْبِ وَالسَهْلِ

عَلَى الطَّائِرِ الْمَيْمُونِ وَالرَّحْبِ وَالسَهْلِ

You arrived as rain arrives in a drought-stricken land,

You descended like rain in the country, bestowing grace

Under an auspicious omen, with ample welcome and ease.

Upon the auspicious bird, the wide plains, and lowlands

يميناً بمن تعنو الوجوه لوجهه

يميناً بمن تعنو الوجوه لوجهه

من الشيخ والطفل المعصب والكهل

من الشيخ والطفل المعصب والكهل

I swear by Him before whose face all faces bow—

Promising with your blessed face

Those of the old man, the cloth-wrapped child, and the middle-aged man.

Elder, child, and mature man swathed in turban

لَقَدْ نَشَاَتْ عِنْدِي لِلُقِيَاكَ غِبْطَةٌ

لَقَدْ نَشَاَتْ عِنْدِي لِلُقِيَاكَ غِبْطَةٌ

تُنَسِّي اغْتِبَاطِي بِالِشِّيْبةِ وَاْلأَهْلِ

تُنَسِّي اغْتِبَاطِي بِالِشِّيْبةِ وَاْلأَهْلِ

Indeed, a joy has arisen within me at meeting you,

Meeting you has brought me joy

Making me forget my delight in gray hair and family.

Making me forget the sorrow of age and family

وَوِدِّيَ لاَ يُحْتَاجُ فِيهِ لِشَاهِدٍ

وَوِدِّيَ لاَ يُحْتَاجُ فِيهِ لِشَاهِدٍ

وَتَقْرِيرِيَ الْمَعْلُومَ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ

وَتَقْرِيرِيَ الْمَعْلُومَ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ

And my affection needs no witness;

My love needs no witness

And my affirming what is already known is a kind of ignorance.

To state what is obvious would be ignorance