الإلاه يحمد ويشكر

المطر من اهن لشكر

God is praised and thanked.

Rain—from [unclear]—for thanksgiving.

والإلاه ينعم صباحك

ويديم لنا سعودك

And may God bless your morning,

And preserve your good fortune for us,

ويبلّغك اقتراحك

ويديم للدين وجودك

And grant you your wish,

And preserve your life for the faith,

بسيوفك ورماحك

وبباسك وبجودك

Through your swords and spears,

And through your valor and generosity.

الفتوح ترقب وتذكر

وإليك هيّت تبكر

Victories are awaited and remembered,

And they come early to you.

السمي نثر جواهر

والربيع بساط ان اخضر

The sky has scattered jewels,

And spring is a green carpet.

والغصون تنظم ازاهر

والنواسم فيه تعثر

And the boughs string blossoms together,

And the breezes stumble through it.

والسمى تخفي الزواهر

وسيوف البرق تشهر

And the sky hides the shining stars,

And lightning's swords are unsheathed,

وبنات السحب تبكر

عل غيظ امّ ال يكره

And the daughters of the clouds come early,

To spite the mother of whoever hates it.

ما ترى إلا سواقي

بمذاب الفض تجري

You see nothing but watercourses

Flowing with molten silver.

والثمار تقول لساقي

ذا الحلي نجعل تجري

And the fruits say to the cupbearer,

'I set this jewelry flowing—

أي خلاخل هو لساقي

وأي نطاق هوّت لنحري

What anklets it makes for my leg,

And what a girdle it is for my throat!'

دهر كن لي فيه نفكّر

فذبا نشرب ونسكر

An age I used to ponder [reading uncertain];

So now I drink and grow drunk.

القلوب قد كن فصاحت

والشمقلي خل يقلي

The hearts had been [unclear], then cried out [reading uncertain];

And al-Shamqali—let him fry.

والمساكن كافتضاحت

والبدو تبدي تغلّي

And the dwellings [text unclear],

And the desert folk begin raising prices [reading uncertain],

وقصاحت ومصاحت

والذي تقل بع لي

And [unclear], and [unclear].

And the man you tell, 'Sell to me,'

فيعبّن وينشكر

والزرع يخبي وينكر

Then [unclear], and is thanked;

And he hides the grain and denies it.

دنيَ هيّت في حليها

والفحوص تضي وتشرق

The world is in its finery,

And the fields shine and glow,

والبروق تضحك عليها

ودموع الغيث تهرق

And lightning laughs upon it,

And the tears of rain are spilled,

والودان تجري إليها

وهيت تلمع وتبرق

And rivers flow toward it,

And it sparkles and gleams.

عشت بعميما

والبياض تحته وفوقه

May you live in [unclear].

And whiteness lies beneath it and above it.

السما

مم طال للغيث شوقه

The sky.

Its yearning for rain had long endured [opening unclear].

أصبحت مثل الحميما

والورق تشبه لطوقه

It became like a little dove,

And the leaves resemble its neck-ring.

والشراب رجع مسكّر

والمطر يعقده مسكر

And the wine has turned sugar-sweet,

And the rain thickens it into an intoxicant.

والصباح يخجل منّوا

منه ظلل فالثنيا

And morning blushes before it;

From it come shades in the mountain pass.

والنسيم يرولن عنّ

طيب شمائل عنبرايّا

And the breeze tells us of

Sweet virtues fragrant as ambergris.

وبيوت زجلي يثنّ

بالمطر قالوا هنيّا

And the verses of my zajal offer praise;

'Joy to you in the rain!' they said.

الإلاه يحمد ويشكر

المطر من اهن لا شكر

God is praised and thanked.

Rain—from [unclear]—not thanks.

والمروج حتّي لو كر

رجعت للسيل موكر

And the meadows—even should it return—

Have become a nesting place for the torrent.

ها ذ كل سعد مولا

نسأل اللّه ان يديم

All this is a lord's good fortune.

We ask God to make it endure.

كل فخر هو به أولا

كل سلطان هو خديم

Every honor—he is most worthy of it;

Every sultan is his servant;

وصف كل بال لولا

والكمال هوت نديم

Description ... every mind ... were it not [text unclear].

And he is perfection's boon companion.

يسلفو الأنصار يذكّر

ويغيّر كل منكر

He brings the Ansar to mind [opening unclear],

And sets right every wrong.