يَا بَاعِثاً بِأَرُزٍّ رَاحَ آكِلُه

يَا بَاعِثاً بِأَرُزٍّ رَاحَ آكِلُه

يُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَأَذْكَى الطِّيبِ فِي فِيهِ

يُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَأَذْكَى الطِّيبِ فِي فِيهِ

O sender of rice, its eater has begun

O bearer of rice gone by its eater,

To praise you, with the sweetest fragrance in his mouth.

Who praises you, the most fragrant perfume in his mouth,

إِنْ كَانَ فِي البَيْتِ مَا يَذْكُو فَيُشْبِهُهُ

إِنْ كَانَ فِي البَيْتِ مَا يَذْكُو فَيُشْبِهُهُ

فَلَيْسَ يُشْبِهُ لُطْفٌ لُطْفَ مَهْدَيهِ

فَلَيْسَ يُشْبِهُ لُطْفٌ لُطْفَ مَهْدَيهِ

If there is something fragrant in the house that resembles it,

If there is in the house anything to be kindled resembling it,

Yet no kindness matches the kindness of its giver.

There is no kindness resembling the kindness of its cradle.