لَم أَرَ مِثلَكَ يا أُمامُ خَليلا

لَم أَرَ مِثلَكَ يا أُمامُ خَليلا

آبى بِحاجَتِنا وَأَحسَنَ قيلا

آبى بِحاجَتِنا وَأَحسَنَ قيلا

I have never seen a friend like you, Umam,

I have not seen the like of you, O Imam Khalil

More unwilling to meet our need, yet finer in speech.

Who refused our need and spoke well

لَو شِئتِ قَد نُقِعَ الفُؤادُ بِشَربَةٍ

لَو شِئتِ قَد نُقِعَ الفُؤادُ بِشَربَةٍ

تَدَعُ الصَوادي لا يَجِدنَ غَليلا

تَدَعُ الصَوادي لا يَجِدنَ غَليلا

Had you wished, the heart would have been quenched with a draught

If you wished, hearts would have fallen with a draught

That leaves the thirsty feeling no burning thirst,

Leaving the hunters unable to find comfort

بِالعَذبِ في رَضَفِ القِلاتِ مُقيلَةً

بِالعَذبِ في رَضَفِ القِلاتِ مُقيلَةً

قِضنَ الأَباطِحَ لا يَزالُ ظَليلا

قِضنَ الأَباطِحَ لا يَزالُ ظَليلا

Of sweet water among the stones of rock-pools, resting at noon,

With the fresh water in the meadows of Qilat

Which have cleft the gravelly streambeds; it remains ever shaded.

Fulfilling the desires that remain shaded