وبارقَ بعضُ العالمينَ نساءَهم

وبارقَ بعضُ العالمينَ نساءَهم

وضاقَ بهم من ذلك الوعرُ والسهلُ

وضاقَ بهم من ذلك الوعرُ والسهلُ

And some people parted from their wives,

Some people's lands light up, while their women are in despair.

And because of this, rugged land and plain grew too narrow for them.

The rough and easy paths become too narrow for them.

وقلّ البِنَا والحرثُ والزرعُ للورَى

وقلّ البِنَا والحرثُ والزرعُ للورَى

وضاقَ بأهليها بها العُلوُ والسُّفْلُ

وضاقَ بأهليها بها العُلوُ والسُّفْلُ

Building, tillage, and crops dwindled for humankind,

Little construction, farming or planting for people remains.

And the land's heights and lowlands grew too cramped for its inhabitants.

The high and low lands become too narrow for their people.

وقد يَبِس الآبارُ إلا نوادراً

وقد يَبِس الآبارُ إلا نوادراً

وأكْدَى جميعُ الخلق وافترقَ الأهلُ

وأكْدَى جميعُ الخلق وافترقَ الأهلُ

The wells had dried up, save for a rare few,

The wells have dried up, except for a few.

And all the people became destitute, and families scattered.

All people are suffering and families are divided.

فبعضٌ غدا في الغرب يطلبُ رزقه

فبعضٌ غدا في الغرب يطلبُ رزقه

وبعضٌ غدَا في الشرق واضطربَ الجُلّ

وبعضٌ غدَا في الشرق واضطربَ الجُلّ

Some went west in search of their livelihood,

Some head west seeking their livelihood.

And some went east, while most were thrown into turmoil.

Others go east and the groups are confused.

ترَى الناسَ سَكْرَى خاشعين تذللاً

ترَى الناسَ سَكْرَى خاشعين تذللاً

مِن القلّ حتى لا يَصيحَ لهم طِفلُ

مِن القلّ حتى لا يَصيحَ لهم طِفلُ

You see people reeling like drunkards, humbly bowed in abasement,

You see people drunk, humbly submitting,

From scarcity, until no child of theirs even cries out.

So little that not even a child cries out for them.

وعهدِي ببعض يلقطُ النخَلَ بلحها

وعهدِي ببعض يلقطُ النخَلَ بلحها

ويشربُ ماءَ لا يُمِرُّ ولا يَحْلُو

ويشربُ ماءَ لا يُمِرُّ ولا يَحْلُو

I remember some gathering the palms' unripe dates,

I knew some who would pick date palms for their pits,

And drinking water that is neither bitter nor sweet.

And drink undrinkable and tasteless water.

وبعضٌ تولى يطلبُ الناس بُلْغَةً

وبعضٌ تولى يطلبُ الناس بُلْغَةً

فحلَّ به من سوءِ مطلبه الذل

فحلَّ به من سوءِ مطلبه الذل

Some set out asking people for bare sustenance,

Some took to asking people for scraps,

And humiliation befell them through their wretched begging.

So begging brought them disgrace and humiliation.

وبعضٌ تغدى بالقليلِ ولم يسلْ

وبعضٌ تغدى بالقليلِ ولم يسلْ

وبعضٌ تراهُ سائِلاً وهو الكلُّ

وبعضٌ تراهُ سائِلاً وهو الكلُّ

Some ate a scant midday meal and did not beg,

Some eat little and are not wasteful,

And some you see begging, wholly dependent.

While others beg though they have plenty.

وبعضٌ فلا يبكى ولا هو ضاحِك

وبعضٌ فلا يبكى ولا هو ضاحِك

يكابِدُ أشغالاً من الهم لا يخُلو

يكابِدُ أشغالاً من الهم لا يخُلو

Some neither weep nor laugh,

Some neither cry nor laugh,

Enduring burdens, never free of anxiety.

Enduring worries and grief without respite.

وبعضٌ تمنى للحمام لِفَقْرِه

وبعضٌ تمنى للحمام لِفَقْرِه

وممّا رأى السُّوأى وحَل به القُلُّ

وممّا رأى السُّوأى وحَل به القُلُّ

Some wished for death because of their poverty,

Some wish for pigeons due to their poverty,

And because of the misery they had seen and the want that befell them.

And the evils they saw and troubles that befell them.

وذلك في عام الثمانين حجةً

وذلك في عام الثمانين حجةً

وألف توالتْ مع ثمان وما حلوا

وألف توالتْ مع ثمان وما حلوا

That was in the year reckoned as eighty,

This was in the year eighty pilgrimage,

Plus a thousand elapsed and eight—years without sweetness.

And a thousand plus eight and they did not get relief.

ولولاكَ سلطان بن سيف بن سالك

ولولاكَ سلطان بن سيف بن سالك

لحلَّ بنا مِن أجْل مَا مَسَّنَا الخبْلُ

لحلَّ بنا مِن أجْل مَا مَسَّنَا الخبْلُ

Were it not for you, Sultan ibn Saif ibn Salik,

Were it not for you Sultan bin Saif bin Salik,

Madness would have befallen us because of what had afflicted us.

We would have suffered for what afflicted us.

فأمطرْتنا مِن جُود كَفّيْك وابلاً

فأمطرْتنا مِن جُود كَفّيْك وابلاً

أقام مقاماً لا يقومُ به الولُ

أقام مقاماً لا يقومُ به الولُ

You showered us with a downpour from the bounty of your two hands,

You rained on us from your generous palms, a downpour

Which fulfilled a role that rainfall could not fulfill.

That took the place of what cannot be upheld.

فأحييكَ أرضَ اللهِ بالعدلِ والندى

فأحييكَ أرضَ اللهِ بالعدلِ والندى

إلى أن أمتّ الجهلَ وانتشر العدلُ

إلى أن أمتّ الجهلَ وانتشر العدلُ

Thus you revived God's land with justice and generosity,

I congratulate you for reviving God’s land with justice and dew,

Until you put ignorance to death and justice spread.

Until ignorance passes and justice spreads.

وهذا قديمٌ منكم ليس محدثاً

وهذا قديمٌ منكم ليس محدثاً

كذَا كانَ أجدادٌ لكَ العزُّ مِنْ قبلُ

كذَا كانَ أجدادٌ لكَ العزُّ مِنْ قبلُ

This has long been your way, not something newly begun.

This is old from you, not new,

So were your forefathers; glory was yours long before.

So were your noble ancestors before you.

هُمُ مَعشر لا خابَ راجى نوالهم

هُمُ مَعشر لا خابَ راجى نوالهم

لهم بحرُ جود لا يكدره مَطْلُ

لهم بحرُ جود لا يكدره مَطْلُ

They are a people who never disappoint those hoping for their bounty;

They are a people whose seekers never despair of attaining their generosity,

Theirs is a sea of generosity unclouded by delay.

For them is an ocean of generosity that no adversity makes bitter.

ومن تكنْ الغُرّ الكرامُ جدودَه

ومن تكنْ الغُرّ الكرامُ جدودَه

ليوثاً ضوارى هَكذا يكن الشبلُ

ليوثاً ضوارى هَكذا يكن الشبلُ

Whoever has illustrious, noble forefathers,

He whose ancestors were generous and noble lions,

Fierce lions—so too will the cub be.

Thus is the cub.

فعِشْ إِن مَدْحى فيكَ حَقٌّ مؤثرٌ

فعِشْ إِن مَدْحى فيكَ حَقٌّ مؤثرٌ

ومَدْحُ سواى في سواك هو الجَهلُ

ومَدْحُ سواى في سواك هو الجَهلُ

So live on! My praise of you is true and moving,

So live! For my praise of you is true and effective,

And anyone else's praise of anyone but you is ignorance.

While praising others than you is ignorance.

دعوتُ إِلهي أَنْ يخلِّدَ مُلككم

دعوتُ إِلهي أَنْ يخلِّدَ مُلككم

ويسقَينا غيثا به يُجمعُ الشملُ

ويسقَينا غيثا به يُجمعُ الشملُ

I prayed to my God to make your reign everlasting,

I prayed to my God to make your rule eternal,

And give us rain through which our scattered people are reunited.

And quench us with rain that unites our nation.

فيا ربِّ يا مولايَ ندعوكَ فاسقما

فيا ربِّ يا مولايَ ندعوكَ فاسقما

حياً ذا شآبيبٍ بموتُ بهِ المْحلُ

حياً ذا شآبيبٍ بموتُ بهِ المْحلُ

O Lord, O my Master, we call upon You: give us rain,

So oh my Lord and Master, we call upon you, quench our thirst

Rain in heavy showers, through which drought dies.

With a living rain that kills drought.

ويا خيرَ مسئولٍ دعوناك فاستجبْ

ويا خيرَ مسئولٍ دعوناك فاستجبْ

وأكرمَ مأمولٍ به وثق الكُلُّ

وأكرمَ مأمولٍ به وثق الكُلُّ

And O best of those petitioned, we have called upon You: answer

O best of those called upon, we call you so answer,

And noblest of those hoped in, in whom all have trusted,

And most generous of hopes, in you the all trust.

عبادَك يا ربَّ العبادِ إغاثةً

عبادَك يا ربَّ العبادِ إغاثةً

بِفَضْلِكَ يا مَنْ منه قد عمّنا الفضلُ

بِفَضْلِكَ يا مَنْ منه قد عمّنا الفضلُ

Your servants, O Lord of servants, with relief,

Your servants, oh Lord of servants, asking for relief

By Your grace, O You whose grace has encompassed us all.

By your grace, O He from whom we have received abundant grace.

دَعَوناكَ يا رْحمن دعوةَ واثقٍ

دَعَوناكَ يا رْحمن دعوةَ واثقٍ

بجودِك يا مَن قوله الحقُّ والعدْلُ

بجودِك يا مَن قوله الحقُّ والعدْلُ

We have called upon You, O All-Merciful, with the prayer of one trusting

We called you, O Merciful, with the call of one certain

In Your generosity, O You whose word is truth and justice.

Of your generosity, O You whose word is truth and justice.

ويا مَن هُو الربُّ العظيمُ جلاله

ويا مَن هُو الربُّ العظيمُ جلاله

ومَنْ بيديه الخلقُ والأمرُ والفعلُ

ومَنْ بيديه الخلقُ والأمرُ والفعلُ

And O You who are the Lord, great in majesty,

O You who are the Almighty Lord, majestic His glory,

And in whose two hands lie creation, command, and action:

In whose hands are creation, command and action.

فأنت الحكيمُ الخالقُ الرزاقُ الورَى

فأنت الحكيمُ الخالقُ الرزاقُ الورَى

أغثْنا فمنك الجود يا رب والفضلُ

أغثْنا فمنك الجود يا رب والفضلُ

For You are the Wise, the Creator, the Provider for humankind.

You are the Wise, Creator, Sustainer of mankind,

Relieve us: from You, O Lord, come generosity and grace.

Relieve us, for from You comes generosity, O Lord, and grace.

فأنتَ العليمُ الفادرُ الواهبُ الذي

فأنتَ العليمُ الفادرُ الواهبُ الذي

تسبِّحه الحيتانُ في البحر والنملُ

تسبِّحه الحيتانُ في البحر والنملُ

For You are the All-Knowing, the Powerful, the Giver, whom

You are the Knowing, Able, Giver, who

The fish in the sea and the ants glorify.

Is glorified by whales in the sea and ants.

وأنتَ الجوادُ السيدُ الصمدُ الذي

وأنتَ الجوادُ السيدُ الصمدُ الذي

تفردَ عزّاً أنْ يكونَ له مِثْلُ

تفردَ عزّاً أنْ يكونَ له مِثْلُ

And You are the Generous, the Master, the Self-Sufficient, who

You are the Giving, the Master, the Eternal, who

Stands alone in might, with none His equal.

Uniquely was honored to have no equal.

تعالَى إلهُ الخلق عَنْ كلِّ واصفٍ

تعالَى إلهُ الخلق عَنْ كلِّ واصفٍ

لقدرتِه أو أنْ يحيطَ به عَقْلُ

لقدرتِه أو أنْ يحيطَ به عَقْلُ

Exalted is the God of creation beyond anyone's describing

Exalted is the God of creation, above all describers,

His power, or any mind's encompassing Him.

Of His power, or for any mind to encompass Him.

وصلِّ إلهَ الخلق جلَّ ثناؤُه

وصلِّ إلهَ الخلق جلَّ ثناؤُه

عَلَى أَحْمَدَ المختارِ ما سارتْ بِه الإبلُ

عَلَى أَحْمَدَ المختارِ ما سارتْ بِه الإبلُ

And send blessings, O God of creation—exalted be His praise—

And send blessings upon God's creation, great is His praise,

Upon Ahmad, the Chosen, as long as camels journey with him,

Upon Ahmed the Chosen, by whom the camels march.

صلاةً توالى ليس يُحصَى عدادُها

صلاةً توالى ليس يُحصَى عدادُها

كمَا ليس يُحْصَى القَطْرُ ولويْلُ والرمْلُ

كمَا ليس يُحْصَى القَطْرُ ولويْلُ والرمْلُ

Blessings following one another, whose number cannot be counted,

Blessings uncountable in number,

Just as raindrops, downpours, and sand cannot be counted.

As drops of rain, leaves and sand cannot be counted.