لَعَمريby my life لِنَعمَexcellent indeed is الغَيثُthe rain غَيثٌa rain أَصابَناfell upon us
لَعَمري لِنَعمَ الغَيثُ غَيثٌ أَصابَنا
بِبَغدادَin Baghdad مِنfrom أَرضِthe land of الجَزيرَةِal-Jazira وَابِلُهits downpour
بِبَغدادَ مِن أَرضِ الجَزيرَةِ وَابِلُه
By my life, excellent indeed was the rain—a rain that reached us;
By my life, how fine the rain—the rain that fell upon us
in Baghdad, from the land of al-Jazira, came its heavy downpour.
In Baghdad, its downpour from the land of al-Jazira.
فَكُنّاso we were كَحَيٍّlike a tribe صَبَّحَgreeted at dawn الغَيثُthe rain أَهلَهُits people
فَكُنّا كَحَيٍّ صَبَّحَ الغَيثُ أَهلَهُ
وَلَمand had not تَرتَحِلdeparted أَظعانُهُits litters وَرَواحِلُهand its riding camels
وَلَم تَرتَحِل أَظعانُهُ وَرَواحِلُه
Then we were like a tribe whose people the rain overtook at dawn,
So we were like a tribe whose people the rain greeted at dawn,
while its traveling households and riding camels had not yet departed.
While its litters and riding camels had not departed.
