وما كل شطٍ مثل شط مُقيبعٍ

وما كل شطٍ مثل شط مُقيبعٍ

وساكنه والقصر ذي الشرفات

وساكنه والقصر ذي الشرفات

Not every shore is like the shore of Muqaybiʿ,

Not every shore is like the shore of Muqaibah

With its inhabitant and the palace with battlements.

And its dweller and the palace with balconies

وإن أناساً طاولوا ابن معيبدٍ

وإن أناساً طاولوا ابن معيبدٍ

ليطوون احشاءً على الزفرات

ليطوون احشاءً على الزفرات

And indeed, those who sought to rival Ibn Muʿaybid

And though some attacked the son of Ma'ybud

Surely enfold their entrails around sighs.

To fold intestines over screams

وإن الذي قد شاهدوا من سعوده

وإن الذي قد شاهدوا من سعوده

لَمُحْتَقرٌ في جنب ما هو آت

لَمُحْتَقرٌ في جنب ما هو آت

And indeed, what they have witnessed of his good fortune

And though what they witnessed of his glory

Is surely paltry beside what is to come.

Is belittled next to what is to come

يُوَقى بستر الله من كلّ نكبةٍ

يُوَقى بستر الله من كلّ نكبةٍ

فلا زال في ستر من النكبات

فلا زال في ستر من النكبات

He is protected by God's shelter from every calamity;

The bed of God is protected from every calamity

So may he never cease to be sheltered from calamities.

So it remains protected from calamities