يا أَيُّها الغَيثُ الَّذي

يا أَيُّها الغَيثُ الَّذي

يَهمي فَتَخضَرُّ الأَماني

يَهمي فَتَخضَرُّ الأَماني

O rain that

O rain that comes pouring down

pours down, and hopes grow green,

And makes all hopes turn green,

ما بالُ وَعدِكَ قَد مَحا

ما بالُ وَعدِكَ قَد مَحا

آثارَهُ كَرُّ التَواني

آثارَهُ كَرُّ التَواني

What ails your promise? Already erased

Why is the promise you made gone,

are its traces by delay upon delay.

Effaced by procrastination?

أَقسَمتُ بِالمِنَنِ الَّتي

أَقسَمتُ بِالمِنَنِ الَّتي

لَكَ لَم تَكَدَّر بِاِمتِنانِ

لَكَ لَم تَكَدَّر بِاِمتِنانِ

I swore by the favors that

I swear by favors you bestowed

are yours, unclouded by reminders of them:

Unspoiled by any discontent,

ما جِئتُ مُقتَضِياً لَهُ

ما جِئتُ مُقتَضِياً لَهُ

حَتّى التَقَت حَلَقُ البِطانِ

حَتّى التَقَت حَلَقُ البِطانِ

I did not come demanding its fulfillment

That I am not here to reproach you

until the rings of the girth met.

Before our hearts are tightly bound.