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May my Lord protect you, though illness has harmed you,

حماك ربي ولا قد ضرك المرض

1. May my Lord protect you, though illness has harmed you,
For the essence of the individual cannot affect the attributes.

١. حَماكَ رَبّي ولا قَد ضَرَّكَ المَرضُ
فَالجَوهَرُ الفَردُ لا يُؤذي بِهِ العَرضُ

2. You complained of illness, but God treated it gently,
Until that sickness faded away.

٢. شَكَوتَ مِن مَرضٍ وَاللَّه داركهُ
بِاللُّطفِ حتّى تَلاشى ذَلِكَ المَرَضُ

3. When we heard the news, who was there that did not come?
All were grieved, by God they were sick.

٣. لَمّا سَمِعنا وَمن ذا جاءَنا خَبرٌ
فَالكلُّ مِن كدرٍ وَاللَّهِ قَد مَرِضوا

4. But with utter need they rose up, their hands stretched to the sky,
And prayed till sincerity filled their breasts,

٤. لَكِنّهم بِاِفتِقار غبّ مَسكَنة
نَحوَ السّماءِ بِأَيدي الفَقرِ قَد نَهَضوا

5. Till they were answered, and care and grief dispelled.
Thanks be to God, my Lord, who healed you for us,

٥. تَضَرَّعوا يَملأُ الإِخلاصُ مُهجَتَهم
حَتّى أُجيبوا وَزالَ الهمُّ وَالحرضُ

6. And thanks from us to Him for all time imposed.
May God protect you, pride of the age, from every ill,

٦. وَالحَمدُ للَّهِ رَبّي قَد شَفاكَ لَنا
وَالحَمد منّا عَليهِ الدهرَ مفترضُ

7. And from all accidents from which the soul shrinks back.
Healthy body robed in the garment of well-being,

٧. وَاللَّه يَحميكَ مَحل الدّهرِ مِن عللٍ
وَمِن عَوارض مِنها النّفسُ تَنقَبِضُ

8. Long life, and this is our hope and wish.
May God preserve you, O sun of the ministry, at the height of happiness,

٨. صَحيحَ جِسمٍ كَسيّاً ثَوبَ عافِيَةٍ
طَويلَ عمرٍ وَهَذا القَصدُ وَالغَرضُ

9. Exalted, never to decline.
In the raiment of glory, of the noblest lineage,

٩. وَاللَّه يُبقيكَ يا شَمسَ الوِزارَةِ في
أَوجِ السّعادَةِ تَعلو لَيسَ تَنخَفِضُ

10. In the state of honor, to endure, never to perish.
No star shone, no lightning flashed to show us the dawn

١٠. في حُلّةِ المَجدِ مِن أَسنى ذُرى شَرَفٍ
في دَولَةِ العِزِّ تَبقى لَيسَ تَنقَرِضُ

11. Rising above the horizon, crossing the zenith.

١١. ما لاحَ نَجمٌ وَما بَرقٌ أَضاءَ لَنا
وَما بَدا الفَجرُ فَوقَ الأفقِ يَعترضُ