يا مالِكي بِعَوائِد البِرِّ

يا مالِكي بِعَوائِد البِرِّ

وَبِذاكَ تَملِكُ رِبقةَ الحُرِّ

وَبِذاكَ تَملِكُ رِبقةَ الحُرِّ

O you who possess me through repeated kindness,

O my protector, with your virtuous deeds,

And thus you hold a free man's halter.

With that you possess the elegance of the free.

أَنصَفتَني وَالناسُ تَظلِمُني

أَنصَفتَني وَالناسُ تَظلِمُني

فَلأشكرَنَّكَ آخِرَ الدَهرِ

فَلأشكرَنَّكَ آخِرَ الدَهرِ

You have treated me justly while people wrong me,

You were just to me while people wronged me,

So I shall surely thank you until the end of time.

So I will thank you until the end of time.

مِنَنٌ عَل مِنَن تُتابِعها

مِنَنٌ عَل مِنَن تُتابِعها

خَفَّت عَليك وَأَثقلَت ظَهري

خَفَّت عَليك وَأَثقلَت ظَهري

Favors upon favors you bestow in succession:

Blessing upon blessing you bestowed on me,

They were light for you, yet weighed down my back.

Light for you but heavy on my back.

فلأشكرنَّ صَنائِعاً سَلَفَت

فلأشكرنَّ صَنائِعاً سَلَفَت

فَعَسى يَقومُ بِبَعضِها شُكري

فَعَسى يَقومُ بِبَعضِها شُكري

So I shall surely give thanks for past kindnesses,

So I will thank the favors already granted,

So perhaps my gratitude will repay some of them.

Perhaps with some my gratitude will stand.

وَكشفت ما سَتَروهُ مِن أَمري

وَكشفت ما سَتَروهُ مِن أَمري

وَعَرفت ما جَهَلوهُ مِن قَدري

وَعَرفت ما جَهَلوهُ مِن قَدري

And you revealed what they had hidden about me,

You uncovered what they hid of my affairs,

And you recognized what they did not know of my worth.

And knew what they were ignorant of in my worth.

فلأنشرَنَّ عليك من مِدَحي

فلأنشرَنَّ عليك من مِدَحي

شُكر الرِياضِ الغَيثَ بالنَشرِ

شُكر الرِياضِ الغَيثَ بالنَشرِ

So I shall surely spread over you some of my praise,

So I will spread about you my praise,

As gardens thank the rain with their fragrance.

Like the meadows spreading rain with growth.