يا حافظًا علِقَتْ بذي

يا حافظًا علِقَتْ بذي

لِ نداهُ راحاتُ المطامِعْ

لِ نداهُ راحاتُ المطامِعْ

O Hafiz, there have clung to the hem

O guardian attached to whose noble side

Of his bounty the palms of hopes.

Are the hopes of aspirants hovering,

والمُجْتَنَى من دَوْحِه

والمُجْتَنَى من دَوْحِه

ثَمرُ الندى والفضلِ يانِعْ

ثَمرُ الندى والفضلِ يانِعْ

And what is gathered from his spreading trees

And the choicest fruits plucked from its blessed shade

Is the ripe fruit of generosity and excellence.

Are bounty and favor ripening,

ما زالَ روضُ ثَنَاك في

ما زالَ روضُ ثَنَاك في

أَنفاسِ ريحِ الشكرِ ضائِعْ

أَنفاسِ ريحِ الشكرِ ضائِعْ

The garden of your praise has ever been

Your garden has remained perpetually

Fragrant in the breaths of gratitude's breeze.

Amidst wafts of gratitude wandering astray,

لا زلْتَ بدراً نورُه

لا زلْتَ بدراً نورُه

في ظلمةِ الأَحداثِ ساطعْ

في ظلمةِ الأَحداثِ ساطعْ

May you ever remain a full moon whose light

You have remained a moon whose light

Shines in the darkness of calamities.

Shines amidst deepening gloom.

يا أَولاً أَنا للضَّنَى

يا أَولاً أَنا للضَّنَى

والفقرِ والأَشجانِ رابعْ

والفقرِ والأَشجانِ رابعْ

O foremost one, I am, with wasting sickness,

O patron to whom I first turned in my hour of grief

And poverty and sorrows, a fourth companion.

Poverty and melancholy keeping me company

صالت عليَّ يدُ الزما

صالت عليَّ يدُ الزما

نِ بحَدِّ أَسيافٍ قواطعْ

نِ بحَدِّ أَسيافٍ قواطعْ

The hand of Time assailed me

Old age has assailed me with sharp swords

With the edge of cleaving swords.

Mercilessly putting me to the sword,

ولقد صبرتُ لصرفِه

ولقد صبرتُ لصرفِه

ظنًّا بأَنَّ الصَّبْرَ نافِعْ

ظنًّا بأَنَّ الصَّبْرَ نافِعْ

And indeed I endured its vicissitudes,

I bore it patiently thinking that patience is gainful

Thinking that patience would avail.

But found my affairs ultimately leading me back to you,

فرأَيتُ أَمري لا يزا

فرأَيتُ أَمري لا يزا

لُ إِليك في الحاجاتِ راجعْ

لُ إِليك في الحاجاتِ راجعْ

So I found my affairs still

And I realized that you are a guardian

Turning back to you in times of need.

Under whose care none goes astray.

وعلمتُ أَنك حافظٌ

وعلمتُ أَنك حافظٌ

ما في ذَراهُ قطُّ ضائعْ

ما في ذَراهُ قطُّ ضائعْ

And I knew that you are a guardian:

Yet he who resides in my abode

None in his shelter is ever lost.

Has retired tonight empty-stomach’d and hungry

لكنْ مَنْ في منزلي

لكنْ مَنْ في منزلي

أَمسى كما أَمسَيْتُ جائعْ

أَمسى كما أَمسَيْتُ جائعْ

Yet those within my home

Lacking a single dirham, yet riches of bounty,

Are hungry at nightfall, as I am.

Intercede for Your slave in his trying times, O best of intercessors

وعدمت موضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ

وعدمت موضِعَ دِرْهَمٍ

أَمْرِي به دِرَ المنافعْ

أَمْرِي به دِرَ المنافعْ

And I lack a dirham's worth,

And turn a deaf ear should unworthy praises of You strike the ears.

With which to draw the milk of benefits.

واشفَعْ لعبدِكَ عند صر

واشفَعْ لعبدِكَ عند صر

فِ زمانِهِ يا خَيْرَ شافعْ

فِ زمانِهِ يا خَيْرَ شافعْ

And intercede for your servant before the vicissitudes

Of his time, O best of intercessors.

واسلَمْ متى ما قُرِّطَتْ

واسلَمْ متى ما قُرِّطَتْ

بمدائحي فيك المسَامعْ

بمدائحي فيك المسَامعْ

And may you stay safe whenever ears are adorned

With my praises of you as their earrings.