أيها السيِّدُ الذي جَلَّ عَنْ شك

أيها السيِّدُ الذي جَلَّ عَنْ شك

رِيَ مَعْروفُه وجاز التَّمنِّي

رِيَ مَعْروفُه وجاز التَّمنِّي

O master, beyond my gratitude

O Lord, whose bounty exceeds all doubts,

is your kindness, surpassing all wishes;

Whose kindness flows and wishes abound,

وأبى أن يَشُوبَ غُرّ أيادي

وأبى أن يَشُوبَ غُرّ أيادي

ه لدى مُعْتَفِيه جوداً بِمَنّ

ه لدى مُعْتَفِيه جوداً بِمَنّ

you refuse to taint your splendid favors,

Who refuses that harm taints His hands,

freely given to your petitioners, with reproachful reminders.

With generosity to the grateful that astounds.

ما لِرزْقي كأن على البِي

ما لِرزْقي كأن على البِي

ضِ تَخَطِّيهِ مِن تباطيه عَنِّي

ضِ تَخَطِّيهِ مِن تباطيه عَنِّي

What ails my livelihood? It seems to tread on eggs,

My sustenance seems bound to earth,

so slowly does it come to me.

As if beyond my reach it surrounds,

أَيُّ دَيْن يُقْضَى بتَقْسيطِ دينا

أَيُّ دَيْن يُقْضَى بتَقْسيطِ دينا

رٍ وحالٍ تُشَدُّ من بعد وَهْن

رٍ وحالٍ تُشَدُّ من بعد وَهْن

What debt can be repaid with a dinar in installments,

What debt is paid by installments of debt,

what condition can be strengthened after weakness,

And state that tightens after ease abounds,

وجِمالٍ تُقادُ من بَعْدِ إخلا

وجِمالٍ تُقادُ من بَعْدِ إخلا

قٍ ومُهْرٍ يَطْوي على كفِّ تِبنِ

قٍ ومُهْرٍ يَطْوي على كفِّ تِبنِ

what camels can be led after ragged poverty,

Beauty led after being unleashed,

what colt can subsist on a handful of straw,

And a bride price that the palm encompasses,

وانتفاع يُنالُ من بَعْدِ ضُرٍّ

وانتفاع يُنالُ من بَعْدِ ضُرٍّ

وسُرورٍ يَحِلُّ من بَعْدِ حُزْنِ

وسُرورٍ يَحِلُّ من بَعْدِ حُزْنِ

what benefit can be gained after harm,

Gain attained after harm has passed,

what joy can arrive after grief,

And joy that comes after sorrow astounds.

وهو يخْتلُّ عن قَفيزِ دقيقٍ

وهو يخْتلُّ عن قَفيزِ دقيقٍ

وسُلافٍ مِنَ المُدامِة لَدْنِ

وسُلافٍ مِنَ المُدامِة لَدْنِ

when it falls short of a qafiz of flour

It differs from a measure of fine saffron,

and mellow, choice wine?

And drink of wine that continuously abounds.

ثم لا يَرْتضيه شرطاً له يَوْ

ثم لا يَرْتضيه شرطاً له يَوْ

م كَسادٍ منْهُ ابنُ قَيْل المُغَنِّي

م كَسادٍ منْهُ ابنُ قَيْل المُغَنِّي

Nor would it be accepted as his stipulated fee, even on

Then he would not take it as a condition,

a day of slack business, by Ibn Qayl the singer.

Like the loss of a singing son astounds.

أنا غَرْسٌ لراحتيك وأنْتَ الْ

أنا غَرْسٌ لراحتيك وأنْتَ الْ

غَيْثُ يَحْيَا بِصَوْبه كلُّ غُصْنِ

غَيْثُ يَحْيَا بِصَوْبه كلُّ غُصْنِ

I am a sapling of your two hands, and you are

I am a plant for your comfort, and you the rain

the rain whose downpour brings every branch to life.

That revives every branch when it surrounds.

وبه تكْتَسِي الرِّياضُ بقاعاً

وبه تكْتَسِي الرِّياضُ بقاعاً

مُونِقاتٍ مِنْ كُلِّ سَهْلٍ وحَزْن

مُونِقاتٍ مِنْ كُلِّ سَهْلٍ وحَزْن

Through it the meadows clothe themselves—tracts

With it, gardens flourish in every barren plain,

of beauty on every plain and rugged ground.

Fertile places from every flat and rugged ground.

فاسقِني شَرْبةً يعودُ بها عُو

فاسقِني شَرْبةً يعودُ بها عُو

ديَ غضَّاً عن ريِّه ذا تَثَنِّي

ديَ غضَّاً عن ريِّه ذا تَثَنِّي

So give me a draught that will make my stem

So quench me with a drink, restoring my vigor,

tender again, supple from drinking its fill.

After turning away from its irrigation that astounds.

وأَعنِّي على قضاء ديونٍ

وأَعنِّي على قضاء ديونٍ

فَرَّقَتْ بين طَعْم نَوْمي وجَفْني

فَرَّقَتْ بين طَعْم نَوْمي وجَفْني

And help me repay debts

And aid me in paying debts,

that have parted my eyelids from the sweetness of my sleep.

That have come between the taste of my sleep and eyelids.

إنَّني شاكِرٌ إذا عَنَّ بالشكْ

إنَّني شاكِرٌ إذا عَنَّ بالشكْ

ر شَكورٌ وجدَّ مُطْرٍ ومُثْنِي

ر شَكورٌ وجدَّ مُطْرٍ ومُثْنِي

I am thankful when thanks are offered

I am thankful when gratitude overwhelms complaint,

by a grateful man, and a panegyrist and a praiser strive earnestly.

And the thankful finds rain and folds abound.