إذا جُددتْ نعمةُ لامرئٍ

إذا جُددتْ نعمةُ لامرئٍ

فتكميلُها جدَّةُ العافيَهْ

فتكميلُها جدَّةُ العافيَهْ

When a blessing is renewed for a man,

If grace is renewed for a man,

Then fresh good health brings it to completion.

Then completing it is renewed good health.

وبالشكر قُدِّر تجديدُها

وبالشكر قُدِّر تجديدُها

وللَّه بعدُ يدٌ شافيه

وللَّه بعدُ يدٌ شافيه

And through gratitude its renewal is ordained;

And with gratitude its renewal was ordained,

And God, moreover, has a healing hand.

Afterwards God's hand is healing.

ولو صُفِّيتْ كان أصفى لها

ولو صُفِّيتْ كان أصفى لها

ولكنَّ دُنيا الفتى جافيه

ولكنَّ دُنيا الفتى جافيه

Were it purified, it would be purer still,

And if it were purified it would be purer for it,

But a man's worldly life is harsh.

But the world of the youth is arid.

ولولا مُكدرةٌ رَنْقَةٌ

ولولا مُكدرةٌ رَنْقَةٌ

لما قُدِّرت قَدرَها صافيه

لما قُدِّرت قَدرَها صافيه

And were there no clouded, murky blessing,

And were it not for the turbid vileness,

A pure one would not be valued at its worth.

Its value would not be ordained as pure.

ولا بدَّ للمرءِ من محنةٍ

ولا بدَّ للمرءِ من محنةٍ

لفتنةِ نَعمائِه نافيه

لفتنةِ نَعمائِه نافيه

And a man must undergo a trial

And a man must have affliction,

That dispels the temptation of his blessings.

To test the temptations of his blessings.

ودولتُكم قد جرتْ ريحُها

ودولتُكم قد جرتْ ريحُها

مُسدَّدَةَ الجري لا هافيه

مُسدَّدَةَ الجري لا هافيه

And the wind of your ascendancy has blown,

And your fortunes have blown their winds,

Rightly guided in its course, not straying.

Directed straight blowing without swerving.

ولا بدَّ للريح من أن تكو

ولا بدَّ للريح من أن تكو

ن في بعضِ هَبَّاتها سافيه

ن في بعضِ هَبَّاتها سافيه

And the wind must be—

And the winds must be

—blowing dust in some of its gusts.

Raging in some of its gusts.

فصبراً وعَافيةً غضّةً

فصبراً وعَافيةً غضّةً

وأمناً إلى مئةٍ وافيه

وأمناً إلى مئةٍ وافيه

So, patience—and fresh, flourishing health,

So patience and fresh health,

And safety through a full hundred years.

And safety to a hundred well-matched.

فداكُم من السوء ضدٌّ لكم

فداكُم من السوء ضدٌّ لكم

مخازيه باديةٌ خافيه

مخازيه باديةٌ خافيه

May an enemy of yours be your ransom from harm—

May those opposed to you protect you from harm,

Whose disgraces are both manifest and hidden.

Concealed opponents in the wilderness.

وليست بعاليةٍ حالُه

وليست بعاليةٍ حالُه

ولكنها جِيفة طافيه

ولكنها جِيفة طافيه

And his standing is not lofty;

And his state is not lofty,

But it is a floating carcass.

But it is a drifting carcass.

ولولا كراهةُ إملالِكم

ولولا كراهةُ إملالِكم

خطبتُ إلى آخرِ القافيه

خطبتُ إلى آخرِ القافيه

And were it not for my reluctance to weary you,

And were it not for disliking to bore you,

I would have held forth to the very end of the rhyme.

I would have continued to the last rhyme.