يَا لُجَّةً عِلْماً وَدِيمَةَ نَائِلِ

يَا لُجَّةً عِلْماً وَدِيمَةَ نَائِلِ

كِلْتَاهُمَا مَدَدُ الْعُلاَ قَدْ عَلَّهَا

كِلْتَاهُمَا مَدَدُ الْعُلاَ قَدْ عَلَّهَا

O deep sea of knowledge and steady rain of bounty!

O seeker of knowledge and its fruits everlasting

O vast ocean of knowledge and continuous rain of generosity,

Both have been watered anew by the aid of eminence;

Both gifts of the Most High whom grace envelops

Both are the wellspring of nobility, having repeatedly quenched its thirst;

فَأَطَمَّ ذِي وَأَفَاضَهَا وَأَجَلَّهَا

فَأَطَمَّ ذِي وَأَفَاضَهَا وَأَجَلَّهَا

وَأَصَبَّ ذِي وَأَدَرَّهَا وَأَهَلَّهَا

وَأَصَبَّ ذِي وَأَدَرَّهَا وَأَهَلَّهَا

So it made this one swell, overflow, and grow majestic,

One He has exalted, made overflow and distinguished

He made the former surge, overflow, and grow majestically grand,

And made the other pour, flow abundantly, and rain down.

The other He has guided, granted success and empowered

And made the latter pour down, flowing copiously in heavy showers.

فَتَلاَقَتَا فَتَبَارَتَا فِي نَائِلٍ

فَتَلاَقَتَا فَتَبَارَتَا فِي نَائِلٍ

وَالْكُلُّ يَغْتَرِفُ الْمَحَامِدَ كُلَّهَا

وَالْكُلُّ يَغْتَرِفُ الْمَحَامِدَ كُلَّهَا

Then the two met and vied in bounty,

So they met and contended in seeking

Thus they met and competed in the granting of gifts,

And both scoop up all the praise.

While both drew fully of praises abounding

While each scoops up every single praiseworthy virtue.

فَتَسَاوَتَا فِي قِسْمِهَا إِذْ لَمْ تَجِدْ

فَتَسَاوَتَا فِي قِسْمِهَا إِذْ لَمْ تَجِدْ

كُلٌّ جَمِيعَ حُظُوظِهِ أَوْ جُلَّهَا

كُلٌّ جَمِيعَ حُظُوظِهِ أَوْ جُلَّهَا

So the two were equal in their share of praise, for neither gained

Equal they became in their share for neither

They became equal in their share, since neither could claim

All its allotted portions, or the greater part of them.

Found in full its fortunes or sum of them rounding

To possess all allotted fortunes or even the greater part of them.

فَاسْلَمْ لِتَفْرِيجِ الْمُلِمَّاتِ التِي

فَاسْلَمْ لِتَفْرِيجِ الْمُلِمَّاتِ التِي

مِنْهَا الْفَتَى سَئِمَ الْحَيَاةَ وَمَلَّهَا

مِنْهَا الْفَتَى سَئِمَ الْحَيَاةَ وَمَلَّهَا

So may you remain safe, to relieve the calamities that

So submit to the relief of afflictions

So remain safe, to dispel the heavy calamities from which

Have made a young man weary of life and tired of it.

By which the youth is wearied of life and its pounding

A man becomes weary of life and thoroughly sick of it.

وَاخْلُدْ وَمِثْلُكَ وَهْوَ أَنْتَ مُخَلَّدٌ

وَاخْلُدْ وَمِثْلُكَ وَهْوَ أَنْتَ مُخَلَّدٌ

وَكَذَاكَ مَنْ مَلَكَ الْعُلاَ وَأَقَلَّهَا

وَكَذَاكَ مَنْ مَلَكَ الْعُلاَ وَأَقَلَّهَا

And live forever: one like you—and that is you—is immortal,

And live forever, for the like of you lives forever

And live forever! For one like you—who is indeed you—is immortalized,

As is whoever possesses eminence and bears it aloft.

As does the owner of glory and its wielding astounding

As is anyone who masters the heights of nobility and bears its weight.