الحَدُ لِلَّهِ اللَطيفِ بِنا

الحَدُ لِلَّهِ اللَطيفِ بِنا

سَتَرَ القَبيحَ وَأَظهَرَ الحَسَنا

سَتَرَ القَبيحَ وَأَظهَرَ الحَسَنا

Praise be to God, who deals gently with us,

[Praise] be to God, who is gentle with us;

concealing what is ugly and revealing what is fair.

He concealed what is ugly and revealed what is beautiful.

ما تَنقَضي عَنّا لَهُ مِنَنٌ

ما تَنقَضي عَنّا لَهُ مِنَنٌ

حَتّى يُجَدِّدَ ضِعفَها مِنَنا

حَتّى يُجَدِّدَ ضِعفَها مِنَنا

His favors toward us never come to an end

His favors toward us do not come to an end

before He renews them twofold as blessings.

before He renews them with twice as many favors.

فَلَوِ اِهتَمَمتُ بِشُكرِ ذاكَ لَما

فَلَوِ اِهتَمَمتُ بِشُكرِ ذاكَ لَما

أَصبَحتُ بِاللَذاتِ مُفتَتِناً

أَصبَحتُ بِاللَذاتِ مُفتَتِناً

Had I devoted myself to thanking Him for that,

Had I concerned myself with gratitude for that, I would not

I would not have become enthralled by pleasures.

have become enthralled by pleasures.

أَوطَنتُ داراً لا بَقاءَ لَها

أَوطَنتُ داراً لا بَقاءَ لَها

تَعِدُ الغُرورَ وَتُنبِتُ الدَرَنا

تَعِدُ الغُرورَ وَتُنبِتُ الدَرَنا

I have made my home in a dwelling that cannot last,

I settled in an abode that cannot endure;

one that promises delusion and brings forth filth.

it promises delusion and brings forth filth.

ما يَتَبينُ سُرورُ صاحِبَها

ما يَتَبينُ سُرورُ صاحِبَها

حَتّى يَعودُ سُرورُهُ حَزَنا

حَتّى يَعودُ سُرورُهُ حَزَنا

Its occupant’s joy scarcely becomes apparent

Scarcely does its inhabitant’s joy appear

before that joy of his turns into sorrow.

before his joy turns to sorrow.

عَجَباً لَها لا بَل لِمَوطِنَها ال

عَجَباً لَها لا بَل لِمَوطِنَها ال

مَغرورِ كَيفَ يَعُدُّها وَطَنا

مَغرورِ كَيفَ يَعُدُّها وَطَنا

How strange she is—no, stranger still is her...

How astonishing it is—no, rather, its inhabitant, the

deluded inhabitant: how can he count her a homeland?

deluded one! How can he deem it a homeland?

بَينا المُقيمُ بِها عَلى ثِقَةٍ

بَينا المُقيمُ بِها عَلى ثِقَةٍ

في أَهلِهِ إِذ قيلَ قَد ظَعَنا

في أَهلِهِ إِذ قيلَ قَد ظَعَنا

While one dwelling there is secure,

While the one dwelling there felt secure

among his family, suddenly it is said: “He has departed.”

among his family, suddenly it was said: “He has departed.”