أيُّ عُذْرِ أنْ صامَ عنه ثنائي

أيُّ عُذْرِ أنْ صامَ عنه ثنائي

وأنا الدَّهرُ مِنهُ في يَومِ فِطْرِ

وأنا الدَّهرُ مِنهُ في يَومِ فِطْرِ

What excuse is there for my praise to have fasted from him,

What excuse for one who fasts from it a couple

while, through him, I am forever in a day of breaking the fast?

While I have been deprived of it for a day of breaking fast

وأتمُّ الأشياءِ نُوراً وحُسْناً

وأتمُّ الأشياءِ نُوراً وحُسْناً

بِكْرُ شُكُرٍ زُفَّتْ إلى صِهرِ بِرِّ

بِكْرُ شُكُرٍ زُفَّتْ إلى صِهرِ بِرِّ

And the most perfect of things in radiance and beauty

And the most complete of things in light and beauty

is a maiden of gratitude led as a bride to a bridegroom of kindness.

Is gratitude offered early to the in-laws

ما قِرانُ السَّعْدَيْنِ أبهى وأعلى

ما قِرانُ السَّعْدَيْنِ أبهى وأعلى

مَنظَراً مِن قِرانِ بِرٍّ وشُكْرِ

مَنظَراً مِن قِرانِ بِرٍّ وشُكْرِ

The conjunction of the two auspicious planets is neither more splendid nor loftier

No pairing of good fortune is more wondrous and lofty

to behold than the union of kindness and gratitude.

In appearance than pairing gratitude and thanks