لَكَ القَلَمُ الجاري بِبُؤسٍ وَأَنعُمٍ

لَكَ القَلَمُ الجاري بِبُؤسٍ وَأَنعُمٍ

فَمِنها بَوادٍ تُرتَجى وَعَوائِدُ

فَمِنها بَوادٍ تُرتَجى وَعَوائِدُ

Yours is the pen that flows through misery and blessings;

Yours is the pen that flows with woe and blessings.

from these come promising first gifts and recurring favors.

So among them are hoped-for first favors and recurring ones.

إِذا مَلَأَ القِرطاسَ سودُ سُطورِهِ

إِذا مَلَأَ القِرطاسَ سودُ سُطورِهِ

فَتِلكَ أُسودٌ تُتَّقى وَأَساوِدُ

فَتِلكَ أُسودٌ تُتَّقى وَأَساوِدُ

When the blackness of its lines fills the page,

When its black lines fill the paper,

those strokes are lions to be feared, and black serpents.

Then those are lions to be feared, and black serpents.

فَتِلكَ جِنانٌ تُجتَنى ثَمَراتُها

فَتِلكَ جِنانٌ تُجتَنى ثَمَراتُها

وَيَلقاكَ مِن أَنفاسِهِنَّ بِوارِدُ

وَيَلقاكَ مِن أَنفاسِهِنَّ بِوارِدُ

Those strokes are gardens whose fruits are gathered,

And those are gardens whose fruits are gathered,

and cool breezes from their breaths come to meet you.

And cool breezes from their breaths meet you.

وَهُنَّ بُرودٌ مالَهُنَّ مَناسِجُ

وَهُنَّ بُرودٌ مالَهُنَّ مَناسِجُ

وَهُنَّ عُقودٌ مالَهُنَّ مَعاقِدُ

وَهُنَّ عُقودٌ مالَهُنَّ مَعاقِدُ

They are robes that no looms have woven,

And they are striped mantles woven without looms,

and necklaces that have no knots.

And they are necklaces without knots.

وَهُنَّ حَياةٌ لِلوَلِيِّ رَضِيَّةٌ

وَهُنَّ حَياةٌ لِلوَلِيِّ رَضِيَّةٌ

وَهُنَّ حُتوفٌ لِلعَدُوِّ رَواصِدُ

وَهُنَّ حُتوفٌ لِلعَدُوِّ رَواصِدُ

They are a contented life for the loyal friend,

And they are a pleasing life for the ally,

and deaths lying in wait for the enemy.

And they are deaths lying in wait for the enemy.