لَأَشكُرَنَّكَ إِن لَم أوتَ مِن أَجَلي

لَأَشكُرَنَّكَ إِن لَم أوتَ مِن أَجَلي

شُكراً يُوافيكَ عَنّي آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

شُكراً يُوافيكَ عَنّي آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

I shall surely thank you, if my appointed death does not overtake me,

I will thank You though I am not given

With thanks that will reach you from me at eternity’s end.

In return for my thanks what lasts through all days;

وَإِن تَوَرَّدتُ مِن بَحرِ البُحورِ نَدىً

وَإِن تَوَرَّدتُ مِن بَحرِ البُحورِ نَدىً

وَلَم أَنَل مِنهُ إِلّا غُرفَةً بِيَدي

وَلَم أَنَل مِنهُ إِلّا غُرفَةً بِيَدي

And though I sought bounty from the sea of seas,

And though my hands may from the endless main

And obtained from it only a scoopful with my hand.

Scoop but a handful from the watery ways.