1. نِعَمُ الإِله بشكره تتقيد

    فالله يشكر في النوال ويُحمد

    God's blessings are held fast by thanking Him;

    for God is thanked and praised for His bounty.

  2. مُدَّت إليه أكفُنَا محتاجةً

    فأنالها من جوده ما تعهد

    Our needy palms were stretched toward Him,

    and from His bounty He gave them what they were accustomed to.

  3. وأغاثنا بغمائم وكَّافة

    بالبِشرِ تُبرقُ والبشائر تُرعد

    And He brought us relief with clouds pouring rain,

    flashing with joy and thundering with glad tidings.

  4. حملت إلى ظمأ البسيطة ريَّهُ

    ويد الغمام على الثرى لا تجحد

    They brought the thirsty earth its fill of water,

    and the clouds' generous hand upon the soil cannot be denied.

  5. فالجو برَّاق الشُّعاع مفضض

    والماء فياض الأتيّ معسجد

    So the sky, bright with flashing rays, is silvered,

    and the water, gushing in torrents, is gilded.

  6. والأرض في حلي الربيع كأنما

    نطف السحائب لؤلؤ وزبرجد

    And the earth wears spring's jewels, as though

    the clouds' droplets were pearls and peridot.

  7. والروض مطلول الخمائل باسم

    والقضب ناعمة المعاطف ميّد

    And the garden smiles, its groves bedewed,

    and the boughs sway, supple in their curves.

  8. مَجَّت بقايا الريِّ في نوارها

    فكأنما هي جوهر متبدد

    They spat out the remnants of their drink into their blossoms,

    so they seem like scattered gems.

  9. تاهت عقول الناس في حركاتها

    ألسكرها أو شكرها تتأود

    People's minds are bewildered by their movements:

    Is it from drunkenness or gratitude that they sway?

  10. فيقول أرباب البطالة تنثني

    ويقول أرباب الحقيقة تسجد

    So those given to idleness say, 'They bend,'

    and the people of truth say, 'They prostrate themselves.'

  11. وإذا اهتديت إلى الصواب فإنها

    في حق خالقها تقوم وتقعد

    And if you find the right understanding, then indeed they

    rise and sit in homage to their Creator.

  12. هذا هو الفضل الذي لا ينقضي

    هذا هو الجود الذي لا ينفذ

    This is the grace that never ends;

    this is the generosity that is never exhausted.

  13. أحضر فؤادك للقيام بشكره

    إن كنت تعلم قدر ما تتقلد

    Summon your heart to give Him thanks,

    if you know the worth of what you wear about your neck.

  14. وانفض يديك من العباد فكلُّهم

    عجزاً يحل وأنت جهلاً تعقد

    And shake your hands free of His servants, for each of them

    unties in helplessness, while you bind in ignorance.

  15. فهم وأنت عبيد مولى واحد

    فدع العبيد فليس إلاَّ السيد

    For they and you are servants of one Master;

    so leave the servants—there is none but the Master.

  16. وإذا افتقرت إلى سواه فإنما

    ألوى بخاطرك الطريق الأبعد

    And if you turn in need to anyone besides Him, it is only that

    the farthest road has led your thoughts astray.

  17. نِعمُ الإِله كما تُشاهِدُ جمةٌ

    والغائبات أجلُّ مما تشهد

    God's blessings, as you see, are abundant,

    and the unseen ones are greater than those you witness.

  18. فانظر غلى آثار رحمته التي

    لا يُمتَرَى فيها ولا يتردد

    Look, then, at the traces of His mercy,

    about which there is neither doubt nor hesitation.

  19. يا ليت شعري والدليل مبلغ

    من اي وجه يستريب الملحد

    Would that I knew—with the proof so conclusive—

    on what grounds the atheist harbors doubt!

  20. من ذا الذي يرتاب أن إِلهه

    فردٌ وألسنة الجماد توحِّد

    Who is there who doubts that his God

    is One, while the tongues of inanimate things proclaim His oneness?

  21. كلٌ يصرِّحُ حالهُ ومقالُهُ

    أن ليس إلا الله رب يعبد

    Each thing's state and speech plainly declare

    that there is no Lord to be worshipped but God.