مطران أعطيت المكارم حقها

مطران أعطيت المكارم حقها

ورغبتُ في مائة فجدتَ بضعفها

ورغبتُ في مائة فجدتَ بضعفها

Mutran, you have given noble virtues their due.

I gave generosity its due

And I wished for a hundred, so you generously gave twice that.

And sought a hundred fold, but found only twice that

فقبلتها وصرفت فكري تارة

فقبلتها وصرفت فكري تارة

نحو الثناء وتارة في صرفها

نحو الثناء وتارة في صرفها

So I accepted it, and turned my thoughts at times

So I accepted it and turned my thoughts at times

Toward praise, and at times to spending it.

To praise, and at times to investing it

وأنا الذي عرف الملوك وعف عن

وأنا الذي عرف الملوك وعف عن

إحسان راحتهم وساكب عرفها

إحسان راحتهم وساكب عرفها

And I am one who knew kings and abstained from

And I, who knew kings and excused

The favors of their palms and the outpouring of their bounty.

Their graciousness when at ease and the one who poured kindness

أنت السماحة يا خليل بأصلها

أنت السماحة يا خليل بأصلها

وبذاتها وبعينها وبأنفها

وبذاتها وبعينها وبأنفها

You are generosity, Khalil, at its very root,

You are generosity, O Khalil, in its origin

And in its essence, its eye, and its nose.

And in its essence, and in its eye, and in its nose