لَك الحَمد حمدا نستلذ به ذكرا

لَك الحَمد حمدا نستلذ به ذكرا

وان كنت لا أَحصي ثناء وَلا شكرا

وان كنت لا أَحصي ثناء وَلا شكرا

Yours is praise, a praise we delight in uttering,

For You is praise, a praise we delight in remembering,

although I cannot reckon all praise or thanks.

Though I cannot enumerate all thanks and gratitude.

لَك الحَمد حَمداً طَيبا يَملأ السَما

لَك الحَمد حَمداً طَيبا يَملأ السَما

وَأَقطارها وَالأَرض وَالبر وَالبَحرا

وَأَقطارها وَالأَرض وَالبر وَالبَحرا

Yours is praise, pure praise that fills the sky,

For You is pure, beautiful praise that fills the heavens,

and its reaches, the earth, the land, and the sea.

And its regions, the earth, the land and the sea.

لَك الحَمدُ حَمد اسر مدبا مُباركا

لَك الحَمدُ حَمد اسر مدبا مُباركا

يقل مداد البحر عن كتبه حصرا

يقل مداد البحر عن كتبه حصرا

Yours is praise—everlasting, blessed praise.

For You is hidden, blessed, endless praise,

The sea's ink falls short of recording it in full.

The ink of the ocean falls short of writing it down.

لَك الحمد تَعظيما لوجهك قائما

لَك الحمد تَعظيما لوجهك قائما

يخصك في السراء منى وَفي الضرا

يخصك في السراء منى وَفي الضرا

Yours is praise, abiding in reverence for Your countenance,

For You is praise, glorifying You, ever standing,

reserved for You by me in prosperity and adversity.

In good and bad, wishing only You.

لَك الحمد مقرونا بشكرك دائما

لَك الحمد مقرونا بشكرك دائما

لَك الحمد في الاولى لك الحمد في الاخرى

لَك الحمد في الاولى لك الحمد في الاخرى

Yours is praise, forever joined to thanks to You.

For You is praise, paired with thanks to You always.

Yours is praise in this life; Yours is praise in the next.

For You is first praise, for You is last praise.

لَك الحَمد حمد اطيب أَنتَ أَهله

لَك الحَمد حمد اطيب أَنتَ أَهله

عَلى كل حال يشمل السر والجهرا

عَلى كل حال يشمل السر والجهرا

Yours is praise, the sweetest praise, of which You are worthy,

For You is the most beautiful praise, You are most worthy of it,

in every circumstance, embracing the hidden and the open.

In every state, apparent or hidden.

لَك الحمد موصولا بغير نهاية

لَك الحمد موصولا بغير نهاية

وَأَنتَ الهى ما أَحق وَما أحرى

وَأَنتَ الهى ما أَحق وَما أحرى

Yours is praise, unbroken and without end,

For You is unending praise, without end,

and You, my God—how deserving, how worthy!

You are my God, how right and proper indeed!

لَك الحمد يا ذا الكِبرياء ومن يكن

لَك الحمد يا ذا الكِبرياء ومن يكن

بحمدك ذا شكر فقد احرزا الشكرا

بحمدك ذا شكر فقد احرزا الشكرا

Yours is praise, O Possessor of Majesty; whoever is

For You is praise, You of greatness, and whoever

thankful through praising You has indeed attained gratitude.

Thanks You has attained gratitude.

لَك الحمد حَمدا لا يعد لحاصر

لَك الحمد حَمدا لا يعد لحاصر

أَيحصى الحصى وَالنبت وَالرمل وَالقطرا

أَيحصى الحصى وَالنبت وَالرمل وَالقطرا

Yours is praise, a praise no reckoner can number.

For You is praise that cannot be counted by one

Can pebbles, plants, sand, and raindrops be counted?

Who would count pebbles, plants, sand and drops of rain.

لَك الحَمد أَضعافا مضاعفة عَلى

لَك الحَمد أَضعافا مضاعفة عَلى

لطائف ما أَحلى لدينا وَما أَمرا

لطائف ما أَحلى لدينا وَما أَمرا

Yours is praise, multiplied many times, for

For You is manifold, multiplied praise

the subtle mercies in what is sweet to us and what is bitter.

For the subtlest, sweetest blessings we have received.

لَك الحمد ما أَولاك بالحمد وَالثَنا

لَك الحمد ما أَولاك بالحمد وَالثَنا

عَلى نعم أَتبعتها نعما تترى

عَلى نعم أَتبعتها نعما تترى

Yours is praise—how worthy You are of praise and acclaim—

For You is praise, for You began by praising us

for blessings You have followed with blessings in succession.

And followed gifts with further gifts.

لَك الحمد حمد أَنتَ وَفقتنا له

لَك الحمد حمد أَنتَ وَفقتنا له

وَعلمتنا من حمدك النظم وَالنثرا

وَعلمتنا من حمدك النظم وَالنثرا

Yours is praise, a praise You have enabled us to offer,

For You is praise You enabled us to give,

and You have taught us verse and prose in Your praise.

And taught us to offer You poetry and prose.

لَك الحَمدُ حَمد انبتغيه وَسيلة

لَك الحَمدُ حَمد انبتغيه وَسيلة

اليك لِتَجديد اللطائف وَالبشرى

اليك لِتَجديد اللطائف وَالبشرى

Yours is praise, a praise we seek as a means

For You is praise I seek as a means toward You,

to You, for the renewal of gracious favors and glad tidings.

To renew subtle blessings and glad tidings.

لَكَ الحَمد كم قلدتنا من صَنيعة

لَكَ الحَمد كم قلدتنا من صَنيعة

وَأَبدلتنا بالعسر يا سيدي يسرا

وَأَبدلتنا بالعسر يا سيدي يسرا

Yours is praise; how many favors You have strung about our necks,

For You is praise - how many talents You have given me,

and You have given us ease in place of hardship, O my Master.

And replaced hardship, O my Master, with ease!

لَك الحمد كم من عثرة قد أقلتنا

لَك الحمد كم من عثرة قد أقلتنا

ومن زلة أَلبستنا معها سترا

ومن زلة أَلبستنا معها سترا

Yours is praise; from how many stumbles You have raised us,

For You is praise – how many times You saved me

and for how many a lapse You have clothed us in a concealing veil.

From stumbling, and covered me with a veil.

لَك الحمد كم خصصتني ورفعتني

لَك الحمد كم خصصتني ورفعتني

عَلى نظرائي من بَني زَمَني قدرا

عَلى نظرائي من بَني زَمَني قدرا

Yours is praise; how often You have favored me and raised me

For You is praise – You singled me out and raised me

in rank above my peers among the sons of my age.

Above others of my generation, an honor.

لَك الحمد حمدا فيه وردى وَمشرعي

لَك الحمد حمدا فيه وردى وَمشرعي

اذا خابَت الآمال في السنة الغبرا

اذا خابَت الآمال في السنة الغبرا

Yours is praise, a praise in which I find my drink and watering place,

For You is praise – in it lies my wish, my gate

when hopes fail in the dust-gray year.

When hopes fail in the arid years.

لَك الحمد حَمدا ينسخ الفقر بالغنى

لَك الحمد حَمدا ينسخ الفقر بالغنى

اذا خرت يا مَولاي بعد الغنى فقرا

اذا خرت يا مَولاي بعد الغنى فقرا

Yours is praise, a praise that effaces poverty with wealth,

For You is praise that abolishes poverty with wealth

if You choose, O my Master, poverty after wealth.

When, O my Lord, wealth departs and poverty returns.

الهى تغمدني برحمتك الَّتي

الهى تغمدني برحمتك الَّتي

وَسعت وَأَوسعت البرايا بهابرا

وَسعت وَأَوسعت البرايا بهابرا

My God, enfold me in Your mercy, which

O God, clothe me in Your all-encompassing mercy

is vast, and through which You have lavished goodness upon creation.

That has spread through and expanded the wilderness.

وَقوّ بروح منك ضعفيوَهمتي

وَقوّ بروح منك ضعفيوَهمتي

عَلى الفقر واغفر زلتي واقبل العذار

عَلى الفقر واغفر زلتي واقبل العذار

And with a spirit from You, strengthen my weakness and my resolve

And strengthen my weak soul and anxiety

to bear poverty; forgive my lapse and accept my excuse.

Over poverty, forgive my lapse, and accept my excuse!

فاني من تَدبير حالي وَحيلَتي

فاني من تَدبير حالي وَحيلَتي

اليك ومن حولي وَمن قوتي أَبرا

اليك ومن حولي وَمن قوتي أَبرا

For, as to managing my affairs and my own resourcefulness,

For I rely on You alone to manage my affairs,

I renounce them before You, together with my might and strength.

My power and protection are from You alone.

ومن ماء وَجهي عَن سؤال مذلة

ومن ماء وَجهي عَن سؤال مذلة

وَعَن جوردهر لَم يزل حلوه مرا

وَعَن جوردهر لَم يزل حلوه مرا

And guard my dignity from humiliating begging,

Save me from the disgrace of begging

and from the injustice of time, whose sweetness has always been bitter.

And the bitterness of fickle fortune, ever bitter-sweet.

وَلا طف أَطيفالي واخوتهم فقد

وَلا طف أَطيفالي واخوتهم فقد

رمتهم خطوب ما أَطاقوا لَها صَبرا

رمتهم خطوب ما أَطاقوا لَها صَبرا

And be gentle with my little children and their siblings, for

Do not let my little ones and their brothers suffer –

calamities have struck them beyond their power to endure.

They are struck with calamities beyond their endurance.

وَهم يألفون الخير وَالخير واسع

وَهم يألفون الخير وَالخير واسع

لديك وَلا وَاللَه ما عرفوا شرا

لديك وَلا وَاللَه ما عرفوا شرا

They are accustomed to goodness, and goodness abounds

They are accustomed to good, and good is abundant

with You; no, by God, they have never known evil.

With You. No, by God, they have known no evil!

ربوافى ربا روض النَعيم وظله

ربوافى ربا روض النَعيم وظله

فجدد لهم من جودك النعمة الخضرا

فجدد لهم من جودك النعمة الخضرا

They grew up on the hills of the garden of bliss and in its shade;

O Lord, make pleasant for them the meadows of bliss and their shade –

so renew for them, from Your bounty, the verdant blessing.

Renew for them Your fresh blessings!

ومن محن الدنيا والاخرى تولهم

ومن محن الدنيا والاخرى تولهم

بخير وَيسرهم بفضلك اليسرى

بخير وَيسرهم بفضلك اليسرى

And against the trials of this world and the next, watch over them

And from worldly and other afflictions, take care of them

with goodness, and by Your grace prepare them for the way of ease.

With good, and make things easy for them through Your grace.

وهبنى لهم أَسعى عليهم مجاهدا

وهبنى لهم أَسعى عليهم مجاهدا

لوجهك وافسح لي بطاعتك العمرا

لوجهك وافسح لي بطاعتك العمرا

And grant me to them, striving hard to provide for them

Grant me the vigor to struggle for their sake

for Your countenance, and prolong my life in obedience to You.

To please You, and give me, through obeying You, long life.

وَبعد حَياتي في رضاكَ توفني

وَبعد حَياتي في رضاكَ توفني

عَلى الملة البَيضاء وَالسنة الزهرا

عَلى الملة البَيضاء وَالسنة الزهرا

And after a life in Your good pleasure, take me in death

And after my life, pleasing to You, take me

upon the white faith and the radiant Sunna.

To the white faith and radiant Sunna.

وَفي القبر آنس وحشتي بند وحدتي

وَفي القبر آنس وحشتي بند وحدتي

فان نزيل القر يَستَوحش القبرا

فان نزيل القر يَستَوحش القبرا

And in the grave, soothe my desolation [in] my solitude,

In the grave, let me not be lonely in my solitude -

for the grave's dweller finds the grave a lonely place.

For the grave's inhabitant dreads the grave's loneliness.

وان ضاق أَهل الحشر ذرعا بموقف

وان ضاق أَهل الحشر ذرعا بموقف

بك الكتب تعطى باليَمين وَباليسرى

بك الكتب تعطى باليَمين وَباليسرى

And if those gathered for resurrection are overwhelmed at the standing-place

And if, at the Gathering, the people are squeezed together,

where, through You, books are given into right hands and left,

Through Your grace, may I be given my book in my right hand.

فقل فزت يا عبدالرَحيم برحمتي

فقل فزت يا عبدالرَحيم برحمتي

وَمَغفرتي لا تَخش بؤسا وَلا ضرا

وَمَغفرتي لا تَخش بؤسا وَلا ضرا

then say, 'You have triumphed, O Abd al-Rahim, through My mercy

Then say: "O Abdurraheem, you have won through My mercy

and My forgiveness; fear neither misery nor harm.'

And forgiveness - fear no misery or harm."

وأكرم لاجلى مَن يَليني رحامة

وأكرم لاجلى مَن يَليني رحامة

وَصحبا وَفرج همنا واغفر الوزرا

وَصحبا وَفرج همنا واغفر الوزرا

And for my sake honor those close to me in kinship

And for My sake, show kindness to those who follow me,

and friendship; relieve our distress and forgive the burden of sin.

Relatives, companions - relieve our worries and forgive sins!

وَلا نبق لي مِمّا نويت علاقة

وَلا نبق لي مِمّا نويت علاقة

وَلا حاجة كبرى وَلا حاجة صغرى

وَلا حاجة كبرى وَلا حاجة صغرى

And leave me no lingering attachment to what I have intended,

Let no ties remain binding me

nor any great need, nor any small need.

To any great or small unfulfilled need.

وَصل عَلى روح الحَبيب محمد

وَصل عَلى روح الحَبيب محمد

حميد المَساعي مقتَفي مضر الحمرا

حميد المَساعي مقتَفي مضر الحمرا

And send blessings upon the soul of the beloved Muhammad,

And bless the soul of the Beloved Muhammad,

praiseworthy in his endeavors, following in the footsteps of Mudar the Red:

Praiseworthy in efforts, follower of the blessed, reddish camels.

صَلاة وَتَسليما عليه وَرَحمة

صَلاة وَتَسليما عليه وَرَحمة

مباركة تَنمو فَتَستَغرق الدهرا

مباركة تَنمو فَتَستَغرق الدهرا

blessings and salutations upon him, and mercy,

Blessings and peace be upon him and mercy

blessed and growing until they embrace all time,

Forever growing, lasting through the ages,

وَتَشمَل كل الآل ما هبت الصبا

وَتَشمَل كل الآل ما هبت الصبا

وَما سرت الركبان في اللَيلة الغرا

وَما سرت الركبان في اللَيلة الغرا

and encompass all his family as long as the east wind blows,

Encompassing his Family whenever the breeze blows

and as long as riders travel through the radiant night.

And travelers journey on a dark night.