أيّها المادح العبادَ لِيُعطى

أيّها المادح العبادَ لِيُعطى

إنّ للهِ ما بأيدي العباد

إنّ للهِ ما بأيدي العباد

O you who praise people to receive gifts,

O you who praise men to gain reward

Indeed, whatever is in people's hands belongs to God.

God truly owns what men think they have

فاسألِ اللهَ ما طلبتَ إليهم

فاسألِ اللهَ ما طلبتَ إليهم

وارجُ نفعَ المُنَزِّل العَوَّادِ

وارجُ نفعَ المُنَزِّل العَوَّادِ

So ask God for what you asked of them,

So ask of God what you ask of them

And hope for the favor of Him who sends down blessings and gives again and again.

And hope for grace from Him, the frequent Giver

لا تَقُلْ في الجوادِ ما ليس فيهِ

لا تَقُلْ في الجوادِ ما ليس فيهِ

وتُسمّي البخيلَ باسم الجوادِ

وتُسمّي البخيلَ باسم الجوادِ

Do not ascribe to the generous man what is not in him,

Speak not of one who's generous, what is not true

Nor call the miser by the name of the generous.

Nor name the miser with the generous one's name