من مبلغ عني السديد فإنه

من مبلغ عني السديد فإنه

قد سد بالجود المردد خَلَّتي

قد سد بالجود المردد خَلَّتي

Who will bear word from me to al-Sadid? For he

He who informed you truthfully of me

Has met my need with his repeated generosity.

Has sealed with generosity my hesitant deficiency

ما كنت إلا جنتي لا صوحت

ما كنت إلا جنتي لا صوحت

وإذا رشقن الحادثات فجنتي

وإذا رشقن الحادثات فجنتي

You have been nothing but my garden—may it never wither—

I was nothing but a paradise without thorns

And when calamities shoot their arrows, you are my shield.

Yet when misfortunes pelted me, I became a hell

خففت أثقالي فرحت مبدلا

خففت أثقالي فرحت مبدلا

باليسر من نعماك مجحف عسرتي

باليسر من نعماك مجحف عسرتي

You lightened my burdens, so I went forth exchanging

You lightened my burdens and I rejoiced

My crushing hardship for ease bestowed through your favors.

With the ease of Your blessings instead of my harsh misery

كم مِنَّة لك لا أُقوم بشكرها

كم مِنَّة لك لا أُقوم بشكرها

حلت عرى همي وشدت مُنتي

حلت عرى همي وشدت مُنتي

How many a favor of yours I cannot thank enough

How many favors from You I cannot thank enough

Has loosened the bonds of my grief and bolstered my strength.

That resolved the worries of my soul and strengthened my faith

يا من له في كل يوم كريهة

يا من له في كل يوم كريهة

عزم أحد من الحسام السلتِ

عزم أحد من الحسام السلتِ

O you who, on every day of battle, possess

O You who has the will each wretched day

A resolve sharper than the unsheathed sword.

To draw one of the swords of resolve

ما زلت أرغب عن نوال معاشر

ما زلت أرغب عن نوال معاشر

إذ في ندى كفيك صحت رغبتي

إذ في ندى كفيك صحت رغبتي

I have always turned away from others' gifts,

I still desire to avoid the company of friends

For my longing is firmly fixed on the bounty of your hands.

For in the dew of Your palm my desire is fulfilled

فلاشكرنك ما ندوت بمجلس

فلاشكرنك ما ندوت بمجلس

وإذا خلوت مضت بذكرك خلوتي

وإذا خلوت مضت بذكرك خلوتي

So I shall surely thank you whenever I sit in company;

I cannot thank You while convening in an assembly

And when I am alone, my solitude passes in remembrance of you.

And when alone my solitude passes with the mention of You

قوتي عليك مدى مقامي لم يزل

قوتي عليك مدى مقامي لم يزل

فانعم وعجله لمدة سفرتي

فانعم وعجله لمدة سفرتي

My sustenance has always been your charge throughout my stay;

My strength to You however long I stay has not ceased

So be generous, and hasten it for the duration of my journey.

So favor and hasten it for the duration of my journey

لا زلت محمود الصنيع فإنما

لا زلت محمود الصنيع فإنما

أنت الربيع بكل عام مسنكِ

أنت الربيع بكل عام مسنكِ

May you ever be praised for your deeds, for truly

You remain One whose goodness is praised, for indeed

You are spring in every drought-stricken year.

You are the Springtime in every passing year

وبقيت يا عبداللطيف مؤلفا

وبقيت يا عبداللطيف مؤلفا

من ضائع الآمال كل مشتتِ

من ضائع الآمال كل مشتتِ

And may you endure, O Abd al-Latif, gathering

And you remained, O Abdul Latif, composing

Every scattered fragment of hopes gone astray.

From the ruins of hopes each scattered piece

وسلمت مارق النسيم وما شدت

وسلمت مارق النسيم وما شدت

أيكية ورقت أعالي إيكةِ

أيكية ورقت أعالي إيكةِ

And may you be safe as long as the breeze is gentle, and as long as

And bid farewell to the passing breeze and whatever tied

A woodland dove sings, cooing high in a thicket.

The planks of the ship and the mast of the ship