اِغضُض عِنانَكَ هَذا مُنتَهى السَفَرِ

اِغضُض عِنانَكَ هَذا مُنتَهى السَفَرِ

وَاِمدُد بَنانَكَ هَذا مُجتَنى الثَمَرِ

وَاِمدُد بَنانَكَ هَذا مُجتَنى الثَمَرِ

Draw in your reins; this is the journey’s end.

Curb your steed, for this is the journey's end,

And stretch out your fingers; this is where the fruit is gathered.

And stretch out your hand, for these are the fruits to pick.

ها أَنتَ فَوقَ سَماءِ المَكرُماتِ فَزِد

ها أَنتَ فَوقَ سَماءِ المَكرُماتِ فَزِد

عَفواً بِلا مِنَّةٍ صَفواً بِلا كَدَرِ

عَفواً بِلا مِنَّةٍ صَفواً بِلا كَدَرِ

Behold, you are above the heaven of noble deeds; so add

Behold, you are above the heavens of honor, so increase

Grace without reminders of favor, purity without taint.

Grace without obligation, purity without turmoil.

وَقَد بَدا لَكَ إِسفارُ القُبولِ عَلى

وَقَد بَدا لَكَ إِسفارُ القُبولِ عَلى

ثَلاثَةِ الوَجهِ وَالإِصباحِ وَالسَفَرِ

ثَلاثَةِ الوَجهِ وَالإِصباحِ وَالسَفَرِ

And the radiance of acceptance has appeared to you in

For you the dawn of acceptance has shown itself

Three things: the face, the daybreak, and the journey.

In the three faces, the morning, and the journey.

قُم سابِقاً بِثَناءٍ يُستَطابُ لَهُ

قُم سابِقاً بِثَناءٍ يُستَطابُ لَهُ

ما باتَ مُعتَلِجاً في خاطِرِ السَحَرِ

ما باتَ مُعتَلِجاً في خاطِرِ السَحَرِ

Rise, taking the lead with praise that he may savor—

Arise, preceding with praise well-received,

What stirred all night in the mind of the predawn hour.

Whatever was tossing restlessly in the soul's thought by night.

اغرُب فَمُذ كُنتَ لا تَأتي بِمُغرِبَةٍ

اغرُب فَمُذ كُنتَ لا تَأتي بِمُغرِبَةٍ

هَل جِئتَهُ عَن سِوى نُعماهُ بِالخَبَرِ

هَل جِئتَهُ عَن سِوى نُعماهُ بِالخَبَرِ

Depart, since you bring no wondrous tale;

Stranger! Since you have never come with an unfamiliarity,

Have you brought him news of anything but his bounty?

Have you come with news except good things about him?

الجودُ أَمدَحُ مِمَّن قامَ يَمدَحُهُ

الجودُ أَمدَحُ مِمَّن قامَ يَمدَحُهُ

وَالناسُ ما سَمِعوا إِلّا مِنَ النَظَرِ

وَالناسُ ما سَمِعوا إِلّا مِنَ النَظَرِ

Generosity praises him better than anyone who rises to praise him,

Generosity I praise more than one who stands praising it,

And people have heard only through sight.

While people have heard nothing but from observation.

وَلا تَقُل عِندَ خَتمِ الشِعرِ تَمدَحُهُ

وَلا تَقُل عِندَ خَتمِ الشِعرِ تَمدَحُهُ

خُذها وَقُل لا تُؤاخِذها بِذا الحَصَرِ

خُذها وَقُل لا تُؤاخِذها بِذا الحَصَرِ

And do not say, as you close the poem in his praise,

And do not say, when the poem ends, that you praise him:

“Take it”; say, “Do not fault it for this faltering.”

Take it, and say "Do not blame it for this limitation."