إذا تَفكَّرْتُ في حَظِّي وَجُودِكَ لا

إذا تَفكَّرْتُ في حَظِّي وَجُودِكَ لا

أَنْفَك مِن عَجَبٍ إلاَّ إلى عَجَبِ

أَنْفَك مِن عَجَبٍ إلاَّ إلى عَجَبِ

Whenever I ponder my lot and your bounty, I

When I ponder my lot and your generosity, I do not

never leave one astonishment but to enter another.

emerge from one astonishment except into another.

وَجُمْلَةُ الأَمْرِ أَنّي مُتُّ مِن ظَمَأٍ

وَجُمْلَةُ الأَمْرِ أَنّي مُتُّ مِن ظَمَأٍ

إلى نَدَاكَ وَقَدْ أَجْملْتُ في الطّلَبِ

إلى نَدَاكَ وَقَدْ أَجْملْتُ في الطّلَبِ

The sum of the matter is this: I died of thirst

And the gist of the matter is that I have died of thirst

for your bounty, though you kept me sitting there asking.

for your bounty, though I have been modest in my request.