أَلبَسَتني نِعَماً عَلى نِعَمِ

أَلبَسَتني نِعَماً عَلى نِعَمِ

وَرَفَعَت لي عَلَماً عَلى عَلَمِ

وَرَفَعَت لي عَلَماً عَلى عَلَمِ

You clothed me in blessings upon blessings,

I was clothed in blessings upon blessings,

and raised for me a standard above an eminence.

and for me a banner was raised above another banner;

وَعَلَوتَ بي حَتّى مَشَيتُ عَلى

وَعَلَوتَ بي حَتّى مَشَيتُ عَلى

بُسطٍ مِنَ الأَعناقِ وَالقِمَمِ

بُسطٍ مِنَ الأَعناقِ وَالقِمَمِ

You bore me aloft until I walked upon

and you lifted me until I walked upon

carpets woven of necks and summits.

carpets of necks and the crowns of heads.

فَلا أَشكُرَنَّ نَداكَ ما شَكَرَت

فَلا أَشكُرَنَّ نَداكَ ما شَكَرَت

خُضرُ الرِياضِ صَنائِعَ الدِيَمِ

خُضرُ الرِياضِ صَنائِعَ الدِيَمِ

I shall surely thank your bounty as long as

So I shall surely not thank your bounty as long as

the gardens’ verdure thanks the gifts of lasting rains.

the meadows’ greenery thanks the favors of lasting rains.

فَالحَمدُ يُبقي ذِكرَ كُلِّ فَتىً

فَالحَمدُ يُبقي ذِكرَ كُلِّ فَتىً

وَيُبينُ قَدرَ مَواقِعِ الكَرَمِ

وَيُبينُ قَدرَ مَواقِعِ الكَرَمِ

For praise keeps every noble man’s memory alive

For praise preserves the memory of every young man

and reveals the worth of acts of generosity.

and reveals the worth of acts of generosity.

وَالشِكرُ مَهرٌ لِلصَنيعَةِ إِن

وَالشِكرُ مَهرٌ لِلصَنيعَةِ إِن

طُلِبَت مُهورُ عَقائِلِ النِعَمِ

طُلِبَت مُهورُ عَقائِلِ النِعَمِ

Gratitude is a dowry for a kindness, if

And gratitude is a dowry for a kindness, if

dowries are sought for blessings—those noble brides.

dowries are sought for the noble maidens among blessings.