1. وكيفَ أُؤدِّي شَكرَ من إن شكرتُهُ

    على بِرِّ يَومٍ زادَني مِثلَهُ غَدا

    And how can I render thanks to one who, if I thank him

    for a day's kindness, grants me as much again tomorrow?

  2. فإن رُمت أقضي اليَومَ الَّذي مَضى

    رَأَيتُ لهُ فَضلاً عَلَيَّ مُجددا

    For if I seek to repay the kindness of the day gone by,

    I find his favor toward me renewed.