شكرتُ بوّابَك إذ ردّني

شكرتُ بوّابَك إذ ردّني

وذمّهُ غيري على ردِّه

وذمّهُ غيري على ردِّه

I thanked your doorkeeper when he turned me away,

I thanked your doorkeeper when he turned me away

While others blamed him for his rebuff.

While others blamed him for turning me away

لأنّهُ قلّدني منّةً

لأنّهُ قلّدني منّةً

تستوجب الإغراق في حمدِهِ

تستوجب الإغراق في حمدِهِ

For he bestowed on me a favor

Because he made me a favor

That calls for lavish praise of him.

That deserves boundless praise

أعاذني من قُبح ملْقاكَ لي

أعاذني من قُبح ملْقاكَ لي

وكبرِك الزّائد في حدِّهِ

وكبرِك الزّائد في حدِّهِ

He shielded me from the ugliness of your reception of me,

He protected me from the ugliness of meeting you

And from your arrogance, exceeding its bounds.

And your excessive haughtiness and arrogance

فعُذْتُ أن أُضبرِعَ خدّي لمن

فعُذْتُ أن أُضبرِعَ خدّي لمن

ماءُ الحَيا قد غاض من خدِّهِ

ماءُ الحَيا قد غاض من خدِّهِ

So I found refuge from humbling my cheek before one

So I avoided having to rub my cheek on the ground

From whose cheek the water of modesty has ebbed.

For one from whose cheek the water of life has receded