قد كانَ يُسْكِرُ شُرْبُهُ

قد كانَ يُسْكِرُ شُرْبُهُ

فسَكِرْتُ منْ نظَري إلَيْهِ

فسَكِرْتُ منْ نظَري إلَيْهِ

Drinking it would indeed intoxicate;

The drinking of it would make me drunk

so I grew drunk from looking at it.

So I got drunk from looking at it

وهديّةُ الموْلَى تَحُطْ

وهديّةُ الموْلَى تَحُطْ

طُ لفَضْلِها رأسي لَدَيْهِ

طُ لفَضْلِها رأسي لَدَيْهِ

And the lord’s gift lowers

The gift of God humbles

my head before him, because of its excellence.

My head before His bounty

والشّكْرُ يقْصُرُ في عُلَى

والشّكْرُ يقْصُرُ في عُلَى

مَنْ كُلُّ فضْلٍ في يَدَيْهِ

مَنْ كُلُّ فضْلٍ في يَدَيْهِ

And gratitude falls short of the eminence

Gratitude falls short in the highness

of him in whose hands lies every bounty.

Of Him in Whose hand is all virtue