لَو كُنتُ أُهدي لِمَولانا مَشاكِلَهُ

لَو كُنتُ أُهدي لِمَولانا مَشاكِلَهُ

لَكُنتُ أُهدي إِلَيهِ السَهلَ وَالجَبَلا

لَكُنتُ أُهدي إِلَيهِ السَهلَ وَالجَبَلا

Were I to offer the Fates his equals,

If I were to offer our lord gifts worthy of him,

I would offer him plain and mountain.

I would offer him the plain and the mountain.

وَإِنَّما العَبدُ أَهدى كُنهَ قُدرَتِهِ

وَإِنَّما العَبدُ أَهدى كُنهَ قُدرَتِهِ

وَالنَملُ يُعذَرُ في القدرِ الَّذي حَمَلا

وَالنَملُ يُعذَرُ في القدرِ الَّذي حَمَلا

But the servant offers only the utmost of his ability,

Yet the servant has offered only the full measure of his means,

and the ant is excused for the amount it carries.

and the ants are excused for the amount they have carried.