مِنَنٌ بِأَيْسَرِ شُكْرِهَا أَعْيَيْتَنِي

مِنَنٌ بِأَيْسَرِ شُكْرِهَا أَعْيَيْتَنِي

فمتى أَقومُ بشكرِ مَا أَوْليتَنِي

فمتى أَقومُ بشكرِ مَا أَوْليتَنِي

Favors—you have left me unable to offer even their simplest thanks.

With the easiest thanks, you've wearied me,

So when shall I give due thanks for what you bestowed on me?

So when can I thank you for what you've given me?

أَعطيتَنِي ذُخْرَ الزَّمَانِ وَإِنَّمَا

أَعطيتَنِي ذُخْرَ الزَّمَانِ وَإِنَّمَا

شرفَ الحياةِ وَعِزَّها أَعطيتني

شرفَ الحياةِ وَعِزَّها أَعطيتني

You gave me time's treasure, and indeed

You've given me time's provisions, though

you gave me life's honor and its glory.

You've given me the honor and pride of life.

لَبَيْكَ شاكرَ نعمةٍ أَنت الَّذِي

لَبَيْكَ شاكرَ نعمةٍ أَنت الَّذِي

لما دعوتُ غِياثَها لَبَّيْتَنِي

لما دعوتُ غِياثَها لَبَّيْتَنِي

At your service, grateful for a blessing! You are the one

I'm at your service, thanking the gift that you are,

who answered me when I called for its succor.

When I called for its help, you answered me.

فَقتلْتَ هَمّاً ذُقْتُ حَدَّ سيوفِهِ

فَقتلْتَ هَمّاً ذُقْتُ حَدَّ سيوفِهِ

بسيوفِ إِنعامٍ بِهَا استحيَيتَنِي

بسيوفِ إِنعامٍ بِهَا استحيَيتَنِي

So you slew a grief whose swords' edge I had tasted

You killed a worry whose swords' edge I tasted

with swords of bounty by which you kept me alive.

With the swords of grace you put to shame over me.

وخَطَطْتَ بالكَفِّ الكريمةِ مُلحَقِي

وخَطَطْتَ بالكَفِّ الكريمةِ مُلحَقِي

والفخرُ فخري منك إِذ سمَّيْتَنِي

والفخرُ فخري منك إِذ سمَّيْتَنِي

And with your generous hand you inscribed my enrollment,

And with your generous palm you traced my path

and the glory is mine, from you, for you named me.

And pride is my pride from you when you named me.

حَسْبِي فحين ذكرتَنِي كَرَّمْتَنِي

حَسْبِي فحين ذكرتَنِي كَرَّمْتَنِي

وكفى فحين نطقتَ بي أَعييتَني

وكفى فحين نطقتَ بي أَعييتَني

Enough for me: when you mentioned me, you honored me.

It's enough that when you mentioned me, you honored me

And that suffices: when you spoke of me, you overwhelmed me.

And enough when you spoke of me, you gave me resolve.

ذكراك أعظمُ نِعمةٍ أَلبستني

ذكراك أعظمُ نِعمةٍ أَلبستني

ورضاك أعلى خُطَّةٍ وَلَّيتَني

ورضاك أعلى خُطَّةٍ وَلَّيتَني

Your remembrance of me is the greatest blessing you have clothed me in,

Your remembrance is the greatest gift you clothed me in

and your favor is the highest office you have appointed me to.

And your approval is the highest role you put me in.

ففداؤك الأَملاكُ يومَ سمعتَني

ففداؤك الأَملاكُ يومَ سمعتَني

لهفانَ فِي أَسرِ الأَسى ففديتَني

لهفانَ فِي أَسرِ الأَسى ففديتَني

So may kings be your ransom: on the day you heard me

So your ransom is kingdoms when you heard me

anguished in sorrow's captivity, you ransomed me.

Yearning in sorrow's captivity and you ransomed me.

وسُقيتَ غيثَ النصر حين بَصُرت بي

وسُقيتَ غيثَ النصر حين بَصُرت بي

ظَمْآنَ ملتهبَ الحشا فسقيتَني

ظَمْآنَ ملتهبَ الحشا فسقيتَني

And may you be given victory's rain to drink: when you saw me

And you poured heavy rain of victory when you saw me

thirsty, with my heart aflame, you gave me drink.

Thirsty with blazing anxiety and you quenched me.

آواك ظِلُّ اللهِ فِي سلطانِهِ

آواك ظِلُّ اللهِ فِي سلطانِهِ

ونعِيمِهِ بجزاءِ مَا آويتَني

ونعِيمِهِ بجزاءِ مَا آويتَني

May God's shade shelter you in His dominion

I take refuge in God's shade in His dominion

and His bliss, in recompense for the shelter you gave me.

And bounty for sheltering me.

ورَعى لَكَ الرحمن مَا اسْتَرْعاكَهُ

ورَعى لَكَ الرحمن مَا اسْتَرْعاكَهُ

من دِينِهِ أَجْراً بما راعيتَني

من دِينِهِ أَجْراً بما راعيتَني

And may the Merciful preserve for you what He entrusted to your care

And the Merciful shepherded you for undertaking

of His religion, as a reward for the care you showed me.

His faith, rewarding how you shepherded me.

وشَفى سُيُوفَكَ من عِدَاكَ وَقَدْ سَطَا

وشَفى سُيُوفَكَ من عِدَاكَ وَقَدْ سَطَا

هَمٌّ أَموتُ بِدَائِهِ فَشَفَيْتَنِي

هَمٌّ أَموتُ بِدَائِهِ فَشَفَيْتَنِي

And may He sate your swords upon your foes; there had assailed me

And your swords healed from your enemies when

a grief whose sickness was killing me, and you healed me.

A worry I die from has spread, and you healed me.

وكُفيتَ مَا اسْتُكْفيتَ يومَ أَلَمَّ بِي

وكُفيتَ مَا اسْتُكْفيتَ يومَ أَلَمَّ بِي

هَمٌّ أَناخَ بكلكلي فكفيتَني

هَمٌّ أَناخَ بكلكلي فكفيتَني

And may all you are charged with be taken care of for you: on the day there befell me

And you sufficed what you were asked the day

a grief that knelt upon my breast, you relieved me of it.

A worry perched on my shoulders, and you sufficed me.

فكأنما استيقَنْتَ مَا لَكَ فِي الحشا

فكأنما استيقَنْتَ مَا لَكَ فِي الحشا

من طاعةٍ ونصيحةٍ فجزيتَني

من طاعةٍ ونصيحةٍ فجزيتَني

So it is as though you knew for certain what was yours within my heart

It's as if you were certain of the loyalty and advice

of obedience and sincere devotion, and so rewarded me.

I have for you in hardship, and you rewarded me.

وعلمتَ أَنِّي فِي وفائك سَابِقٌ

وعلمتَ أَنِّي فِي وفائك سَابِقٌ

فَسَبَقْتَ بالنعم الَّتِي وَفَّيْتَنِي

فَسَبَقْتَ بالنعم الَّتِي وَفَّيْتَنِي

And you knew I was foremost in faithfulness to you,

And you knew I precede in loyalty to you,

so you outstripped me with the favors you granted me in full.

So you preceded in blessings you fulfilled me with.

فلوَ اَنَّ آمالي بقربِكَ أَسْعَفَتْ

فلوَ اَنَّ آمالي بقربِكَ أَسْعَفَتْ

مَا قُلتُ بعد بلوغها يَا ليتَني

مَا قُلتُ بعد بلوغها يَا ليتَني

So if my hopes favored me with nearness to you,

If my hopes in your nearness had aided me,

I would not say, after attaining them, 'Oh, if only I...'

I wouldn't have said after attaining them, "If only!"

حتى أُقَبِّلَ كُلَّما قابلتُها

حتى أُقَبِّلَ كُلَّما قابلتُها

كفّاً بجودِ عطائها أَحْيَيْتَنِي

كفّاً بجودِ عطائها أَحْيَيْتَنِي

so that I might kiss, whenever I meet it,

Until I could kiss, whenever we met,

a hand through whose generous giving you brought me to life.

A palm whose gift of giving has given me life.