حقق بحق علاك ما أنا راجي

حقق بحق علاك ما أنا راجي

يا بغية المختال والمحتاج

يا بغية المختال والمحتاج

Fulfill, by the right of your eminence, what I hope for.

I hope for your favor, it is my only desire

O you whom the proud and the needy seek.

O you who are arrogant and needy

يا من أياديه تسحّ مكارما

يا من أياديه تسحّ مكارما

من كل سيب وابل نجاح

من كل سيب وابل نجاح

O you whose hands pour forth noble gifts,

O you whose hands bestow generosity

From every copious bounty that brings success.

From every downpour and rain of success

يا غيث جود بل سحاب مواهب

يا غيث جود بل سحاب مواهب

واقول بحر ندا ولست اداجي

واقول بحر ندا ولست اداجي

O rain of generosity—rather, a cloud of gifts;

O rain of generosity, nay clouds of talent

And I say: a sea of generosity—and I do not dissemble.

And I say ocean of bounty, I do not exaggerate

عجل بما لي قد وعدت فطالما

عجل بما لي قد وعدت فطالما

اهديتها حللا من الديباج

اهديتها حللا من الديباج

Hasten what you have promised me, for many a time

Make haste with what you have promised me for long

I have given her robes of brocade.

You have gifted it garments of brocade

فالفقر بي حاشاك اودى بالحشا

فالفقر بي حاشاك اودى بالحشا

قسما وقد اعيا الطبيب علاجي

قسما وقد اعيا الطبيب علاجي

For poverty afflicting me—may you be spared—has ravaged my vitals,

For poverty has exhausted me, keep it away from me

I swear—and treating me has baffled the physician.

Completely, and the doctor has despaired of curing me

وعليّ انواع الهموم تكاثرت

وعليّ انواع الهموم تكاثرت

وتلاطمت كتلاطم الامواج

وتلاطمت كتلاطم الامواج

And upon me, kinds of cares have multiplied

All sorts of worries have increased for me

And crashed together as waves crash.

And clashed like clashing waves

فعسى يصبح نداك عني ينجلي

فعسى يصبح نداك عني ينجلي

غيم الهموم وليل فقري الداجي

غيم الهموم وليل فقري الداجي

So may your bounty dawn, and may there lift from me

May your help bring clarity to me

The cloud of cares and my poverty's pitch-dark night.

Dispelling the clouds of worries and the dark night of my poverty

مولاي يا تاج البهاء ومن به

مولاي يا تاج البهاء ومن به

يغني الورى عن كل ضوء سراج

يغني الورى عن كل ضوء سراج

My lord, O crown of splendor, you through whom

My Lord, O crown of splendor, the one who

All mortals can dispense with every lamp's light.

Enriches creation beyond any lamp's glow

خذها عروسا تجتلى من خدرها

خذها عروسا تجتلى من خدرها

بكرا عقبلة فكرتي ونساجي

بكرا عقبلة فكرتي ونساجي

Take her as a bride, unveiled from her chamber,

Take her as a bride whose cheek is unveiled

A virgin, the prized creation of my thought and weaving.

A virgin after being hidden by my thoughts and creativity

حملتها درا اليك منظماً

حملتها درا اليك منظماً

والدر لا يهدى لغير التاج

والدر لا يهدى لغير التاج

I bore her to you as pearls, strung in order;

I have brought these pearls to you, strung together

And pearls are offered only to the crown.

And pearls are not gifted except to a crown

لا زلت في عز وسعد مقبل

لا زلت في عز وسعد مقبل

وصفاء عيش واعتدال مزاج

وصفاء عيش واعتدال مزاج

May you ever remain in glory and favorable fortune,

I still have honor, prosperity, clear living

And serenity of life and a balanced temperament.

And balance of temperament

وبقيت بالافراح مسروراً على

وبقيت بالافراح مسروراً على

غيظ الحسود ورغم كل مداحي

غيظ الحسود ورغم كل مداحي

And may you remain happy amid joys, despite

And I remain delighted with joys

The envious one's fury, and despite every dissembler.

Despite the hatred of enviers and all who praise me

ما غردت ورق الرياض وما غدت

ما غردت ورق الرياض وما غدت

لكليم وجد بالغرام تناجي

لكليم وجد بالغرام تناجي

As long as the gardens' gray doves warble, and as long as they go at dawn

The leaves of the garden have not twittered, nor have I become

To one wounded by longing, whispering of love.

A nightingale enamored with love's whispers