وأَنت الذي علَّمْتني أَبْذُلُ اللُّهى

وأَنت الذي علَّمْتني أَبْذُلُ اللُّهى

وأَنتَ الذي علَّمْتَني أُنْفِق المَالا

وأَنتَ الذي علَّمْتَني أُنْفِق المَالا

And you are the one who taught me to bestow generous gifts,

You are the one who taught me to spend my youth frivolously,

And you are the one who taught me to spend money.

And you are the one who taught me to spend money,

وأَنتَ الَّذِي صيْرتَ حاليَ حالِياً

وأَنتَ الَّذِي صيْرتَ حاليَ حالِياً

وصيَّرتَ لي بين البرِيَّة أَحْوَالاَ

وصيَّرتَ لي بين البرِيَّة أَحْوَالاَ

And you are the one who adorned my lot,

You are the one who made my condition as it is,

And gave me standing among humankind.

And you arranged circumstances for me in the wilderness,

وأَنت الَّذي صيّرْتَني رَبَّ هِمَّةٍ

وأَنت الَّذي صيّرْتَني رَبَّ هِمَّةٍ

أُجرِّر من فوقِ السِّماكَين أَذْيَالاً

أُجرِّر من فوقِ السِّماكَين أَذْيَالاً

And you are the one who made me a man of lofty ambition:

You are the one who made me a lord of ambition,

I trail my robes' hems above the two Simāk stars.

Dragging trails from above the two skies,

وأَنت الذي علمتني القولَ فَانْثَنَى

وأَنت الذي علمتني القولَ فَانْثَنَى

مقالي يُخَطِّي من يقولُ ومن قَالاَ

مقالي يُخَطِّي من يقولُ ومن قَالاَ

And you are the one who taught me eloquence; thus

You are the one who taught me speech, so my words recoiled,

My words came to prove wrong those who speak and those who spoke.

My saying surpasses those who speak and those who have spoken,

وأَنت الذي أَغْريْتَ بِي كلَّ قاصدٍ

وأَنت الذي أَغْريْتَ بِي كلَّ قاصدٍ

فأَقبلْن عنِّي سائلين وسُؤَّالاً

فأَقبلْن عنِّي سائلين وسُؤَّالاً

And you are the one who set every petitioner upon me:

You are the one who provoked against me all who have a purpose,

So do receive petitioners and beggars on my behalf.

So they turned away from me, questioning and asking,

وأَنت الذي أَهَّلْتَنِي لمناصبٍ

وأَنت الذي أَهَّلْتَنِي لمناصبٍ

يقصِّر عنها من تطاولَ أَوْ طَالاَ

يقصِّر عنها من تطاولَ أَوْ طَالاَ

And you are the one who fitted me for high stations:

You are the one who qualified me for positions,

Whoever stretches upward or stands tall falls short of them.

Too lofty for those who are ambitious or tall to reach,

وأَنتَ الذي ما زَالَ يُنْصِفُ حكمُه

وأَنتَ الذي ما زَالَ يُنْصِفُ حكمُه

فيمنَع من عَادَى ويَمْنَح من وَالَى

فيمنَع من عَادَى ويَمْنَح من وَالَى

And you are the one whose judgment has never ceased to be just,

You are the one whose rule continues to dispense justice,

Withholding from those who show hostility and granting to those who show loyalty.

Protecting those who are friendly and favoring those who are loyal.