أبيت إلا ارتدائي منك بالخجل

أبيت إلا ارتدائي منك بالخجل

هذا المراد وهذا غاية الأمل

هذا المراد وهذا غاية الأمل

I refuse all but to clothe myself in bashfulness before you;

You insisted that I clothe myself in shame on your account.

this is my desire, and this the utmost reach of hope.

This is the aim, and this the utmost hope.

في كل آن تريني آية فرضت

في كل آن تريني آية فرضت

فيك السجود فإني منك في شغل

فيك السجود فإني منك في شغل

At every moment you show me a sign that has ordained

At every moment you show me a sign that has enjoined

prostration before you, for you keep me wholly engrossed.

prostration on your account, for I am preoccupied with you.

ما كان رأسي من السجدات مرتفعا

ما كان رأسي من السجدات مرتفعا

إلا لاخرى بلا شكوى ولا ملل

إلا لاخرى بلا شكوى ولا ملل

Never did my head rise from its prostrations

My head never rose from its prostrations

except for another—without complaint or weariness.

except for another, without complaint or weariness.

سجدات شكر سجدناها لخالقنا

سجدات شكر سجدناها لخالقنا

عما أتاكم وعما خط في الأزل

عما أتاكم وعما خط في الأزل

Prostrations of thanks we offered before our Creator

Prostrations of gratitude we offered to our Creator,

for what has come to you, and for what was inscribed from all eternity.

for what has come to you and what was written in eternity past.

للّه كم لك من فضل نشاهده

للّه كم لك من فضل نشاهده

فما أجلك بين الناس من رجل

فما أجلك بين الناس من رجل

By God, how many virtues of yours we witness!

By God, how much goodness we witness in you!

How august a man you are among the people!

And what a noble man you are among people!

لك اقتنينا بيوم الشعر محكمة

لك اقتنينا بيوم الشعر محكمة

كما اقتنينا بيوت النحل للعسل

كما اقتنينا بيوت النحل للعسل

For you, on the day of poetry, we secured a finely wrought poem,

For you, on the day of poetry, we acquired a court,

just as we acquired beehives for honey.

just as we acquired beehives for honey.