اللَهُ أَحمَدُ شاكِراً

اللَهُ أَحمَدُ شاكِراً

فَبَلائُهُ حَسَنٌ جَميلُ

فَبَلائُهُ حَسَنٌ جَميلُ

I praise God gratefully,

God, I thank and praise Him

for His favor is good and beautiful.

His trials are good and beautiful

أَصبَحتُ مَستوراً مُعا

أَصبَحتُ مَستوراً مُعا

فى بَينَ أَنعُمِهِ أَجولُ

فى بَينَ أَنعُمِهِ أَجولُ

I have become sheltered and

I have become content and satisfied

well, roaming amid His blessings;

Wandering in the midst of His blessings

خَلواً مِنَ الأَحزانِ خِف

خَلواً مِنَ الأَحزانِ خِف

فَ الظَهرِ يُقنِعُني القَليلُ

فَ الظَهرِ يُقنِعُني القَليلُ

free of sorrows, lightly

Free from sorrows, unburdened

burdened; a little satisfies me;

The little suffices me at noon

حُراً فلا ضنَّ لمخ

حُراً فلا ضنَّ لمخ

لوقٍ عليَّ ولا سبيل

لوقٍ عليَّ ولا سبيل

free—no creature's stinginess

Free, so none can enslave me

weighs upon me, nor has any creature sway.

Or control me, I am unconstrained

لَم يُشقِني طَمَعٌ وَلا

لَم يُشقِني طَمَعٌ وَلا

حِرصٌ وَلا أَمَلٌ طَويلُ

حِرصٌ وَلا أَمَلٌ طَويلُ

No greed has made me miserable, nor

No greed or avarice trouble me

avarice, nor far-reaching hope.

No far-fetched hopes make me toil

سَيّانَ عِندي ذو الغِنى ال

سَيّانَ عِندي ذو الغِنى ال

مِتلافُ وَالرَجُلُ البَخيلُ

مِتلافُ وَالرَجُلُ البَخيلُ

Alike in my eyes are the wealthy

The wealthy and the destitute are equal to me

spendthrift and the miserly man.

The spendthrift and the miser, I make no distinction

وَنَفَيتُ بِاليَأسِ المُنى

وَنَفَيتُ بِاليَأسِ المُنى

عَنّي فَطابَ لِيَ المَقيلُ

عَنّي فَطابَ لِيَ المَقيلُ

And through despair I banished wishes

And I put aside vain hopes with despair

from me, so my midday rest became pleasant.

So rest has become sweet for me

وَالناسُ كُلُّهُمُ لِمَن

وَالناسُ كُلُّهُمُ لِمَن

خَفَّت مَؤونَتُهُ خَليلُ

خَفَّت مَؤونَتُهُ خَليلُ

And all people, to whoever

For people, a friend is one

costs little to maintain, are friends.

Whose provision is lightened