نُعماكَyour favors بَحرَO sea of النّدىgenerosity بَحرٌa sea غَرِقتُI drowned بِهِin it
نُعماكَ بَحرَ النّدى بَحرٌ غَرِقتُ بِهِ
وَصِرتand I became أُدعىI am called غَريقَone drowned in المنِّfavors والنِّعمِand blessings
وَصِرت أُدعى غَريقَ المنِّ والنِّعمِ
Your favors, O sea of generosity, are a sea in which I have drowned.
Your blessings are an ocean of dew, an ocean in which I drowned
And I have come to be called one drowned in favors and blessings.
And I came to be called the drowned of favors and bounties
وَإِنّنيand indeed I عاجِزٌincapable عَنof شُكرِgiving thanks for أَصغَرِهاthe least of them
وَإِنّني عاجِزٌ عَن شُكرِ أَصغَرِها
وَكَلَّand faltered عنهُat it لِسانيmy tongue طائِلاًthough capable وَفَميand my mouth
وَكَلَّ عنهُ لِساني طائِلاً وَفَمي
And I am unable to give thanks for even the least of them.
Yet I'm incapable of thanking even its smallest
And my tongue and mouth, for all their powers, have faltered at it.
My tongue and mouth failed, exhausted
أَنسَيتَنيyou made me forget حاتماًHatim ثمّthen اِبنَson of زائدةٍZa’idah
أَنسَيتَني حاتماً ثمّ اِبنَ زائدةٍ
وَمَنْand whoever غَداbecame مثَلاًa model فيin الجودِgenerosity وَالكَرمِand munificence
وَمَنْ غَدا مثَلاً في الجودِ وَالكَرمِ
You have made me forget Hatim, then Ibn Za’idah,
Did you forget Hatim and the son of Zaida
And all who became models of generosity and munificence.
Who became examples of generosity and nobility
لاmay ... not زِلتَyou cease تُعطيyou give وَلاand not يُعطيكَgives to you مِنany (emphatic) أَحَدٍone
لا زِلتَ تُعطي وَلا يُعطيكَ مِن أَحَدٍ
إِلّاexcept الكريمُthe Generous One كَفيلُguarantor of الرّزقِsustenance لِلأُمَمِfor the nations
إِلّا الكريمُ كَفيلُ الرّزقِ لِلأُمَمِ
May you never cease giving, and may no one give to you
You keep giving while no one gives you
Except the Generous One, guarantor of sustenance for the nations.
Except the noble, guarantor of provision for nations
وَلَمand did not تَزَلcease to be يَدُكyour hand العُلياuppermost ولاand not بَرِحَتceased
وَلَم تَزَل يَدُك العُليا ولا بَرِحَت
تُحييgives life to الكِرامَthe noble وَبيتَand the house of الفَقرpoverty وَالعَدَمِand want
تُحيي الكِرامَ وَبيتَ الفَقر وَالعَدَمِ
And your hand has always been uppermost, and has never ceased
Your sublime hand never ceased
Giving life to the noble and the house of poverty and want.
Reviving the generous and the house of poverty and nonexistence
Sol 6.1