صيرت نفسيَ بالإحسان مُحسّدة

لولا عطاياك لم يحسدني الناس

I have made myself envied through kindness

You have made me the object of envy through your benevolence,

If not for your gifts, people would not envy me

For were it not for your gifts, the people would not envy me.

تردد الشعراء المادحوك بما

أبدعته فيك والمداح أجناس

The praising poets repeat what

The poets who praise you do nothing but echo what

You have perfected in yourself, though praisers are of different breeds

I have invented for you, and praisers are of many kinds.

ما سار مدحك في الآفاق مشتهرا

إلا كما سار غيث منك رجاس

Your praise did not spread through the horizons

Your praise has not journeyed renowned across the horizons,

Except as your rain spreads from you gently

Except just as a thunderous rainstorm from you has journeyed.

في كل يوم بإقبال خُصصت به

لمن يعاديك إرغام وإتعاس

In every day you have graced me

Every day, by the prosperity uniquely granted to you,

For those hostile to you, despair and misery

There is humiliation and misery for those who oppose you.