لَكَ الحَمدُ المُكَرَّرُ وَالموالي

عَلى أَن كُنتَ لي بَرّا حَفيّا

All praise oft-repeated and ongoing,

is due you for being so kind and keen to me.

مَنَنتَ بِذا بِلا طَلَبٍ وَحَسبي

وَشُكرُكَ واجِبٌ فَرضٌ عَليّا

You have favoured me without being asked; my own worth is enough for me.

Giving you thanks is an obligation and duty upon me.

وَلَكِن حاجَةٌ في النَفسِ أَرجو

تُيَسِّرُها بِلا تَعَبٍ إِلَيّا

Yet I have a need in my soul that I hope

you will make easy without any trouble for me,

مَعَ الإِسعادِ في الأُخرى وَهَذا

وَذا طَلَبٌ مَدَدتُ بِهِ يَدَيّا

along with making me happy in other ways. This

and that is a request I stretch out my hands with to you.

وَفي الأَمثال مَن أَعطى يُتَمِّم

فَأتمِم يا كَريمُ وَكُن وَليّا

And in proverbs, he who gives will make complete,

so make complete O generous one, and be my guardian.