وَما بَلَغَ الإِنعامُ في النَفعِ غايَةً

مِنَ الفَضلِ إِلّا مَبلَغُ الشُكرِ أَفضَلُ

The gifts of bounty have attained no goal, however high,

Of excellence, but thanks outstrips them all.

وَما بَلَغَت أَيدي المُنيلينَ بَسطَةً

مِنَ الطَولِ إِلّا بَسطَةُ الشُكرِ أَطوَل

And none of those who stretch their hands in hope

Have reached a hand so far, but gratitude's is longer still.

وَما رَجَحَت بِالمَرءِ يَوماً صَنيعَةٌ

عَلى المَرءِ إِلّا وَهيَ بِالشُكرِ أَثقَل

And never has a man's good deed availed

Against himself, weighed with his thanks, to tip the scale.