غذيت به طفلا وإن رمت تركه

غذيت به طفلا وإن رمت تركه

تأبى وأغرتني به ألفة المهد

تأبى وأغرتني به ألفة المهد

I was nourished on it as a child, and if I sought to forsake it,

I nurtured him as a child, though now you'd have me abandon him,

It resisted, and the cradle's familiarity drew me to it.

Yet he refuses, and my cradle-love for him still urges me on.

على أنني أقضي الحقوق بنية

على أنني أقضي الحقوق بنية

وأبذل في رعي الذمام لهم جهدي

وأبذل في رعي الذمام لهم جهدي

Yet I fulfill my obligations through intention,

Though I intend to do what's right,

And devote my effort to honoring my pledges to them.

And strive my best to tend to them,

ويخدمهم قلبي وسري ومنطقي

ويخدمهم قلبي وسري ومنطقي

فأبلغ أقصى غاية القرب في بعدي

فأبلغ أقصى غاية القرب في بعدي

My heart, my inmost thoughts, and my speech serve them,

With all my heart, my soul, my tongue in their service,

So I reach the furthest limit of nearness in my distance.

So I might attain, though distant, the height of kinship.