يا أَيُّها البَرُّ الَّذي بِرُّهُ

يا أَيُّها البَرُّ الَّذي بِرُّهُ

يَطرِقُني سِرّاً وَإِعلانا

يَطرِقُني سِرّاً وَإِعلانا

O virtuous benefactor, whose goodness

comes knocking at my door, secretly and openly!

سُعِدتَ مِن خِلٍّ لَهُ نائِلٌ

سُعِدتَ مِن خِلٍّ لَهُ نائِلٌ

لَو كانَ مَرعىً كانَ سَعدانا

لَو كانَ مَرعىً كانَ سَعدانا

Blessed are you with an intimate friend who has bounty to offer—

were your protégé a pasture plant, he would be saʿdān.