وَإِن رَأى المُتَناهى مِن سِيادَتهُ

إِلى المَحلِ الَّذي لَم يرقَهُ أَحَدُ

And if the almighty one saw

That I had reached a station which no other had attained

أَن يَقتَضي لي حَظّاً مِن مَكارِمِهِ

يُغري عَلى العَدى مِن أَجلِهِ الحَسَدُ

And decided to grant me some share of his generosity

Jealousy would incite the envious to enmity on account of it

فَالشَمسُ تَدنو ضِياءً وَهِيَ نازِحَةٌ

وَالسَحبُ تُروى وَمِن أَوطانِه البُعدُ

The sun draws near radiantly though it is departing

And the clouds are watered though remote from their homeland