مُبدِعٌ في شَمائِلِ المَجدِ خِيماً

مُبدِعٌ في شَمائِلِ المَجدِ خِيماً

ما اِهتَدَينا لِأَخذِهِ وَاِقتِباسِه

ما اِهتَدَينا لِأَخذِهِ وَاِقتِباسِه

Original in character among the virtues of glory,

A tent of glory's attributes he's pitched

We have found no way to acquire and emulate it.

We failed to grasp it or take from its light

فَهوَ فَظٌّ بِالمالِ وَقتَ نَداهُ

فَهوَ فَظٌّ بِالمالِ وَقتَ نَداهُ

وَجَوادٌ بِالعَفوِ في وَقتِ باسِه

وَجَوادٌ بِالعَفوِ في وَقتِ باسِه

For he is harsh toward wealth when bestowing his bounty,

Harsh with wealth when called to give

And generous with pardon in the hour of his might.

Yet generous when pardoning those contrite