مِنَنٌ بِأَيْسَرِ شُكْرِهَا أَعْيَيْتَنِي

فمتى أَقومُ بشكرِ مَا أَوْليتَنِي

With the easiest thanks, you've wearied me,

So when can I thank you for what you've given me?

أَعطيتَنِي ذُخْرَ الزَّمَانِ وَإِنَّمَا

شرفَ الحياةِ وَعِزَّها أَعطيتني

You've given me time's provisions, though

You've given me the honor and pride of life.

لَبَيْكَ شاكرَ نعمةٍ أَنت الَّذِي

لما دعوتُ غِياثَها لَبَّيْتَنِي

I'm at your service, thanking the gift that you are,

When I called for its help, you answered me.

فَقتلْتَ هَمّاً ذُقْتُ حَدَّ سيوفِهِ

بسيوفِ إِنعامٍ بِهَا استحيَيتَنِي

You killed a worry whose swords' edge I tasted

With the swords of grace you put to shame over me.

وخَطَطْتَ بالكَفِّ الكريمةِ مُلحَقِي

والفخرُ فخري منك إِذ سمَّيْتَنِي

And with your generous palm you traced my path

And pride is my pride from you when you named me.

حَسْبِي فحين ذكرتَنِي كَرَّمْتَنِي

وكفى فحين نطقتَ بي أَعييتَني

It's enough that when you mentioned me, you honored me

And enough when you spoke of me, you gave me resolve.

ذكراك أعظمُ نِعمةٍ أَلبستني

ورضاك أعلى خُطَّةٍ وَلَّيتَني

Your remembrance is the greatest gift you clothed me in

And your approval is the highest role you put me in.

ففداؤك الأَملاكُ يومَ سمعتَني

لهفانَ فِي أَسرِ الأَسى ففديتَني

So your ransom is kingdoms when you heard me

Yearning in sorrow's captivity and you ransomed me.

وسُقيتَ غيثَ النصر حين بَصُرت بي

ظَمْآنَ ملتهبَ الحشا فسقيتَني

And you poured heavy rain of victory when you saw me

Thirsty with blazing anxiety and you quenched me.

آواك ظِلُّ اللهِ فِي سلطانِهِ

ونعِيمِهِ بجزاءِ مَا آويتَني

I take refuge in God's shade in His dominion

And bounty for sheltering me.

ورَعى لَكَ الرحمن مَا اسْتَرْعاكَهُ

من دِينِهِ أَجْراً بما راعيتَني

And the Merciful shepherded you for undertaking

His faith, rewarding how you shepherded me.

وشَفى سُيُوفَكَ من عِدَاكَ وَقَدْ سَطَا

هَمٌّ أَموتُ بِدَائِهِ فَشَفَيْتَنِي

And your swords healed from your enemies when

A worry I die from has spread, and you healed me.

وكُفيتَ مَا اسْتُكْفيتَ يومَ أَلَمَّ بِي

هَمٌّ أَناخَ بكلكلي فكفيتَني

And you sufficed what you were asked the day

A worry perched on my shoulders, and you sufficed me.

فكأنما استيقَنْتَ مَا لَكَ فِي الحشا

من طاعةٍ ونصيحةٍ فجزيتَني

It's as if you were certain of the loyalty and advice

I have for you in hardship, and you rewarded me.

وعلمتَ أَنِّي فِي وفائك سَابِقٌ

فَسَبَقْتَ بالنعم الَّتِي وَفَّيْتَنِي

And you knew I precede in loyalty to you,

So you preceded in blessings you fulfilled me with.

فلوَ اَنَّ آمالي بقربِكَ أَسْعَفَتْ

مَا قُلتُ بعد بلوغها يَا ليتَني

If my hopes in your nearness had aided me,

I wouldn't have said after attaining them, "If only!"

حتى أُقَبِّلَ كُلَّما قابلتُها

كفّاً بجودِ عطائها أَحْيَيْتَنِي

Until I could kiss, whenever we met,

A palm whose gift of giving has given me life.