لَكَ الْحَمْدُ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ مِنْكَ وَإِنَّنِي

لِصُنْعِكَ يَا رَبَّ السَّمَواتِ شَاكِرُ

You deserve all praise, for all good comes from You,

And I am ever thankful, O Lord of the heavens, for Your blessings.

فَأَنْتَ الَّذِي أَوْلَيْتَنِي كُلَّ نِعْمَةٍ

وَهَذَّبْتَنِي حَتَّى اصْطَفَتْنِي الْعَشَائِرُ

You have granted me every grace,

And refined me, till the clans chose me.

فَقَرِّبْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ الَّذِي أَنَا رَاغِبٌ

وَبَاعِدْنِيَ الشَّرَّ الَّذِي أَنَا حَاذِرُ

So bring near the good that I yearn for,

And distance the evil that I shun.

فَلَيْسَ لِمَنْ تُقْصِيهِ فِي النَّاسِ نَافِعٌ

وَلَيْسَ لِمَنْ تُدْنِيهِ فِي النَّاسِ ضَائِرُ

For he whom You deny has no benefactor among men,

And he whom You favour has no foiler among men.

وَلا لاِمْرِئٍ أَلْهَمْتَهُ الرُّشْدَ خَاذلٌ

وَلا لاِمْرِئٍ أَوْرَدْتَهُ الْغَيَّ نَاصِرُ

No guide fails he who is guided by You to rectitude,

And no champion aids he whom You lead astray.

فَإِنْ أَدْرَكَتْ نَفْسِي الْمَرَامَ وَلَمْ أَقُمْ

مَقَامَ ضَلِيعٍ بِالَّذِي أَنْتَ آمِرُ

If my soul attains its hopes, yet I do not take

The stand of one compliant with Your commands,

فَلا لاحَ لِي في ذُرْوَةِ الْمَجْدِ كَوْكَبٌ

وَلا طَارَ لِي فِي قُنَّةِ الْعِزِّ طَائِرُ

Then no morning star shines for me at the peak of glory,

And no bird soars for me to the nest of honour.