عَلامَ وفِيمَ غَدا يَضْجَرُ

وقَدْ صَارَ في نِعْمَةٍ يُذْكَرُ

Why does he feel depressed tomorrow,

When he has attained a status worth mentioning?

وكُلُّ حُظوظِ بَني جِنْسِهِ

تَراها لَدَى حَظِّهِ تَصْغُرُ

And every fortune of his fellow men

Seems paltry compared to his own lot.

وفي الْعِلْمِ هِذِي تصانِيفُهُ

غَدَتْ بَيْنَ أهْلِ النُّهَى تُنْشَرُ

In knowledge, his compositions

Have become well-known among the righteous.

وفي النّاسِ ما قَالَهُ نَافِذٌ

فَيَنْهَى إذا شَاءَ أو يَأْمُرُ

Among the people, his word holds sway

To forbid or command as he wills.

وقَدْ وَفّرَ اللهُ أَرْزاقَهُ

وعافَاهُ منْ كُلِّ مايُنْكَرُ

God has provided him ample sustenance

And protected him from all that is disapproved.

فَحَمْداً وشُكْراً لِخَلاَّقِهِ

وهَا هُوَ أَحْقَرُ مَنْ يَشْكرُ

So praise and thanks to his Creator!

Yet he is the lowliest of those who give thanks.