سَأُثني عَلى نُعماكِ بِالكَلِمِ الَّتي

سَأُثني عَلى نُعماكِ بِالكَلِمِ الَّتي

مَحاسِنُها تُبلي الزَمانَ وَلا تَبلى

مَحاسِنُها تُبلي الزَمانَ وَلا تَبلى

I shall praise your bounty with words whose

I will praise Your bounties with words

beauties wear out time, yet are never worn out.

Whose beauties time does not erase or decay

وَأَشكُرُ شُكراً لَيسَ لي فيهِ مِنَّةٌ

وَأَشكُرُ شُكراً لَيسَ لي فيهِ مِنَّةٌ

وَلا مِنَّةٌ لِلرَوضِ إِن شَكَرَ الوَبلا

وَلا مِنَّةٌ لِلرَوضِ إِن شَكَرَ الوَبلا

And I give thanks, with no credit to me for doing so;

And give thanks with gratitude wherein I have no merit

nor is the garden due credit if it thanks the downpour.

Just as the meadow has no merit should it give thanks for the rain.