1. مِن غَرسِ نِعمَتِهِ وَتُربِ سَماحِهِ

    وَرَبيبِ دَولَتِهِ وَراضِعِ جودِه

    Sprung from the planting of his favor and the soil of his generosity,

    And a fosterling of his reign and a nursling of his bounty,

  2. عَبدٌ يَوَدُّ بَقاءَ مالِكِ رِقِّهِ

    عِلماً بِأَنَّ وُجودَهُ بِوُجودِه

    A slave wishes the master of his bondage to live on,

    Knowing that his own existence depends on his master's.

  3. يَطوي المَفاوِزَ وَهوَ يَنشُرُ فَضلَهُ

    وَوِدادُهُ مِنهُ كَحَبلِ وَريدِه

    He folds up the wastelands while unfolding his benefactor's merits,

    And his love for him is as close as his jugular vein.

  4. لا يَستَطيعُ جُحودَ شامِلِ بِرِّهِ

    عَبدٌ قَلائِدُ جودِهِ في جيدِه

    He cannot deny his all-encompassing kindness—

    A slave with the necklaces of his bounty around his neck.