مَجدي غلامك يَرجو أَن تَجود لَهُ

مَجدي غلامك يَرجو أَن تَجود لَهُ

بِخدمة لِشَفيق حَسبما وَعَدا

بِخدمة لِشَفيق حَسبما وَعَدا

Majdi, your servant, hopes you will generously grant him

My glorious master, your servant hopes for your generosity

A post for Shafiq, as he promised.

With a service to a compassionate one as you had promised

إِذ أَنتَ أَوليتَني مِن غَير مسألة

إِذ أَنتَ أَوليتَني مِن غَير مسألة

ما لَم يَكُن في حِسابي قَط ما وَرَدا

ما لَم يَكُن في حِسابي قَط ما وَرَدا

For you bestowed on me, without being asked,

Since you have granted me without asking

What I had never once expected to receive.

What had never occurred in my calculations

وَكَيفَ أَخشى صُروف الحادِثات ولى

وَكَيفَ أَخشى صُروف الحادِثات ولى

مِنكَ الذمام وَقَصدي لا يَضيع سُدى

مِنكَ الذمام وَقَصدي لا يَضيع سُدى

And how can I fear fortune's reversals, when I have

And how can I fear the turns of events, while I have

Your pledge of protection, and my quest will not be in vain?

Your protection, and my purpose does not go in vain

وَأَنتَ غَيث بِلا وَعد وَلا ضَرر

وَأَنتَ غَيث بِلا وَعد وَلا ضَرر

يروي نَزيلاً إِلى جَدواه مَدّ يدا

يروي نَزيلاً إِلى جَدواه مَدّ يدا

And you are life-giving rain, without promise or harm,

You are a rain without promise or harm

Quenching a guest who has stretched a hand toward its bounty.

That waters a settler to his palms outstretched

وَلَم تَكُن مِنكَ عَين العَدل نائِمَةً

وَلَم تَكُن مِنكَ عَين العَدل نائِمَةً

عَن خادمٍ لَم يَخف ظُلماً وَلا نَكدا

عَن خادمٍ لَم يَخف ظُلماً وَلا نَكدا

Nor has your eye of justice ever slumbered,

Your eye of justice was not sleeping

Unmindful of a servant who feared neither injustice nor hardship—

From a servant who did not fear injustice or misery

عَن خادمٍ في إِقاماتٍ وَفي سَفَرٍ

عَن خادمٍ في إِقاماتٍ وَفي سَفَرٍ

بِمَدحك اِزداد مَجداً يَزدَهي أَبَدا

بِمَدحك اِزداد مَجداً يَزدَهي أَبَدا

Of a servant who, in residence and on his travels,

From a servant in residences and in travel

Gained glory by praising you, and takes pride forever.

With praising you, my glory grows forever

لا زلت يا حافظ العَلياء تَمنحني

لا زلت يا حافظ العَلياء تَمنحني

جاهاً وَتَجعل لي بَين الوَرى مَددا

جاهاً وَتَجعل لي بَين الوَرى مَددا

May you never cease, O guardian of glory, to grant me

You still, oh protector of the noble, grant me

Prestige, and to give me support among mankind,

Prestige and make for me among people support

ما طابَ لي في مَعاليك الثَناء وَما

ما طابَ لي في مَعاليك الثَناء وَما

عَلَيك راجيك بعد الخالق اِعتَمَدا

عَلَيك راجيك بعد الخالق اِعتَمَدا

As long as I delight in praising your lofty virtues, and as long as

Good for me was not praising you, and my

Your suppliant relies on you, after the Creator.

Reliance after the Creator was not on you