إلى حماك لجأت اليوم يا سندي

إلى حماك لجأت اليوم يا سندي

إذ أنت أشفق من أمٍّ على ولدِ

إذ أنت أشفق من أمٍّ على ولدِ

To your protection I fled today, O my support,

To you I sought refuge today, O my support

For you are more compassionate than a mother toward her child.

Since you are more compassionate than a mother to her child

أنتَ الجوادُ بلا مَنٍّ ولا سأمٍ

أنتَ الجوادُ بلا مَنٍّ ولا سأمٍ

تعطي النضارَ عطاءَ الناس للجددِ

تعطي النضارَ عطاءَ الناس للجددِ

You are generous, without vaunting favors or growing weary;

You are the generous one without hesitation or boredom

You give gold as other people give small change.

You give vitality like people give to newcomers

أنت السحاب الذي فاضت مناهلهُ

أنت السحاب الذي فاضت مناهلهُ

حتى ارتوى كلُّ صادٍ ذائب الكبدِ

حتى ارتوى كلُّ صادٍ ذائب الكبدِ

You are the cloud whose fountains have overflowed,

You are the cloud whose springs have overflowed

Till every thirsty soul, his liver melting, drank his fill.

Until every melting liver is satiated

فارحم فَتًى عضَّهُ ناب الزمان بلا

فارحم فَتًى عضَّهُ ناب الزمان بلا

ذنبٍ سوى كونه ذا منطقٍ غَرِدِ

ذنبٍ سوى كونه ذا منطقٍ غَرِدِ

So pity a youth whom Time's fang has bitten, with no

So have mercy on a youth bitten by the fangs of time without

Fault save being gifted with melodious speech.

Fault other than being one of chirping eloquence

يهوى العلومَ وحبُّ الفضل شيمتهُ

يهوى العلومَ وحبُّ الفضل شيمتهُ

وينظم الشِعرَ نَظمَ السُحب للبرَدِ

وينظم الشِعرَ نَظمَ السُحب للبرَدِ

He loves the sciences, and love of virtue is his nature,

He loves knowledge and virtue is his trait

And strings poetry as clouds string hailstones.

And composes poetry like clouds compose hail

جُوزي على نفعهِ ضرًّا يلازمهُ

جُوزي على نفعهِ ضرًّا يلازمهُ

كأنما الدهر مطبوعٌ على الحسدِ

كأنما الدهر مطبوعٌ على الحسدِ

He was repaid for his good deeds with harm that clings to him,

Destiny consistently harms him

As though Time were by nature inclined to envy.

As if it is imprinted with envy

اليكَ ارفع سؤلي فارعني سمَعَا

اليكَ ارفع سؤلي فارعني سمَعَا

يا من غدا بعد باري الكون معتمدي

يا من غدا بعد باري الكون معتمدي

To you I raise my plea; so lend me an ear,

To you I raise my question so answer me

O you who, after the Maker of the universe, have become my support.

O you who became the one relied upon after the Creator

وعدَّتني وكرام الناس ان وعدوا

وعدَّتني وكرام الناس ان وعدوا

وفوا وحاشاك ان تُلغى من العددِ

وفوا وحاشاك ان تُلغى من العددِ

You promised me—and noble people, when they promise,

You promised and noblemen, if they promise

Keep their word; far be it from you to be excluded from their number.

Fulfill while it is beneath you to exclude me from the count