وَفِتيانٍ إِذا ما بارَ حَمدٌ

وَفِتيانٍ إِذا ما بارَ حَمدٌ

رَأَيتَ لَهُ بِسوقِهِمُ نِفاقا

رَأَيتَ لَهُ بِسوقِهِمُ نِفاقا

And young men—whenever praise goes unsold,

And youths, whenever Hamd praises them,

you see it sell briskly in their market.

You see for them in their marketplace sincerity.

مَواهِبُهُم لِبَدرِ الظَنِّ تِمٌّ

مَواهِبُهُم لِبَدرِ الظَنِّ تِمٌّ

إِذا ما اليَأسُ كانَ لَهُ مَحاقا

إِذا ما اليَأسُ كانَ لَهُ مَحاقا

Their gifts bring the moon of hope to fullness,

Their gifts for the full moon of good opinion are complete,

whenever despair has darkened it.

Whenever despair for it is a refuge.

إِذا ما جَنَّنَ الإِعدامَ عَيشي

إِذا ما جَنَّنَ الإِعدامَ عَيشي

وَعَوَّذَهُ نَوالَهُم أَفاقا

وَعَوَّذَهُ نَوالَهُم أَفاقا

Whenever destitution drives my life mad,

Whenever annihilation maddens my livelihood

and their bounty casts a charm over it, it regains its senses.

And their bestowal protects it with horizons.