ياكَريمَ الدينِ المُرَجّى إِذا لَم

ياكَريمَ الدينِ المُرَجّى إِذا لَم

يَبقَ خُلقٌ يُرجى لَديهِ السَماحُ

يَبقَ خُلقٌ يُرجى لَديهِ السَماحُ

O Karim al-Din, in whom hope is placed when no

O generous one whose kindness is hoped for, when

one remains from whom generosity can be hoped for.

No good manners remain with him to hope for tolerance,

ياجَواداً يَسخو بِما مَلَكَت كَف

ياجَواداً يَسخو بِما مَلَكَت كَف

فاهُ إِن ضَنَّتِ الأَكُفُّ الشِحاحُ

فاهُ إِن ضَنَّتِ الأَكُفُّ الشِحاحُ

O generous one, who gives freely of what his two

O open-handed one who gives freely what his palm possesses

palms possess, when miserly hands withhold.

Even if miserly palms are stingy,

أَنتَ أَعلا مِن أَن أُهاديكَ قَدراً

أَنتَ أَعلا مِن أَن أُهاديكَ قَدراً

وَمَحَلّاً لَكِنَّني طَرّاحُ

وَمَحَلّاً لَكِنَّني طَرّاحُ

You are too exalted in worth for me to exchange gifts with you,

You are too high for me to match your worth

and in station; yet I am a speculator.

And position, but still I am a designer,

أَطلُبُ الرِبحَ مِن نَداكَ وَهَل يُط

أَطلُبُ الرِبحَ مِن نَداكَ وَهَل يُط

لَبُ إِلّا مِن مِثلِكَ الأَرباحُ

لَبُ إِلّا مِن مِثلِكَ الأَرباحُ

I seek profit from your bounty; and are

I seek profit from your generosity, and who else

profits sought from any but one like you?

Seeks anything but profits from the likes of you?

لا عَدَت رَبعَكَ التَهاني وَلا زِل

لا عَدَت رَبعَكَ التَهاني وَلا زِل

تَ تَوالى في دارِكَ الأَفراحُ

تَ تَوالى في دارِكَ الأَفراحُ

May congratulations never pass your dwelling by, and may you never

The congratulations did not stop flocking to your abode,

cease to have joys follow one another in your house.

Nor cease the joys in your house to follow each other.