سامَحَتhas forgiven هِمَّتيmy ambition زَمانيmy time وحلَّتand cleared
سامَحَت هِمَّتي زَماني وحلَّت
عَزَماتيmy firm resolves لَهُfor it مَسالِكَthe pathways of طرقِهits roads
عَزَماتي لَهُ مَسالِكَ طرقِه
My lofty purpose forgave my Fortune, and my firm resolves opened up
My ambition has forgiven my time, and
for it the courses of its roads.
my firm resolves have cleared for it the pathways of its roads.
وأَبوand Abu (father of) الجَيشal-Jaysh (the army) حامدٌHamid فاتِحopening ليfor me
وأَبو الجَيش حامدٌ فاتِح لي
بابَthe gate of حَمدِpraising الزَّمانِTime مِنfrom بَعدِafter غَلقِهits closure
بابَ حَمدِ الزَّمانِ مِن بَعدِ غَلقِه
And Abu al-Jaysh Hamid has opened for me
And Abu al-Jaysh Hamid opens for me
the gate of praising Fortune after it was shut.
the gate to praising Time, after its closure.
أيُّwhat وَجهٍgrounds لذمِّهfor blaming it بَعدafter ماthat جاbestowed generously (first part of جاد)
أيُّ وَجهٍ لذمِّه بَعد ما جا
دَcompletion of جاد: bestowed generously عَلَيناupon us بِضاحِكِwith one smiling الوَجهِthe face طلقِهcheerful in it (the face)
دَ عَلَينا بِضاحِكِ الوَجهِ طلقِه
What grounds remain for blaming it, after it has be—
What grounds are there to blame it, after it has bestowed
stowed upon us one with a smiling, open countenance?
upon us one with a smiling, cheerful face?
كلُّevery مَنone whom عاينَتهُhave beheld him عَيناهُhis two eyes داعٍone who prays
كلُّ مَن عاينَتهُ عَيناهُ داعٍ
بسطَmay open wide اللَّهُGod كفَّهhis palm بَسطَas openly as خلقِهhis disposition
بسطَ اللَّهُ كفَّه بَسطَ خلقِه
Everyone whose eyes behold him calls out in prayer:
Everyone his eyes have beheld prays:
May God extend his hand to the full breadth of His creation.
May God make his palm as open as his disposition!
