برز احسائك في سبقه

برز احسائك في سبقه

ثم تلاه شكر لاحقُ

ثم تلاه شكر لاحقُ

Your kindness excelled in taking the lead,

Your feelings emerged in their nobility

Then gratitude followed it in pursuit,

Then gratitude followed after

حتى إذا امتدّ المدى بيننا

حتى إذا امتدّ المدى بيننا

جاء المصلي وهو السابقُ

جاء المصلي وهو السابقُ

Until, when the course stretched out between us,

Until when distance stretched between us

The runner-up arrived—and it was the winner.

The prayerful one came, and he is the foremost