يمينُكyour right hand الغيثُthe rain إلاexcept أنهthat it is هطِلُtorrential
يمينُك الغيثُ إلا أنه هطِلُ
وخُلقُكand your character الزُّهْرُthe blossoms إلاexcept أنهthat it is خضِلُdewy
وخُلقُك الزُّهْرُ إلا أنه خضِلُ
Your right hand is rain, save that it pours in torrents.
Your right hand is rain, except it has poured down
And your character is blossom, save that it is dewy.
And your nature is a flower, except it has withered
والناسُand mankind وأنتand you وماand there is no فيin الحقّthe truth منany حرَجfault
والناسُ وأنت وما في الحقّ من حرَج
ومَنْand whoever عداكَis other than you فلاthen neither سهلٌa plain ولاnor جبلُa mountain
ومَنْ عداكَ فلا سهلٌ ولا جبلُ
And you are mankind—there is no fault in the truth—
And people and you, there is no embarrassment in truth
And whoever is other than you is neither plain nor mountain.
And whoever is unlike you, there is no easy or hard
ياO أيهاyou الحافظُal-Hafiz (the guardian) الميمونُauspicious طائرُهhis omen
يا أيها الحافظُ الميمونُ طائرُه
عجّلْhasten عليّto me فخيرُfor the best النائِلِgift العَجِلُthe prompt one
عجّلْ عليّ فخيرُ النائِلِ العَجِلُ
O al-Hafiz, whose omen is auspicious,
O you, the blessed protector, good omened is his bird
Hasten your bounty to me, for the best gift is the prompt one.
Hasten to me, for the swiftest of seekers is the best
لاmay not زلتَyou cease to be فيin نعمةٍprosperity يشْجىis grieved الحسودُthe envious one بهاby it
لا زلتَ في نعمةٍ يشْجى الحسودُ بها
ماas long as لاحgleams نجمٌa star بليلٍby night أوor بداappears ظلَلُcloud canopies
ما لاح نجمٌ بليلٍ أو بدا ظلَلُ
May you ever remain in prosperity that grieves the envious,
You remain in bounty, which the envious are saddened by
As long as a star gleams by night or canopies of cloud appear.
As long as a star shines at night or shadows appear at dawn