أَراني سعيدَ الجَدِّ يا ابن سعيدِ

أَراني سعيدَ الجَدِّ يا ابن سعيدِ

وما هو من شكري له ببعيدِ

وما هو من شكري له ببعيدِ

I find myself blessed with good fortune, O son of Sa‘id,

I see myself made happy through his great deeds, O son of Sa'id

and he is not far from receiving my thanks.

And my gratitude to him is no small thing

سأبْدِئُ شكري تارة وأعيدُه

سأبْدِئُ شكري تارة وأعيدُه

على مُبْدئٍ للعارفات مُعيدِ

على مُبْدئٍ للعارفات مُعيدِ

I shall offer my thanks once, then offer them again,

I will begin my thanks again and repeat it

to one who begins acts of kindness and repeats them.

Based on principles known to the virtuous elite

فتىً بدأتْني بدأةٌ من فَعَاله

فتىً بدأتْني بدأةٌ من فَعَاله

أنسْتُ بها أُنسي صَبيحَةَ عيدِ

أنسْتُ بها أُنسي صَبيحَةَ عيدِ

A young man—a first kindness from his deeds came my way,

A young man whose actions started me off

in which I found the joy I feel on a feast-day morning.

With which I forgot my morning loneliness on the feast day

تطيب به الأرضُ الخبيثُ صعيدُها

تطيب به الأرضُ الخبيثُ صعيدُها

وتزداد ذاتُ الطيب طيبَ صعيدِ

وتزداد ذاتُ الطيب طيبَ صعيدِ

Through him, land whose soil is foul grows sweet,

The ground, vile as it is, smells sweet because of it

and land already sweet grows sweeter still in its soil.

And the already sweet become sweeter still

فَلا تسترثْ حمدي مع الشكر إنه

فَلا تسترثْ حمدي مع الشكر إنه

لبيْنَ قَعيدٍ منهما وقعيدِ

لبيْنَ قَعيدٍ منهما وقعيدِ

So do not deem my praise, with my thanks, slow in coming; for it

So do not hide my praise with the thanks, for it is

is surely between two constant companions, one of each.

Clear to both the sedentary and the active

إذا أمنَتْ نفسي وعيدَ زمانها

إذا أمنَتْ نفسي وعيدَ زمانها

على ابن سَعيد لم تُرَعْ بوعيدِ

على ابن سَعيد لم تُرَعْ بوعيدِ

When my soul feels safe from the threats of its time,

When my soul feels safe from the threats of fate

relying on Ibn Sa‘id, it is frightened by no threat.

Through ibn Sa'id, it has no fear of threats