يا سيِّداً يهَبُ الأقدارَ مُقْتَدراً

يا سيِّداً يهَبُ الأقدارَ مُقْتَدراً

كما غدا يهَبُ الأموالَ والنِّعما

كما غدا يهَبُ الأموالَ والنِّعما

O lord who, in your power, bestows high standing,

O Lord who grants destinies, All-Powerful,

Just as you have come to bestow wealth and blessings,

Just as you grant wealth and blessings,

هَبْ لي مِنَ القدْرِ ما ألقى العَدُوَّ بهِ

هَبْ لي مِنَ القدْرِ ما ألقى العَدُوَّ بهِ

مُكَذِّباً كُلَّ ما سدَّى وما زعما

مُكَذِّباً كُلَّ ما سدَّى وما زعما

Grant me standing with which I may face my enemy,

Grant me from fate what the enemy attributed to me,

Belying all he has contrived and all he has claimed.

Denying all that he piled up and claimed.

أرْغِمْهُ فيَّ فقد أضحى يُراغِمُني

أرْغِمْهُ فيَّ فقد أضحى يُراغِمُني

وزِدْهُ رغماً على رغم إذا رغَما

وزِدْهُ رغماً على رغم إذا رغَما

Rub his nose in the dust for my sake, for he now seeks to humiliate me;

Make him submit to me, for he has made me submit to him,

And heap humiliation upon humiliation on him once he is humbled.

And increase his submission, if he has caused submission.

ولستُ مستوجباً حظاً أُنَفَّلُهُ

ولستُ مستوجباً حظاً أُنَفَّلُهُ

من الكرامةِ لكنْ هَبْهُ لي كرما

من الكرامةِ لكنْ هَبْهُ لي كرما

Nor do I deserve a share granted me

And I do not deserve a fortune that you bestow upon me

Of honor; yet grant it to me out of generosity.

Out of generosity, but grant it to me generously.

يا مَنْ رأى قدْرَهُ يعلو مواهِبَهُ

يا مَنْ رأى قدْرَهُ يعلو مواهِبَهُ

فليس مُسْتَعْظِماً شيئاً وإنْ عَظُما

فليس مُسْتَعْظِماً شيئاً وإنْ عَظُما

O you who have seen your stature rise above your gifts,

O You who saw that his destiny surpassed his talents,

And so you deem nothing too great, however great it may be.

So nothing is too great, even if it is great.