تلقَّيتَyou met أبوابَthe gates of السماءِheaven بغرَّةٍwith a radiant brow
تلقَّيتَ أبوابَ السماءِ بغرَّةٍ
مُسوَّمةٍmarked فاستقبلتكَso they welcomed you تهلِّلُbeaming
مُسوَّمةٍ فاستقبلتكَ تهلِّلُ
You met the gates of heaven with a radiant brow,
You knocked on heaven's door with joyous surprise,
Marked, and so they welcomed you, beaming,
And it greeted you with cheerful acclaim.
وكفٍّand a hand معاذَrefuge in اللَّهِGod منfrom بخلِthe stinginess of مثلهاone like it
وكفٍّ معاذَ اللَّهِ من بخلِ مثلها
أترفعُis it raised? للسُّقياto seek rain فتُسقىthen it is watered وتبخلُand is stingy
أترفعُ للسُّقيا فتُسقى وتبخلُ
And a hand—God forbid that one like it be stingy!
But hands that withhold such bounty - God forbid! -
Is it raised to seek rain, then watered, and yet stingy?
Will they be raised up for rain, and yet withhold?