أَمَوْلَى كلِّ مَنْ يُولي الهِبَاتِ

أَمَوْلَى كلِّ مَنْ يُولي الهِبَاتِ

وأطْوَلَهُمْ يَداً في المَكْرمَاتِ

وأطْوَلَهُمْ يَداً في المَكْرمَاتِ

O master of all who bestow gifts,

You are the most generous to all who give gifts,

and longest of hand among them in noble deeds,

And have the longest hand in acts of kindness,

وأنْداهُمْ إذَا مَا كَانَ عَامٌ

وأنْداهُمْ إذَا مَا كَانَ عَامٌ

تَجُفُّ بِهِ ضُرُوعُ الغَادِيَاتِ

تَجُفُّ بِهِ ضُرُوعُ الغَادِيَاتِ

and most generous among them when a year comes

And are the most forthcoming when the year is barren,

in which the udders of the morning clouds run dry:

When the udders of she-camels giving milk run dry,

يَمينُكَ لا يَشلُّ لَهَا بَنَانٌ

يَمينُكَ لا يَشلُّ لَهَا بَنَانٌ

تَحُلُّ عُرَى الأُمُورِ المُشْكَلاتِ

تَحُلُّ عُرَى الأُمُورِ المُشْكَلاتِ

your right hand—may none of its fingers be paralyzed—

Your right hand never tires of giving,

unties the knots of difficult affairs.

It solves the most tangled affairs,

وأنتَ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ طُرّاً

وأنتَ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ طُرّاً

بِفَضلِ ثَناً وأبْعدُ عن هَنَاتِ

بِفَضلِ ثَناً وأبْعدُ عن هَنَاتِ

And you, of all people, are most deserving

And you are the most deserving of praise among people

of lavish praise, and furthest from faults.

For your outstanding merit and remoteness from reproach.

علامَ تعُمَّ هذا الناسَ فضْلاً

علامَ تعُمَّ هذا الناسَ فضْلاً

وإحساناً وتُعرِضُ عن صِلاَتي

وإحساناً وتُعرِضُ عن صِلاَتي

Why do you shower these people with bounty

Why do you deny this people favor

and kindness, yet turn away from giving me gifts?

And kindness while neglecting my prayers?

فإنْ أنتَ اتَّكلتَ على سُؤالي

فإنْ أنتَ اتَّكلتَ على سُؤالي

فلنْ تحْظَى به حتى المَمَات

فلنْ تحْظَى به حتى المَمَات

For if you count on my asking,

If you rely on my asking,

you will never have it, even unto death.

You will not attain it until death.

فلم يُكْشَفْ لغيرِكَ حُرُّ وجهي

فلم يُكْشَفْ لغيرِكَ حُرُّ وجهي

ولم تُفْتَحْ بمَسْأَلةٍ لَهاتي

ولم تُفْتَحْ بمَسْأَلةٍ لَهاتي

For my noble face has been bared to none but you,

My face has not been unveiled to others,

nor has my throat been opened in begging.

Nor have my desires been unlocked by entreaties.