لِمولايَ عندي أيادٍ تَجلُّ

لِمولايَ عندي أيادٍ تَجلُّ

وتكثُرُ عن صِفَةِ الواصِفِ

وتكثُرُ عن صِفَةِ الواصِفِ

My lord's favors to me are too great

My lord has favors too great to count

and too numerous for a describer's account.

Far more than any man could describe

فلا يَقدِحَنِّي بما لا أُطي

فلا يَقدِحَنِّي بما لا أُطي

قُ من شُطرِ معَروفِهِ الآنفِ

قُ من شُطرِ معَروفِهِ الآنفِ

So let him not assail me with what I cannot

So let no one question what I cannot repay

bear of a portion of his latest kindness;

Of the boons he granted me just now

فذِمَّةُ شُكري مشغولَةٌ

فذِمَّةُ شُكري مشغولَةٌ

بعُهدَةِ إحسانِهِ السّالِفِ

بعُهدَةِ إحسانِهِ السّالِفِ

for my debt of gratitude is already encumbered

For my debt of gratitude is full

by the obligation of his earlier generosity.

With the kindness he has shown before