أيُّهاO you الخاطِبونَthe suitors شُكْراًgratitude كَريماًnoble
أيُّها الخاطِبونَ شُكْراً كَريماً
أينَwhere أنتُمْyou (plural) عنregarding مَهْرِthe dower of شُكْرٍgratitude كَريمِnoble
أينَ أنتُمْ عن مَهْرِ شُكْرٍ كَريمِ
O you who court noble gratitude,
O you who give speeches, many thanks
Where do you stand regarding noble gratitude's dower?
Where are you in terms of generous gratitude?
قَدَّمواoffer first البِرَّkindness تستفيدواyou will gain مِنَfrom الشُّكْthe grati-
قَدَّموا البِرَّ تستفيدوا مِنَ الشُّكْ
رِ-tude كِفاءًa fitting recompense لِذَلكَfor that التَّقديمِthe offering
رِ كِفاءً لِذَلكَ التَّقديمِ
Offer kindness first, and you will gain from grati-
Offer righteousness, you will benefit from gratitude
tude a fitting recompense for that offering.
As recompense for that offering
أوَلَمْand have you not تُبصِرواseen إلىat الأرضِthe earth تُسقىbeing watered
أوَلَمْ تُبصِروا إلى الأرضِ تُسقى
ثمَّthen تهتَزُّit stirs بالنَّباتِwith vegetation العَميمِabundant
ثمَّ تهتَزُّ بالنَّباتِ العَميمِ
And have you not seen the earth being watered,
Have you not seen the earth being watered
Then stirring with abundant vegetation?
Then it shakes with abundant vegetation?
وافَيْتُI came to سُدَّتَهُhis threshold لَحماًflesh علىupon وَضَمٍa butcher's block
وافَيْتُ سُدَّتَهُ لَحماً على وَضَمٍ
وصِرْتُand I became مِنfrom عندِهِhis presence ناراًa fire علىupon عَلَمِa mountain
وصِرْتُ مِن عندِهِ ناراً على عَلَمِ
I came to his threshold, flesh upon a butcher's block,
I came to him as a guest and he honored me
And emerged from his presence, a fire upon a mountain.
And I left him as burning fire on dry wood