شَهِدتُ لَقَد لَبِستَ أَبا سَعيدٍ

شَهِدتُ لَقَد لَبِستَ أَبا سَعيدٍ

خَلائِقَ تَبهَرُ الشَرَفَ الطُوالا

خَلائِقَ تَبهَرُ الشَرَفَ الطُوالا

I bear witness: you have indeed donned, Abu Sa‘id,

I bear witness, you have donned, O Abu Sa'eed

virtues that outshine the towering heights of honor.

The nature of lofty glory astounds

أُتَعتِعُ في الحَوائِجِ إِن خِفاقاً

أُتَعتِعُ في الحَوائِجِ إِن خِفاقاً

غَدَوتُ بِها عَلَيكَ وَإِن ثِقالا

غَدَوتُ بِها عَلَيكَ وَإِن ثِقالا

Am I to falter over my requests, whether light

I shuffle about needy, though lightly I come to you

or heavy, when I bring them to you—

And heavily though I am burdened

أَحينَ رَفَعتَ مِن شَأوي وَعادَت

أَحينَ رَفَعتَ مِن شَأوي وَعادَت

حُوَيلي مِن نَدى كَفَّيكَ حالا

حُوَيلي مِن نَدى كَفَّيكَ حالا

now that you have raised my standing, and turned

Since you raised me from lowliness and returned

my scant means into wealth through the dew of your palms?

My bracelets - from the dew of your palms - to grace

بِفَضلِكَ صِرتُ أَكثَرَهُم عَطاءً

بِفَضلِكَ صِرتُ أَكثَرَهُم عَطاءً

وَقَبلَكَ كُنتُ أَكثَرَهُم سُؤالا

وَقَبلَكَ كُنتُ أَكثَرَهُم سُؤالا

Through your bounty I became the greatest giver among them,

By your grace, I have become most generous

and before you I was the one among them who asked the most.

Before you, I was most begging

فَلا يَكدُر قَليبُكَ لي فَإِنّي

فَلا يَكدُر قَليبُكَ لي فَإِنّي

أَمُدُّ إِلَيكَ أَسباباً طِوالا

أَمُدُّ إِلَيكَ أَسباباً طِوالا

So let your well not grow turbid for me, for I

So let not your heart be troubled by me, for I

stretch long ropes toward you.

Reach out to you with bonds enduring