1. قل لمن يحسدكم

    يضرب فيه أصدريه

    Say to whoever envies you,

    beating both his sides over it:

  2. أبصرت عيناهُ ما

    كذّبَه عن أذنيه

    His two eyes have seen what

    he had disbelieved when his ears heard it.

  3. ورأى أوسطَ مجدٍ

    قد نبا عن طرفيه

    And he saw the heart of a glory

    that had risen beyond both its bounds.

  4. قال كم ذا تفرغون

    الشّكر والذّكر عليه

    He said, 'How long will you keep pouring

    thanks and praise upon him?'

  5. قلت كلّ الشّكر منّا

    بعض آثار يديه

    I said, 'All our thanks

    are but some traces of his two hands.

  6. فله فضل علينا

    وبنا شوق إليه

    For he has shown us kindness,

    and we long for him.'