قل لمن يحسدكم

قل لمن يحسدكم

يضرب فيه أصدريه

يضرب فيه أصدريه

Tell whoever envies you,

Tell those who envy you

beating his sides over it,

to beat their chests,

أبصرت عيناهُ ما

أبصرت عيناهُ ما

كذّبَه عن أذنيه

كذّبَه عن أذنيه

that his eyes saw what

for their eyes have seen

he had disbelieved when his ears heard it,

what their ears denied.

ورأى أوسطَ مجدٍ

ورأى أوسطَ مجدٍ

قد نبا عن طرفيه

قد نبا عن طرفيه

and that he saw the midst of a glory

They saw the pinnacle of glory

that towered beyond his gaze.

shine forth from its edges.

قال كم ذا تفرغون

قال كم ذا تفرغون

الشّكر والذّكر عليه

الشّكر والذّكر عليه

He said, “How lavishly you pour

They asked how much thanks

thanks and praise upon him!”

and remembrance we lavish upon it.

قلت كلّ الشّكر منّا

قلت كلّ الشّكر منّا

بعض آثار يديه

بعض آثار يديه

I said, “All our gratitude

I said all thanks come from us,

is but part of what his hands have wrought;

just traces of its work.

فله فضل علينا

فله فضل علينا

وبنا شوق إليه

وبنا شوق إليه

for he has shown us favor,

For it has bounty over us

and we long for him.”

And we have yearning for it.