لِيَهْنِكَ أنِّي لَم أُطِعْ بِكَ وَاشِياً

لِيَهْنِكَ أنِّي لَم أُطِعْ بِكَ وَاشِياً

عَدُوّاً وَلَمْ أُصْبِحْ لِقُرْبِكَ قَالِيا

عَدُوّاً وَلَمْ أُصْبِحْ لِقُرْبِكَ قَالِيا

May it gladden you that I did not heed a slanderer against you—

Let it please you that I did not obey a slanderer,

an enemy—nor did I grow averse to being near you;

An enemy, nor in the mornings was I an ignoble hanger-on.

وَأنِّي لَمْ أَبْخَلْ عَلَيْكَ وَلَمْ أَجُدْ

وَأنِّي لَمْ أَبْخَلْ عَلَيْكَ وَلَمْ أَجُدْ

لِقَهْرِكَ إلاَّ بالذي لا أُبَالِيا

لِقَهْرِكَ إلاَّ بالذي لا أُبَالِيا

and that I was not stingy with you, nor did I give generously

And that I was not miserly with you nor did I find

to overpower you, except with what I cared nothing for.

To subdue you anything but that which I do not care for.

وَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا ظِلَّةَ الرَّوْضِ والنَّدَى

وَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا ظِلَّةَ الرَّوْضِ والنَّدَى

أَنِيقاً وبُسْتاناً مِنَ النَّوْرِ حَالِيَا

أَنِيقاً وبُسْتاناً مِنَ النَّوْرِ حَالِيَا

And when we alighted in the shade of the meadow and dew,

And when we descended to the shade of the garden and the dew,

lovely, and in a garden adorned with blossoms,

Graceful and an orchard of light encompassing,

أَجَدَّ لَنَا طِيبُ المكانِ وحُسْنُهُ

أَجَدَّ لَنَا طِيبُ المكانِ وحُسْنُهُ

مُنىً تَمَنَّيْنَا فَكُنَّ أَمَانِيَا

مُنىً تَمَنَّيْنَا فَكُنَّ أَمَانِيَا

the place’s pleasantness and beauty renewed for us

The goodness of the place and its beauty readied for us

wishes we wished for, which remained mere wishes.

A wish we had wished for, so wishes became realities.