علاء الدين صب كرما فاني

علاء الدين صب كرما فاني

عهدتك ذا يد بالجود صبه

عهدتك ذا يد بالجود صبه

Ala al-Din, pour forth generosity, for I

Aladdin, you poured generosity

have known you as one whose hand is enamored of bounty.

I knew you as one with a generous hand

تفرح بالسماحة كل هم

تفرح بالسماحة كل هم

عن العافي وتكشف كل كربه

عن العافي وتكشف كل كربه

Through generosity you dispel every care

You rejoice in forgiveness for every worry

from the supplicant, and relieve every affliction.

Removing distress and revealing each difficulty

وبذلك للرغائب غير بدع

وبذلك للرغائب غير بدع

كما لك في اقتناء الحمد رغبه

كما لك في اقتناء الحمد رغبه

Your bestowal of coveted gifts is nothing unusual,

With that for desires you are not miserly

as you desire to earn praise.

As you have a wish for gaining praise

حلفت لأنت أزكى الناس أصلا

حلفت لأنت أزكى الناس أصلا

وأوضح من ضياء الصبح نشيه

وأوضح من ضياء الصبح نشيه

I swear: you are the purest of men in ancestry,

I swore you are the purest of people in origin

and clearer in lineage than the radiance of dawn.

And clearer than the dawn's radiance is your excellence

أيحسن أن أجيء بكل بكر ال

أيحسن أن أجيء بكل بكر ال

معاني سهلة إلا لفانا صعبه

معاني سهلة إلا لفانا صعبه

Is it fitting that I bring every maiden of the

Is it good that I come with every new meaning

meanings—easy in wording, yet difficult [text uncertain]—

That is easy except I made it difficult

فتحسبها لديك وما تساوى

فتحسبها لديك وما تساوى

وقد جابت لك الآفاق جبه

وقد جابت لك الآفاق جبه

and you reckon it, in your eyes, not worth—

So you think it yours though it is not worth

though it has crossed the horizons for you—a robe?

While horizons fetched glory for you

ولولا أن لي طمعا قويا

ولولا أن لي طمعا قويا

يحاشي الله مجدك قلت جبه

يحاشي الله مجدك قلت جبه

And were it not for my strong hope—

And were it not that I have great hope

God spare your glory!—I would have said, 'Cut it off!'

That God preserves your glory, I would say glory.