يا مَن إِذا وَهَبَ الدُنيا فَيحسبها

يا مَن إِذا وَهَبَ الدُنيا فَيحسبها

بُخلاً وَحاشا عُلاهُ فَهُوَ مِفضالُ

بُخلاً وَحاشا عُلاهُ فَهُوَ مِفضالُ

O you who, were you to give away the world, would deem it

O You who when life grants and he reckons it

miserliness—far be that from your eminence, for you are munificent.

Stinginess, far from his nobility, he is generous

أَهديكَ طرفاً وَمِن نَعماكَ كَم أَخَذَت

أَهديكَ طرفاً وَمِن نَعماكَ كَم أَخَذَت

مثليَ مثل الَّذي أَهديت سُؤال

مثليَ مثل الَّذي أَهديت سُؤال

I offer you a noble steed; how often from your bounty have

I gift you a glance, and from your blessings, how much have I taken

petitioners like me received the like of what I have offered!

The like of me is like the one I gifted a request

لَكن عُبَيدك يَخشى أَن يُقالَ لَهُ

لَكن عُبَيدك يَخشى أَن يُقالَ لَهُ

لا خَيلَ عِندَكَ تَهديها وَلا مالُ

لا خَيلَ عِندَكَ تَهديها وَلا مالُ

But your humble servant fears being told:

But your slaves fear that it would be said to him

"You have no horses to offer, nor any wealth."

You have neither horses to gift nor money

قُبولَكَ النعمة العُظمى عَليَّ وَلي

قُبولَكَ النعمة العُظمى عَليَّ وَلي

بِها مِن الدَهر أَكرام وَأَجلال

بِها مِن الدَهر أَكرام وَأَجلال

Your acceptance is the greatest favor to me, and I gain

Your acceptance is the greatest blessing upon me

through it honor and esteem from Time.

With it from fate, honor and glory to me