يا خالِدَ الدَّوْلَةِ لا يُعْطي

يا خالِدَ الدَّوْلَةِ لا يُعْطي

إِلاَّ عَطاءً خالِدَ الذِّكْرِ

إِلاَّ عَطاءً خالِدَ الذِّكْرِ

O Khalid al-Dawla, he gives nothing

O Khaled, of everlasting kingdom, gives

except a gift of lasting renown.

Only gifts of lasting renown.

أنْعِمْ بأمْلاكي التي ابْتَعْتُها

أنْعِمْ بأمْلاكي التي ابْتَعْتُها

بأشْرَفِ الأثْمانِ مِنْ عُمْري

بأشْرَفِ الأثْمانِ مِنْ عُمْري

Bestow on me my estates, which I bought

Bestow upon me my possessions which I acquired

at the noblest prices, paid from my life.

With the noblest of prices, my lifetime.

أنْفَقْتُ فيها كُلَّ مَنْفوسَةٍ

أنْفَقْتُ فيها كُلَّ مَنْفوسَةٍ

أهْنَؤُها الرَّائِقُ من شِعْري

أهْنَؤُها الرَّائِقُ من شِعْري

I spent on them every precious thing,

I spent therein every beloved thing,

the most pleasing of them being the choicest of my verse.

Whose absence grieves my poetry.

فكُلُّ شَيءٍ ما عَدا ضَيْعَتي

فكُلُّ شَيءٍ ما عَدا ضَيْعَتي

لا يَرْقَعُ الخَرْقَ مِن الفَقْرِ

لا يَرْقَعُ الخَرْقَ مِن الفَقْرِ

For everything except my estate

So everything I own except my farm

cannot mend the rent caused by poverty.

Cannot mend the tear of poverty,

وهي إذا قيسَتْ إلى جودِكُمْ

وهي إذا قيسَتْ إلى جودِكُمْ

كَحُسْوَةِ الطَّائرِ مِنْ بَحْر

كَحُسْوَةِ الطَّائرِ مِنْ بَحْر

And when it is compared with your generosity,

And compared to your generosity,

it is like a bird’s sip from a sea.

It is but a bird's beakful from the sea.