إِذا جَدَّدَ اللَهُ لي نِعمَةً

إِذا جَدَّدَ اللَهُ لي نِعمَةً

شَكَرتُ وَلَم يَرَني جاحِدا

شَكَرتُ وَلَم يَرَني جاحِدا

Whenever God renews a blessing for me,

When God renews a blessing for me

I give thanks, and He does not find me ungrateful.

I give thanks, and am not seen as ungrateful,

وَلَم يَزَلِ اللَهُ بِالعائِداتِ

وَلَم يَزَلِ اللَهُ بِالعائِداتِ

عَلى مَن يَجودُ بِها عائِدا

عَلى مَن يَجودُ بِها عائِدا

And God has never ceased returning with renewed blessings

And God does not cease to return

to whoever gives them generously.

To one who gives generously.

أَيا جامِعَ المالِ وَفَّرتَهُ

أَيا جامِعَ المالِ وَفَّرتَهُ

لِغَيرِكَ إِذ لَم تَكُن خالِدا

لِغَيرِكَ إِذ لَم تَكُن خالِدا

O gatherer of wealth, you have amassed it

O you who hoards wealth and buried it

for someone other than yourself, since you are not immortal.

For other than you, since you will not last,

فَإِن قُلتَ أَجمَعُهُ لِلبَنينَ

فَإِن قُلتَ أَجمَعُهُ لِلبَنينَ

فَقَد يَسبِقُ الوَلَدُ الوالِدا

فَقَد يَسبِقُ الوَلَدُ الوالِدا

So if you say, “I gather it for my sons,”

If you say "I hoard it for my sons"

a child may yet precede his father in death.

The son may precede the father in death.

وَإِن قُلتَ أَخشى صُروفَ الزَمانِ

وَإِن قُلتَ أَخشى صُروفَ الزَمانِ

فَكُن في تَصاريفِهِ واحِدا

فَكُن في تَصاريفِهِ واحِدا

And if you say, “I fear the vicissitudes of time,”

And if you say "I fear the vicissitudes of fate"

then be one amid its changing fortunes.

Then be as one with its twists and turns.