مِن صِفاتِ الكَرِيمِ سِتْرُ الحَريِمِ

مِن صِفاتِ الكَرِيمِ سِتْرُ الحَريِمِ

فَلَكَ اللَّهُ مِن جَوادٍ كَريمِ

فَلَكَ اللَّهُ مِن جَوادٍ كَريمِ

Among a noble man's virtues is covering the womenfolk.

A noble man's trait is to guard the inviolable

God be with you—what a generous, noble giver!

So may Allah reward you, O generous soul

شَدَّ أَزْرِي وَصانَ أَهلي إزارٌ

شَدَّ أَزْرِي وَصانَ أَهلي إزارٌ

كَسَجاياكَ رَقَّ أَو كالنَّسيمِ

كَسَجاياكَ رَقَّ أَو كالنَّسيمِ

A wrap strengthened my back and sheltered my family,

You have strengthened my resolve and protected my family's honor

soft as your nature, or as the breeze.

With qualities as delicate as silk or a gentle breeze

أَرسلْتُهُ إليَّ بِيضُ أَيادِي

أَرسلْتُهُ إليَّ بِيضُ أَيادِي

كَ فَجَلَّى سَوادَ حَظّي البَهِيمِ

كَ فَجَلَّى سَوادَ حَظّي البَهِيمِ

It was sent to me by the white hands

You have sent to me with hands white as pearls

of yours, and dispelled the pitch-black darkness of my lot.

Dispelling the darkness of my wretched fortune

وَأَتاني وَما سَأَلْتُ ولا استَسْقَ

وَأَتاني وَما سَأَلْتُ ولا استَسْقَ

يْتُ جُوداً هذِي صِفاتُ الغُيُومِ

يْتُ جُوداً هذِي صِفاتُ الغُيُومِ

And it came to me, though I had neither asked nor sought

You have come to me unbidden, neither asking nor seeking

a rain of bounty—such are the qualities of clouds.

Such generosity, these are the traits of rain clouds