أَكافِيَنا النَصيحَ بَقي

أَكافِيَنا النَصيحَ بَقي

تَ فينا دائِماً أَبَدا

تَ فينا دائِماً أَبَدا

O our sincere protector, may you remain

You advise me well

among us always, forever.

You stay with me always forever

تَحُثُّ إِلى العُلى قَدَماً

تَحُثُّ إِلى العُلى قَدَماً

وَتَبسُطُ بِالنَوالِ يَدا

وَتَبسُطُ بِالنَوالِ يَدا

You spur a foot toward the heights,

You urge my feet upward

and extend a hand in bounty.

And extend to me a generous hand

لَئِن حَرَّقتَني عَذلاً

لَئِن حَرَّقتَني عَذلاً

لَقَد نَوَّهتَ بي صُعُدا

لَقَد نَوَّهتَ بي صُعُدا

Though you have scorched me with reproach,

If you have chastened me strictly

you have indeed raised my renown on high.

You have inspired me to climb high

فَطُلتُ الأَطوَلينَ عُلىً

فَطُلتُ الأَطوَلينَ عُلىً

وَفُتَّ الأَبعَدينَ مَدى

وَفُتَّ الأَبعَدينَ مَدى

So I towered above the tallest in eminence,

So I grew to the tallest stature

and you outstripped the farthest in reach.

And excelled the farthest in range

عَلَيَّ طُروقُ وِردِكُمُ

عَلَيَّ طُروقُ وِردِكُمُ

وَلَيسَ عَلَيَّ أَن أَرِدا

وَلَيسَ عَلَيَّ أَن أَرِدا

It is for me to come by night to your watering-place;

Your fresh roses are upon me

but whether I reach its water to drink is not up to me.

But I need not pay them back