لبيك تلبية الحجيج إلى الصفا

لبيك تلبية الحجيج إلى الصفا

يا داعي الكرم المقيم بسندفا

يا داعي الكرم المقيم بسندفا

At your service, as pilgrims answer the call toward al-Safa,

I respond to the call of the pilgrims to Safa

O herald of generosity, dwelling in Sandafa.

O caller of generosity residing in Sandafa

جود تشرف ناظراه فزارني

جود تشرف ناظراه فزارني

كرماً ولم أك نحوه متشوفا

كرماً ولم أك نحوه متشوفا

Bounty looked out with both its eyes, then visited me,

Your generosity overlooks its viewers, so you visited me

generously, though I was not looking toward it expectantly.

With generosity while I was not hoping for it

نزهته عن موعد يغدو الندى

نزهته عن موعد يغدو الندى

بنجازه لي آملاً ومسوفا

بنجازه لي آملاً ومسوفا

I held it above a promise that would leave generosity

I kept it away from the tryst where the dew flows

hoping to fulfill it for me, yet putting it off.

With fulfilling it for me, hopeful and awaiting

وافى كباردة الغمام إذا سرت

وافى كباردة الغمام إذا سرت

فتقدمت عن رعدها وتخلفا

فتقدمت عن رعدها وتخلفا

It came like a cool cloud as it journeyed by night,

It came like the coolness of the clouds when they move

outstripping its thunder, which lagged behind.

So it advanced ahead of their thunder and lagged behind

قل لي فداك الأكرمون ولا غدت

قل لي فداك الأكرمون ولا غدت

طير المنى إلا ببابك وكفا

طير المنى إلا ببابك وكفا

Tell me—may the noblest be your ransom, and may

Say to me, may you be ransomed, the most generous

the birds of wishes alight nowhere but at your door—

The birds of purpose only alight at your door and stop

أمن السماحة أن تبيت مقدماً

أمن السماحة أن تبيت مقدماً

ثمن المدائح قبلها ومسلفا

ثمن المدائح قبلها ومسلفا

is it generosity to spend the night advancing

Is it of generosity that you stay ahead

the price of panegyrics before they come, paying it beforehand?

Of praises, accepting them before hearing them and paying in advance?

وكتبت تسأل في قبول مثوبة

وكتبت تسأل في قبول مثوبة

منها ببابك منعماً ومشرفا

منها ببابك منعماً ومشرفا

And you wrote asking me to accept a reward

You wrote asking to accept rewarded

for them, bestowing favor and honor at your door.

Through your door, granted and ennobled