اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّني ما سَرَّني

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّني ما سَرَّني

شَيءٌ كَطارِقَةِ الضُيوفِ النُزَّلِ

شَيءٌ كَطارِقَةِ الضُيوفِ النُزَّلِ

God knows that I have never been delighted

God knows I've never been as glad

By anything as much as by the nighttime arrival of guests who come to stay.

As when guests suddenly arrive -

ما زِلتُ بِالتَرحيبِ حَتّى خِلتُني

ما زِلتُ بِالتَرحيبِ حَتّى خِلتُني

ضَيفاً لَهُ وَالضَيفَ رَبَّ المَنزِلِ

ضَيفاً لَهُ وَالضَيفَ رَبَّ المَنزِلِ

I kept on welcoming until I imagined myself

So I can greet them, serve them, have them stay,

His guest, and the guest the master of the house.

And be their guest, though lord of this abode.