جَميلُكَ لا يَجزيهِ شُكري وَلا حَمدي

جَميلُكَ لا يَجزيهِ شُكري وَلا حَمدي

وَرِفدُكَ أَغنى قَبلَ رِفدِ ذَوي الرِفدِ

وَرِفدُكَ أَغنى قَبلَ رِفدِ ذَوي الرِفدِ

Your kindness cannot be repaid by my gratitude or my praise.

Your beauty my gratitude and praise cannot suffice,

And your bounty enriched me before the bounty of other givers.

And your generosity enriched me before the generous could endow.

وَتُسدي إِلَيَّ الفَضلَ مِن كُلِّ وجهَةٍ

وَتُسدي إِلَيَّ الفَضلَ مِن كُلِّ وجهَةٍ

وَجاهُكَ بَينَ الخافِقَينِ هُوَ المُسدي

وَجاهُكَ بَينَ الخافِقَينِ هُوَ المُسدي

And you bestow favor on me from every quarter,

You bestowed favor upon me from every side,

and your influence, from east to west, is what bestows it.

And your renown between the horizons has granted favor.

كَرُمتَ فَأَكسَبتَ العَبيدَ كَرامَةً

كَرُمتَ فَأَكسَبتَ العَبيدَ كَرامَةً

فَمِن شَرَفِ المَولى أَتى شَرَفُ العَبدِ

فَمِن شَرَفِ المَولى أَتى شَرَفُ العَبدِ

You were noble, and so endowed slaves with dignity;

You were generous so you brought honor to your servants,

for the slave's honor came from the master's honor.

Thus the master’s nobility brought the slave nobility.

وَلَولاكَ لَم يُعرَف مَكاني وَلَم يَطُل

وَلَولاكَ لَم يُعرَف مَكاني وَلَم يَطُل

لِساني وَلَمَ تُخصِب يَفاعي وَلا وُهدي

لِساني وَلَمَ تُخصِب يَفاعي وَلا وُهدي

And but for you, my standing would not be known, nor would

If not for you none would know my place, nor speak my tongue,

my tongue have gained reach, nor my uplands or lowlands grown fertile.

Nor would my palms bear fruit, nor be guided.

وَقَد كُنتُ مَقبوضَ اليَدَينِ عَنِ الغِنى

وَقَد كُنتُ مَقبوضَ اليَدَينِ عَنِ الغِنى

فَطَوَّلتَ باعي بِالجَميلِ الَّذي تُسدي

فَطَوَّلتَ باعي بِالجَميلِ الَّذي تُسدي

And both my hands had been held back from wealth;

I was destitute, bereft of wealth,

so you lengthened my reach with the kindness you bestow.

But you lengthened my arms with the good you bestowed.

وَكَثَّرت حُسّادي وَثَمَّرتَ نِعمَتي

وَكَثَّرت حُسّادي وَثَمَّرتَ نِعمَتي

وَذَلَّلتِ لِي دَهرِي وَأَوضَحتَ لي رُشدي

وَذَلَّلتِ لِي دَهرِي وَأَوضَحتَ لي رُشدي

And you multiplied my enviers and made my prosperity bear fruit;

You increased my enviers but made my blessings thrive,

and you subdued my life's fortunes for me and made my right path clear.

You made my fate submissive and clarified my guidance.

وَأَغنَيتَني حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ ضامِنٌ

وَأَغنَيتَني حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ ضامِنٌ

لِنَسليَ أَلّا يَعدَمُوا ثَروَةً بَعدي

لِنَسليَ أَلّا يَعدَمُوا ثَروَةً بَعدي

And you enriched me so much that you seem to guarantee

You enriched me as if you'd guaranteed

that my descendants will not lack wealth after me.

My descendants will never lack wealth after me.

وَقَد كُنتُ في ضَنكٍ مِنَ العَيشِ بُرهَةً

وَقَد كُنتُ في ضَنكٍ مِنَ العَيشِ بُرهَةً

فَأَصبَحتُ مِن نُعماكَ في عِيشَةٍ رَغدٍ

فَأَصبَحتُ مِن نُعماكَ في عِيشَةٍ رَغدٍ

And for a time I had lived in hardship;

For a time I lived in deprivation and hardship -

then, through your bounty, I came to a life of ease.

But through your blessings I now live in ease and comfort.

وَرى بِكَ زندي بَعدَما كانَ مُصلِداً

وَرى بِكَ زندي بَعدَما كانَ مُصلِداً

وَأَورَقَ غُصني بَعدَما كادَ أَن يُكدي

وَأَورَقَ غُصني بَعدَما كادَ أَن يُكدي

My firestick sparked through you after it had yielded no fire;

Through you my withered soul revived after it was despondent,

and my branch put forth leaves after it had almost gone barren.

And my branch flourished after it nearly dried up.

وَقَد مَلَأَ الآفاقَ حَمدي وَكُلَّما

وَقَد مَلَأَ الآفاقَ حَمدي وَكُلَّما

حَمَدتُكَ زادَت مكرُماتُكَ عَن حَمدي

حَمَدتُكَ زادَت مكرُماتُكَ عَن حَمدي

And my praise has filled the horizons, and whenever

I've filled the horizons with my praise, and whenever

I praise you, your generous deeds surpass my praise.

I praise you, your favors upon me only increase beyond my praise.

سَأُجهِدُ نَفسي في الثَناءِ وَلَيتَني

سَأُجهِدُ نَفسي في الثَناءِ وَلَيتَني

جَزَيتُ يَسيراً مِن جَميلِكِ في جُهدي

جَزَيتُ يَسيراً مِن جَميلِكِ في جُهدي

I shall exert myself in praise; would that I

I will exert myself in praise, and would that I

could repay a little of your kindness through my striving.

Could minimally reciprocate your kindness in my striving.

أَبا صالِحٍ أَصبَحتَ فَرداً وَأَصبَحَت

أَبا صالِحٍ أَصبَحتَ فَرداً وَأَصبَحَت

مَعاليكَ أَفراداً مِنَ الصَمَدِ الفردِ

مَعاليكَ أَفراداً مِنَ الصَمَدِ الفردِ

Abu Salih, you have become peerless, and

Abu Salih, you've become singular, and your

your lofty virtues peerless, from the Self-Sufficient, the Unique One.

Sublimities have become the unique, Eternal, Indivisible.

ضَميرُكَ لِلتَقوى وَسَعيُكَ لِلعُلى

ضَميرُكَ لِلتَقوى وَسَعيُكَ لِلعُلى

وَمالُكَ لِلنُعمى وَعُمرُكَ لِلمَجدِ

وَمالُكَ لِلنُعمى وَعُمرُكَ لِلمَجدِ

Your conscience is devoted to piety, and your striving to the heights;

Your conscience is for piety and your effort for the sublime,

and your wealth is for beneficence, and your lifetime for glory.

Your wealth for bounty and your life for glory.

إِذا ما زَحَمتَ الجَيشَ بِالجَيشِ مُيِّلَت

إِذا ما زَحَمتَ الجَيشَ بِالجَيشِ مُيِّلَت

مُتُونُ الأَعادي عَن مُتُونِ القَنا المُلدِ

مُتُونُ الأَعادي عَن مُتُونِ القَنا المُلدِ

When you press army against army, bent aside are

When you push back armies with armies,

the enemies' backs, away from the shafts of supple spears.

The enemy ranks recoil from the steadfast ranks.

شَكَتكَ الوَغا مِما تَشِبُّ سَعِيرَها

شَكَتكَ الوَغا مِما تَشِبُّ سَعِيرَها

وَمِمّا تَلُفُّ الضُمَّرَ الجُردَ بِالجُردِ

وَمِمّا تَلُفُّ الضُمَّرَ الجُردَ بِالجُردِ

Battle has complained of you for kindling its blaze,

Misfortune complains of the flames your efforts ignite

and for entwining lean, sleek steeds with unsheathed swords,

And the wrapping of shrouds around the bare bodies.

وَمِمّا تَسُدُّ الجَوَّ في كُلِّ مَعرَكٍ

وَمِمّا تَسُدُّ الجَوَّ في كُلِّ مَعرَكٍ

وَتُردي العِدى وَالخَيلُ شازِبَةً تُردي

وَتُردي العِدى وَالخَيلُ شازِبَةً تُردي

and for filling the air on every battlefield,

And of how you block the air in every battle

and laying the foe low while lean horses gallop.

And defeat the enemies while the horses charge wildly.

حَوَيتَ العُلى مُذ كُنتَ طِفلاً وَمُهِّدَت

حَوَيتَ العُلى مُذ كُنتَ طِفلاً وَمُهِّدَت

بِكَ الأَرضُ مُذ لُفَّت ثِيابُكَ في المَهدِ

بِكَ الأَرضُ مُذ لُفَّت ثِيابُكَ في المَهدِ

You attained the heights from childhood, and made smooth was

You encompassed the heights since you were a child,

the earth through you, since your garments were wrapped in the cradle.

And for you the earth was smoothed since your swaddling clothes.

فِداكَ جَميعُ العالَمينَ مِنَ الرَدى

فِداكَ جَميعُ العالَمينَ مِنَ الرَدى

فَإِنَّ الَّذي يُفدى نَظيرُ الَّذي يَفدي

فَإِنَّ الَّذي يُفدى نَظيرُ الَّذي يَفدي

May all the world's peoples be your ransom from death;

All the worlds sacrifice themselves to protect you from harm,

for he who is ransomed is the peer of him who ransoms.

For he who is ransomed is equal to he who ransoms.

وَقَفتُ فَأَبدَيتُ الثَناءَ وَإِنَّني

وَقَفتُ فَأَبدَيتُ الثَناءَ وَإِنَّني

أُسِرُّ مِنَ الإِخلاصِ أَضعافَ ما أُبدي

أُسِرُّ مِنَ الإِخلاصِ أَضعافَ ما أُبدي

I stood and proclaimed my praise, and indeed I

I stood and openly declared praise, and truly

conceal many times the sincere devotion that I reveal.

My sincerity is manifold what I have declared.

فَلا حُبَّ إِلّا دُونَ حُبِّي وَصُحبَتي

فَلا حُبَّ إِلّا دُونَ حُبِّي وَصُحبَتي

وَلا وُدَّ إِلّا دُونَ ما صَحَّ مِن وُدِّي

وَلا وُدَّ إِلّا دُونَ ما صَحَّ مِن وُدِّي

So every other love falls short of my love and companionship;

There is no love but after my love and companionship,

and all other affection falls short of my proven affection.

No affection but after what proved true of my affection.

حَياتُكَ أَشهى في فُؤادي مِنَ التُقى

حَياتُكَ أَشهى في فُؤادي مِنَ التُقى

وَشُكرُكَ أَحلى في لِساني مِنَ الشَهدِ

وَشُكرُكَ أَحلى في لِساني مِنَ الشَهدِ

Your life is dearer to my heart than piety;

Your life is dearer in my heart than piety itself,

and thanking you is sweeter on my tongue than honey.

And your gratitude sweeter on my tongue than honey.

فَعِش لا خَلا مِنكَ الزَمانُ وَلا خَلَت

فَعِش لا خَلا مِنكَ الزَمانُ وَلا خَلَت

قَصُورُكَ مِن عزٍّ مُقيمِ وَمِن سَعدِ

قَصُورُكَ مِن عزٍّ مُقيمِ وَمِن سَعدِ

So live; may time never be without you, nor may

So live an eternal life devoid of your absence,

your palaces lack abiding glory and good fortune.

And may your palaces never lack settled glory and bliss!