أَيا مَوصِلَ النَعما عَلى كُلِّ حالَةٍ

أَيا مَوصِلَ النَعما عَلى كُلِّ حالَةٍ

إِلَيَّ قَريباً كُنتُ أَو نازِحَ الدارِ

إِلَيَّ قَريباً كُنتُ أَو نازِحَ الدارِ

O you who bring blessings, in every circumstance,

O you who bring blessings in every state

To me, whether I am nearby or live far away,

To me, near or far from home

كَما يَلحَقُ الغَيثُ البِلادَ بِسَيلِهِ

كَما يَلحَقُ الغَيثُ البِلادَ بِسَيلِهِ

وَإِن جادَ في أَرضٍ سِواها بِأَمطارِ

وَإِن جادَ في أَرضٍ سِواها بِأَمطارِ

As rain reaches the lands with its floodwaters,

As rain reaches the land with its downpour

Even if it pours its showers upon another land.

Even if it pours in other soils with showers

وَيا مُقبِلٌ وَالدَهرُ عَنّي بِمَعرَضٍ

وَيا مُقبِلٌ وَالدَهرُ عَنّي بِمَعرَضٍ

يُقَسِّمُ لَحمي بَينَ نابٍ وَأَظفارِ

يُقَسِّمُ لَحمي بَينَ نابٍ وَأَظفارِ

And O you who turn toward me while Time turns away from me,

O you who turns to me while time turns away

Dividing my flesh between fang and claws.

Dividing my flesh between fangs and claws

وَيا مَن يَراني حَيثُ كُنتُ بِذِكرِهِ

وَيا مَن يَراني حَيثُ كُنتُ بِذِكرِهِ

وَكَم مِن إِناسٍ لَم يَروني بِأَبصارِ

وَكَم مِن إِناسٍ لَم يَروني بِأَبصارِ

And O you who see me wherever I am, by keeping me in mind,

O you who sees me wherever I am by your remembrance

And how many people have not seen me with their eyes!

While many people have not seen me with their eyes

وَكَم نِعمَةٍ لِلَّهِ في صَرفِ نِقمَةٍ

وَكَم نِعمَةٍ لِلَّهِ في صَرفِ نِقمَةٍ

تُرَجّى وَمَكروهٍ حَلا بَعدَ إِمرارِ

تُرَجّى وَمَكروهٍ حَلا بَعدَ إِمرارِ

And how many blessings from God, in averting calamity,

How many blessings of God in diverting harm

Are hoped for—and how many unwelcome things grew sweet after bitterness!

Hope for and hated thing passed after enduring

وَما كُلُّ ما تَهوى النُفوسُ بِنافِعٍ

وَما كُلُّ ما تَهوى النُفوسُ بِنافِعٍ

وَما كُلُّ ما تَخشى النُفوسُ بِضَرّارِ

وَما كُلُّ ما تَخشى النُفوسُ بِضَرّارِ

And not everything that souls desire is beneficial,

Not everything the selves desire is beneficial

Nor is everything that souls fear harmful.

Nor everything the selves dread is harmful

لَقَد عَمَرَ اللَهُ الوَزارَةَ بِاِسمِهِ

لَقَد عَمَرَ اللَهُ الوَزارَةَ بِاِسمِهِ

وَرَدَّ إِلَيها أَهلَها بَعدَ إِقفارِ

وَرَدَّ إِلَيها أَهلَها بَعدَ إِقفارِ

God has indeed made the vizierate flourish through his name,

God has honored the ministry by His name

And restored its rightful holders to it after desolation.

And restored its people after desolation

وَكانَت زَماناً لا يَقَرُّ قَرارُها

وَكانَت زَماناً لا يَقَرُّ قَرارُها

فَلاقَت نِصاباً ثابِتاً غَيرَ خَوّارِ

فَلاقَت نِصاباً ثابِتاً غَيرَ خَوّارِ

And for a time its footing would not hold steady,

It was once restless, unstable

Then it found a firm foundation, not a feeble one.

Now steady, fixed, not wavering