كَفَلَتْguaranteed عِنايَتُكَyour care الجَميْthe beautiful (first part)
كَفَلَتْ عِنايَتُكَ الجَميْ
لَةُbeautiful (completion) ليfor me بإحْرازِby attaining الوَطَرْthe desire
لَةُ لي بإحْرازِ الوَطَرْ
Your beautiful care has assured
Your care has guaranteed for me attaining high ambition
me of attaining my desire.
And I have found from benevolence and bounty
ولَقيتُand I found منْof بِرٍّkindness وخَيْand goodness (first part)
ولَقيتُ منْ بِرٍّ وخَيْ
رٍمِلْءَgoodness (completion); filling سَمْعيَmy hearing والبَصَرْand sight
رٍمِلْءَ سَمْعيَ والبَصَرْ
And I found kindness and goodness
Fullness of hearing and sight
filling my hearing and sight.
Thankful for your blessings which
شُكْراًthanks لأنْعُمِكَfor your favors التيwhich
شُكْراً لأنْعُمِكَ التي
يَزْدادُgains more منْهاof them مَنْwhoever شَكَرْgave thanks
يَزْدادُ منْها مَنْ شَكَرْ
Thanks for your favors, of which
Increase for those who give thanks
whoever gives thanks receives more.
When it was difficult for me to witness
لمّاwhen تعذَّرَproved impossible أنْto أُشاI behold (first part)
لمّا تعذَّرَ أنْ أُشا
هِدَbehold (completion) ذلكَthat الوجْهَface الأغَرْthe radiant
هِدَ ذلكَ الوجْهَ الأغَرْ
When I could not behold
That radiant face
that radiant face,
I directed it to take the place in it
وَجّهْتُهاI sent it لتَنوبَso it might stand in فيهِin that
وَجّهْتُها لتَنوبَ فيهِ
وفيand in هَنائِكَcongratulating you بالمَطَرْon the rain
وفي هَنائِكَ بالمَطَرْ
I sent it to stand in my stead in that,
And in your pleasures with rain
and in congratulating you on the rain.
And I kiss the generous palm
وأقَبّلُand I kiss الكَفَّthe hand الكَريمةَthe noble
وأقَبّلُ الكَفَّ الكَريمةَ
فهْوَfor it is أوْلىmost deserving مُبْتَدَرْa thing to hasten to
فهْوَ أوْلى مُبْتَدَرْ
And I kiss the noble hand,
For it is the most deserving initiator
for that is the worthiest thing to hasten to.
Partial English translation: 11 of 12 Arabic lines translated.