أَياديكَ عَينٌ تَستَهِلُّ بِعَينِ

أَياديكَ عَينٌ تَستَهِلُّ بِعَينِ

وَفَضلكَ شَمسٌ لا تُصَدُّ بِغَينِ

وَفَضلكَ شَمسٌ لا تُصَدُّ بِغَينِ

Your favors are a raincloud pouring forth gold,

Your hands are eyes that yearn with eyes

and your bounty is a sun no cloud can veil.

And your favor is a sun that is not repelled by hatred

وَمَنُّكَ صَفوٌ لا يُشابُ بِمِنَّةٍ

وَمَنُّكَ صَفوٌ لا يُشابُ بِمِنَّةٍ

وَمَدحُكَ صِدقٌ لا يُعابُ بِمَينِ

وَمَدحُكَ صِدقٌ لا يُعابُ بِمَينِ

Your giving is pure, untainted by reminders of your favors,

Your bestowal is pure, unmixed with obligation

and praise of you is truth, unblemished by falsehood.

And praise of you is truth, flawless and free of blame

إِذا قَصُرَت أَيدي الوَرى عَن فَضيلَةٍ

إِذا قَصُرَت أَيدي الوَرى عَن فَضيلَةٍ

تَناوَلتَ أَعلاها بِطولِ يَدَينِ

تَناوَلتَ أَعلاها بِطولِ يَدَينِ

When people's hands fall short of a virtue,

When the hands of people fall short of merit

you reach its summit with both your far-reaching hands.

You reach the highest with your hands outstretched

وَلَو أَنَّ أَهلَ العَصرِ أَلقَوا أُمورَهُم

وَلَو أَنَّ أَهلَ العَصرِ أَلقَوا أُمورَهُم

إِلَيكَ لِأَلفَوا سيرَةَ العُمَرَينِ

إِلَيكَ لِأَلفَوا سيرَةَ العُمَرَينِ

And if the people of this age entrusted their affairs

If the people of this age placed their affairs in your hands

to you, they would surely find the conduct of the two Umars.

They would find the way of both lifetimes

جَوادٌ وَكَفُّ السُحبِ بِالغَيثِ باخِلٌ

جَوادٌ وَكَفُّ السُحبِ بِالغَيثِ باخِلٌ

وَقورٌ إِذا خَفَّت جِبالُ حُنَينِ

وَقورٌ إِذا خَفَّت جِبالُ حُنَينِ

Generous, while the clouds' hand is stingy with rain;

Generous, like clouds pouring rain, while the miser’s hand is stingy

composed when the mountains of Hunayn grow light.

Dignified, when the mountains of Hunayn bowed low

تَتَبَّعَتِ الحَسّادُ جلَّ خِصالِهِ

تَتَبَّعَتِ الحَسّادُ جلَّ خِصالِهِ

فَأَعياهُمُ فيها تَطَلُّبُ شَينِ

فَأَعياهُمُ فيها تَطَلُّبُ شَينِ

The envious scrutinized most of his qualities,

The envious pursued all his merits

but seeking a blemish in them defeated them.

But trying to find fault in him wearied them

بَعَثتُ فَريدَ الدُرِ وَالشَوقُ قَد هَفا

بَعَثتُ فَريدَ الدُرِ وَالشَوقُ قَد هَفا

بِقَلبِيَ وَاِستَغشى الفُؤادَ بِرَينِ

بِقَلبِيَ وَاِستَغشى الفُؤادَ بِرَينِ

I sent a peerless pearl, while longing had carried

I sent a unique pearl, and yearning had sighed

my heart away and shrouded it in rust.

In my heart, and melancholy shrouded my breast

وَقَلَّدتني مِن جَوهَرِ الفَضلِ خالِداً

وَقَلَّدتني مِن جَوهَرِ الفَضلِ خالِداً

وَيَفنى الَّذي مِن عَسجَدٍ وَلُجَينِ

وَيَفنى الَّذي مِن عَسجَدٍ وَلُجَينِ

And you adorned me with an everlasting jewel of bounty,

You endowed me with eternal essence of merit

while what is made of gold and silver perishes.

While he made of clay and mud perishes

كَأَنَّ النَوى إِذ نادَتِ الدَمعَ رَخَّمَت

كَأَنَّ النَوى إِذ نادَتِ الدَمعَ رَخَّمَت

فَلا أَثَرٌ فيها أَجابَ لِعَينِ

فَلا أَثَرٌ فيها أَجابَ لِعَينِ

As though separation, calling tears (damʿ), had clipped their final letter,

It was as if tears, when the weeping called them

so no trace of the letter ʿayn answered there.

Were engraved, leaving no trace, unheeded