1. أقول لما أن بدا

    للعينِ ما أشهدَنا

    I say, when there appeared

    to the eye what He made us witness:

  2. الحمد لله الذي

    بجودِه أوجدَنا

    Praise be to God, who

    through His generosity brought us into being

  3. من عينه فكان لي

    من ذاك ربّاً مُحسنا

    from His very essence, and so was for me

    thereby a beneficent Lord.

  4. أثنى عليه مُفصحاً

    به سرّاً مُعلنا

    I praise Him, speaking plainly,

    through Him proclaiming a secret.