أيادِيكَyour favors رَدَّتْreturned يَدِيmy hand فِيin يَدَيْكاyour two hands
أيادِيكَ رَدَّتْ يَدِي فِي يَدَيْكا
وبِرُّكَand your kindness قادَled عِنانيmy reins إليْكاto you
وبِرُّكَ قادَ عِناني إليْكا
Your favors have put my hand back in your hands,
Your hands returned my hand in your hands
And your kindness has led my reins to you,
And your righteousness led my reins to you
كقَوْدِكَlike your leading للحربِto war خَيْلاًcavalry تَهُزُّbrandishing
كقَوْدِكَ للحربِ خَيْلاً تَهُزُّ
عَوَاليَهاtheir tall lances منfrom كِلاboth جانِبَيْكاyour two sides
عَوَاليَها من كِلا جانِبَيْكا
As you lead cavalry to war, brandishing
Like your leadership of horses for war that shake
Their tall lances on either side of you.
Their forelocks from both sides of you
وقدand indeed أبْصرَgained sight النُّجْحُsuccess فِيin ناظِرَيْكاyour two eyes
وقد أبْصرَ النُّجْحُ فِي ناظِرَيْكا
وساعَدَهُand aided it السَّعْدُgood fortune منfrom ساعِديكاyour two forearms
وساعَدَهُ السَّعْدُ من ساعِديكا
And success has found sight in your eyes,
And success has seen in your eyes
And good fortune has aided it through your forearms.
And fortune has aided it from your arms
وهذاand this إيابيَmy return منsince يومِthe day زُمَّتْwere bridled
وهذا إيابيَ من يومِ زُمَّتْ
رِكابِيَmy mounts منfrom غُرَّتَيْthe two radiant brows of كَوْكَبَيْكاyour two stars
رِكابِيَ من غُرَّتَيْ كَوْكَبَيْكا
And this is my return, since the day they were bridled—
And this is my return from the day
My mounts—from the radiant brows of your two stars,
My feet slipped from the tilting of your two stars
إلىto كلevery بَرٍّland وبحرٍand sea أنارَتْlit up
إلى كل بَرٍّ وبحرٍ أنارَتْ
جَوَانِبُهاtheir reaches مِنْfrom ثَنائيmy praise عَلَيكاof you
جَوَانِبُها مِنْ ثَنائي عَلَيكا
To every land and sea, lit up
To every righteousness and sea you enlightened
In their reaches by my praise of you.
Its sides from my praise of you
أشِيمُI watch نجوماًstars هَدَتْنيguided me إليكَto you
أشِيمُ نجوماً هَدَتْني إليكَ
تَلوحُgleam مَطَالِعُهاtheir rising places مِنْfrom يَدَيْكاyour two hands
تَلوحُ مَطَالِعُها مِنْ يَدَيْكا
I watch stars that have guided me to you;
I guide stars that led me to you
Their rising places gleam from your hands.
Their risings gleam from your hands
يدورُrevolves بِهَاwith them فَلَكٌa celestial sphere منof عُلاكَyour glory
يدورُ بِهَا فَلَكٌ من عُلاكَ
فمِنْso from مَشْرِقيْكَyour two easts إلىto مَغْرِبَيكاyour two wests
فمِنْ مَشْرِقيْكَ إلى مَغْرِبَيكا
A celestial sphere of your glory revolves with them,
A sphere revolves with them from your ascension
Thus from your two easts to your two wests.
From your east to your west
لياليَnights أبْقَيْتَهاyou preserved them للأَنامِfor humankind
لياليَ أبْقَيْتَها للأَنامِ
وذِكْرَاكَand your remembrance فِيهَاwithin them حَماماًdoves وأيْكاand groves
وذِكْرَاكَ فِيهَا حَماماً وأيْكا
Nights you have preserved for humankind,
Nights you kept for people
And your remembrance within them as doves and groves.
And your remembrance in them coos like a dove
فلاso may … never بَرِحَتْcease نِعَمُblessings اللهِGod تَتْرىin succession
فلا بَرِحَتْ نِعَمُ اللهِ تَتْرى
لَدَيَّto me مُفَجَّرَةًmade to gush forth منfrom يَدَيْكاyour two hands
لَدَيَّ مُفَجَّرَةً من يَدَيْكا
So may God's blessings never cease to come in succession
So the blessings of God did not cease
To me, gushing forth from your hands.
To flow before me from your hands