مُناويكَ في بَذلِ النَوالِ وَإِنَّهُ

مُناويكَ في بَذلِ النَوالِ وَإِنَّهُ

لَيَعجزُ عَن أَدنى مَداكَ وَيَحسُرُ

لَيَعجزُ عَن أَدنى مَداكَ وَيَحسُرُ

Your rival in bestowing bounty—though he

Your gifts of bounty continuously flow, yet

falls short of even your lowest mark and grows weary—

He's too weak to accept even the least. Remorseful,

عَداني عَن حَظّي الَّذي لا أَبيعُهُ

عَداني عَن حَظّي الَّذي لا أَبيعُهُ

بِأَنفَسَ ما يَحظى بِهِ المُتَخَيّرُ

بِأَنفَسَ ما يَحظى بِهِ المُتَخَيّرُ

has kept me from my share, which I would not sell

He turns from his fortune he'd never trade

for the most precious thing a discerning chooser can gain.

For the finest riches others have made.

لُمِ الغَيثَ وَاِعذِر مَن لِقاؤُكَ عِندَهُ

لُمِ الغَيثَ وَاِعذِر مَن لِقاؤُكَ عِندَهُ

يُعادِلُ نَيلَ الخُلدِ بَل هُوَ أَكبَرُ

يُعادِلُ نَيلَ الخُلدِ بَل هُوَ أَكبَرُ

Blame the rain, and excuse one for whom meeting you

Excuse the rain its excess pour and know

equals attaining immortality—nay, it is greater.

Seeing you outvalues immortality's boon.