1. إِذا كانَ شُكري نِعمَةَ اللَهِ نِعمَةً

    عَلَيَّ لَهُ في مِثلِها يَجِبُ الشُكرُ

    If my gratitude for God's blessing is itself a blessing

    Upon me, for which gratitude is likewise owed to Him,

  2. فَكَيفَ بلوغُ الشُكرِ إِلّا بِفَضلِهِ

    وَإِن طالَتِ الأَيّامُ وَاِتَّصَلَ العُمرُ

    How, then, can gratitude be attained except through His grace,

    Even if the days grow long and life stretches on?

  3. إِذا مُسَّ بِالسَرّاءِ عَمَّ سُرورُها

    وَإِن مُسَّ بِالضَرّاءِ أَعقَبَها الأَجرُ

    If one is touched by prosperity, its joy spreads everywhere;

    And if one is touched by adversity, reward follows it.

  4. وَما مِنهُما إِلا لَهُ فيهِ نِعمَةٌ

    تَضيقُ بِها الأَوهامُ وَالبرُّ وَالبَحرُ

    And in each of the two is a blessing of His,

    Too vast for imagination, land, and sea to contain.