كَريمٌ مُضاهيهِ عَديمٌ وُجوده

كَريمٌ مُضاهيهِ عَديمٌ وُجوده

كَأَن لَم يَكُن قبلُ الكرامُ الأماجدُ

كَأَن لَم يَكُن قبلُ الكرامُ الأماجدُ

A generous man whose equal does not exist,

A generous man, none can match him, his like is nowhere to be found

as though noble, illustrious men had never existed before.

As if before him no generous and glorious men ever did abound

وَما كُنت في مَدحي لَهُ الدّهرَ واحِداً

وَما كُنت في مَدحي لَهُ الدّهرَ واحِداً

وَلَكِنّهُ في الجودِ وَالمَجدِ واحدُ

وَلَكِنّهُ في الجودِ وَالمَجدِ واحدُ

And I have never been alone in praising him,

Nor have I in praising him singled him out alone through time

but he stands alone in generosity and glory.

But in generosity and glory he stands peerless, sublime