وَاللَهُ ما يَدري امروء ذو جنابَه

وَاللَهُ ما يَدري امروء ذو جنابَه

وَلا جار بيت ايُّ يَوميك أَجود

وَلا جار بيت ايُّ يَوميك أَجود

By God, no stranger knows,

None knows, man of dignity and grace

nor a next-door neighbor, which of your two days is more generous:

Nor neighbor, which of thy days is best

ايوم إِذا الفَيتَه ذا يَسارَة

ايوم إِذا الفَيتَه ذا يَسارَة

فَاِعطَيت عَفواً مِنكَ ام يَوم تُجهَد

فَاِعطَيت عَفواً مِنكَ ام يَوم تُجهَد

is it the day you find prosperous,

The day when thou art flush and freely give

and so give freely of yourself, or the day you are hard-pressed?

Or time when straitened, yet generous as the rest

وَإِن خَليلَيكَ السَماحَة وَالنَدى

وَإِن خَليلَيكَ السَماحَة وَالنَدى

مُقيمان بِالمَعروف ما دُمت توجد

مُقيمان بِالمَعروف ما دُمت توجد

And indeed, your two close friends—generosity and bounty—

For friends of thine are bounty and virtue

abide in kindness as long as you live.

Ever-present while thou remain blest

مُقيمان لَيسا تارِكيكَ لِخَلَّة

مُقيمان لَيسا تارِكيكَ لِخَلَّة

من الدَهرِ حَتّى يُفقِدا حينَ تُفقَد

من الدَهرِ حَتّى يُفقِدا حينَ تُفقَد

They abide, neither leaving you because of hardship

Ever-present, and never leaving thee

brought by time, until both are lost when you are lost.

Till time deprive us when thou art at rest