كَثَّرَ اللَهُ مِثلَ مَجدِكَ في الأَر

كَثَّرَ اللَهُ مِثلَ مَجدِكَ في الأَر

ضِ لِتَفشو صَنائِعُ الإِحسانِ

ضِ لِتَفشو صَنائِعُ الإِحسانِ

May God multiply glory like yours on earth,

May God multiply the like of your glory on earth

so that deeds of kindness may spread,

So that the industries of benevolence may spread

وَتَعُمُّ الأَنامَ مِنكَ هِباتٌ

وَتَعُمُّ الأَنامَ مِنكَ هِباتٌ

توجِبُ الصَفحَ عَن ذُنوبِ الزَمانِ

توجِبُ الصَفحَ عَن ذُنوبِ الزَمانِ

and gifts from you may reach all humankind,

And gifts from you encompass all people

compelling forgiveness for the sins of time.

Which necessitate forgiveness for the sins of time

فَلَقَد عَمَّنا نَداكَ بِنُعمى

فَلَقَد عَمَّنا نَداكَ بِنُعمى

قَصُرَت دونَها يَدي وَلِساني

قَصُرَت دونَها يَدي وَلِساني

For your bounty has indeed embraced us with a blessing

For we have been saturated by your bounty

before which my hand and my tongue fell short,

Beyond the reach of my hands and tongue

وَأَيادٍ لَوِ اِدَّعَتها الغَوادي

وَأَيادٍ لَوِ اِدَّعَتها الغَوادي

كَذَّبَتها شَواهِدُ الإِمتِحانِ

كَذَّبَتها شَواهِدُ الإِمتِحانِ

and favors which, were the morning rainclouds to claim them,

And favors, if the valleys claimed them

the evidence of testing would belie them.

The evidence of trials would belie them

شاهِدَ الناسُ مِن سَماحِكَ مَعنىً

شاهِدَ الناسُ مِن سَماحِكَ مَعنىً

غَيرَ أَنّي شاهَدتُ مِنكَ مَعاني

غَيرَ أَنّي شاهَدتُ مِنكَ مَعاني

People have witnessed one aspect of your generosity,

People witnessed from your generosity a meaning

but I have witnessed many aspects in you.

While I witnessed from you meanings

يا جَواداً يَلقى وُفودَ نَداهُ

يا جَواداً يَلقى وُفودَ نَداهُ

بِجَدى مُنعِمٍ وَأَعذارِ جاني

بِجَدى مُنعِمٍ وَأَعذارِ جاني

O generous one, who meets delegations seeking his bounty

O generous one who meets delegations of his bounty

with a benefactor's gifts and an offender's apologies.

With the munificence of a benefactor and pardons of a sinner

جُمِعَت في بَديعِ أَوصافِكَ الأَض

جُمِعَت في بَديعِ أَوصافِكَ الأَض

دادُ يا جامِعَ الصِفاتِ الحِسانِ

دادُ يا جامِعَ الصِفاتِ الحِسانِ

Opposites have been united in your wondrous attributes,

The contraries were joined in the unique description of you

O you who bring together beautiful qualities.

O gatherer of the finest qualities

تَبذُلُ المالَ ثُمَّ تَبخُلُ بِالعِر

تَبذُلُ المالَ ثُمَّ تَبخُلُ بِالعِر

ضِ وَتَسطو إِلّا عَلى ذي لِسانِ

ضِ وَتَسطو إِلّا عَلى ذي لِسانِ

You lavish wealth, then are miserly with your honor,

You spend money then become miserly with status

and strike fiercely—except against one who wields a tongue.

And rise above except over one with a sharp tongue

فَلَكَ اللَهُ مِن كَريمٍ بَخيلٍ

فَلَكَ اللَهُ مِن كَريمٍ بَخيلٍ

مانِحٍ مانِعٍ شُجاعٍ جَبانِ

مانِحٍ مانِعٍ شُجاعٍ جَبانِ

So God bless you, generous yet miserly,

So to you belong praise from a generous miser

giving yet withholding, brave yet cowardly.

A giver, withholder, brave, coward