حَلاوَةُ الحَمدِ لَيسَ يَعرِفُها

حَلاوَةُ الحَمدِ لَيسَ يَعرِفُها

مَن لَم يَذُق طَعمَ رَفدِهِ أَحَدُ

مَن لَم يَذُق طَعمَ رَفدِهِ أَحَدُ

The sweetness of praise is unknown

The sweetness of praise none can know

to one whose bounty no one has tasted.

Save he who has tasted the food of its flow;

فَإِن تَكُن تَشتَهي الثَناءَ فَجُد

فَإِن تَكُن تَشتَهي الثَناءَ فَجُد

تَجِد ثَناءً كَأَنَّهُ الشُهدُ

تَجِد ثَناءً كَأَنَّهُ الشُهدُ

So if you desire praise, be generous;

Would you have your name on all lips and all hearts,

you will find praise as though it were honey.

Praise God, and you'll reap praise in plenty and parts.

فَالشُكرُ ما لا تَنالُهُ بيدٍ

فَالشُكرُ ما لا تَنالُهُ بيدٍ

إِن لَم تَنَل عِندَكَ النَوالُ بَدُ

إِن لَم تَنَل عِندَكَ النَوالُ بَدُ

For gratitude is something you cannot gain with a hand,

For gifts unbesought are gifts doubly sweet -

if no hand receives bounty from you (final word uncertain).

The pathway to praise is to kneel at God's feet.