أَيُّ فَقيرٍ بِعَطاياكِ يا

أَيُّ فَقيرٍ بِعَطاياكِ يا

خَيرَ نِساءِ الخَلقِ لَم يُنعَشِ

خَيرَ نِساءِ الخَلقِ لَم يُنعَشِ

What poor person, through your gifts, O

O most generous of womenkind

best of all women in creation, has not been raised up?

What indigent soul has not been revived by your gifts?

وَأَيُّ دارٍ لَكِ بِالجودِ وَال

وَأَيُّ دارٍ لَكِ بِالجودِ وَال

إِكرامِ لِلعافينَ لَم تُفرَشِ

إِكرامِ لِلعافينَ لَم تُفرَشِ

And what house of yours, with generosity and

What house of yours, with its kindness and hospitality

honor for seekers of bounty, has not been carpeted?

To the thriving, has not been furnished?

أَنتِ الَّتي جَدَّدَ إِحسانُها

أَنتِ الَّتي جَدَّدَ إِحسانُها

أُنساً لِرَبعِ الكَرَمِ الموحِشِ

أُنساً لِرَبعِ الكَرَمِ الموحِشِ

You are she whose kindness has restored

You who with her benevolence made

companionship to generosity's desolate abode.

A companion for the lonely refuge.

مُذ كَفَّتِ الأَيّامَ عَن ظُلمِها

مُذ كَفَّتِ الأَيّامَ عَن ظُلمِها

كَفُّكِ لَم تَفتُك وَلَم تَبطُشِ

كَفُّكِ لَم تَفتُك وَلَم تَبطُشِ

Since the days were restrained from their oppression

Since the days have ceased their darkness

by your hand, they have neither slain nor struck.

Your palm did not fail to give or strike.

وَمُذ وَرَدنا بَحرَ إِحسانِكِ ال

وَمُذ وَرَدنا بَحرَ إِحسانِكِ ال

زاخِرِ لَم نظمأ وَلَم نَعطَشِ

زاخِرِ لَم نظمأ وَلَم نَعطَشِ

And since we came to the sea of your bounty,

Since we arrived at your abundant sea of kindness

brimming over, we have neither thirsted nor been parched.

We did not thirst, we did not want.

جودي بِرَسمٍ أَنا مِن خَوفِ تَض

جودي بِرَسمٍ أَنا مِن خَوفِ تَض

جيعِكِ فيهِ جِدُّ مُستَوحِشِ

جيعِكِ فيهِ جِدُّ مُستَوحِشِ

Grant me an allowance; I am, for fear of your

My generosity is hesitant lest

delay in it, deeply uneasy.

I offend you with its inadequacy.

فَلي عِيالٌ لا يُريدونَ مِن

فَلي عِيالٌ لا يُريدونَ مِن

فاكِهَةِ الدُنيا سِوى المِشمِشِ

فاكِهَةِ الدُنيا سِوى المِشمِشِ

For I have dependents who want none of

For I have dependents who want

the world's fruit except apricots.

Nothing of the fruits of life but apricots.

تُعجِبُهُم جُردٌ إِمامِيَّةٌ

تُعجِبُهُم جُردٌ إِمامِيَّةٌ

مِثلُ وُجوهِ الغيدِ لَم تُخمَشِ

مِثلُ وُجوهِ الغيدِ لَم تُخمَشِ

Smooth Imami coins delight them,

They delight in shabby Imamite robes

like the faces of fair maidens, never scratched.

Like unblemished faces that were never struck.

بَقيتِ ما رَقَّ نَسيمُ الصَبى

بَقيتِ ما رَقَّ نَسيمُ الصَبى

وَراقَتِ الخَمرَةُ لِلمُنتَشي

وَراقَتِ الخَمرَةُ لِلمُنتَشي

May you endure as long as the east wind's breeze is gentle,

You will remain as long as the morning breeze blows gently

and wine delights the tipsy.

And the wine sparkles for the reveler.

وَعِشتِ لي ما شُبِّهَ الأُفقُ في ال

وَعِشتِ لي ما شُبِّهَ الأُفقُ في ال

دُجنِ بِبَطنِ الفَرَسِ الأَبرَشِ

دُجنِ بِبَطنِ الفَرَسِ الأَبرَشِ

And may you live for me as long as the horizon is likened, in the

And you live for me as long as the horizon in the dusk

gloom, to the belly of a speckled horse.

Resembles the belly of a dappled mare.