أبا حَسَنٍ في طيِّ كلِّ مساءةٍ

أبا حَسَنٍ في طيِّ كلِّ مساءةٍ

من اللهِ صنعٌ للعبادِ جميلُ

من اللهِ صنعٌ للعبادِ جميلُ

O Abu Hasan, within the folds of every misfortune

O Abu Hasan, in the fold of every misfortune,

lies a gracious act from God for His servants.

There is kindness from God for His servants.

كرهتُ لَكَ التِّرحالَ أمسِ وربَّما

كرهتُ لَكَ التِّرحالَ أمسِ وربَّما

أفادَ الفتي طولَ المُقامِ رَحيلُ

أفادَ الفتي طولَ المُقامِ رَحيلُ

I disliked your departure yesterday; yet sometimes

Yesterday, I disliked your traveling, but perhaps

a departure brings a young man a long stay.

A youth will benefit from a long stay by departing.

وقد يكرَهُ الشيءَ الفتى وهو خَيرُهُ

وقد يكرَهُ الشيءَ الفتى وهو خَيرُهُ

لَه ويحبُّ الشَّيءَ وهو وَبِيلُ

لَه ويحبُّ الشَّيءَ وهو وَبِيلُ

A young man may dislike a thing, though it is good

A man may dislike something when it is better for him

for him, and love a thing, though it is harmful.

And like something when it is worthless.

ولو لَم تُفِد إلاّ الجِهَادَ فإنّه

ولو لَم تُفِد إلاّ الجِهَادَ فإنّه

ثوابٌ كما نصَّ الكتابُ جزيلُ

ثوابٌ كما نصَّ الكتابُ جزيلُ

Even if you gained nothing but striving in God's cause, it is

Even if you gain only jihad, its reward

a great reward, as the Book expressly states.

Is great, as the Book has described.

فكيف وقد أصبحتَ جاراً لماجدٍ

فكيف وقد أصبحتَ جاراً لماجدٍ

يجودُ على عِلاّتِه ويُنيلُ

يجودُ على عِلاّتِه ويُنيلُ

How much more so, now that you have become a neighbor to a noble man,

How then, when you have become a neighbor of Majid,

who gives generously despite his troubles, and bestows gifts.

Who bestows on the eminent and gives freely?

كريمٍ كليلِ الطّرْفِ عن عيبِ جارِه

كريمٍ كليلِ الطّرْفِ عن عيبِ جارِه

وما طَرْفُه عِند السّؤالِ كلَيلُ

وما طَرْفُه عِند السّؤالِ كلَيلُ

Generous, his eye is dim to his neighbor's faults,

Noble, barely glancing at the faults of his neighbor.

yet his eye is not dim when a request is made.

His glance in requesting is not miserly.

شرى الحمدَ بالأموالِ لا يَستقيلُ في

شرى الحمدَ بالأموالِ لا يَستقيلُ في

شِراهُ ولا عندَ البِيَاعِ يُقيلُ

شِراهُ ولا عندَ البِيَاعِ يُقيلُ

He bought praise with wealth, seeking no release from

He bought praise with wealth, not content

his purchase, nor granting release when selling.

In buying it, nor stingy toward the seller.

ومَنْ كمُعينِ الدِّين أمّا جَنابُه

ومَنْ كمُعينِ الدِّين أمّا جَنابُه

فرحبٌ وأمّا ظِلُّه فَظَليلُ

فرحبٌ وأمّا ظِلُّه فَظَليلُ

And who is like Muʿin al-Din? As for his precinct,

He who helps the faith - his side

it is spacious; and as for his shade, it is sheltering.

Is vast, and his shade is shady.

إذا وَرَدَت آمالُنا بَحرَ جُودِه

إذا وَرَدَت آمالُنا بَحرَ جُودِه

صَدَرنَ روَاءً ما بِهنِّ غَليلُ

صَدَرنَ روَاءً ما بِهنِّ غَليلُ

When our hopes come to drink at the sea of his generosity,

When our hopes reach the sea of his generosity,

they depart fully quenched, with no burning thirst in them.

They draw fresh water with no brackishness.

فكُنْ واثِقاً باللهِ ثم بِجُودِه

فكُنْ واثِقاً باللهِ ثم بِجُودِه

فإنِّي بما أمَّلتُ مِنهُ كَفيلُ

فإنِّي بما أمَّلتُ مِنهُ كَفيلُ

So place your trust in God, then in his generosity,

So trust in God, then in his generosity,

for I stand surety for what I have hoped for from him.

For I guarantee what I hope from him.