مَالِي وللشّفعاءِ فيما أرتَجِي

مَالِي وللشّفعاءِ فيما أرتَجِي

من حُسن رأيِكَ فيَّ وهو شَفيعي

من حُسن رأيِكَ فيَّ وهو شَفيعي

What need have I of intercessors in what I hope for

I have no need for mediators regarding what I hope for

from your favorable opinion of me, itself my intercessor?

From your good opinion of me, for it is my intercessor

أعْذَبتَ لِي من جُودِ كفّكَ مَوردي

أعْذَبتَ لِي من جُودِ كفّكَ مَوردي

فصَفَا وأمْرَعَ من نَدَاكَ ربيعِي

فصَفَا وأمْرَعَ من نَدَاكَ ربيعِي

With your hand's bounty you made my watering place sweet;

You have made the springs of your generosity my watering place

so it grew clear, and my spring grew lush with your dew.

So it is clearer and more fertile than the springtime of my youth

وبِكَ اعتليتُ وطُلتُ من ساميتُه

وبِكَ اعتليتُ وطُلتُ من ساميتُه

فخراً بمجدِك لا بِحُسنِ صَنِيعِي

فخراً بمجدِك لا بِحُسنِ صَنِيعِي

And through you I rose high and surpassed those I rivaled,

And through you I have risen up and attained the loftiness I aspire to

taking pride in your glory, not in the excellence of my own deeds.

Priding myself on your glory, not on the merit of my deeds

وقضَى بِبُعديَ عنك دهرٌ جائرُ

وقضَى بِبُعديَ عنك دهرٌ جائرُ

وإلى جَنَابِكَ إن سلمتُ رُجوعِي

وإلى جَنَابِكَ إن سلمتُ رُجوعِي

And unjust Time decreed my separation from you;

And an unjust fate has decreed my distance from you

and to your presence, if I survive, I shall return.

And that I return, if I survive, to your side