1. The days have journeyed with the exultation of the blithe,
And clothed youth after that ripeness.

2. And its outskirts were perfumed with its fragrance,
Until we thought the soil was gray with ambergris.

3. In Taibah the lanterns of guidance shone,
Between my master's garden and the pulpit.

4. And before that they shone in Mecca,
When it was sanctified from all spuriousness of the slanderer.

5. And its flags were made anew,
And the forms of prohibition faded from it.

6. The fountains of guidance flowed in Yanbu,
This is happiness, oh how glorious!

7. With the openings of the God-aided one for His religion,
A king descended from generous stock.

8. If only those who inhabit the earth and are gone
From the people of Badr and the Enlightened Baqi could see!

9. Look upon your work in Medina and that
To which every disheveled dusty one inclines.

10. So they may witness that the virtues were divided
By merit between the foremost and the late.

11. And it would delight them, your revival of the Law
Which before you was like the soul of a choking man.

12. You have enslaved the mighty kingdom,
And fortune is preferred over the intercessor of the Gathering.

13. A hidden pearl was in its concealment,
Before your good fortune, a wisdom that did not appear.

14. And virtues you were suited to spreading,
Yet the ignorant did not sense its mystery.

15. Or did they not know that your share among them
Was like cheap metal before them in the assembly?

16. You, if you bare the claws of wrath,
From it every stubborn lion would become like a fox.

17. So thank your God and hold back His wrath,
From which every stubborn lion would be defeated.

18. And let the two races thank what security He gave them
After fear more bitter.

19. The Hejaz triumphed over the days with a joy
Not experienced after the Prophet and his companions.

20. They were secure in their wealth and blood
After they had been prey for the first assailant.

21. And no more was the youth seized from his home,
While today he spends the night unafraid.

22. O son of the caliphs and the rightly guided,
Greater than the greatest in ancestry!

23. The thrones of glory succeeded until you came
And built them with youth and sword.

24. A people who conquered the land of the enemy with their horses
And built a heaven above it of eagles.

25. And when the spears were mixed together, their palms
Thrust its points into the chests of the yellow.

26. And when the warriors were pressed in a tight
Calamitous spot, you saw their faces like the moon.

27. They took patient endurance as thick armor
Which enriched them beyond any army or amnesty.

28. And if the face of unjust time frowned,
They laughed with the palm of one unable to pay.

29. Or do we not see Abdulaziz son of the exalted ones
Revive the excellent traditions of the mantled one.

30. How he ascended in glory to the apex of highness
Until he almost equaled with it the shining star!

31. He stripped the kingdoms from their people with resolves
That diminish the resolve of Alexander.

32. He donned audacity over caution, and verily
Attaining noble qualities is in undertaking danger.

33. The kings joined under his banner jealously
Gazing under the banner like the debased.

34. The roaring lion does not bellow in his defense,
And when he yawns he would that he had not opened wide!

35. How he drove the empty ruins ahead in hordes
Leaving the fortresses like a desolate wasteland!

36. Bearing every long-necked one with a mane
And treading the shoulder of the recalcitrant prey.

37. Sheltered by the fervor of the battlefield in the fray
Exhausting the back of the blond steed.

38. Steadfast when the afflictions change color,
Alert when they sing his praises, he does not notice.

39. He combined sovereignty, courage, and softness,
A character whose ways whether source or estuary are virtuous.

40. So if he bestows you will not find any but a loyalist,
And if he is stern you will not find any but a wretch.

41. And if you look you look upon the finest looking,
And if you hear you hear the most honorable speaker.

42. Thoughts struggle with how he attained this height,
Then return frustrated as if they did not think.

43. A people the cream of whose nobility branched out
And gifted mankind with a gift beyond price.

44. Their virtues have superseded past virtues,
And will supersede what comes in future times.

45. So make peace and remain with lasting devotion
To the religion, calling to the paths of greatest peace,

46. And defeat the enemies of God in their rage,
As they drink cups of thick red humiliation.

47. Then prayers upon the Prophet and his family,
The people of the cloak, and his chosen companions.