1. Our days were watered with bitter trials,
Lightning smiles and thunderous clouds.

2. And it rained heavily on Najd, so it revived
The soil of those camps and settlements.

3. The red carnelian sparkles in its protector,
Like a tender branch of Roud.

4. We were the does of the gazelles, they had brown patches,
Hunting with their melodies the prey of lions.

5. For a time, the astrologers were concerned with it,
Today, restore from it a thousand feasts.

6. I tame the wildness of passion in gardens
Dotted with basil and sprinkled with cold water.

7. The frontiers remind me of it, the barren lands,
And those roses, reddening the cheeks.

8. So oh valley of Arak, I see you narrating
In your expanse what upsets the pots.

9. And oh ruins of Rammah, my heart has
A lasting, promised pleasure in your rubble.

10. Will the bond of reunion return to us in you,
And fulfill before I fulfill my vows?

11. And our life with your presence becomes pleasant,
Pleasing to look at even for the envious.

12. If separation was soon,
My longing does not call from afar.

13. And how can I when I have tears in my eyelids,
Agitated by a sigh rising up.

14. I swear by the virtue and love of
Saladin one day with increase.

15. O brother, when dire might relaxes,
Like the ardors of war and wise opinion.

16. The protected territory of virtues and helping hands
Are necklaces of his generosity upon every neck.

17. Its whiteness looks upon every starry night,
Like the tails of dark horses.

18. And its vigor wraps around red and black,
When war obscures the spilling of blood.

19. Let tenderness be of wonder and bewilderment,
And the breastplate be of generosity and giving.

20. He is stingy in protecting his honor and dignity,
And tolerant of frivolity and habit.

21. But for the ethics which created him,
Purer than a blossoming meadow.

22. And deeds that keep reviving
The dead of virtues while he gives life.

23. When enemies reached far,
Evil touched even close relatives.

24. So he gathered them with the troops of opinion,
Exceeding squadrons and armies.

25. Blood for the king, O submerger of hands,
Of long standing, with extended life.

26. When the palms of people dried up around us,
With a palm from you, refusal and birth.

27. You showed through it the brother of annihilation
Existence not found in all existence.

28. And if their gifts were forgetfulness,
We obtained from your generosity minted coins.

29. I swore by the likes of canopies
That eliminate harm with steady work.

30. And the ancient house and its visitors
From horizons and the established corner.

31. You have become the protection of every refugee,
And the blessing of every supported sovereign.

32. You have reformed, O bestower of gifts,
Through your generosity the state of your excellent poet.

33. So your pensions never ceased flourishing,
A springtime for intentions and poems.

34. You remained, so the bounty of your palms did not diminish,
Nor the inclining of your support with the paltry.

35. You made fasting easy, and days did not change
For you from a praiseworthy state.