1. I see your smile light up mouths like fragrant pearls
From which ambergris and musk are extracted

2. You erected the minaret of justice above its minarets
So the fixed stars took shelter in its pillars

3. It is frequented by all who tread the two continents
Traveler, sailor, walker or rider

4. You brought the lion of the jungle and the lion to pasture
Tomorrow it turns docile, warring no more

5. No claws or talons are bared there by beasts
No weapons are drawn by warriors

6. When you are praised, the water stands still
As your name settles into hearts like melting rock

7. That is only because they fear their Lord
And all in awe of you stand trembling

8. You don the robe of awe and the night grows dark
Its furrows creased, the night grows grey

9. And dawn breaks to find you sought yet afraid
How can you feel safe when time is hunting you?

10. Neighbor of the heir of Bakheel, seek protection
In the most wondrous shelter, safe from afflictions

11. Call upon call for Prince Muhammed
Can anyone vie in glory and prevail?

12. Describe the Umayyad, how oaths twisted him
Where did they find him, weak and defeated?

13. His fathers are revealed by his disgrace
The branches lay bare the noble roots

14. He ruled to the extent of overpowering his peers
How many difficulties has he resolved? How can

15. The sun's rays not dispel even the deepest darkness?
The Ukaz market his quadrangle and its measure

16. To him we have relinquished the reins
The disciplines of study and self he has mastered

17. Befitting his exalted qualities
What wisdom you bring, what marvels

18. With which minds are delighted, however novel
It is as if we see Alexander still living

19. In his town or Aristotle, no deputy