1. She saw as night had let down its curtains,
The flash of lightning glittering brightly.

2. It realized the lightning flash of Nejd,
So her heart was stirred - Nejd and yearning!

3. The reins struggled with her, but didn't stop her,
The halter confronted her, but she couldn't bear it.

4. The horsewomen say to me, crying from lovesickness,
"A crazed one complains." I said, "From longing,

5. For Umar ibn Abdallah she sighs,
My she-camel strives ahead impetuously.

6. For the rain which, if it is scarce,
From his right hand pours profusely.

7. For the lion who guarded enemies
And his gentle behavior secured companions.

8. For the sea of politics, none contends,
Nor do opponents seek to catch up.

9. For the brilliant one, who, if you tested him
You'd fear conflagration from his heat.

10. For the moon of ministry whom the auspicious days
Have adorned with light and proportion.

11. Unique in nobility, his hands open
He won the race to lofty levels.

12. When he pours cool soft speech we say
'Is this honey or sweeter taste?'

13. If his glories are mentioned we sense
The wafting fragrance diffuse rapidly.

14. Not pretentiously do I praise
The carpenter from Mureyni.

15. He who's like his father Abdullah in opinion
If a problem arises, resolves it completely.

16. Abdullah, as much as is said of excellence in ministry,
Is its pillar and gilded arrow.

17. Its noblest support, its honored one,
He who aided the weak and needy.

18. His excellence became, above the moon, a crown,
And for the belt of Aldebaran a band.

19. Truly through you is the ministry adorned
By one whose nature is gentle and agreeable.

20. You are the sword of the kingdom - which sword
Sufficed crises without blood spilled?

21. You mounted the terrible in the paths to glory
And so met with harmony and concord.

22. You struck the rock so it burst asunder,
You struck the sea so it separated apart.

23. Your ministry which truly is congratulated
Didn't squander or exhaust or overburden.

24. It didn't grow haughtier through its elevation,
Nor greedier through its wealth.

25. But you stood for some of your right
Through your right, after it was stolen.

26. I courted your eminence before this with affection,
Paying sincerity's dowry to it.

27. I promised time your triumph,
And made misfortunes submissive to you.

28. So forgive me - my excuse isn't obscure -
If the excuse in falling short is constrained.

29. Before this I complained of estrangement to you,
And now, here I am, complaining of parting!

30. If it weren't for successive talk of your mightiness
I wouldn't be one who recovered.

31. So determine my condition without delay,
Comfort, respect, and release!"

32. You mounted time submitting humbly
In reverence for Mustafa who mounted Al-Buraq.