1. Today the country mourns the death
Of Ismail, so grief prevails
١. وَاليَوْمَ رَاعَ البِلادَ مُصْرَعُ
إِسْمَعِيلَ فَالحُزْنُ شَامِلُ عَمَمُ
2. The generous man in both states died
In both situations, modesty and nobility
٢. مَاتَ كَرِيمُ الحَالَيْنِ يَعْرِفُهُ
فِي المَوْقِفَيْنِ الحَيَاءُ وَالكَرَمُ
3. Eloquence in the conduct of the modest
Not every eminent man is modest
٣. لَبَّاقَةٌ فِي سُلُوكِ مُحْتَشِمِ
مَا كُلُّ عَالِي الجَنَابِ مُحْتَشِمُ
4. The dignity of a soul that has an effect
In every matter that befalls crushed
٤. عِزَّةُ نَفْسٍ يُرَى لَهَا أَثَرٌ
فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ يَأْتِيهِ مُرْتَطَمُ
5. A subtlety that can barely resemble
The gentleness in traits like a soft breeze
٥. لَطَافةٌ مَا تَكَادُ تَشْبهُهَا
مِنْ رشقَّةٍ فِي الشَّمَائِلِ النُّسَمُ
6. Courage that overcomes disasters, and nothing
Defeats it if crises continue
٦. شَجَاعَةٌ تَغْلُبُ الخُطُوبَ وَمَا
تَغْلبُهَا إِنْ تَوَالَتِ الأُزَمُ
7. No matter how much good fortune pours upon Al Saud
It did not make him transgress the limit
٧. مَهْمَا تَصِبْ فِي السُّعُودِ مِنْ نِعَمٍ
مَا رَفَّعَتْهُ عَنْ حَدِّهِ النِّعَمُ
8. The lover of the country who served it
With money and soul when war flares up, died
٨. مَاتَ مُحِبُّ البِلادِ خَادِمُهَا
بِالمَالِ وَالرُّوحِ حِينَ تُحتَدَمُ
9. In the safekeeping of God, the best intent
For the best of what the intent wants
٩. فِي ذِمَّةِ اللهِ خَيْرِ مُعْتَزِمٍ
لِخَيْرِ مَا يَبْتَغِيهِ مُعْتَزِمُ
10. He went to God, and He is more merciful
Than the first to seek His grace. Have mercy!
١٠. صَارَ إِلَى اللهِ وَهْوَ أَرْحَمُ مَنْ
يَأْوِي إِلَى فَضْلِهِ الأُلَى رَحَمُوا