بحرى المقدر حيث قدر شائيا

من كان منا آبيا أو شائيا

Fate runs where it is decreed, outstripping

whoever among us is unwilling or willing.

ان الذي عنت العباد لحكمه

اضحى لاحكام المنية عانيا

Indeed, he to whose rule the people bowed

has become a captive to death's decrees.

فنجيد في عبد المجيد تعازيا

ونعيد في عبد العزيز تهانيا

So we offer fitting condolences for Abd al-Majid,

and renew congratulations for Abd al-Aziz.

شان الحياة مساءة ومسرة

تتعاقبان هواديا وتواليا

Life's way is grief and gladness,

alternating, now leading, now following.

وكذا الزمان يكون طورا مدويا

فينا وطورا قد يكون مداويا

So too does time sometimes bring sickness

upon us, and sometimes it may bring healing.

مادت بنا الاتراح والافراح في

يوم ومرن عواديا ودواعيا

Griefs and joys made us reel within

one day, surging as assailants and beckoners.

لم تمض الا ساعة حتى سرت

عنا دجى كرب حسبن رواسيا

Scarcely an hour had passed before there lifted

from us the darkness of woes deemed immovable.

وبدت تباشير البشارة باسم من

ولى الخلافة نعم ذلك واليا

And the first signs of glad tidings appeared with the name of him

who assumed the caliphate—what an excellent ruler he is!

فغدا المعدد للفقيد معددا

اوصاف وارثه الكريمة داعيا

So the departed's eulogist turned to recounting

his heir's noble qualities and offering prayers:

هو واحد الاحاد لا تلقى له

فيما حواه من الخلائق ثانيا

He is unique among the peerless; you will find none

to equal him in the virtues he possesses.

يعتز امر الدين والدنيا به

وتعز شانهما يداه تلافيا

The cause of faith and worldly life grows mighty through him,

and his two hands exalt their standing, setting matters right.

فهما لاعمال الحسام وللندى

طب لا بؤسنا وخير شافيا

For, wielding the sword and bestowing bounty, both are

a cure for our woes and the best of healers.

نصر المهيمن رايه وادامه

للملك والاسلام نصرا واقيا

May the Guardian grant his counsel victory and preserve him

as a safeguarding support for kingship and Islam.