1. قَد تَسَدَّيتُها وَتَحتي أَمونٌ

    طَوعَةُ الرَأسِ بازِلٌ عُبهورُ

    I have crossed it, with a trusty she-camel beneath me,

    docile at the rein, full-grown and great-bodied,

  2. نَحوُ عَبدِ العَزيزِ ما تَطعَمُ النَو

    مَ وَمِنها بَعدَ الرَواحِ البُكورُ

    toward ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; she tastes no sleep,

    and after evening travel, she sets out again at dawn.

  3. وَهُوَ الثالِثُ الخَليفَةُ لِلُّ

    هِ إِمامٌ لِلمُؤمِنينَ أَميرُ

    And he is the third, the caliph of God,

    an imam, a commander of the faithful.

  4. إِن أَرادوا التُقى فَعَدلٌ تَقِيٌّ

    أَو أَرادوا عَدلاً فَلَيسَ يَجورُ

    If they desire piety, he is just and devout;

    or if they desire justice, he does no wrong.

  5. جَدُّهُ مُرَّتَينِ جَدُّ أَبيهِ

    فَإِلى العيصِ يَنتَمي وَيَصيرُ

    His grandsire twice over is his father's grandsire;

    so to al-ʿĪṣ he traces his descent and returns.

  6. وَلَدَتهُ المُلوكُ مَلكاً هُماماً

    فَهُوَ بَدرٌ غَمَّ النُجومَ مُنيرُ

    Kings begot him, a king of high resolve;

    so he is a radiant full moon that eclipses the stars.

  7. حَكَمِيّاً يَراحُ لِلمَجدِ فَرعاً

    مُؤفِياً بِالعُهودِ حينَ يُجيرُ

    A scion of Ḥakam, he delights in glory,

    keeping his pledges when he grants protection.

  8. مَعشَرٌ مَعدِنُ الخِلافَةِ فيهِم

    بَدؤُها مِنهُمُ وَفيهُم تَحورُ

    A clan among whom the caliphate has its source:

    with them it began, and to them it returns.

  9. لا يَرومَنَّ مُلكَهُم آدَمِيٌّ

    إِنَّ من رامَ مُلكَهُم مَغرورُ

    Let no mortal ever covet their rule;

    truly, whoever covets their rule is deluded.

  10. رامَهُ الناكِثونَ فَاِستَأصَلوهُم

    وُوُلاةُ الشيطانِ حَتّى أُبيروا

    The oath-breakers sought it, only to be rooted out,

    and Satan's lieutenants too, until they were destroyed.

  11. ثُمَّ عَبدُ العَزيزِ قَرمٌ هِجانٌ

    لَم يُضَيِّع لَمّا اِعتَرَتهُ الأُمورُ

    Then ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, a noble, purebred sire,

    did not fail when affairs beset him.

  12. قادَ عَوداً مِنَ الجُيوشِ لُهاماً

    أَرعَنَ الحَجرَتَينِ حينَ يَسيرُ

    He led a mighty host, an all-devouring army,

    mountainous on both flanks as it marches,

  13. لَجِباً رِزُّهُ إِذا اِرتَجَّ يَوماً

    في عَجاجٍ مِن تَحتِهِنَّ يَثورُ

    clamorous in its rumbling whenever it surges,

    amid dust rising from beneath them.

  14. ثُمَّ يَجتَبنَهُ فَيَخرُجنَ مِنهُ

    شَطبَةٌ لَقوَةٌ وَفَحلٌ طَحورُ

    Then they cut through it and emerge from it:

    a slender, swift mare and a hard-driving stallion.

  15. شازِباتٌ كَأَنَهُنَّ ضِراءٌ

    مَلِحاتٌ أَعناقُها وَالظُهورُ

    Lean, as though they were hunting hounds,

    their necks and backs crusted with salt.

  16. اِبنَ أُمِّ البَنينِ أَنتَ فَتى النا

    سِ وَأَنتَ المُوَفَّقُ المَأجورُ

    Son of Umm al-Banīn, you are the people's champion,

    and you are granted success and reward.