أيا شرف الإسلام دُمْتَ مُشرَّفاً

أيا شرف الإسلام دُمْتَ مُشرَّفاً

ولا زال ذا فخرٍ برتبتك الفخرُ

ولا زال ذا فخرٍ برتبتك الفخرُ

O Honor of Islam, may you remain honored,

O glory of Islam, may you remain glorious,

and may Pride never cease to take pride in your rank.

And may you continue to take pride in your eminent rank.

ألَمْ تَرَ أنّ المجد أتلَعَ جيدَه

ألَمْ تَرَ أنّ المجد أتلَعَ جيدَه

لمجدِك إذ أضْحَى وأنت له صدرُ

لمجدِك إذ أضْحَى وأنت له صدرُ

Have you not seen Glory raise its neck

Do you not see that glory has adorned its neck for your glory,

toward your glory, now that you are its breast?

As it has become a breastplate for you.

وأصبحَ منك الجود حَاليَ نَحْرِهِ

وأصبحَ منك الجود حَاليَ نَحْرِهِ

فَلا مَرّ عصر أنتَ فيه ولا دَهْرُ

فَلا مَرّ عصر أنتَ فيه ولا دَهْرُ

And your generosity now adorns its throat;

And generosity has become devoted to you,

so may no age in which you live pass away, nor any era.

So no era has passed in which you were not there.

حليتَ أزالاً إذ حَلَلْتَ بسوحها

حليتَ أزالاً إذ حَلَلْتَ بسوحها

ففي أَنفها شِنفٌ وفي أذنِها شذرُ

ففي أَنفها شِنفٌ وفي أذنِها شذرُ

You adorned Azal when you settled in her precincts;

You have adorned the Azaals as you frequented their plains,

so her nose bears an earring, and her ear bears gold beads.

With scorn in their nostrils and arrogance in their ears.

وصُغْتَ عقود النّظمِ والنثر يافِعاً

وصُغْتَ عقود النّظمِ والنثر يافِعاً

فعادَ إلى رَيعانه مِنهما العُمرُ

فعادَ إلى رَيعانه مِنهما العُمرُ

And while still young, you fashioned necklaces of verse and prose;

You have strung the pearls of prose and verse, O youth,

so through them both, life returned to its youthful prime.

So their lifetime has returned to its prime.

وقلّدتَ أجياد القريض لآلِئاً

وقلّدتَ أجياد القريض لآلِئاً

ولا عجبٌ فالدرُّ معدِنُه البَحرُ

ولا عجبٌ فالدرُّ معدِنُه البَحرُ

And you hung pearls about the necks of poetry;

And you have bestowed the stallions of poetry with necklaces,

and no wonder, for pearls have their source in the sea.

And no wonder, for pearls come from the sea.

وقد عَمَّ منك الجود نجداً وغورَه

وقد عَمَّ منك الجود نجداً وغورَه

وأصْبحَ سَهْلاً مِنْ هواطِله الوعرُ

وأصْبحَ سَهْلاً مِنْ هواطِله الوعرُ

And your generosity has encompassed Najd and its lowlands;

Your generosity has encompassed Najd and its valleys,

and its downpours have made the rugged ground smooth.

Making its rugged cliffs into plains.

فجُد لي بهاتيك الوريقات عَاجِلاً

فجُد لي بهاتيك الوريقات عَاجِلاً

لأَفْعَلَ فيها مثلما يفْعَل الهِرُّ

لأَفْعَلَ فيها مثلما يفْعَل الهِرُّ

So give me those little sheets without delay,

So provide me with those sheets swiftly,

so that I may do with them just what the cat does.

That I may do to them what rats do.

ولا غرو يا مولاي إن قُرئتْ بأن

ولا غرو يا مولاي إن قُرئتْ بأن

تداولَ سمعَ المرء أنملُه العشرُ

تداولَ سمعَ المرء أنملُه العشرُ

And no wonder, my master, if they are read in such a way

And no wonder, my lord, if it is recited that,

that a man's ten fingertips take turns handling his hearing.

What a person hears makes his toes itch.