أَبَيْتَyou refused إِلاَّexcept كَرَمَاgenerosity
أَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ كَرَمَا
دَلَّled عَلَيْكَto you الْغُرَمَاthe creditors
دَلَّ عَلَيْكَ الْغُرَمَا
You would have nothing but generosity,
You refused anything but generosity
which led the creditors to you.
Your love directed me to passion
يَاO ابْنَson of السَّعُودِgood fortunes دمmay remain (verb stem)
يَا ابْنَ السَّعُودِ دم
تَyou (verb ending) صَبّاًan ardent lover لِلْمَعَالِيof lofty pursuits مُغْرَمَاenamored
تَ صَبّاً لِلْمَعَالِي مُغْرَمَا
O son of good fortune, may you remain
O son of Saud, your blood
an ardent lover, enamored of lofty pursuits.
Flowed abundantly for the high goals, passionate
مِتْلُكَone like you مَنْwho قَرْطَسَhit the bull's-eye أغْtargets (first part)
مِتْلُكَ مَنْ قَرْطَسَ أغْ
رَاضَtargets (remaining part) الْعُلاَeminence لَمَّاwhen رَمَىhe shot
رَاضَ الْعُلاَ لَمَّا رَمَى
One like you hit the
Your rule whom Qartus feared
targets of eminence squarely when he shot,
When he targeted the heights of glory and became fragmented
وَجَدَّدَand he renewed الْعَهْدَthe age مِنْof الthe
وَجَدَّدَ الْعَهْدَ مِنْ ال
مَجْدِglory وَكَانَand it had انْصَرَمَاcome to an end
مَجْدِ وَكَانَ انْصَرَمَا
and renewed the age of
So time has grown youthful through him
glory, which had come to an end.
And he used to complain of old age
فَالدَّهْرُso Time قدْindeed شَبَّgrew young بِهِthrough him
فَالدَّهْرُ قدْ شَبَّ بِهِ
وَكَانَand it was يَشْكُوcomplaining of الْهَرَمَاold age
وَكَانَ يَشْكُو الْهَرَمَا
Thus Time has grown young through him,
though it had complained of old age.
Partial English translation: 8 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1