Sol 6.1

  1. هنيئاً لَنَا ولِأَقصى العِبادِ

    جِهادُكَ فِي الله حَقَّ الجِهادِ

    Joy to us and to the farthest of God's servants:

    for your striving in God's cause—striving as it should be.

  2. تُباري الصَّبا وتُناوي الشَمالَ

    تُرَاوِحُ أرْضَ العِدى أو تُغادي

    You rival the east wind and challenge the north wind,

    raiding the enemy's land at evening or at dawn,

  3. بِسُمْرِ القَنا وبِبِيضِ السُّيوفِ

    وحُرِّ الكُماةِ وغُرِّ الجِيادِ

    with brown-shafted spears and white-bladed swords,

    and noble champions and white-blazed steeds—

  4. جيوشاً تَضِلُّ الأدِلّاءُ فِيهَا

    وأنتَ لهَا بِهُدى النَّصْرِ هادِ

    armies in which guides lose their way,

    while you guide them by the guidance of victory.

  5. إذا اكتَحَلَ الجَوُّ كُحْلَ الظَّلامِ

    كَحَلْتَ العيونَ بِطولِ السُّهادِ

    When the sky puts on the kohl of darkness,

    you line the eyes with long wakefulness.

  6. تقودُ أعِنَّتَها مُسْتَقِيداً

    إليكَ بِها كُلَّ صَعْبِ القِيادِ

    You guide their reins, bringing into submission

    to yourself, through them, all who are hard to lead.

  7. مُظَلَّلةً بِعَوالي الرِّماحِ

    مُكَلَّلَةً بِطِوالِ الهوادي

    Shaded by the lofty tips of spears,

    crowned with the long necks of horses,

  8. مُجَلَّلَةً منكَ بَرْدَ اليقينِ

    فَهانَ عَليْهُنَّ حَرُّ الجِلادِ

    cloaked by you in certainty's coolness,

    so the heat of combat grew easy for them to bear.

  9. تُوَطِّئُهُنَّ لحمْلِ الكُماةِ

    وتُوطِئُهُنَّ صدورَ الأعادي

    You ready them to carry champions,

    and make them trample the enemies' breasts,

  10. مُجِيباً بهِنَّ مُنادِي الإلهِ

    فَلَبَّاَكَ كُلُّ مُجيبِ المُنادِي

    answering with them the herald of God,

    so all who answered the herald answered your call.

  11. بعَزْمٍ يُذَكِّرُ أرْضَ الأعادي

    هُبوبَ العواصفِ فِي أرضِ عادِ

    With a resolve that reminds the enemies' land

    of the tempests blowing through the land of 'Ad,

  12. فأقْدَمْتَها يَا ابْنَ عبدِ العزيزِ

    لِعزِّ المُوالي وذُلِّ المُعادي

    you drove them forward, O son of Abd al-Aziz,

    to exalt the loyal and humble the hostile,

  13. لِتُحييَ من حَكَمٍ حُكْمَهُ

    بِسَقْيِ الرَّدى كُلَّ باغٍ وَعادِ

    to revive the rule of Hakam,

    by making every rebel and aggressor drink death.

  14. ولم يَثْنِها عن مَدىً غارَةٌ

    تُغَوِّرُها فِي مَغَارِ البِعادِ

    And no raid turned them back from their goal,

    though it plunged them deep into distant lands.

  15. ولا أخَّرَتْ يانِعاتِ الرُّؤوسِ

    ليوم الجَنى وليومِ الجِدادِ

    Nor did it leave ripe heads waiting

    for the day of gathering and the day of harvest.

  16. فلأياً طَرَدْتَ المَها عن أسودٍ

    أبَرْتَهُمُ فِي مَكَرِّ الطِّرادِ

    So with difficulty you drove the oryx away from lions

    whom you slew on the field of charge and chase.

  17. دِياراً سَقَيْتَ دَمَ المانِعيها

    مُتُونَ الرُّبى وبُطونَ الوِهادِ

    Lands where you watered with their defenders' blood

    the backs of hills and the bellies of hollows.

  18. وأطْفَأْتَ فيهنَّ نارَ السُّيوفِ

    وأضْرَمْتَ منهنَّ قَدْحَ الزِّنادِ

    And there you quenched the fire of swords,

    and from them kindled fire struck from flints—

  19. وَقُوداً تُبَيَّضُ فِيهَا الليالي

    ويُصْبَغُ نُورُ الضُّحى بِالسَّوادِ

    fuel amid which the nights turn white,

    and the light of forenoon is dyed black.

  20. بما بُدِّلَتْ من مَجالِ الرماحِ

    مَجالَ الرِّياحِ بِهَا فِي الرَّمادِ

    For they were changed from fields of spears

    to fields where winds range through their ashes.

  21. فَأُلبِسْتَ فِيهَا ثيابَ السرورِ

    وغادَرْتَها فِي ثيابِ الحِدادِ

    So there you were clad in garments of joy,

    and left them in garments of mourning,

  22. بفَتْحٍ تَفَتَّحُ منهُ الأماني

    إلى كُلِّ حاضِرِ أرْضٍ وَبادِ

    through a victory from which hopes blossom

    for every settled dweller and nomad on earth.

  23. مَعالِمُ منها تَعَلَّمْتُ منكَ

    إليكَ مسالِكَ سُبْل الجِهادِ

    Landmarks by which I learned from you

    the paths of striving that lead to you.

  24. فَأعْلَيتُ نَحَوَكَ بَندَ الثناءِ

    وقُدْتُ إليكَ خُيُولَ الوِدادِ

    So I raised toward you the banner of praise,

    and led to you the steeds of affection.

  25. وشَرَّدَ جَفْني لذيذَ المنامِ

    وعَطَّلَ جَنْبي وَثيرَ المِهادِ

    And my eyelid banished sweet sleep,

    and my side left the soft bed unused,

  26. مثالاً تَمَثَّلْتُهُ منكَ فيكَ

    وأنتَ إلى الغَزْوِ سارٍ فغَادِ

    following an example I took from you, in your honor,

    as you journey to war by night, then at dawn.

  27. فَكَمْ أبْتَ منهُ بِبِيضِ الوجوهِ

    كما أبتُ منكَ ببيضِ الأَيادي

    How often you returned from it with faces shining white,

    as I returned from you with white hands of bounty.

  28. وكم عُدْتَ منهُ بفتحِ الفُتوحِ

    كم عادَ لي منكَ عَهْدَ العِهادِ

    And how often you returned from it with the victory of victories,

    how often rain upon rain returned to me from you.

  29. ولكنَّ منكُم جَوادِي وسَرْجِي

    ونُزْلي ويُسْرِي ومائي وزادي

    Yet from you came my steed and my saddle,

    and my lodging, my ease, my water, and my provisions.

  30. وأنتُم شَدَدْتُمُ يَميني بِرُمحِي

    وهَيَّأْتُمُ عاتِقي للنِّجادِ

    And you strengthened my right hand with my spear,

    and readied my shoulder for the sword-baldric.

  31. وأنتُمْ سَقَيْتُمْ ثَرَاةَ اغْتِرابي

    سِجالَ الغَمامِ وصَوْبَ الغَوَادي

    And you watered the soil of my exile

    with the clouds' brimming buckets and the morning rains' downpour.

  32. فتِلْكَ أزاهِيرُها قَدْ سَقَيتُمْ

    تَفُوحُ لَكُمُ من أقاصِي البِلادِ

    So these are its blossoms, which you have watered,

    wafting fragrance for you from the farthest lands.

  33. ويَسْرِي بِهَا فِي الدُّجى كُلُّ سارٍ

    ويَشدُو بِهَا فِي الورى كُلُّ شادِ

    And every night-traveler journeys with them through the darkness,

    and every singer sings them among mankind,

  34. على كُلِّ فُلْكٍ طَرُوقِ الشِّراعِ

    وَفي كُلِّ رَحْلٍ وَثيقِ الشِّدادِ

    aboard every ship with night-faring sails,

    and on every securely strapped saddle.

  35. وتِلكَ حدائِقُ مَا قَدْ غَرَسْتُمْ

    مُنىً وجنىً لِنفوسِ العِبادِ

    And these are the gardens of what you planted,

    hopes and harvests for the souls of God's servants.

  36. تَرَوَّضُ من نَشْرِها كُلُّ أرْضٍ

    ويَنْدى بإنشادِها كُلُّ نادِ

    Their fragrance turns every land into a garden,

    and every assembly is bedewed by their recitation.

  37. سَتُؤْتِيكُمُ أُكْلَها كُلَّ حينٍ

    ويُجنِيكُمُ زَهْرَها كُلُّ وادِ

    They will yield you their fruit at every season,

    and every valley will let you gather their blossoms,

  38. بإحياءِ فَخْرِكُمُ للْحياةِ

    وإجزال ذُخْرِكُمُ فِي المَعادِ

    keeping your glory alive in this life,

    and enriching your store in the life to come.

  39. ودُونَكَ غَرَّاءَ يُضْحِي سَناها

    بِغُرَّةِ سَيِّدِها فِي ازْدِيادِ

    Accept this radiant poem, whose splendor at dawn

    grows ever greater through its master's shining brow.

  40. فلا خَانَها أمَلُ المُسْتَفِيدِ

    وَأُبْقِيتَ فِي عُمُرٍ مُسْتفادِ

    May the beneficiary's hope never betray it,

    and may you be kept alive with ever-renewed years.