قال قوم لزمت حضرة حمد

قال قوم لزمت حضرة حمد

وتجنبت سائر الرؤساء

وتجنبت سائر الرؤساء

Some people said, “You have kept to Hamd’s court

Some people said, "You have frequented the court of Hamad

and avoided all the other leaders.”

And avoided all other heads of state."

قلت ما قاله الذي أحرز المع

قلت ما قاله الذي أحرز المع

نى قديماً قبلي من الشعراء

نى قديماً قبلي من الشعراء

I said what was said by the one who captured the mean-

I said what the one who attained glory said before me

ing long ago, before me, among the poets.

Of the poets in ancient times: