يا خير من ملك الملوك بجوده

يا خير من ملك الملوك بجوده

ولفضله قد أشبهَ الأملاكا

ولفضله قد أشبهَ الأملاكا

O best of those whose generosity has won kings over,

O best of the kings in his generosity,

and whose excellence has made him resemble the angels.

And for his grace he resembled the angels,

واللهِ ما عرفَ الزمانُ وأهلُهُ

واللهِ ما عرفَ الزمانُ وأهلُهُ

أمناً ويمناً دائماً لولاكا

أمناً ويمناً دائماً لولاكا

By God, time and its people would never have known

By Allah, time and its people never knew,

lasting safety and good fortune, were it not for you.

Always safety and prosperity without you.

وافَيتُ أهلي بالرياض عشيةً

وافَيتُ أهلي بالرياض عشيةً

في روض جاهك تحت ظل ذَراكا

في روض جاهك تحت ظل ذَراكا

I came to my family in the gardens one evening,

I met my family in Riyadh one evening,

in the garden of your eminence, beneath the shade of your heights.

In your auspicious garden beneath your shade,

فوجدتُه قد طلَّه صوب الندى

فوجدتُه قد طلَّه صوب الندى

بسحائب تنهلُّ من يُمناكا

بسحائب تنهلُّ من يُمناكا

I found that the shower of bounty had bedewed it,

I found it overflowing with dew towards the wetness,

with clouds pouring from your right hand,

With clouds dripping from your blessings.

وسفائنِ مشحونةٍ ألقى بها

وسفائنِ مشحونةٍ ألقى بها

بحرُ السماح يجيش من نُعماكا

بحرُ السماح يجيش من نُعماكا

and laden ships cast forth by

And ships laden with which the sea of generosity set in motion,

the sea of generosity, surging with your blessings.

Flowing from your favors.

رُطَبٌ من الطَّلع النضيد كأنها

رُطَبٌ من الطَّلع النضيد كأنها

قد نُظِّمت من حسنها أسلاكا

قد نُظِّمت من حسنها أسلاكا

Fresh ripe dates from closely layered palm clusters, as though

Fresh from blossoming branches as if

they had been threaded into strands, so beautiful were they.

Arranged from their beauty like necklaces.

من كل ما كان النّبيُّ يحبها

من كل ما كان النّبيُّ يحبها

وأحبها الأنصار من أولاكا

وأحبها الأنصار من أولاكا

Of every kind the Prophet used to love,

Of everything the Prophet loved,

and, among those, the ones the Ansar loved.

And the Supporters loved from those.

وبدائع التحفِ التي قد أطلعت

وبدائع التحفِ التي قد أطلعت

مثلَ البدور أنارت الأحلاكا

مثلَ البدور أنارت الأحلاكا

And wondrous gifts that you made rise,

And wonderful gifts you unveiled,

like full moons, illuminating the deep darkness.

Like full moons illuminating the horizons.

نطف من النور المبين تجَسَّمتْ

نطف من النور المبين تجَسَّمتْ

حتى حسبنا َنَّهنَّ هداكا

حتى حسبنا َنَّهنَّ هداكا

Drops of manifest light that took bodily form,

Drops of manifest light embodied,

until we thought they were your guidance.

We thought they were your guidance.

يحلو على الأفواه طيبُ مذاقها

يحلو على الأفواه طيبُ مذاقها

لولا التجسّدُ خلتُهنَّ ثناكا

لولا التجسّدُ خلتُهنَّ ثناكا

Their delightful flavor is sweet in the mouth;

Sweet on mouths the taste of it,

but for their bodily form, I would take them for praise of you.

Were it not for incarnation, we’d think them your gifts.

طافت بها النَشأُ الصِّغارُ كأنَّها

طافت بها النَشأُ الصِّغارُ كأنَّها

سربُ القطا لمّا وَرَدْنَ نَدَاكَا

سربُ القطا لمّا وَرَدْنَ نَدَاكَا

The little children circled around them, as though they were

The little children circled them as if they were,

a flock of sandgrouse when they came to drink of your bounty.

A flock of wildcats when they came to your call.

نَجْواهُمُ مهما سمعت كلامهم

نَجْواهُمُ مهما سمعت كلامهم

ونداؤهم مولايَ أو مولاكا

ونداؤهم مولايَ أو مولاكا

Their whispered talk, whenever I heard their words,

Their mewing however much I heard their talk,

and their calls were ‘My lord’ or ‘Your lord.’

And their cry “My Master” or “Our Master”.

بَلَّغْتَ في الأبناء عبْدَك سُؤُلَه

بَلَّغْتَ في الأبناء عبْدَك سُؤُلَه

لا زلتَ تبلغ في بنيك مُناكا

لا زلتَ تبلغ في بنيك مُناكا

You have fulfilled your servant’s wish concerning his sons;

You conveyed to your servant his request regarding the children,

may you never cease to attain your wishes for your sons.

You still convey regarding your sons their wishes.

يتدارسون من الدعاء صحائفاً

يتدارسون من الدعاء صحائفاً

كيما يطيلُ الله في بُقياكا

كيما يطيلُ الله في بُقياكا

They study together pages of prayers,

They pass around pages of prayer,

so that God may prolong your life.

So that God may prolong your remaining.

فبقيتَ شمساً في سماء خلافةٍ

فبقيتَ شمساً في سماء خلافةٍ

وهُمُ البدورُ أمدّهن سناكا

وهُمُ البدورُ أمدّهن سناكا

So may you remain a sun in the sky of the caliphate,

You remained a sun in the sky of the caliphate,

and they the full moons, sustained by your radiance.

And they are the full moons, may He extend your lifetime.