ذَكَرتَ ثَرى نَواظِرَ وَالخُزامى

ذَكَرتَ ثَرى نَواظِرَ وَالخُزامى

فَكادَ القَلبُ يَنصَدِعُ اِنصِداعا

فَكادَ القَلبُ يَنصَدِعُ اِنصِداعا

You recalled the moist earth of Nawazir and the lavender,

You recalled the dwellings of Nawazir and Al-Khuzama

so the heart nearly split asunder.

My heart almost ruptured with such recollection

أُلامُ عَلى الصَبابَةِ وَالمَهارى

أُلامُ عَلى الصَبابَةِ وَالمَهارى

تَحِنُّ إِذا تَذَكَّرَتِ النِزاعا

تَحِنُّ إِذا تَذَكَّرَتِ النِزاعا

I am blamed for passionate longing, though the Mahri camels

Sorrow for youth and skill are pains

yearn when they remember separation.

That ache when the feuds of past are reflected

رَأَينَ تَغَيُّري فَذُعِرنَ مِنهُ

رَأَينَ تَغَيُّري فَذُعِرنَ مِنهُ

كَذُعرِ الفارِسِ البَقَرَ الرِتاعا

كَذُعرِ الفارِسِ البَقَرَ الرِتاعا

They saw my altered state and were startled by it,

Seeing my change, they panicked

like grazing cattle startled by a horseman.

Like a knight whose trained horse shies

كَأَنَّ الرَحلَ فَوقَ قَرا جَفولٍ

كَأَنَّ الرَحلَ فَوقَ قَرا جَفولٍ

أَقامَ الماتِحانِ لَهُ الشِراعا

أَقامَ الماتِحانِ لَهُ الشِراعا

As though the saddle rested on the back of a swift vessel,

As if the caravan above a barren valley

for which the two oarsmen had raised the sail.

Where sailors have spread the sails

ذَكَرتُ إِذا نَظَرتُ إِلى يَدَيها

ذَكَرتُ إِذا نَظَرتُ إِلى يَدَيها

يَدَي عَسراءَ شَمَّرَتِ القِناعا

يَدَي عَسراءَ شَمَّرَتِ القِناعا

When I looked at her forelegs, I recalled

When I looked upon her hands

the hands of a left-handed woman who had drawn up her veil.

The hands of a beauty who has donned the veil

سَما عَبدُ العَزيزِ إِلى المَعالي

سَما عَبدُ العَزيزِ إِلى المَعالي

وَفاتَ العالَمينَ نَدىً وَباعا

وَفاتَ العالَمينَ نَدىً وَباعا

Abd al-Aziz rose to the heights of honor,

Glory unto Abdel Aziz and his great deeds

and surpassed all people in generosity and reach.

Surpassing mankind in fame and worth

أَلَستَ اِبنَ الأَئِمَّةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

أَلَستَ اِبنَ الأَئِمَّةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

وَأَرحَبَها بِمَكرُمَةٍ ذِراعا

وَأَرحَبَها بِمَكرُمَةٍ ذِراعا

Are you not the son of the leaders of Quraysh,

Art not thou a son of the Imams of Quraish

and the most open-handed among them in noble deeds?

And most generous of them in giving and breadth

فَقَد أَوصى الوَليدُ أَخا حِفاظٍ

فَقَد أَوصى الوَليدُ أَخا حِفاظٍ

فَما نَسِيَ الوَصاةَ وَلا أَضاعا

فَما نَسِيَ الوَصاةَ وَلا أَضاعا

For al-Walid charged a man of steadfast loyalty,

For Al-Walid entrusted you, a keeper of trusts

so he neither forgot the charge nor neglected it.

Never forgetting bequests or losing their wealth

إِذا جَدَّ الرَحيلُ بِنا فَرُحنا

إِذا جَدَّ الرَحيلُ بِنا فَرُحنا

فَنَسأَلُ ذا الجَلالِ بِكَ المَتاعا

فَنَسأَلُ ذا الجَلالِ بِكَ المَتاعا

When departure presses upon us and we set out,

When the caravan calls us, we rejoice

then we ask the Lord of Majesty to let us benefit from you.

Asking the Majestic to provide you its goods