لك الويل من نعي به هتف البرق

لك الويل من نعي به هتف البرق

فريع له الإسلام واضطرب الشرق

فريع له الإسلام واضطرب الشرق

Woe to you, death announcement proclaimed by the telegraph!

Woe to you from the one whose death thunder announced,

Woe unto you from a mournful announcement shouted by the telegraph,

So Islam was alarmed by it, and the East was shaken.

Islam's young man, and the East was disturbed,

By which Islam was startled, and the East was shaken.

وردده المذياع من كل موطن

وردده المذياع من كل موطن

فصمت به الآذان واحتبس النطق

فصمت به الآذان واحتبس النطق

And the radio repeated it from every land,

The radio echoed it from every homeland,

The radio broadcast it from every land,

So ears were deafened by it, and speech was stilled.

The minarets were silenced by it and speech was suppressed,

Rendering ears deaf and holding tongues captive.

وفاضت به أنهار كل صحيفة

وفاضت به أنهار كل صحيفة

كما فاض من آماقنا دمعها الودق

كما فاض من آماقنا دمعها الودق

And the rivers of every newspaper overflowed with it,

With it, the rivers of every newspaper overflowed,

The columns of every newspaper overflowed with the news,

As tears poured like rain from the corners of our eyes.

As our deep sorrows overflowed with tears.

Just as heavy tears overflowed from our eyes.

فقدنا مليكا عادلا ظهر الهدى

فقدنا مليكا عادلا ظهر الهدى

بإنصافه في الحكم وانتصر الحق

بإنصافه في الحكم وانتصر الحق

We have lost a just king; right guidance shone forth

We have lost a just king who led to guidance,

We have lost a just king through whom guidance emerged,

Through his fairness in judgment, and truth triumphed.

With his fairness in ruling, truth prevailed,

By his equity in rule, and through whom truth prevailed.

أقام حدود الله بالسيف وازعا

أقام حدود الله بالسيف وازعا

وبالدين قانونا فدان له الخلق

وبالدين قانونا فدان له الخلق

He upheld God's bounds, with the sword as a deterrent,

He established God's limits with the sword as a deterrent,

He established God's laws with the sword as a deterrent,

And religion as law; thus the people submitted to him.

And with religion as law, people obeyed him.

And with religion as a statute, to which all people submitted.

وحاط حجيج البيت بالأمن بعد ما

وحاط حجيج البيت بالأمن بعد ما

عثا في الحجاز البدو وانسدت الطرق

عثا في الحجاز البدو وانسدت الطرق

And he kept the pilgrims to the House safe, after

He protected the pilgrims to the Sacred House after

He encompassed the pilgrims of the Sacred House with security, after

The Bedouins had wrought havoc in the Hijaz and the roads were blocked.

The nomads had spread corruption in Hejaz and the roads were blocked.

The Bedouins had wrought havoc in the Hejaz and the roads were blocked.

وشق الثرى واستخرج الماء دافقا

وشق الثرى واستخرج الماء دافقا

بكل النواحي لا يكف له دفق

بكل النواحي لا يكف له دفق

And he cleft the earth and drew forth gushing water

He dug the earth and brought out gushing water

He cleaved the earth and drew forth gushing water,

Throughout all regions, its flow never ceasing.

In all regions ceaselessly gushing forth.

In every quarter, a flow that never ceases.

وأخرج تبر الأرض يلمح بالغنى

وأخرج تبر الأرض يلمح بالغنى

ويلمع للرائي كما يلمع البرق

ويلمع للرائي كما يلمع البرق

And he brought forth the earth's gold, glinting with riches,

He brought out the blessings of the earth displaying prosperity

He brought forth the earth's gold, glimmering with wealth,

And shining to the beholder as lightning shines.

And shining to the beholder like lightning flashes.

Shining to the beholder just as lightning shines.

وأنبع آبارا من النفط جمة

وأنبع آبارا من النفط جمة

بأجهزة في الكشف لم يعيها عمق

بأجهزة في الكشف لم يعيها عمق

And he set abundant wells of oil gushing,

He made abundant wells spring from oil riches

And he caused abundant wells of oil to spring forth,

With prospecting equipment that no depth could thwart.

With equipment to discover what depths do not perceive.

With detection instruments that no depth could baffle.

لعمرك إن النفط للشعب ثروة

لعمرك إن النفط للشعب ثروة

وعلق نفيس ليس يشبهه علق

وعلق نفيس ليس يشبهه علق

By your life, oil is indeed wealth for the people,

By your life, oil is indeed a treasure for the people

By your life, oil is truly a fortune for the people,

And a precious treasure, like no other treasure.

And exquisite bounty, nothing equals it.

A precious asset likened to no other treasure.

فعادت به أرض الجزيرة خصبة

فعادت به أرض الجزيرة خصبة

كأن لم يشع جدب بها ويضق رزق

كأن لم يشع جدب بها ويضق رزق

So through it the land of the Arabian Peninsula grew fertile again,

So the Arabian Peninsula’s land became fertile,

Thus the land of the Peninsula became fertile again,

As though barrenness had never spread there, nor sustenance grown scarce.

As if no drought had made it barren and stinted its livelihood.

As if drought had never spread within it, nor sustenance grown scarce.

سلام على ليث الجزيرة في الثرى

سلام على ليث الجزيرة في الثرى

مسجى بطيب الذكر يندبه الصدق

مسجى بطيب الذكر يندبه الصدق

Peace upon the lion of the Arabian Peninsula in the earth,

Peace upon the lion of the Peninsula in the soil,

Peace be upon the Lion of the Peninsula within the earth,

Shrouded in fragrant remembrance, while truth laments him.

Laid to rest in goodly mention, grieved for in truth.

Shrouded in fragrant memory, mourned by truth itself.

لقد خلف الأشبال تحمي عرينه

لقد خلف الأشبال تحمي عرينه

ضواري في رعي الذمار لها حذق

ضواري في رعي الذمار لها حذق

He has indeed left lion cubs behind to guard his den,

He left cubs guarding his lair,

He has left behind lion cubs to protect his den,

Fierce beasts, skilled in guarding all they must defend.

Wolves skilled in herding the sheep flock.

Fierce warriors skilled in guarding the sacred trust.

وفي الخلف الميمون سلوى لشعبه

وفي الخلف الميمون سلوى لشعبه

وبشرى بنجم فيه أطلعه الأفق

وبشرى بنجم فيه أطلعه الأفق

And in the blessed successor lies solace for his people,

In the blessed successor, solace for his people,

In the blessed successor lies solace for his people,

And glad tidings of a star the horizon has raised among them.

And good tidings of a star the horizon brought forth for them.

And good tidings of a star risen upon the horizon.

ألا أيها الحامي الجزيرة إننا

ألا أيها الحامي الجزيرة إننا

نحييك عن شعب برى جهده الرق

نحييك عن شعب برى جهده الرق

Lo, O protector of the Arabian Peninsula, we

O guardian of the Peninsula! We salute you,

O Protector of the Peninsula, indeed we

Salute you on behalf of a people whose strength bondage has worn away.

From a people tried by hardship but minds ever sharper.

Salute you on behalf of a people worn down by bondage.

عطفت على من جاء منه مهاجرا

عطفت على من جاء منه مهاجرا

فلم تلتفت منه الى أرضه عنق

فلم تلتفت منه الى أرضه عنق

You showed compassion to whoever came from that people as an emigrant,

You were kind to those who came as immigrants,

You showed compassion to those who came as emigrants,

So no neck among them turned back toward their homeland.

Not turning from them to their land's neck.

So that no neck turned back longing for its homeland.

وعدت على بعثاتنا بمبرة

وعدت على بعثاتنا بمبرة

مضاعفة الجدوى بها رتق الفتق

مضاعفة الجدوى بها رتق الفتق

And you favored our delegations with benevolence,

You returned our missions with benevolence

You bestowed kindness upon our delegations,

Of manifold benefit, through which the breach was mended.

Redoubling benefit through which the cleft is joined.

Doubling the benefit by which the rift was mended.

فحمدا على حمد به تلهج اللها

فحمدا على حمد به تلهج اللها

لفضلك تمجيدا كما تسجع الورق

لفضلك تمجيدا كما تسجع الورق

So praise upon praise, which throats keep uttering,

So praise upon praise which tongues recite,

So praise upon praise, eagerly spoken by every tongue,

To glorify your bounty, as gray doves coo.

For your favor, glorification as leaves rustle.

Glorifying your grace just as the turtledoves coo.

وشكرا على شكر لسبقك بالندى

وشكرا على شكر لسبقك بالندى

وآل سعود كلهم لهم السبق

وآل سعود كلهم لهم السبق

And thanks upon thanks for your preeminence in generosity,

And thanks upon thanks for your preceding with dew,

And thanks upon thanks for your precedence in generosity,

And all the House of Saud hold that precedence.

And the House of Saud, forerunning, precedent set.

For the House of Saud are all pioneers of virtue.

خلائف أبطال وأعقاب ذادة

خلائف أبطال وأعقاب ذادة

زكا الفرع منهم مثلما قد زكا العرق

زكا الفرع منهم مثلما قد زكا العرق

Successors to heroes and descendants of defenders,

Successors of heroes and descendants of defenders,

Successors of heroes and descendants of defenders,

Their branch flourished, just as their root had flourished.

The branch from them is as pure as pure lineage.

Their branch is as pure as the root from which it sprang.

وما نحن إلا إخوة رغم بيننا

وما نحن إلا إخوة رغم بيننا

أشقاء في الإسلام ما بيننا فرق

أشقاء في الإسلام ما بيننا فرق

And we are nothing but brothers, despite our separation,

We are but brothers though between us

We are nothing but brothers, despite the distance,

Full brothers in Islam, with no difference between us.

Siblings in Islam, between us no divide.

Siblings in Islam, with no division between us.

وقد يرتجي للشرق جمع شتاته

وقد يرتجي للشرق جمع شتاته

كما يرتجى للعبد من رقه عتق

كما يرتجى للعبد من رقه عتق

And one may hope for the East's scattered parts to be reunited,

And the East may hope to unite its fragments,

It is hoped that the East will gather its scattered fragments,

As one hopes for a slave's release from his bondage.

As the slave hopes for freedom from his bond.

Just as liberation is hoped for the slave from his bonds.