يا بقعة حسر الجما

يا بقعة حسر الجما

ل لدى معالمها لثامه

ل لدى معالمها لثامه

O spot where Beauty has drawn back

O spot of sorrow and beauty

his veil before its landmarks,

With its features veiled

ومخيماً ضرب الكما

ومخيماً ضرب الكما

ل على مسارحه خيامه

ل على مسارحه خيامه

and a camp where Perfection has pitched

And a camp pitched

his tents across its open grounds,

Perfection erected its tents on its theaters

ومقام أنس بالنعيم

ومقام أنس بالنعيم

مذكراً دار المقامه

مذكراً دار المقامه

and an abode of delight amid bliss,

And a place of intimacy with bliss

recalling the everlasting abode;

Reminding of the abode of eternity

مأوى النقابة والنجا

مأوى النقابة والنجا

بة والنباهة والصرامه

بة والنباهة والصرامه

a home of the naqibate and nobility,

Shelter of chivalry, success

and distinction and firmness;

And vigilance, strictness

ومقيل أرباب النبا

ومقيل أرباب النبا

هة والشهامة والفخامه

هة والشهامة والفخامه

and a noonday resting-place for men of distinction,

And a place for the people of

and gallantry and grandeur;

Glory, pride, and magnificence

وملاذ من عبثت به

وملاذ من عبثت به

أيدي الخصاصة والأصنامه

أيدي الخصاصة والأصنامه

and a haven for those toyed with

And a refuge from the hands

by the hands of poverty and al-asnamah [unclear];

Of villainy and idols that toyed with it

يرنو بنفسجها إليك

يرنو بنفسجها إليك

بعين زرقاء اليمامه

بعين زرقاء اليمامه

its violets gaze toward you

Its violet aspires to you

with the eye of Zarqa' al-Yamamah;

With an aquamarine eye

ويدير نرجسها علينا

ويدير نرجسها علينا

باليد البيضاء جامه

باليد البيضاء جامه

and its narcissus passes round among us

And turns its narcissus at us

its cup with a white hand;

With a white smooth hand

والطير ينفث بالغصو

والطير ينفث بالغصو

ن رقي نقي لذغ السآمه

ن رقي نقي لذغ السآمه

and the birds breathe out among the branches

And the birds murmur in the branches

pure charms against the sting of weariness;

A delicate clear boredom relieving hum

وقويق يرشفنا على

وقويق يرشفنا على

ظمأ ارق من المدامه

ظمأ ارق من المدامه

and Quwayq gives us sips in our

And the creek sprinkles us

thirst, more delicate than wine;

With a thirst quencher finer than wine

وتراه مخفوض الجنا

وتراه مخفوض الجنا

ح وربما أبدى غرامه

ح وربما أبدى غرامه

and you see him with lowered wing,

And you see it with bowed wings

and sometimes he reveals his passion;

Perhaps expressing its passion

وإذا كسته الريح در

وإذا كسته الريح در

عا سل من زهو حسامه

عا سل من زهو حسامه

and when the wind clothes him in armor,

And if the wind dishevels it

he draws his sword out of pride;

It flows smoothly from the pride of a sword

فاللهو في جنباته

فاللهو في جنباته

ملقي على طرف الثمامه

ملقي على طرف الثمامه

thus pleasure along his banks

So playing in its sides

is laid upon the tip of the thumam-grass;

Cast on the edge of the priceless

والقصر فيه كأنه

والقصر فيه كأنه

صدر تفرد بالزعامه

صدر تفرد بالزعامه

and the palace there seems like

And the palace in it is as if

a dignitary unrivaled in leadership;

It is the chest singled out with leadership

رفعت لمرتاد الهنا

رفعت لمرتاد الهنا

شرفاته رفع العلامه

شرفاته رفع العلامه

raised for the seeker of joy

It raised its terraces to the frequenter an

were its battlements, as a marker is raised,

Elevation raising the flag

حتى غدا وكأنه

حتى غدا وكأنه

في وجنة الشهباء شامه

في وجنة الشهباء شامه

until it became as though it were

Until it became as if it were

a beauty mark on al-Shahba's cheek.

In the gardens of Shuhubah a protector

جمع النقيب المصطفى

جمع النقيب المصطفى

للمجد عن بدء نظامه

للمجد عن بدء نظامه

The naqib Mustafa has assembled

The Chief Mustafa gathered

glory's ordered array from the outset:

Glory from the start of its system

نسب أضاء كأنما

نسب أضاء كأنما

فلق الصباح له دعامه

فلق الصباح له دعامه

a lineage that shines, as though

A lineage that illuminated as if

the break of dawn were its supporting pillar;

The dawn opened a pillar for it

ومكارم نسخت بها

ومكارم نسخت بها

أخبار أوس وابن مامه

أخبار أوس وابن مامه

and noble deeds that have eclipsed

And virtues that transcribed

the tales of Aws and Ibn Mamah;

The chronicles of Aus and Ibn Mamah

وعزائم ترمي الأسو

وعزائم ترمي الأسو

د لها الفرائس عن زعامه

د لها الفرائس عن زعامه

and resolves to which lions toss

And resolves that hurl

their prey, in deference to their mastery;

The prey away from the grasp of predators

وغزير فضل كم شفي

وغزير فضل كم شفي

من فيضه صاد أوامه

من فيضه صاد أوامه

and abundant bounty—how often it has quenched

And copious grace that healed

a thirsty one's burning thirst with its overflow!

Many ailments with its outpouring

أدب كويتي الروض

أدب كويتي الروض

غب قطار أنداء الغمامه

غب قطار أنداء الغمامه

Refinement—[unclear word]—of the garden,

The manners of Kuwaiti literature

after showers of the cloud's dewy drops.

A train of melodies from the clouds

يا محتد المجد الذي

يا محتد المجد الذي

ما فض منتقض ختامه

ما فض منتقض ختامه

O source of glory, whose

O holder of glory that

seal no challenger has broken!

Has not diminished since its seal

كم نعمة لك في الرقا

كم نعمة لك في الرقا

ب كأنها طوق الحمامه

ب كأنها طوق الحمامه

How many a favor of yours rests upon necks,

How many blessings for you in leadership

as though it were the collar of a dove!

As if they are the ring of a pigeon

فليهنك القصر المشيد

فليهنك القصر المشيد

بالسعادة والكرامه

بالسعادة والكرامه

So may the lofty palace bring you joy,

So may the erected palace give you joy

with happiness and honor,

With happiness and honor

متمتعاً بتعانق ال

متمتعاً بتعانق ال

إقبال فيه بالسلامه

إقبال فيه بالسلامه

as you enjoy the embrace of

Delighting in the embrace of

good fortune with well-being within it.

Fate in it safely