1. جلت لَنا هَذِهِ الآداب وَالصُوَرُ

    مَحاسِناً يَجتليها السَمع وَالبَصَرُ

    These literary arts and images unveiled to us

    Beauties that hearing and sight behold,

  2. مِن كُلِّ ذاتٍ وَمَعنىً قَد حَوى حكما

    مَن فاتَهُ العين مِنها نالَهُ الأَثَرُ

    From every being and meaning containing wisdom;

    Whoever missed their actual presence was reached by their traces.

  3. زَهَت بِتَشخيص أَحوال الألى سلفوا

    حَتّى كَأَنَّهُم غابوا وَقَد حَضَروا

    It shone in portraying the lives of those who came before,

    Until they seemed absent and yet present.

  4. رِواية كُلُّها فَضل وَمَعرِفَة

    وَحكمة وَإفادات وَمعتبرُ

    A narrative wholly excellence and knowledge,

    And wisdom, useful insights, and a lesson to ponder.

  5. إِنّي لأَحسب آذان الوَرى صدفاً

    ملقىً إِذا فارقتها هَذِهِ الدُرَرُ

    I truly deem the ears of humankind shells,

    Cast aside when these pearls depart from them.

  6. وَكُلّ قَلب بِها لا يَزدَهي طَرَباً

    مِن المَسَرَّة فَاِعلَم أنَّهُ حَجَرُ

    And every heart that does not thrill joyfully at them

    With gladness—know that it is a stone.

  7. عَرائس مِن بَنات الفكر مُسفرة

    عَن كُلّ باهِرَة حارَت بِها الفكرُ

    Brides from among the daughters of thought, unveiling

    Every dazzling beauty that left minds bewildered.

  8. دَلَّت عَلى فَضل منشيها الأَمير وَمَن

    بِمثله هَذِهِ الأَيّام تَفتخرُ

    They showed their creator's excellence—the emir, one

    In whose like these days take pride.

  9. مُحمّد الإسم من أَفعاله حمدت

    لا يحمد الغُصن حَتّى يحمد الثَمَرُ

    Muhammad by name, whose deeds were praised;

    The branch is not praised until the fruit is praised.

  10. مواثر الوَطن المَحبوب مانحه

    مِن الفَوائد ما يُقضى بِهِ الوَطَرُ

    Favoring the beloved homeland, granting it

    Benefits through which its needs are fulfilled.

  11. أَنشا السُرور بِدار أَهلها بَلَغوا

    مِن التَواضع حَدّاً لَيسَ يَنحَصرُ

    He brought joy into a house whose people attained

    A degree of humility beyond all measure.

  12. بَنو حَمادة أَهل المكرُمات وَهُم

    أَهل المَحامد فينا أَينما ذكروا

    The sons of Hamada, people of noble deeds, and they

    Are people of praiseworthy deeds among us wherever they are mentioned.

  13. قَوم مِن البرّ وَالتَقوى مَنازلهم

    هِيَ المَطالع فيها الأَنجُم الزُهرُ

    A people whose homes, through goodness and piety,

    Are rising-places with radiant stars within.

  14. أَمسَت مَناهل أَفراح مَشاربها

    صفت فَما شابَها مِن ريبة كَدرُ

    They became wellsprings of joy, their waters

    Ran clear, untainted by any murk of suspicion.

  15. وَالمنهل العَذب مَهما كانَ مُزدَحِماً

    يَحلو وَيحمد مِنه الورد وَالصَدَرُ

    And at the sweet watering-place, however crowded,

    Arrival and departure alike are sweet and praised.

  16. فَاِشهَد كَواكب مَجد في سَماءِ عُلىً

    تَجلو لَياليَ أُنس كُلّها سحرُ

    So behold stars of glory in a sky of eminence,

    Illuminating nights of companionship, all enchantment.

  17. سَما بِها العجب إِعجاباً فَما عرفت

    أَحلّها ملك يا قَوم أَم بَشَرُ

    Wonder there soared into admiration, so I could not tell:

    Had an angel alighted there, my people, or a mortal?

  18. ما حَلَّها غَير والي الأَمر فَاِبتَهَجَت

    شبه الحَديقة أَنّى جادَها المَطَرُ

    None but the governor had alighted there, and it rejoiced,

    Like a garden whenever rain waters it lavishly.

  19. حازَت بِرُشدي كَمال الرُشد إِذ بَلَغَت

    حَدّاً يقصر عَن إِدراكِهِ النَظَرُ

    Through Rushdi it gained perfect guidance, as it reached

    A degree that sight falls short of grasping.

  20. وَزانَها بِالبها تَشريف دَولَتهِ

    كَأَنَّما هِيَ عَين زانَها الحورُ

    And His Excellency's honoring visit adorned it with splendor,

    As though it were an eye adorned by its black-and-white contrast.

  21. أَعظم بِفَضل مُشير دون غايَتِهِ

    زهر الكَواكب مِنها الشَمس وَالقَمَرُ

    How great the excellence of a marshal, below whose utmost reach

    Lie the bright stars, among them the sun and moon!

  22. بِهِ المَنازل باهَت وَالسُرور بِها

    يَتلو التَهاني كَما تُتلى لَنا السورُ

    The dwellings took pride in him, and joy within them

    Recites congratulations as surahs are recited to us.

  23. يا لَيلة أَشهدتنا بهجَةً وَهَناً

    كَليلة القَدر أَحظانا بِها القَدَرُ

    O night that let us witness joy and bliss,

    Like the Night of Decree, with which fate favored us.

  24. شُكراً لِسُلطانِنا عَبد العَزيز فَقَد

    أَعطى لَنا الأَمن لا خَوف وَلا حَذَرُ

    Thanks to our Sultan Abd al-Aziz, for he has

    Granted us security, with no fear or apprehension.

  25. حَتّى غَدَت أَلسُن الأَيّام تنشدنا

    ماذا عَسى أُمّة الإِسلام تنتظرُ

    Until the tongues of the days began to sing to us:

    What might the community of Islam be waiting for?

  26. بِهِ اِعتَزَزنا أَعَزَّ اللَهُ دَولَته

    وَدامَ ما دامَ بِالرَحمَن يَنتَصرُ

    Through him we gained honor—may God strengthen his realm—

    And may he endure as long as he prevails through the Most Merciful.

  27. وَظلّ بِالعزّ وَالإِقبال طالعه

    يَسمو بِهِ السَعد وَالتَأييد وَالظَفرُ

    And may his rising star remain in might and prosperity,

    Raised high by good fortune, support, and victory.