عاهدوا الربع وَلوعا وَغَراما
فَوفوا للربع بالدَمع ذماما
My companions pledged ardently their love to the homeland
So they shed tears for it profusely
كلما مَروا عَلى أَطلاله
سفحوا الدمع بدي السفح اِنسجاما
Whenever they passed by its ruins
They poured their tears abundantly
نزلوا بالشعب من شرقيه
مستظلين اراكا وَيشاما
They descended upon the people from its east
Shaded by its mountains and valleys
ينثر الطل عليهم لؤلؤا
يشبه اللؤلؤ حسنا واِبتساما
The morning dew showers pearls upon them
That resemble beautiful pearls and smiles
واذا هبت صبا نجد لهم
فهمتهم عَن ربا نحد كلاما
When the morning breeze blows, we understand
Their whispers of passionate love for their land
يا رافيقي بنواحيرامة
غن لي بالابرق الفردوراما
My friend in the highlands of Riyadh
Sing to me of Al-Abrar and its valleys
كم بدور في خدور المنحنى
يَستَغير البدر منهن التماما
How many moons roam around the winding valleys
Putting the full moon to shame in their perfection
حبهم حل سويدا مهجتي
وَفؤادي بعد ما فت العظاما
Love for them has settled in my heart
Even after my bones have turned to dust
أَيُّها اللائم اذنى لا تعي
زخرف القول فدع عنك الملاما
O critic, do not blame me
Leave off reproach and false accusations
أولع الحب بدمعي وَدمي
فَعلام اللوم في الحب علاما
Passionate love has intoxicated me with its tears and my blood
So why do you blame me for being in love?
عذريّ الوجد قَلبي فيهم
يكره المسك وَيَرتاح الخزاما
My excuse is the passion in my heart for them
It dislikes musk but finds stench pleasant
وَالفَتى العذرى لاينفك عن
عهدة الشوق وان ذاق الحماما
The passionate lover cannot be detached
From yearning even if he tastes bitter despair
ليت شعري هل أَداني شعبهم
بعد بعدي وَتَرى عيني الخياما
I wonder, will his people condemn me
After I am gone? Will my eyes see their abodes?
ما عليك سادتي من حرج
لَو تردون لَيالينا القداما
Do not worry, my masters, about disgrace
If you return our past nights
ان تَناءَت دارنا عَن داركم
فاذكر وَالعهد وَزورونا مناما
If our homes are far from yours
Remember your promise and visit us in our dreams
هيجتني نسمة نجدية
قلبت قَلبي عميدا مستهاما
A Najdi breeze has stirred me
Turning my steadfast heart distraught
كلما ناحَت حَمامات الحمى
في أَراكَ الشعب ناوحت الحماما
Whenever the doves of Hima coo
Grieving for the people of Riyadh, the doves also grieved
وأحبابي الأولى عاهدتهم
عقلوا عَقلي بمن أَهوى هياما
And my first loved ones, I have sworn to them
They knew the one my crazed heart adored
عرضوا الكأس علينا مرة
فاِنتَهى السكر وَما فضوا الختاما
They offered us the wine cup once
Until our intoxication peaked and they sealed it off
ثملت أَرواحنا من ذكرهم
لَم نَر الراح وَلا ذقنا المداما
Our souls have drunk their fill of remembering them
We found no respite or tasted any wine
يا ندماي فؤادي عندكم
ما فعلتم بفؤادي يا ندامى
Oh my regrets, my heart is with you
What have you done to my heart, O regrets?
همت فاِستعذبت تَعذيبي بكم
فأجرحوا قَلبي وَلاتخشوا أَثاما
I was tempted so I found torment sweet from you
So wound my heart, fear no blame
أَنتم من دمي المَسفوح في
أوسع الحل وان كان حرما
You are of my spilled blood, so do
What you wish, even if it is forbidden
واصرموا حَبلي وان شئتم صلوا
لذلى الحبوصالا وانصراما
Sever my rope, and if you wish, pray
For my agony in love and abandonment
أَنا راض بالَّذي تَرضونه
لكم المنّة عفوا واِنتقاما
I am content with what pleases you
The grace is yours, pardon or vengeance
كنت في الشعب وَكانوا جيرَتي
لو صفا لي ذلك العيش وداما
I was among the people and they were my neighbors
If only that life had lasted and continued
قسما بالبيت وَالركن الَّذي
طاب تَقبيلا وَمسحا وَالتزاما
I swear by the Sacred House and the Corner
That is blessed in its touching, wiping, and holding
ان في طيبةقوما جارهم
في محل النجم يَعلو أن يسامى
That among the people of Taybah there are some
Whose abode is higher than the stars
روضة الجنة في أَوطانهم
وَثَرى آثارهم يبرى الجذاما
A garden of paradise is in their homeland
And the soil where their traces remain cures all ailments
كل من لَم ير فرضا حبهم
فَهو في النار وان صلى وصاما
Whoever does not see loving them as a duty
Is in the Fire even if he prays and fasts
هم نجوم أَشرق الكون بهم
بعد ما كانَت نواحيه ظلاما
They are stars that illuminated the universe
After its regions had been in darkness
فتَحوا الارض بعليا بأسهم
واِستَباحوا يمنا منها وَشاما
With their might they opened the earth
And conquered its south and north for themselves
فيهم البدر الَّذي أَنواره
لَم يطق من بعدها الحق أنكاما
Among them is the moon whose light
The truth itself cannot bear to blink at
الاعز المتقى من هاشم
طيب العنصر حاشا أَن يضاما
The most glorious and reverent Hashimi
Of pure lineage, far above any blemish
المدانى قاب قَوسين الَّذي
كان للأملاك وَالرسل اماما
The Trustworthy of the two habitation spaces
Who was imam for angels and messengers
اِرتَضاه اللَه نوراللهدى
واِنتضاه لدم الاعدا حساما
God chose him as the light of guidance
And chose him to wield the sword against enemies
خصه اللَه بدين قيم
نمخ الاديان ندبا وَالتزاما
God endowed him with the straight religion
That abrogated all creeds, enjoined and held firm
وَكتاب أَحكمت آياته
عصمة اللَه لمن رام اِعتصاما
And the Book whose verses are made decisive
As God's protection for adherents seeking refuge
يَهتَدي كل من اِستَهدى به
سبل الرشد وَيعمى من تعامى
Whoever seeks guidance through it is guided
To the paths of righteousness, and the ignorant remains blind
فرض العمرة وَالحج لنا
وَصَلاة وَزَكاة وَصياما
He prescribed pilgrimage and minor pilgrimage
And prayer, charity and fasting for us
يا رَسول اللَه ياذ الفضل يا
بهجة المحشر جاها وَمقاما
O Messenger of God, O source of nobility, O
Delight of the Gathering, glorified and elevated
يا وجيه الوجه في الدارين يا
شافع الخلق اذا الدوا خصاما
O foremost of countenance in the two abodes, O
Intercessor for creation when disputes arise
عد على عَبد الرَحيم الملتجى
بحمى عزك ياغوث اليَتامى
Return back to Your servant Ar-Rahim the sheltered
Under Your invincible protection, O succor of the orphans
وَرِفاقي الكل قم بي وَبهم
في الملمات اذا اِحتجنا القياما
And all my companions, stand by me and them
When we are squeezed on Judgment Day
وأقلني سَيدي من عثرتي
واكتسابى الذنب من خمسين عاما
And carry me, my master, beyond my stumbling
And acquiring sins for fifty years
نحن في روض ثناكم نجتني
ثمرات المدح نثرا وَنظاما
We are in Your sanctuary’s garden, so save me
Fruits of praise, scattered and composed
لوسما المجد لأقصى غاية
كنت للمجد سناء وَسناما
If the flags of glory reached the utmost extent
I would be glory’s loftiness and banner
يدك العليا عَلى كل يد
زادك اللَه علوّا واِحتراما
Your highest hand is above all hands
May God increase you in ascendance and reverence
وَكَسا روحك منه رحمة
وَصَلاة تَرتَضيها وَسَلاما
And clothe your soul in His mercy
And prayers that satisfy You, and peace
تَقتَضي حقكعني دائما
وَتعم الآل وَالصحب الكراما
As is required of me always for Your right
Encompassing Your Family and noble Companions
