يا أَربُعَ الخيفِ يَسقي الماءَ واديها
بِسَفحه وَدِما العُشاقِ تَسقيها
O four doves watering the valley with its slopes
And the tears of lovers watering it
إِن كانَ ذَلِكَ لَم يُبرِد مَعاهِدَها
مِن نارِ شَوقي فَدَمعي سالَ يَرويها
If that has not cooled the heat of my longing
Then my tears have flowed to irrigate it
مَعاهِدٌ لِيَ قَلبٌ ظَلَّ جانِبَها
بِالوَجدِ مُضطَرِماً يُحمى وَيُحميها
My heart has a covenant that remained by its side
Ablaze with passion, burning yet protecting it
أَفدى الدِّمَى في مصونِ الحُجبِ قَد كَسَرَتْ
الحاظُها كلَّ قَلبٍ مِن مُحبّيها
The loved ones in the protected coverings broke
The hearts of all their lovers
لَهُنَّ عِندي هَوىً يُزَكي وَطيسَ جَوىً
في أَضلُعٍ جَدّ فيها الوَجدُ يُصليها
They have my love that purifies and the fervor of passion
That settled earnestly in my ribs, praying to it
كَواعِبٌ طَلَعَت حُوراً بِجنَّتِها
تُفدى بِنَفسي فَما أَبهى تَجَلّيها
Beauties that emerged as houris in their paradise
I would sacrifice myself for them, how radiant is their appearance
أَوانِسٌ في بُرودِ العُربِ ناعِمَةٌ
تُزري زُهاءَ الدَّراري في أَعاليها
Friendly women in the Arabian coolness
Adorning the brilliance of pearls in their loftiness
ظَلَمنَ كُلَّ مُحبٍ بِالجَفاء وَما
نَدري شَقاءُ الهَوى لَولا تَجافيها
Every lover has suffered injustice from their aloofness
We know not the misery of love were it not for their disdain
اِستَودِعُ اللَهَ عَيناً في مَحَبَّتِها
تَرعى النُجومَ وَمَجرى الدَمعِ يُدميها
I entrust to God an eye in loving them
That watches the stars and the course of tears bloodying it
فَما أَتاني رَسولٌ مِن بَوارِقِها
إلّا جَرَت فَأَجابتهُ مَآقيها
No messenger came to me from their lightning women
Except she had flowing tears responding to her suffering
رَيحانة القَومِ هَل عَطفٌ عَلى دَنِفٍ
قَد شَفَّهُ سُقمُ أَشواقٍ يُقاسيها
The darling of the people, is there any sympathy to a thin body
That sickness of longing has made frail, wasting its intestines?
أَنضاهُ محمل وَجدٍ لَم يَدَع أَسَفاً
إِلّا بَقايا ضُلوعٍ جاءَ يُبريها
It carried the burdens of a passion that left no sorrow
Except remnants of ribs that came to heal them
لَعَلَّ لِلأُنس كَأساً مِنكِ شافِيةً
جَوانِحاً بِكِ باتَ الوَجد يُذكيها
Perhaps from you is a healing drink for the intimacy
Passion has spent my essence invoking it
أَهواكَ لا العَذلُ عَن حُبّيكَ يَعطفني
حيناً وَلا النَفسُ عَنكَ البَرح يَثنيها
I love you not turning away from loving you
At times, nor my soul turning away from you comes to dissuade it
نَجِيُ شَوقٍ وَأَطرابٌ نَعِمتَ لَها
بِلَوعةِ الكَربِ تَطويني وَأَطويها
My passion and confusion have blessed it
With the agony of hardship that folds me and I fold it
صَبراً أيا رُوحيَ الحَرّى بِصَبْوتِها
عَلى الضَّنَى فَهوَ طِبِّي مِن نَواحيها
Patience, O my burning soul, with its captivity
Upon grief, for it is my remedy against its afflictions
أَبِيت وَاللَهِ إِلا أَن أَبيت شبح
واهِي القُوى ذائبَ الأَحشاءِ دَامِيها
I swear I will not spend the night except as a specter
With exhausted strength, melting intestines, bloodying it
راقَ البلَى في الأَسى وَرداً لِعاشِقها
فَلَم أَقُلْ يا عَذابي في الأَسى إِيها
The affliction of separation bloomed as a flower for its lover
So I did not say: O my torment in the grief, woe to it!
ضَنىً وَوَجدٌ وَسَهدٌ بي وَحُرُّ صَدَىً
وَصَبوَةُ حَتفِ صَبٍّ مِن مَجانيها
Grief, passion, sleeplessness, and the heat of echo upon me
And the captivity of a misfortune pouring from its wells
إَلَيكَ يا طَرفَها قَلباً يُذاب أَسىً
وَمُهجةٌ أَصبَحَت رَسماً بَحِبّيها
To you, O her eyelash, a heart melting in grief
And a infatuated inner self that became a drawing in loving it
عَقَدتُ فيها بُنودَ الحُبِّ ساميةً
عَلى صَبابةِ عشقٍ لا أُعاصِيها
I have made in it the knott of sublime love
Upon the spontaneity of a passion I do not disobey
لا مَتَّعَ اللَهُ لي قَلباً بِسَلوَتِها
وَلا أَطَعتُ نَصيحي في تَصابيها
May God not grant me a heart enjoying its calmness
Nor did I obey my advisor in resisting it
يَرومُ قَومِي بِالسُلوانِ عَن عَبَثٍ
بُرءاً لِقَتَّالِ جَرحٍ برؤُهُ فِيها
My people aim foolishly
To be absolved of the murder of a wound that appeared in it
أَنْ تَحْنِ يَوماً بِعَطفٍ لِلشَجِيِّ فَقَد
أَحَبَت لَها عاشِقاً بِالروحِ يَفديها
That you may show sympathy one day to the sufferer, for he
Has loved for you with his soul that he would sacrifice
رَبيبةٌ مِن دُمَى الوادي تَحِلّ لَها
دِماؤُنا في الهَوى وَاللَحظُ حاميها
A beloved girl from the beauties of the valley, for her sake
Our blood is permitted in love, and the gaze guards it
ضلَّ الفُؤادُ بِواديها الأَنيقِ فَلا
لَقى سَبيلَ الهُدى عَن هَضمِ واديها
My heart went astray in her beautiful valley, so it found not
A way to guidance away from gathering and her valley
رَعياً لِصَفوِ لَيال بِاللُقا سَبَقَتْ
حَيثُ اِبتسام الأَماني في بَواديها
A flock to the purity of nights of meeting that surpassed
Where the smiles of wishes in her valleys
بَرقٌ بَدا ثُمَّ وَلَّى نازِفاً مَطراً
سالَت بِهِ عَبرَةٌ لي طابَ هاميها
A lightning appeared then vanished, gushing rain
With which tears flowed that sweetened its well
يا طالَما لَذَّ كَأسي في أَجارِعِها
لَو تَمَّ صافي هَنائِي في تَدانيها
O how often my drink tasted pleasant in its thickets
If the purity of my bliss were complete in its proximity
عَيشٌ عَهدِنا بِهِ الأَوطارَ سانِحَةً
حَسْبَ المَرامِ تَدانِينا فَنَرميها
A life whose eras we spent friendly
According to purpose, our proximity reciprocated it
أَوطارُ نَفسٍ لَها تَصبو المُنى طَرَباً
وَالنَفسُ تَستامُها لَهواً أَمانيها
Eras of a soul that longs for wishes confusedly
While the soul seeks them fancifully with its wishes
بِاللَهِ يا نَسَمات البانِ قَد حَمَلَت
في النَفحِ طيبَ الخُزامَى مِن رَوابيها
By God O breezes of incense you have carried
In the breath, the scent of flowers from its hilltops
هبِّي عَلى وَهنِ مُضنَىً بِالهَوى نَصبٌ
أَفنى جَوارِحَهُ شَوقٌ فَتُحييها
Blow upon the weakness of one wasted away in love, a toil
That has exhausted his organs, longing revives it
يَهيمُ قَلبي بِذكراها وَأوسَعُهُ
بمدمعي طُول وَجدٍ عندَ ذِكريها
My heart raves with the mention of her and her spacious
Tears expand with the length of passion at my mention of it
إِني عَلى عَهديَ الماضي أَليفُ هَوىً
وَإِن مَضى عَهدُ أُنسي في لَياليها
I am true to my old covenant of love
And if the era of my company has passed in its nights
ضاعَ الزَمانُ سُدىً وَيلاهُ وَاأَسَفِي
في صَبوةٍ شابَ رَأسي مِن دَواهيها
Time is lost in vain, woe to me and my grief
In the captivity that made my hair grey from its misfortunes
أَفنى شَبابي وَشعري الحُبّ عَن أُمَمٍ
خَلا قَوافٍ لبابِ الشاهِ أعزيها
It spent my youth and poetry, love from nations
Other than high doors whose greatness I envy
الماجدُ المُتَسامي الدولة الملك الر
راقي إِلى سِدَّةٍ أَعلى مَراقيها
The glorious, lofty, grand state, the accomplished king
Climbing to the highest position of its peaks
ضاحي السِّني زانَهُ فينا الإِلَهُ بِما
حَباهُ مِن فَضلِ نُعمَى جَلَّ مُهديها
The brilliance of rule adorned him among us Allah with what
He has gifted him from the grace of guidance overflowing
حَباهُ حَدُّ حُسامٍ بِالقَضاءِ جَرى
مِن حَيثُ سَلَّ فَأَعطى القَوس باريها
He granted him the edge of a sword ruling
Wherever it turned, so the bow gave its protection
يَرعَى العِبادَ بِحَقِّ العَدلِ مُعتَصِماً
بِحكمةٍ فيهِ مَولَى العَرشِ يُبديها
He shepherds the servants with the truth of justice, adhering
To wisdom in which the Lord of the Throne manifests
تَباركَ اللَهُ أَسنى الحلمِ يُقرنُهُ
شَمائلٌ بَهَرَتْ حُسناً مَعانيها
Blessed is the finest wisdom, paired with him
Are traits that dazzled in beauty of meaning
لِلرَّفدِ وَالوَفدِ وَالأَنعامِ راحَتُهُ
وَالبَذلُ وَالعَدلُ مِن أَوفى مَساعيها
His comfort is giving, justice, and benevolence
The most faithful of its efforts
لاقَى الصَوارمَ وَالأَقلامَ فَاِنبَلَجَتْ
نارٌ وَنورٌ عَلى رُشدٍ يُلاقيها
He met swords and pens, so sprang forth
Fire and light upon guidance encountering it
هُوَ الكَريمُ الَّذي فيهِ الزَمانُ بَدا
زاهي المَحاسنِ عَذبِ الكَأسِ صافيها
He is the generous in whom the times appeared
Beautiful in good traits, pure of cup
ظِلُّ الالهِ عَلى الدُنيا وَحاكِمِها
وَمَن إِلَيهِ اِنتَهَت عِزّاً أَقاصيها
The shade of God over the world and its ruler
And the one to whom honor reached its horizons
لَيثٌ أَشَمٌ جَسورٌ باسلٌ بطلٌ
عالي السِّنى طاهرِ الأَخلاقِ زاكيها
A strong, courageous, resolute, valiant, eminent hero
Of lofty character, pure morals, flourishing
أَشَدُّ فِعلاً مِنَ الأَسيافِ حَيثُ بَدا
أَجلى وَأَشرَقَ رَأياً مِن خَواشيها
Fiercer in action than swords wherever he appeared
More glorious and brilliant in view than its guards
هَذا يَد اللَه يَسري في أَنامِلِها
سرٌّ مِنَ العَرشِ عَن يمنٍ يُوافيها
This is the hand of God flowing in its fingers
A secret from the Throne from its right supporting it
بَأسٌ تَهابُ الرَوابي هَولَ عزمتِهِ
وَهمةٍ وَطِئَت عَزمَ المُجاريها
An affliction the hills fear in awe of his determination
And the zeal that conquered the resolve of its rivers
المقدِّمُ الخَيل باسم اللَه يَجريها
إِلى العِدى بِالعَذابِ الهَون يُرديها
The first to advance, in God's name, makes its steeds run
To the enemy with softening torment undoing it
دَعَت نزال وَوافَى الوَيلُ حينَ دَعَت
عَلى جُيوشٍ بِصَوبٍ البُؤسِ تَرميها
It called for war and doom came when it called
Upon armies in a direction misery throws them
رَمَت بِكُلِّ شَقيٍّ مِن أَعاديها
سَحقاً وَبِالنَصر قَد نِيطَت نَواصيها
It throws at every miserable enemy
Scattered, and with victory its outcome is tied
المالِكُ الأَمرَ في الدُنيا فَما اِنقَلَبَت
إِلّا عَلى ما أشتهَى مِن قَصدِهِ فيها
The owner of power in the world, so it only turns
To what he wills of his purpose within it
راقَى سَماءَ عُلىً جازَت مَعارِجُها ال
اكفاءَ وَاِمَتَنَعَتْ عَمَن يُحاكيها
He climbed to the heaven of loftiness, its steps
None can match, and the ambitious were denied from emulating it
عَبد العَزيز مَن اِحتازَ الهُدى وَعَنَت
لِبأسهِ الأَرضُ دانيها وَنائيها
Abdulaziz, who took the guidance and yielded to him
The earth, both near and far
وَفي العُلى مِن حُقوقِ العزِّ ما صَدَقت
فيهِ بِما أَلزَمَت شَرعاً دَعاويها
And in the heights from the rights of honor sincere
In what it obligated legally, its claims
حَفّت بِمَنصِبه الآساد طالِعَةً
بِظلِّ بَدرٍ بِحَمدِ اللَه هاديها
The glories orbited it with the shadow of a full moon
With the praise of Allah guiding it
فَتحٌ قَريبٌ وَنَصرٌ عزَّ جانِبُهُ
لِدَولةٍ في الوَرى دامَت أَياديها
Near conquest and mighty victory supporting it
For a state in the world everlasting its hands
ظلُّ الالهِ صَلاحٌ في جَوانِبِها
وَفَضلُ أَنعُمِهِ بِالعزِّ مُولِيها
The shade of God well-being in its aspects
And the grace of His bounties empowering it
وَالحَزمُ عاقدُها وَالفَوزُ عاضِدُها
وَالسَعدُ راصِدُها وَالفَتحُ راعيها
And wisdom binding it, and success supporting it
And fortune observing it, and opening tending it
جَلَت لَنا فَلَكاً في المَجدِ مُحتَبِكاً
بِكُلِّ بَدرٍ حَوَتهُ في تَساميها
A sphere shone for us in glory interwoven
With each full moon containing it in its towering
وَراثُ مَجدٍ كَبيراً نيطَ كابِرُهُ
عَن سالفيه بِعزٍّ فاقَ تَشبيها
Inheritor of great glory, its pride tied
Above its predecessors with glory surpassing resemblance
دَوحٌ لَهُ اللَهَ ما زالَت خَمائِلُهُ
ظِلالُ أَمنٍ وَالطافٌ لِناحيها
A light for which God's shadows never ceased
Shadows of security and care for its side
وَالحَمدُ لِلّهِ ما أَنفكَّت مَباءَتُهم
تَزدادُ مَجداً وَتَعزيزاً بِراقيها
And praise to Allah continuously their honesty
Increases in glory and empowerment in its ascending
بِالمالكينَ هُمامٌ باتَ مُعتَكِفاً
عَلى وَفاءِ حُدودِ الحَقِّ يَقضيها
With the guided kings are resolves that spent the night devoted
To fulfilling the limits of truth carrying them out
لاحت نُجومُ سَناهُ في الدُجى فَزَهَت
في اليُمنِ وَاِبتَسَمَت حُسناً زَواهيها
The stars of its years shone in darkness, so they appeared
Fortunate, and beautifully smiling their corners
هُوَ المَليكُ الَّذي راقَ المَديحُ بِهِ
طِيباً بِذاتِ جَلالٍ جَلَّ مُبديها
He is the accomplished king in whom fame transcended
Pleasantly in the essence of majesty abounding its bestowal
خَلا بِهِ طِيبُ مَدحٍ زانَ طالِعهُ
سَما قَوافٍ بِمَعناهُ زَهَت تيها
Along with him the pleasant praise adorned its rising fortune
Skyward trajectories in meaning its decoration
مَناقبٌ دونَها الأَزهارُ مُسفِرَةٌ
عَن مِثلِها جَلِّيَتْ زَهواً أَقاحيها
Virtues below which flowers are blossoming
Unparalleled, outshining in beauty its plains
راقَت بِها كَلمٌ جاءَت بِسُؤدُدِهِ
تَحكي عُقوداً بِهِ فاقَت لَآليها
With them words ascended, coming in their bundles
Containing covenants surpassing its marvels
أَودَعتُها في عُلى أَبوابهِ فَسَمَت
بِقَصدِهِ وَبِهِ اِستَعلَت مَبانيها
I placed them at the highest of its doors, so they aimed
By its purpose, and through it the edifices are exalted
