أَهدوا الثَناءَ لظلِّ اللَهِ وَاِبتَهَجوا
وَشاهَدوا الآن ما تَحيي بِهِ المُهَجُ
Offer praise to God’s Shadow, and rejoice;
Behold now that by which souls are brought to life.
وَعاينَوا اللُطفَ مِن آفاقِ سَدَّتِهِ
كَالغَيثِ يَهمي وَفي تهتانِهِ الأَرجُ
Witness grace from the horizons of his court,
Like pouring rain, with fragrance in its steady showers.
هَل مثل عَبد العَزيز اليَومَ مِن مَلكٍ
بِفَضلِهِ تَفخَرُ الأَيّامُ وَالحُجَجُ
Is there today a king like Abd al-Aziz,
In whose excellence days and years take pride?
جُلوسَهُ كانَ مَبدىً لِلسَعادَةِ في الدُنيا
فَفاضَت لَنا مِن يمنهِ لجَجُ
His accession was the beginning of happiness in this world,
And floods overflowed to us from his auspiciousness.
أَبدى لَنا عَصر نورٍ فَائِضاً ذَهَباً
وَبَسطَ عَيشِ عَليهِ الرَغد مُندَرِجُ
He revealed to us an age of light streaming gold,
And spread a life of ease, with prosperity enfolding it.
يا صاح مَولاك جل الآن عَن مثلٍ
فَقُل هُوَ الفَرد في الدُنيا وَلا حَرَجُ
Friend, your sovereign now transcends all comparison;
Say: he is the peerless one in this world, beyond dispute.
ما زالَ يَرفَعُ قَدر الملك مُقتَدِراً
إِذا اِرتَقى دَرجاً عَنَّت لَهُ دَرَجُ
Ever has he raised the stature of kingship in full power;
Whenever he ascends a rank, the ranks bow before him.
أَضحى يُجدد فَخر العَرش متشحاً
شُعاع مَجدٍ بِهِ العَلياءُ تَبتَهِجُ
He has come to renew the throne’s glory, cloaked in
A ray of majesty in which the heights rejoice.
سَريرُهُ في أَثير السَعدِ مُرتَفِعٌ
لَهُ حِجابٌ مِن التَوفيقِ مُنتَسجُ
His throne rises in the ether of felicity;
Around it is a veil woven of success.
في بابِهِ العَدلُ بِالإِحسان مُتَحدٌ
وَالمَجدُ بِالحلم وَالإِنصاف مُندَمِجُ
At his gate, justice is united with beneficence,
And glory is blended with forbearance and equity.
يَحبي البِلادَ بِما يَحيي العِباد وَما
يَعمُّ في الكَون مِنهُ الخَيرُ وَالفَرَجُ
He revives the lands with what revives the people, and with what
Spreads from him throughout creation—goodness and relief.
فَكُلُ فَضلٍ إِذا ما كانَ مَصَدَرَهُ
مِن حِلمِهِ فَهُوَ عَينٌ ما بِها دَعجُ
Every excellence, whenever its source
Is his forbearance, is a spring with no darkness in it.
ساوى الرَعية في قسطاسِ رَحَمَتِهِ
فَوطد الوفقَ لا خَلفٌ وَلا هَرجُ
He made his subjects equal in the scales of his mercy,
And established concord—no breach and no tumult.
قَرَّت نَواظِرُنا فيها وَالسِننا
بِغَيرِ شُكر عَلاهُ لَيسَ تَختَلِجُ
Our eyes found delight therein, and our tongues
Do not stir without giving thanks for his exalted worth.
فَحَمدُهُ في صُدور الناس مُنطَبِعٌ
وَحُبُهُ بِدِماءِ الخَلقِ مُمتَزِجُ
Praise of him is imprinted upon the people’s breasts,
And love of him is mingled with the blood of creation.
راحَ السُرور بَدَت مِن راح نِعمَتِهِ
كُلٌّ بِها ثملٌ كُلٌّ بِها لَهجُ
The wine of joy appeared from the palm of his bounty;
All are drunk on it; all speak of it with fervor.
وَعَصرُهُ اليَمنُ فيهِ أَرخوهُ وَها
ذكر الجُلوسِ بِهِ الإِسعادُ وَالبهجُ
And his age—“Good fortune is within it”—they used to date it; and behold,
The remembrance of his accession therein is felicity and joy.
