أَعِد عَلَيَّ حَديثَ المُنحَنى أَعِدِ

فَقَد ذَكَرتَ فَشَنِّف مِسمَعي وَزِدِ

Repeat to me the soft words, repeat them

Repeat to me the tale of the winding valley, repeat it again,

For you have reminded me, so delight my hearing and increase

For you have stirred my memory, so adorn my ears with it and give me more.

فَهوَ الحَديثُ الذي تَجلو بَشاشَتُهُ

عَن قَلبِ كُلِّ تَقِيٍّ طِخيَةَ الكَمَدِ

It is the talk where its cheerfulness appears

It is the tale whose brightness clears away

From the heart of every devout, the moss of depression

The dark fog of grief from the heart of every pious soul.

هُوَ الذي مَلَأَ الدُنيا بَشائِرُهُ

وَأَرفَلَ الكَونَ في أَثوابِهِ الجُدُدِ

It is that which filled the frowning world with its tidings

It is the story whose good tidings have filled the world,

And the universe was clothed in its new robes

And made the universe trail its robes of new glory.

فَتحٌ بِهِ فُتِحَت لِلدّينِ أَعيُنُهُ

وَقَبلَهُ قَد شَكا مِن عِلِّةِ الرَمدِ

An opening with it, openings to the religion were opened

A victory by which the eyes of Religion were opened,

And before it had complained of the illness of blindness

When before it, Religion had complained of blinding ailments.

فَنادِ في الناسِ أَعلى صَوتِ مُرتَفِع

غَرباً وَشَرقاً وَفي البادي وَفي البَلد

So call out to the people in the loudest voice rising

So call out among the people with the loudest, soaring voice,

East and west, and in the desert and in the town

To the West and the East, to the Bedouin and the city dweller:

الآنَ حُجّوا بَني الإِسلامِ وَاِعتَمِروا

قَد بَدَّلَ اللَهُ ذاكَ البُؤس بِالرَغَدِ

Now make pilgrimage, O children of Islam, and perform lesser pilgrimage

"Perform Hajj now, O sons of Islam, and perform the Umrah,

God has changed that misery into comfort

For God has replaced that misery with abundant comfort."

فَدَعوَةٌ يا بَني الإِسلامِ جامِعَةٌ

هِنداً وَمِصراً وَمن في صُقعِ ذي العَمدِ

So it is an invitation, O children of Islam, all together

It is a unifying call, O sons of Islam,

India and Egypt, and whoever is in the region of pillars

To India, to Egypt, and to those in the lands of high pillars.

خُذوا بِحَظِّكُم مِن فُرصَةٍ سَنَحَت

في آخِرِ الدَهرِ لَم تَخطُر عَلى خَلَدِ

Take your share of an opportunity that came up

Seize your share of an opportunity that has arisen,

At the end of time that did not occur to an immortal

In these latter days, one that never crossed the mind.

وَأَيقِظوا هِمَماً قَد طالَ ما نَعَسَت

وَأَصبَحَت عَن مَقامِ العِزِّ في صَدَدِ

And awaken aspirations that have long been dormant

And awaken ambitions that have long slumbered,

And in the morning were about the position of glory wandering

And had turned away from the station of dignity.

هذا أَميرُكُم يا المُؤمِنونَ سَعى

لِرُشدِكُم فَأَجيبوا داعيَ الرَشَدِ

This is your prince, O believers, who has strived

This is your Prince, O believers, who has strived

For your righteousness, so answer the caller to righteousness

For your guidance, so answer the caller to the right path.

هذا الذي ضَحِكَ الدَهرُ العَبوسُ بِهِ

وَقَبلَهُ الناسُ كانوا مِنهُ في نَكدِ

This one who the frowning world smiled with

This is the one by whom frowning Time has smiled,

And before him the people were from it in misery

Whereas before him, people were in misery because of it.

هذا الذي نَعَشَ اللَهُ الأَنامَ بِهِ

يَدعوهُمُ لِلهُدى لَمّا إِلَيهِ هُدي

This one who God refreshed the people with

This is the one by whom God has revived mankind,

Calling them to guidance when they were guided

Calling them to guidance after he himself was guided to it.

يُغضي سَماحاً وَيَعفو مِن سَجِيَّتِهِ

لكِنَّهُ لِلعُصاةِ السُلُّ في الكَبدِ

He forgives generously and pardons from his nature

He overlooks faults with generosity, for pardoning is his nature,

But for the disobedient, he is painful in the liver

But to the rebellious, he is a wasting disease in the liver.

قوموا قِياماً عَلى أَقدامِ جِدِّكُمُ

إِنَّ الهُوَينا مَطِيُّ العاجِزِ الوَغِدِ

Rise up standing on the feet of your grandfather

Rise up, standing upon the feet of your diligence,

For lethargy is a mount for the incapable, weak one

For sluggishness is the mount of the helpless fool.

هذا يُجاهِدُ بِالروحِ العَزيزِ وَذا

بِمالِهِ وَيَجيءُ اللَهُ بِالمَدَدِ

This one struggles with the dear soul and that

This one struggles with his precious soul, and that one

With his money and God will bring aid

With his wealth, and God brings the reinforcement.

لا تَحسَبوا يا بَني الإِسلامِ أَنَّ لَكُم

عِزّاً بِغَيرِ اِجتِماعِ الرَأيِ وَالجَلَدِ

Do not reckon, O children of Islam, that you have

Do not think, O sons of Islam, that you possess

Glory without the consensus of opinion and endurance

Any glory without the unity of opinion and endurance.

خُذوا نَصيحَةَ مَن يَعنيهِ أَمرُكُمُ

ما ظَنَّ مِنكُم بِتَقريظٍ وَلا صَفَدٍ

Take the advice of one who cares for your matter

Take the advice of one who is concerned by your affairs,

Who did not think of you with embellishment or shackles

Who expects from you neither praise nor reward.

لا بُدَّ مِن مَلجَإٍ لِلمُسلِمينَ لَهُ

حُرِّيَّةٌ طَلقَةٌ مِن كَفِّ مُضطَهِدِ

There must be a refuge for the Muslims, for it

There must be a sanctuary for the Muslims that possesses

Freedom, plainness from the palm of an oppressor

Unfettered freedom, safe from the hand of an oppressor.

تُخاصِمُ المُعتَدي عَنهُم وَتَدفَعُهُ

قَولاً وَفِعلاً إِذا ما لَجَّ في اللَدَدِ

It disputes the aggressor about them and repels him

A power that disputes the aggressor on their behalf and repels him,

In word and deed when he plunges into aggression

By word and by deed, if he persists in his obstinate strife.

وَقَد سَبَرنا وَطَوَّقنا البِلادَ فَلَم

نَقَع مَعَ البَحثِ عَن هذا عَلى أَحَدِ

And we have probed and encircled the countries but did not

We have probed and circled the lands, yet we did not,

Fall upon with searching this upon anyone

Despite our search for such a leader, stumble upon anyone,

إِلّا عَلى مَن أَتَمَّ اللَهُ نِعمَتَهُ

لِلمُسلِمينَ لَهُ في آخرِ الأَبَدِ

Except upon the one whom God completed his blessings

Except for him upon whom God has completed His favor,

For the Muslims, for him at the end of time

For the benefit of the Muslims, in these end times.

عَبدِ العَزيزِ الذي كانَت وِلايَتُهُ

لِلدّينِ عِزّاً وَلِلدُنيا اِنبِساطَ يَدِ

Abdulaziz, whose rule

Abdulaziz, whose guardianship has been

Was glory for the religion and open-handedness for the world

A glory for religion and an open-handed bounty for the world.

فَرعِ الأَئِمةِ مِن أَعلى نِزارَ وَفي

جُرثومَةِ المَجدِ مِن اَعلى بَني أُدَدِ

Branch of the Imams from the highest lineage and in

The branch of Imams from the highest of Nizar, and in

The core of glory from the highest clan of Udad

The root of glory from the highest of the sons of Udad.

صانوا النُفوسَ عَنِ الفَحشا تُدَنِّسُها

وَأَلبَسوها التُقى مَحبوكَةَ الزَرَدِ

They protected souls from what defiles it

They preserved their souls from the indecency that sullies,

And clothed it in piety interwoven with pearls

And clothed them in piety like tightly woven mail.

وَقَد رَأَيتُم عِياناً حُسنَ سيرَتِهِ

وَرُؤيَةُ العَينِ تَنفي زورَ ذي الحَسَدِ

And you have seen clearly the goodness of his conduct

You have seen with your own eyes the excellence of his conduct,

And seeing with the eye negates the lies of the envious

And the witness of the eye refutes the falsehood of the envious.

لا مِثلَ مَن فِعلُهُ صَدُّ الأَنامِ عَنِ البَ

يتِ الحَرامِ بِلا نَصٍّ وَلا سَنَدِ

None like the one whose action was to bar people from the

He is not like one whose deed is barring people from the

Forbidden house without text or precedent

Sacred House, without scriptural text or authority.

كَأَنَّهُ ما تَلا ما في الزُبورِ وَما

في سورَةِ الحَجِّ فيمَن هَمَّ بِالصَدَدِ

As if he did not recite what is in the Psalms and what

As if he never recited what is in the Psalms, nor what is

Is in Surat Al-Hajj regarding one who intended destruction

In Surah Al-Hajj regarding those who intend obstruction.

وَأَكرَمُ الناسِ عِندَ اللَهِ مَنزِلَةً

مَنِ اِتَّقى اللَهَ قَولُ الواحِدِ الأَحَدِ

And the most honorable of people in status before God

And "The most noble of people in status with God"

Are the words of the One, the Eternal, those who fear God

"Is the one who fears God"—the word of the One, the Unique.

فَقَلِّدوا أَمرَكُم مَن فيهِ رُشدُكُمُ

يا المُسلِمونَ وَشُدّوا مِنهُ بِالعَضُدِ

So entrust your matter to the one in whom is your righteousness

So entrust your command to the one in whom lies your guidance,

O Muslims, and support him fully

O Muslims, and strengthen his arm with your support.

فَلَيسَ بِالعاجِزِ المُلقي القِيادَ لِمَن

يَروقُهُ لا وَلا بِالعابِسِ النَكِدِ

For he is not the incapable one who hands leadership to whoever

He is not a weakling who surrenders the reins to whomever

He wants, no, nor the scowling gloomy one

Pleases him, no, nor is he a frowning wretch.

لكِنَّهُ الأَسَدُ الضِرغامُ إِن صَبَثَت

كَفّاهُ بِالضَدِّ أَضحى اللَيثُ كَالنقدِ

But he is the fierce lion, if his palms were

But he is the fierce lion; if his palms grapple

Stirred by opposition, he becomes a lion tearing prey

Against an opponent, the lion leaves him shattered.

فَيا عَزيزاً عَلى الأَشياءِ مُقتَدِراً

وَمَن عَطاهُ لِمَن قَد شا بِلا عَدَدِ

So oh You who has power over all things

O You who are Mighty over all things, All-Powerful,

And who gave to those who wanted without limit

And whose giving to whom He wills is without limit,

أَتِح لِعَبدِ العَزيزِ المُرتَضى مَدَداً

يَحمي بِهِ دينَنا مِن كافِرٍ حَرِدِ

Open aid for Abdulaziz the chosen one

Grant to the chosen Abdulaziz a support

With which to protect our religion from an obstinate unbeliever

By which he protects our religion from every angry disbeliever.

يَهني الحِجازَ وَمَن والاهُ باكَرَهُم

غَيثٌ هَنيءٌ بِلا بَرقٍ وَلا رَعَدِ

Making the Hejaz and those who stood with him happy

Congratulations to the Hijaz and its allies; there came to them early

A delightful rain without lightning or thunder

A wholesome rain without lightning or thunder.

يُسيمُ مُثريهُم فيهِ وَمُقتِرَهُم

لا يَرهبونَ بهِ مِن سَطوةِ الأَسدِ

Watering their plants in it and their meager ones

Their wealthy and their poor graze freely within it,

They do not fear in it the might of lions

Fearing not, within it, the assault of the lion.

فَأَخلِصوا واجِباً مِن نَصٍّ شَرعِكُمُ

عَلَيكُمُ صَحَّ عن طهَ بِلا فنَدِ

So fulfill sincerely an obligation from the sanction of your law

So perform a duty sincere to the text of your law,

Upon you, which was authentic from Taha without blemish

Binding upon you, authenticated from the Prophet without error.

سَمعاً وَطَوعاً لِمَن وَلّاهُ أَمرَكُمُ

رَبُّ العِبادِ بِلا غِشٍّ وَلا حَقَدِ

Hearing and obeying whom He made ruler over you

Hearing and obeying him whom the Lord of Servants

The Lord of servants without deception or hatred

Has entrusted with your affairs, without deceit or malice.

فَإِن أَبَيتُم فَإِنَّ اللَهَ ناصِرُهُ

وَاللَهُ لِلخائِنِ الغَدّارِ بِالرَصَدِ

But if you refuse, then God is his supporter

For if you refuse, then God is his Victor,

And God is watching the traitorous betrayer

And God lies in wait for the treacherous betrayer.

الأَمرُ جِدٌّ فَكونوا مِنهُ في حَذَرٍ

لا يَسبِقُ الرَشُّ سَيل العَرمِ بِالبَرَدِ

The matter is serious, so be warned of it

The matter is grave, so be cautious regarding it;

Lest folly precede the torrents of flood with cold

Let not the drizzle precede the flood of the dam with hail.

إِنَّ الإِمامَ الذي أَنتُم بِعُهدَتِهِ

أَحنى مِنَ الوالدِ الراضي عَن الوَلَدِ

Indeed the Imam whom you are charged with

Indeed, the Imam in whose custody you remain

Is more merciful than a pleased parent to a child

Is more compassionate than a father pleased with his child.

لكِن لهُ سَطَواتٌ عِندَ غَضبَتِهِ

أَجدِر بِه تَختَلي الأَعلى مِنَ الجَسَدِ

But he has powers during his anger

But he possesses an overwhelming power when angered,

More fitting to erase the highest from the body

Capable of severing the head from the body.

يَغشى الكَريهَةَ مُحمَرّاً بَواسِقُها

لَها أَجيجٌ كَقَذفِ البَحرِ بِالزَبَدِ

Covering detested things, reddening its towering heights

He plunges into the hateful battle while its high flames turn red,

For it is the rumble like the sea casting forth foam

Possessing a roar like the sea casting up foam.

فَيا مَليكاً سَما في المَجد مَنزِلَةً

أَعيَت مُلوكاً مَضوا مِن سالِفِ الأَمَدِ

So oh King lofty in glory, a position

O King who has ascended in glory to a rank

That exhausted passed kings from ancient times

That baffled the kings who passed in ancient times,

أَولِ الرَعِيَّةَ إِحساناً وَمَغفِرَةً

فَأَنتَ رِدءٌ لَها مِن كُلِّ مُضطَهِدٍ

Put the subjects first with benevolence and forgiveness

Bestow upon the subjects kindness and forgiveness,

For you are a shield for them from every oppressor

For you are a shield for them against every oppressor.

فَرُبَّ لَيلَةِ مَظلومٍ يُقَطِّعها

بَعدَ التَحَسُّبِ بِالتَسبيحِ وَالسَهد

For many a night of an oppressed one that he cuts short

For many a night the oppressed one spends awake,

After apprehension with praising and wakefulness

After entrusting his case to God, in praise and sleeplessness.

هذا وَإِنّي عَليمٌ أَنَّ سيرَتَكُم

لَسيرَةُ العَدلِ لكِن نُصحَ مُجتَهد

This, while I know your conduct

This I say, though I know that your conduct

Is the conduct of justice, but an earnest advisor

Is the conduct of justice, yet this is the advice of a diligent friend.

فَاِصفَح وَقتكَ الردى نَفسي وَما مَلَكَت

كَفّايَ مِن نَشَبٍ أَو كانَ مِن وَلد

So pardon me, may your time make smooth, my soul and what

So pardon—may destruction ransom you—my soul and what

My palms have held back of virulence or was from a boy

My hands possess of wealth or of children.

فَلَيسَ إِلّاكَ مَن تَحلو الحَياةُ بِهِ

سَبَرتُ أَهلَ زَماني سَبرَ مُنتَقِدِ

For there is none but you who makes life sweet with him

For there is no one but you by whom life becomes sweet;

I have probed the people of my time with the probing of a critic

I have tested the people of my time with the test of a critic.

وَاِنعَم وَدُم سالِماً في ظِلِّ مَملَكَةٍ

عِزّاً لِأَهلِ التُقى ذُلّاً لِكُلِّ رَدي

And enjoy life safe in the shade of a kingdom

Live in grace and remain safe in the shade of a kingdom,

Glory for the people of piety, humiliation for every transgressor

A glory for the people of piety, a humiliation for every degenerate.

وَصَلِّ رَبّي وَسَلِّم دائِماً أَبَداً

عَلى شَفيعِ الوَرى في المَوقِفِ الصخد

And pray, my Lord, and send peace always forever

And send blessings, my Lord, and peace constantly and forever,

Upon the Intercessor of mankind on the overwhelming day

Upon the Intercessor of mankind in the scorching Place of Standing,

وَآلِهِ الغُرِّ وَالأَصحابِ كُلِّهِمُ

ما اِرتاحَ سَمعٌ لِصوتِ الطّائِرِ الغَرِدِ

And his household of cave and companions all of them

And upon his radiant family and the companions, all of them,

No hearing has rested hearing the voice of the singing bird

As long as an ear finds joy in the voice of the singing bird.