قُدومٌ حَكى وَشيَ الرَبيعِ المُنَمنا
وَأُرِّجَ أَوجُ الكَونِ لَمّا تَنَسَّما
An arrival that resembled the embroidered tapestry of spring,
And the horizons of the universe were perfumed when it breathed.
وأَشرَقَتِ الدُنيا ضِياءً وَأُلبِسَت
مِنَ الحُسنِ بُرداً بِالسَعادَةِ مُعلَما
The world shone with light and was clothed
In a garment of beauty, embroidered with happiness.
وَعاوَدَ نَجداً ما مَضى مِن شَبابِها
وَراجَعَها مِن حُسنِها ما تَقَدَّما
The youth of the past returned to Najd,
And her former beauty was restored to her.
سِراجُ هُدىً عَمَّ الحِجازَ بِنورِهِ
وَأَشرَقَ ما ضَمَّ الحَطيمَ وَزَمزَما
A lamp of guidance whose light encompassed the Hijaz,
And illuminated what holds the Hatim and Zamzam.
فَلِلَّهِ كَم حَقٍّ أَقامَ وَباطِلٍ
أَزالَ وَكَم جودٍ أَفاضَ وَأَسجَما
By God, how much truth he established, and falsehood
He removed, and how much generosity he poured forth and let flow.
وَفي مَسجِِ المُختارِ طالَ مُقامُهُ
وَصَلّى عَلَيهِ مِن قَريبٍ وَسَلَّما
In the Mosque of the Chosen One his stay was long,
And he prayed upon him from nearby and offered peace.
وَأَوضَحَ مِن مِنهاجِهِ كُلَّ دارِسٍ
وَجَدَّدَ مِن آثارِهِ ما تَثَلَّما
He clarified every obliterated trace of his methodology,
And renewed of his landmarks what had been broken.
مَهابِطُ وَحيٍ قُدِّسَت مِن مَآثِمٍ
وَمِن بِدَعٍ كانَت إِلى الشَرِّ سُلَّما
Landing places of revelation, sanctified from sins,
And from heresies that served as a ladder to evil.
وَطابَ لِأَهلِها المُقامُ بِطيبَةٍ
وَقَد شُرِّدوا مِنها فُرادى وَتَوءَما
Life in Taybah became pleasant for its people,
After they had been driven from it, singly and in pairs.
وَأَسبَلَ فيهِم مِن شَيِبِ جودِهِ
سِجالاً أَراشَت كُلَّ مَن كانَ مُعدِما
And he poured out among them, from the flow of his generosity,
Buckets that clothed everyone who was destitute.
فَكَم مِن ضَعيفٍ مِن يَتيمٍ وَأَرمَلٍ
يُنادي إِذا ما جَنَّهُ اللَيلُ مُظلِما
For how many of the weak, the orphaned, and the widowed,
Call out when the night covers them in darkness:
إِلهي أَدِم نَصرَ الإِمامِ وَعِزَّهُ
وَأَيَّدَهُ بِالتَوفيقِ يا رافِعَ السَما
"My God, perpetuate the victory of the Imam and his might,"
"And aid him with success, O Raiser of the Heavens."
فَقَد كانَ لِلمُحتاجِ كَهفاً وَمَوئِلاً
وَقَد كانَ لِلطّاغي حُساماً مُصَدَّما
For he has been a cave and a refuge for the needy,
And for the tyrant, a striking sharp sword.
فَلَمّا اِستَقَرَّت بَعدَ ما أَلقَتِ العَصا
وَأُمِّنَتِ الأَسبالُ وَالشَرعُ حُكِّما
So when the land settled after laying down the staff of travel,
And the paths were secured and the Divine Law made judge,
تَوَجَّهَ لِلدّارِ التي عَمَرَت بِهِ
على الطائِرِ المَيمونِ سارَ وَخَيَّما
He turned toward the abode that prospered through him;
Upon the auspicious bird he traveled and pitched camp.
فَلِلَهِ هذا المَجدُ كَيفَ تَفَرَّعَت
بَواسِقُهُ شَرقاً وَغَرباً وَمَشأَما
To God belongs this glory! How its tall branches have branched out,
Reaching to the east, the west, and the north.
إِمامَ الهُدى إِنَّ المَدائِحَ فيكُمُ
فَخارٌ لِمُطريكُم وَلَو كانَ مُفحَما
O Imam of guidance, truly praises regarding you
Are an honor for your eulogist, even if he were mute.
أَلَستَ لِهذا الدينِ رُكناً وَلِلعُلا
مَناراً وَلِلأَيّامِ عيداً وَمَوسِما
Are you not a pillar for this religion, and for glory
A lighthouse, and for the days a festival and a season of joy?
فَيَوماكَ يَومٌ بِالمَواهِبِ ماطِرٌ
وَيَومٌ بِهِ الأَسيافُ يَرعُفنَ بِالدِما
Your two days: one is a day raining with gifts,
And a day wherein swords drip with blood.
فَكَم ناكِثٍ أَهوى لِسَيفِكَ ساجِداً
وَلَم يَكُ ذا طُهرٍ وَلا مُتَيِّما
How many a traitor fell prostrate before your sword,
Though he was neither possessing purity nor overwhelmed by love.
وَإِنَّ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ لَكافِلٌ
لِباغي الهُدى التَعليمَ حَتّى يُفَهَّما
Verily, the Commander of the Faithful is a guarantor
Of instruction for the seeker of guidance until he understands.
وَمَن لا يُرِد إِلّا الشِقاقَ فَإِنَّهُ
كَفيلٌ لَهُ أَن يَجعَلَ السَوطَ مخذَما
But whoever desires nothing but dissension, then he
Guarantees to make the whip cut deep.
فَلا يَغتَرِر قَومٌ رَفَعتَ جُدودَهُم
وَأَولَيتَهُم مِن سَيبِ جَدواكَ أَنعُما
So let not a people be deluded, whose ancestors you elevated,
And upon whom you bestowed favors from the flow of your gifts.
فَكَم شَرَقٍ بَعدَ الزُلالِ وَغُصَّةٍ
تُذيقُ العِدى مِن جُرعَةِ المَوتِ عَلقَما
For how often comes choking after clear water, and a lump in the throat
By which you make enemies taste the bitter colocynth of death.
وَمَن ثاوَرَ الأُسَدَ الضَواري جَعَلنَهُ
لِأَشبالِها تَحتَ الأَظافِرِ مَطعَما
And whoever provokes the predatory lions, they make him
A meal for their cubs beneath their claws.
وَمَن سَلَّ سَيفَ البَغيِ أَصبَحَ حَتفُهُ
بِشَفرَةِ ما قَد سَلَّ أَو سَهمِ ما رَمى
And whoever unsheathes the sword of tyranny, his death becomes
By the very blade he drew or the arrow he shot.
وَكَم قادِحٍ ناراً فَكانَ وَقودَها
إِذا حَسَّهُ مِنها شَواظٌ تَنَدَّما
And how many a striker of fire became its fuel;
When its smokeless flame touched him, he filled with regret.
عَفَوتَ عَنِ الجانينَ فَضلَ تَكَرُّمٍ
وَلا عَفوَ إِلّا أَن يَكونَ تَكَرُّما
You pardoned the criminals out of the bounty of nobility,
And there is no true pardon unless it is an act of nobility.
سَجِيَّةُ مَطبوع عَلى الخَيرِ لَم يَبِت
يُلاحِظُ أَعجازَ الأُمورِ تَلَوُّما
The nature of one imprinted with goodness, who did not spend the night
Watching the outcomes of affairs with hesitation.
أَناةً وَحِلماً وَاِنتِظاراً بِهِم غَداً
وَإِلّا فَلا وانٍ وَلا مُتَوَهِّما
Out of patience, clemency, and waiting for them regarding the morrow;
But otherwise, he is neither slack nor delusional.
كَذاكَ المَعالي لا يَرومُ بِناءَها
سِوى مَن يَعُدُّ الحَمدَ ذُخراً وَمَغنَما
Such are the heights; none desires to build them
Except he who counts praise as a treasure and a gain.
وَإِنَّ النَدى إِن لَم يَكُن يَدفَعُ الأَذى
يَكُن وَضعُ حَدِّ السَيفِ في الأَمرِ أَحزَما
And verily, if generosity is not sufficient to repel harm,
Then the laying of the sword's edge becomes more decisive in the matter.
وَخَصَّكَ رَبُّ العَرشِ بِالمُلكِ مِنَّةً
وَمَن قَدَّمَ الرَحمنُ كانَ المُقَدَّما
The Lord of the Throne singled you out for kingship as a grace,
And he whom the Merciful puts forward is truly the foremost.
أَمَدَّكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ قَلبٌ مُشَيِّعٌ
وَهِمَّةُ مِقدامٍ عَلى ما تَيَمَّما
You were aided, after God, by a courageous heart,
And the ambition of a daring man regarding what he purposes.
وَيَومَ كَسَوتَ الجَوَّ فيهِ قَساطِلاً
أَعادَ النَهارَ المُشرِقَ النورِ مُظلِما
And a day in which you clothed the atmosphere in battle-dust,
Which turned the bright-shining daylight into darkness.
مَلَأتَ بهِ الأسماعَ رَعداً سَماؤُهُ
عَلى كُلِّ باغِ قَد طَغى تُمطِرُ الدِما
You filled the hearing with thunder, while its sky
Rained down blood upon every tyrant who transgressed.
فَما تَنطِقُ الأَسيافُ إِلّا تَصَلصُلاً
وَلا تَنطِقُ الأَبطالُ إِلّا تَغَمغُما
The swords do not speak except by clashing,
And the heroes do not speak except by inarticulate roars.
وَكَم خَدَجَت فيهِ الجِيادُ مِهارَها
وَعادَ كُمَيتُ اللَونِ مِنها مُسَوَّما
How many steeds therein cast their foals prematurely,
And the bay-colored horse returned from it marked for battle.
وَلَم يَعرِفِ الناعي الحَميمُ حَميمَهُ
غَداةَ رَآهُ بِالغُبارِ مُلثَّما
And the close friend did not recognize his kin
On the morning he saw him veiled in dust.
فَإِن أَصحَروا فَالخَيلُ قَيدُ شَريدِهِم
وَإِن حَصَنوا ذابوا لُحوماً وَأَعظُما
If they fled to the open desert, the cavalry shackled their fugitives,
And if they fortified themselves, they wasted away in flesh and bone.
أَقَمتَ بِهِ عَرشَ الهُدى بَعدَ ما هَوى
وَقَوَّمتَهُ بِالبيضِ حَتّى تَقَوَّما
You established by it the Throne of Guidance after it had fallen,
And you straightened it with white blades until it stood upright.
أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ نَفسٌ عَزيزَةٌ
سَمَحتَ بِها في المَأزِقِ الضَنكِ مُقدِما
Behold, for the sake of God is a precious soul,
Which you generously offered in the tight straits of battle, advancing boldly.
إِمامُ هُدىً ما اِعتَمَّ بِالتاجِ مِثلُهُ
وَلا عُدَّ أَندى مِنهُ كَفّاً وَأَكرَما
An Imam of guidance; none like him has ever worn the crown,
Nor has any been counted more generous of hand or more noble.
وَلا قادَها جرداً إِلى حَومَةِ الوَغى
وَأَنعَلَها هامَ المُلوكِ المُعَظَّما
Nor has any led short-haired steeds into the tumult of war,
And shod them with the skulls of the magnified kings.
كَمِثلِكَ يا عَبدَ العَزيزِ بنَ فَيصَلٍ
وَإِن أَطنَبَ الشُعّارُ فيمَن تَقَدَّما
Like you, O Abdulaziz bin Faisal,
Even if the poets speak at length regarding those who came before.
وَإِنَّ اِمرءًا لَم يَعتَقِد لَكَ بيعَةً
وَيُمسي بِأَمرِ اللَهِ راضٍ مُسَلِّما
And verily, a man who does not bind himself by an oath of allegiance to you,
While believing himself to be content and submissive to God's command,
لَفي حيرَةٍ مِن دينِهِ أَو مُعانِدٌ
وَبِئسَ لَعمري مَورِداً مُتَوَخِّماً
Is surely in confusion regarding his religion, or is obstinate;
And evil, by my life, is such a path to tread.
أَلَيسَ أَطيعوا اللَهَ ثُمَّ رَسولَهُ
كذاكَ وَلِيَّ الأَمرِ أَمراً مُحمدّاً
Is the command not "Obey God, then His Messenger,"
And likewise "The Guardian of Authority," a Muhammadan decree?
وَقَد حَضَّ خَيرُ المُرسَلينَ محمدٌ
عَلى قَتلِ مَن شَقَّ العَصا كَيفَما اِنتَمى
And the Best of Messengers, Muhammad, has urged
The slaying of him who splits the unity, whatever his lineage may be.
وَمَن لا يُفَكِّر في العَواقِبِ رُبَّما
هَوى في مَهاوي جَهلِهِ مُتَنَدِّما
And he who does not reflect upon the consequences will likely
Fall into the abysses of his ignorance, filled with regret.
وَإِنَّ سَراةَ المَجدِ مِن آلِ مُقرِنٍ
هُمُ لِلعُلا كانوا ذِماماً وَمَحرَماً
And verily, the masters of glory from the House of Muqrin—
They have ever been a covenant and a sanctuary for highness.
أَبَوا يَتَوَلّاها سِواهُم وَشَرَّعوا
دُوَينَ حِماها السَمهَرِيَّ المُقَوَّما
They refused that any other should govern it, and they leveled
Before its sanctuary the straightened Samhari spears.
أَحَلَّتهُمُ دارَ العَدوِ رِماحُهُم
وَبَذلُهُمُ المالَ النَفيسَ المُفَخَّما
Their spears settled them in the abode of the enemy,
Along with their expending of precious, magnified wealth.
أولئِكَ من لا يُحسِنُ الطَعنَ غَيرُهُم
إِذا كانَ وَجهُ الكَونِ بِالنَقعِ أَقتَما
Those are the ones—none excels in striking but them,
When the face of the universe is dusky with battle-dust.
فَلا مَجدَ إِلّا مَجدُهُم كانَ قَبلَهُ
وَلا جودَ إِلّا مِن نَداهُم تَعَلَّما
There is no glory but that their glory preceded it,
And no generosity but that it learned from their bounty.
وَصَلِّ إلهَ العالَمينَ مُسَلِّماً
عَلى خَيرِ مَن صَلّى وَصامَ وَأَحرَما
And send blessings, O God of the Worlds, granting peace,
Upon the best of those who prayed, fasted, and entered the sacred state,
مُحمدٍ الهادي الأمينِ وَآلِهِ
وَأَصحابِهِ ما سَحَّ غَيثٌ وَما هَمى
Muhammad, the Trustworthy Guide, and his Family,
And his Companions, as long as the rain pours and flows.
