يا صاحِبَيَّ دعا عَذلي وَتَأنيبي
لا أَنثَني لِمَلامٍ أَو لِتَثريبِ
O my two companions, leave off your censure and scolding; I will not bend to blame or rebuke.
I was not the first whom passion overwhelmed, or who wandered madly for the fair, shapely maidens,
ما كنتُ أَوَّلَ مَن لجَّ الغَرامُ بهِ
أَو هامَ بِالخُرَّدِ البيضِ الرَعابيبِ
Those slayers who kill deliberately without penalty, who captivate with the signaling of their eyebrows,
With deep black eyes and a languid, quiet gaze, shooting arrows of glances with precision and torment,
أَلقاتِلاتُ على عمدٍ بلا قودٍ
وَالمُصَبِياتُ بِتَغميزِ الحواجيبِ
Possessing a radiant profile that smiles to reveal hail-white teeth, sweet to the kiss, tasted with wine,
With flushed cheeks—if you sought to borrow light, his countenance would satisfy you without need for any kindled fire,
من كلِّ أَحورَ ساجي الطَرفُ فاتِرهِ
يَمضي سهاماً بِتَرشيقٍ وَتَعذيبِ
Full in the hips, slender at the waist, youthful; rich in beauty, yet denying what is sought.
I love him without prohibition or folly; for such love is pure, untainted.
ذي عارِضٍ مُشرِقٍ يَفتَرُّ عَن بَردٍ
عذبِ المُقَبَّلِّ بَالصَهباءِ مَقطوبِ
So leave the remembrance of the days of youth, and all the flirtation and amorous verse they contained,
And mention the merits of him whose virtues have encompassed all mankind, and who never reminds others of his gifts.
مُضَرَّجِ الخَدِّ لو رُمتَ اقتِباسَ ضواً
أَغنَتكَ وجنَتُهُ عن كلِّ مَشبوبِ
The Crown Prince, of lofty glory; his ambition is victory for the faith and order for the world.
Supported in resolve, blessed in nature, guided in judgment at both the start and the outcome.
عَبلِ الرَوادِفِ ضامي الكَشحِ مُقتَبِل
غانٍ من الحُسنِ مَنّاعٍ لِمَطلوبِ
He plunges into the fray fearing no consequence, and rides the grave peril without turning aside to flee.
Like those who race to surpass in every honor, he inflicted upon the enemies destruction and silencing.
أَهواهُ في غَيرِ مَحظورٍ وَلا سَفهٍ
كَذلكَ الحُبُّ صَفوٌ غيرُ مَشيوبِ
Bountiful glories raised him in nobility, proud leaders descending from noble, high-born mothers.
A people who have been a victory for the Truth since their creation, with white swords, brown spears, and swift, lean steeds.
فَدَع تَذَكُّرَ أَيّامِ الشَبابِ وَما
قَد كانَ فيهِنَّ من غَزلٍ وَتَشبيبِ
How much might and generosity have they entrusted to Time, and saved the people from disbelief and sin.
After them rose the Eye of Time, he who is both hoped for and feared, for his gifts and his terrors.
وَاذكُر فَواضِلَ مَن عَمَّت فَضائِلُهُ
على الأَنامِ وَلم يَمنُن بِمَوهوبِ
Your father is your pride, through whom Time returned to youth in his era, after being bent with age.
Proud and bold, a refuge in great crises; in war and drought, the shelter for every distressed soul.
خَليفَةُ العَهدِ سامي المَجدِ همَّتهُ
لِلدينِ نَصراً وَلِلدُنيا بِتَرتيبِ
When the forefront of calamity darkens and confuses even the men of judgment and experience,
His judgment clarifies what was obscure, so it returns like the dawn following a pitch-black night.
مُؤَيَّدُ العَزمِ مَيمونٌ نَقيبَتُهُ
مُسَدَّدُ الرَأي في بَدءٍ وَتَعقيبِ
He held secret intentions for Islam which he concealed, yet God revealed them openly with validation.
He is the beloved, ransomed with our very souls and every cherished thing our hearts contain.
يَغشى الكَريهَةَ لا يَخشى عَواقِبِها
وَيَركَبُ الخَطبَ لا يَلوي لِتَنكيبِ
He named you Saud, for you rose as a good omen with blessings, a title signifying good fortune.
He entrusted the Covenant to you, choosing and approving your beautiful conduct in all its forms.
شَأنَ المُجارينَ سَبقاً كلَّ مَكرُمَةٍ
سامَ المُعادينَ تَدميراً بِتَتبيتِ
He intended that you—to the dismay of enemies—should rise in the easts after the setting.
We seek from the Lord support for you: in life, in glory, in renown, and in goodness.
نَماهُ في الأَصالِ أَمجادٌ خَضارِمَةٌ
شُمُّ الأُنوفِ إلى البيضِ المَناجيبِ
How many a towering favor you have in the heights of glory, praised for being both inherited and earned.
We shall never cease to praise you for it, in verse and prose, detailed and categorized.
قومٌ هُو نُصرَةٌ لِلحَقِّ مُذ خُلِقوا
بِالبيضِ وَالسُمرِ وَالجُردِ السَراحيبِ
O son of the noble ancients whose bounty remains among the people, recited and written.
To you I have directed them—trained white camels, cutting through the desert by night and by day.
كَم أُودعوا الدَهرَ مِن بَأسٍ وَمن كرمٍ
وَأَنقَذوا الناسَ مِن كُفرٍ وَمن حوبِ
Each lean mount like a letter of script, laboring through elevation, depression, pause, and setting forth.
The singer drives sleep from us with your praise, and spurs on our mounts with his song,
وَقامَ بَعدَهُمو عَينُ الزَمانِ وَمن
يُرجى وَيُخشى لِمَوهوبٍ وَمَرهوبِ
That we may reach the shade and the fertile pasture, the universal bounty and the unmeasured gift.
Then may the prayers and peace of God be upon him whom God distinguished with nearness and goodness,
أَبوكَ فَخرُكَ من عادَ الزَمانُ فتىً
في عَصرهِ بعدَ تَقويسٍ وَتَحديبِ
Muhammad, the best of messengers, and upon his followers and companions—the best of all companies.
أَشَمُّ أَشوَسُ في الجُلّى يُلاذُ بهِ
في الحَربِ وَالجَدبِ مَأوى كلِّ مَكروبِ
إِذا اِدلَهَمَّت هوادى الخَطبِ وَالتَبَسَت
عَلى ذوي الرَأيِ من أَهلِ التَجاريبِ
جَلّى لهُ رَأيهُ ما كان مُلتَبِساً
مِنها فَعادَت كَصُبحٍ بَعد غِربيبِ
لهُ سَرائِرُ لِلإِسلامُ أَضمَرَها
وَاللَهُ أَظهَرَها جَهراً بِتَوجيبِ
فَهوَ الحَبيبُ المُفَدّى بِالنُفوسِ وَما
تَحويه أَنفُسُنا مِن كلِّ مَحبوبِ
سَمّاك باسمِ سُعودٍ إِذ طَلَعتَ بهِ
سَعداً بيُمنٍ وَعنواناً بِتَلقيبِ
وَلّى لكَ العهدَ مُختاراً وَمرتَضياً
جَميلُ صُنعكَ في شَتّى الأَساليبِ
أَرادَ أَنَّكَ وَالأَعداءُ راغمةً
تَلى مشارِقَها من بعدِ تَغريبِ
فَنَستَمِدُّ منَ المَولى لكُم مدداً
في العُمرِ وَالفَخرِ وَالإِذكارِ وَالطيبِ
وَكم يدٌ لكَ في العَلياءِ باسِقَةً
محمودَة بينَ مَوروثٍ وَمَكسوبِ
لا نَنثَني أَبداً نُثني عَلَيك بها
نَظماً وَنثراً وَتَفصيلاً بِتَبويبِ
يا اِبنَ الكِرامِ الأُولى ما زالَ فَضلهمُ
في الناسِ ما بينَ مَتلُوٍّ وَمَكتوبِ
أليكَ أَعلَمتُها عيساً مُدرَّبَةً
تَفلى الفَلا بينَ إِدلاجٍ وَتَاويبِ
مِن كلِّ حَرفٍ كَحَرفِ الخَطِّ مُعمِلَةً
رَفعاً وَخَفضاً وَتَسكيناً بِتَنصيبِ
يَذودُ عَنّا الكَرى الحادي بِمَدحِكموا
وَيَستَفِزُّ مَطايانا بِتَطريبِ
لِنَبلُغَ الظِلَّ وَالمَرعى الخَصيبَ كَذا
الفَضلَ العَميمَ وَنَيلاً غَيرَ مَحسوبِ
ثُمَّ الصَلاةُ وَتَسليمُ الإِلهِ عَلى
مَن خصَّهُ اللَهُ بِالزُلفى وَبِالطيبِ
محمدٌ خيرُ مَبعوثٍ وَشيعَتهُ
وَصَحبهُ همو خَيرُ الأَصاحيبِ
