لِلداوري يُمنٌ بَعيد أَضاحي
وَعزائمٌ مَقرونة بِنَجاحِ
The governor has a distant grace, achievements
Paired with success, care from him to keep the flock
وَعِناية مِنهُ بِحفظ رَعية
نالَت بِهمته عَظيم فَلاح
Through his effort it attained great prosperity
His works for the land's benefit and reform
وَقِيامه فِيما يَعود عَلى الوَرى
في مَصره بِالنَفع وَالإِصلاح
And truly he's the best appointed king
Whose threats make lions in thickets cower
وَعَلى الحَقيقة فَهوَ خَير مملَّك
تَخشى بوادرَه ليوثُ بِطاح
It's he who ruled the country and its people
With justice, zeal and clemency
وَهُوَ الَّذي ساسَ البِلاد وَأَهلَها
بَعَدالة وَحَماسة وَسَماح
And strove therein for civilization's spread
Its morn and eve's advancement and approach
وَاِهتم فيها باِنتِشار تَمدن
وَتَقدم بِمَسائها وَصَباح
His steeds raced in fertile plains swift and free
With surplus lead and wide berth as they encroached
وَجَرَت بِمضمار الخُصوبة خَيله
فَسَمَت بِسَبق زائد وَبراح
With this land he created what made it
Master of wealth's crisis and great approach
وَبِهَذِهِ الأَوطان أَنشأ ما بِهِ
مَلكت أَزمة ثَروة وَرباح
Made it strut in robes of bliss
Beneath the shade of spears and lances' broach
وَغَدَت بِهِ تَختال في حلل الهَنا
مِن تَحت ظل صَوارم وَرِماح
Grazing in meadows of integrity,
Marveling in beauty's veil and coach
وَتَظل تَرتَع في رِياض نَزاهة
وَتَميس عُجباً في جَميل وشاح
Achieving lofty honor robed
In serious garb, no jest its broach
وَتَفوز بِالمَجد الرَفيع وَتَكتَسي
أَثواب جد لم يُشَب بِمزاح
Wise governance for it is healing
From deep afflicting wounds its approach
وَقَويم تَدبير لَها فيهِ الشِفا
مِن مُعضِلات داميات جِراح
Eloquent his words that garlanded its cheeks
With genuine pearls, proficient their approach
وَلَقَد تَحلى جيدها مِن لَفظه
بِجَواهر في نَظمهن صِحاح
A smile plays on its lips in season
Of feast, after the rain's first encroach
وَلَهُ تَبسم ثَغرَها في مَوسم
لِلعيد عَن در بَديع أَقاح
In his glory the historian declaimed
For the governor a distant grace, achievements
وَلَديهِ مَجدي قالَ فيهِ مؤرخاً
لِلداوري يمن بِعيد أَضاحي
