إليك مَدّتْ رقابَها العَرَبُ

والمُلْكُ ماءٌ عليك مُنْسَكِبُ

The Arabs have extended their necks to you,

And kingship is water pouring upon you.

وأنتَ من دَوْحة النبوّة لا

تَألَفُ إلاّ عُدَاتك الرِّيَب

And you are from the sand dune of prophethood, not

Befriending except your loathed enemies.

ألستَ مَنْ يَرْهَب الإلهَ ولا

يَصُدّه عن حدوده سبب

Are you not the one whom God fears and no

Reason deters him from his limits?

وكلّما مال بَدْءُ عَزْمته

لمذهب لم تُخَالِف العُقَب

And whenever the beginning of his resolve inclined

To a doctrine you did not oppose the heel.

فهكذا تَصْدَع الملوكُ إذا

صالَت وتَنْفي الضَّلالةَ الشُّهُب

So it is that kings crack when

They disagree and the errors disappear.

ويَزْدَهِي الدِّين بالمُعِزّ لدي

ن الله والمُرْهَفَاتُ واليَلَبُ

And religion flourishes with the honored

Faith of God, the insightful, and the ardent.

وكلُّ رَجْراجةٍ عزائمُه

دِلاَصُها والرِّماح والقُضُب

And every loud clamor, its intentions

Are its antidotes, the spears, and the clubs.

وهذه الدولةُ التي زَخَرتْ

فلم يَسَعْها الزمانُ والحِقَب

And this state which flourished

So time and eras could not contain it.

يا حبّذا دَهْرُك الزُّلالُ إذا

أَمَرّ دهرٌ وعصرُك الشَّنِب

How wonderful is your dewy time when

A time has ordered and your dusty time ebbed.

وحبَّذا الشَّمْسةُ التي نَصبتْ

يَقْصُر عنها المديحُ والخُطَبُ

And wonderful is the sunshade that erected

Eulogies and speeches fall short of it.

قايَستِ العِيدَ وهي حُلْتُه

وأخفت اليومَ وهو مُنْتَصب

It diminished the feast when it arrived

And obscured the day while it stood tall.

يَنْهَب ياقوتُها العيونَ فما

يَكْملُ إلاَّ من حيث يَنْتَهب

Its gems snatch eyes so they are not

Complete except from where it is snatched.

دائِرةٌ أحدقتْ بعُزتها

أهِلةٌ لا تُجِنّها السُّحُب

A circle peered with its might

Capable, not vilified by the clouds.

كأنما دُرّها وجوهرُها

نجومُ ليل سماؤها ذَهَبُ

As if its pearls and essence

Are stars, its sky is gold.

كأنما رُصِّعتْ مَناقبُك ال

غُرّ عليها وأٌفْرغ الحَسَبُ

As if your virtues were adorned

No shame upon them, and integrity exhausted.

حقّ على الشمس طولُ نِقْبتها

منها وذاتُ الحياء تُنْتَقب

The sun has a right to the length of its absence

From it, and the essence of shyness is stolen.

وقد أراها ولا مُدامَ بها

فكيف قالوا لدُرّها الحَبَبُ

And I saw it without blemish in it

So how did they say its beloved are the beads?

نَظمتَها للهُدَى ولَبَّتِه

وإن سَخِطن الكواعبُ العُرُبُ

You have composed it for guidance and its night prayer

Even if the passionate Arabs become angry.

في كِبِد المسجِد الحرام لها

شوقٌ وللبيت نحوها طربُ

In the heart of the Sacred Mosque it has

Yearning, and for the house towards it desire.

فلا تَمَشَّى بأهله زمنٌ

إلاّ بما تَشْتهي وتَرْتَقب

So no time will pass with its people

Except what it desires and expects.

صلّى عليك الإلهُ ما طَلعَتْ

شمسٌ وما أنهلّ عارِضٌ لَجِبُ

May God send blessings upon you whenever

A sun rose and a well-built hill showered.