الحَيَا من غُيوثِكَ البارقاتِ

والجَنَى من أُصولِكَ الباسِقاتِ

The life from your lightnings,

And the harvest from your towering roots.

لك طيبُ الهناءِ هَنَّأَكَ اللَّ

هُ وللحاسدينَ خُبْثُ الهَناتِ

May you have the finest congratulations, congratulated by God,

While the enviers have the meanness of envy.

أَبحَرَتْ عندكَ السّعودُ غَداةً

خلَّفَتْهَا النُّحوسُ عندَ عُداةِ

Happiness sailed at your place in the morning,

While misfortunes were left with the enemies.

ولك الأَنْجُمُ السُّراةُ إِلى ما

يَقْتَضِيهِ السرورُ يا ابْنَ السَّراة

The bright stars are for you, as much as

Joy requires, O son of nobility.

ظهرَ الجوهَرُ الشريفُ فأَغنَى

عن أَحاديثِنا غِنَا المُرْهَفَاتِ

The precious pearl appeared so it made

Our words redundant like polished poems.

وأَبانَتْ عن عِتْقِها الخيلُ فيما

أَعرضته على لِسانِ الشَّبَاةِ

The horses declared their liberation in what

They presented on the tongues of the youth.

كُلَّ يومٍ لكَ البشائرُ تَحْدُو

بالأَمانِي رَكائِبَ التَّهْنِئاتِ

Every day you have good news that run

With wishes, the carriages of congratulations.

بَرَكَاتٌ لديكَ وَفَّرَها اللَّ

هُ وأَبْقَى لها أَبَا البركات

Blessings are with you, multiplied by God,

And the Father of Blessings made them last.

طلَعَتْ في جبينِهِ آيةُ الشَّم

سِ وللشَّمسِ آيةُ الآياتِ

The verse of the sun rose on his forehead,

And the sun has the verse of verses.

واستهلَّتْ به سحابُ الأَراجِي

ودفِينُ الحَيَا بها والحياةِ

With it, the clouds of hopes unleashed

And the burials of life and life itself.

فكأَنِّي به وقد مَلأَ الدَّسْ

تَ بِمُسْتَغْرَبِ اللُّهَى واللَّهاةِ

So it is as if, having filled the hand

With astonishment and infatuation.

مُطْلِقُ المُسْتَمِيحِ من كُلِّ شَكْلٍ

بيسيرٍ ومُوضِحُ المُشْكِلاتِ

Clarifying the easy from every form

And explaining the problems.

بقضاءٍ تَرْضَى به أَنفسُ الخَصْ

مَيْنِ عَدْلاً أَعْيَى جميعَ القُضاةِ

With a judgment that pleases the souls of the elite,

Fairer than all the judges combined.

كلما صَرَّتِ اليراعَةُ سَرَّتْ

بدواءٍ مَحَلُّهُ في الدَّواةِ

Whenever confusion occurs, it is resolved

With a cure placed in the pen.

يَصْرِفُ الحادِثاتِ من نُوَبِ الأَي

امِ قسراً بالأَنْعُمِ الحادِثاتِ

Diverting adversities from the days, perforce,

With recurring blessings.

ويُوالِي الصِّلاتِ مِثْلَ أَبيهِ

فيظُنُّ الصِّلاتِ أُخْتَ الصَّلاةِ

And succeeding the connections, like his father,

So connections are seen as sisters of the prayer.

أَيُّ أَثْرٍ في مَتْنِ أَيَّ حُسامِ

وسنانٍ في صَدْرِ أَيِّ قناةِ

What effect in the body of any sword

And fang in the chest of any spear?

كم عصَاةٍ شَقُّوا العَصَا فرماهُمْ

بعَصاً مُوسَوِيَّةٍ للعُصاةِ

How many disobedients who split the stick so he hit them

With a Moses-like stick for the disobedient.

ودُهاةٍ تَوَرَّطُوا مُقْفَلاَتٍ

فَتَحَتْهَا آرَاؤُه بهُداةِ

And how many misguided ones who fell into puzzles

That his opinions opened with guidance.

وعُفاةٍ أَغناهُمُ بمَعَانِي

هِ سريعاً فلا عَفَتْ من عُفاةِ

And how many naked ones his meanings made rich,

Quickly, so no nakedness remained from the naked.

نَحْنُ في ظِلِّهِ نبيتُ فنُثْنِي

عن نَدَى سُحْبِهِ بلَفْظِ النَّباتِ

We, in his shade, sleep so we fold

from the dew of his clouds with the verb "fold".

وعلى جُودِهِ نَحُطُ بما نَسْ

مع إلاَّ لفظَيْنِ هاكَ وهاتِ

And on his generosity we alight with what we hear

Except the two words "here you are" and "give me".

كَرَمٌ حاتِمٌ على كُلِّ من يَرْ

جُوه أّوْ لاَ يرجوهُ من هَيْهَاتِ

A generous one, like Hatem, to all who

Hope for him or do not hope the impossible.

وأَيادٍ ترى لنا المَكْرُماتِ ال

غُرّ مَهْمَا اقْتُضِينَ للمكرماتِ

And hands that show us honors

No matter what the honors necessitate.

عَرَفَتْ فَضْلَها العُفاةُ فما تَرْ

حَلُ عنها إِلا إلى عَرَفَاتِ

The naked ones knew their merit so they do not

Depart from it except to the Mount of Mercy.

بنوالٍ يُعِينُ مَنْ سارَ لِلْم

يقَاتِ مَعْ أَنَّهُ بِلاَ مِيقاتِ

With determination that helps whoever traveled

To the holy sites, yet he has no holy sites.

شِيَمٌ خَلَّفَتْ لآلِ خُلَيْفٍ

سِيَرًا تقرع الصَّفا بالصَّفات

Attributes that the family of Khalifa inherited,

Hitting purity with attributes.

وسجايا من إِخوةٍ سادَةٍ غُرٍّ

وَقَعْنَا منها على أَخوات

And traits from noble and generous brothers

We fell from them to sisterly traits.

هُمْ فلا ضُعْضِعُوا كَأَرْبَعَةِ الأَرْ

كانِ شَدَّتْ بَنِيَّةَ الصَّلواتِ

They - so do not weaken - like the four pillars

That tightened the structure of prayers.

فإذا قُلْتَ أَيُّ بَحْرٍ ونِيلٍ

فَلْيُقَلْ أَيُّ دِجْلَةٍ وفُرَاتِ

So if you say what sea and Nile,

Let it be said what Tigris and Euphrates.

زُيِّنَتْ مِنْهُمُ سَمَاءُ المعالي

بمعانِي الكواكبِ النَّيَّراتِ

The sky of glories was adorned with them

With meanings of the bright planets.

فعِليٌّ وصِنْوُه الفَذُّ إِسما

عيلُ بَدْرَانِ في دُجَى الظُّلُماتِ

Ali and his noble son are names

Shining in the darkness like two full moons.

أَشْرَقَا فاجْتَلَتْهُما أَعْيُنُ السَّعْ

دِ وجُوهاً على جًمِيع الجِهات

They shone so the eyes of happiness shone upon them,

Faces in all directions.

وتسامَى أَبُو المعالِي وَعَبْدُ اللَّ

هِ سَمْتَ العُلاَ بتلكَ السِّماتِ

And the Father of Glories and Abdullah ascended

The heights with those traits.

بارتياحٍ وحِنْكَةٍ ووقارٍ

وسكونٍ ونَهْضَةٍ وثباتِ

With comfort, wisdom, dignity,

Tranquility, activity, and steadfastness.

إِن عَبْدَ الوَهَّابِ قد خَصَّهُ اللَّ

ه تعالَى فيهمْ بأَسمى الهباتِ

Indeed, God has singled out Abd al-Wahhab,

Granting him the highest gifts among them.

بالرِّفا والبنينَ رَدَّ الذي فا

تَ من الأَعْظُمِ البوالِي الرُّفاتِ

With wealth and children, he equaled the deceased

Of the Greatest, the most high houses.

ورأَى ما رآهُ فيهِ أَبوهُ

من بَنيهِ لا رُوِّعوا بشَتاتِ

And he saw what his father saw in him

Among his children - do not separate them.

ورثوه حَيًّا فدامَ له العُمْ

رُ وأَحْلَى الميراثِ قَبْلَ المَمَاتِ

They inherited him while alive so his life continued

And the sweetest inheritance before death.

فاذا أَحْدَقُوا به حَّقَ النَّا

سُ إِلى قشعمٍ بِجًنْبِ الراتِ

So when people stare at him, deservedly,

To the laziness next to pleasures.

فهناءً ففي أَبي البركاتِ الْ

مُرْتَضَى ما يشاءُ من بَرَكاتِ

Happily, in Father of Blessings, the most

Desired, whatever blessings he wishes.

واعتذاراً فخاطري ذو وَجيبٍ

عند تقصيرِهِ عن الواجباتِ

And apologies - my mind is excused

For falling short of obligations.

بَعْضُ إِنعامِكم على رَبَّةِ الدُّو

رِ فماذا يقولُ في الأبياتِ

Some of your favors are upon the lady of the house,

So what can one say about the verses?