شكري عتيدٌ وكذاك حِقْدِي

للخير والشرِّ بقاءٌ عندي

My gratitude and hatred alike endure,

Good and evil both have a place with me.

فانظر إذا أسْديتَ ماذا تُسْدِي

فإن شكمي مثله وشكدي

So see what you reap when you sow your seed,

For my nature is just the same as my creed.

كالأرض مهما استُودِعت تؤدِّي

وأين عن طينتنا نُعَدِّي

Like the earth whatever is sown in its stead

It faithfully yields as was destined to be.

وما طباعي بالطباع الصلدِ

لا ينبت البذرُ ولكن يُكدي

How can we swerve from the clay we were kneaded,

What's sown cannot sprout but rather impede it.

أحفظُ للأعداء والأودِّ

ما استودعوا من بِغْضَةٍ ووُدِّ

For friend and for foe alike I will keep,

All the love and the hate they entrusted me,

وما أتوا من غَيَّةٍ ورشْدِ

وخيرُ حوض من حياض نجدِ

And whatever they came with of harm or true heed,

Better a pool than rain channels of Nejd,

أحفظُها للماء يوم الوِرْدِ

من طَيِّبٍ وآجنٍ وسُخْدِ

I'll keep it for water on days parched of need,

Be it pure or murky or evil indeed.

ماذا يقول القائلون بعدي

What more can be said after all I concede!