لِيَهْنِ الضِّياعَ وكُتَّابَها

وعُمّالَها ثم أربابَها

Let the neglected government offices and their clerks rejoice,

And their workers and managers.

طُلُوعُ السعودِ بديوانِها

غَداةَ تقلَّدتَ أسبابَها

The rise of the Saud with its administration

On the morning you assumed responsibility for its affairs,

وَرَدْتَ على رَشَدٍ دارَها

وفتَّحتَ باليُمن أبوابَها

And you returned it to proper guidance and improved its condition,

And opened its doors with good fortune,

وأحييتَ بالعزِّ عمَّالَها

ودرَّعتَها فيه جِلبابَها

And revived its workers with strength,

And protected it therein with its robes.

فأضحت بذكرك معمورةً

وقد رام غيرُك إخرابَها

So it has flourished with your mention,

While others sought to destroy it.

تداركها بك نُصحُ الوزير

فشدّ بحزمِك أطنابَها

Your sincere advisor hastened to save it through you,

So you firmed its loose ends with your wisdom,

وصان بعدلِك أموالَها

وكفَّ به منك إنهابَها

And protected its funds with your justice,

And with it prevented its pillaging from you.

فلا زلتَ في نِعَمٍ شاكراً

عليهنَّ ذا العرش وهَّابَها

So you remained grateful for its blessings,

From the Lord of the Throne who provided it.

أبا الصقرِ تفديك نفسُ امرِئٍ

دعتك لتفريج ما نابَها

Abu Al-Saqr, a soul redeems you,

Who called on you to relieve its troubles.

ومَتَّتْ إليك بذِمَّاتها

ومثلُكَ قدَّمَ إيجابَها

And leaned on you with its covenants,

And you granted its request.

لقد أنشبتْ حادثاتُ الزمان

مخالبَها بي وأنيابَها

The tribulations of time have indeed

Sunk their claws and fangs into me.

ونالت عُداتي بطول المُقام

على عطلتي فيَّ آرابَها

And my enemies have taken advantage of my long absence

To desolate my dwellings.

وقد مكَّنتكَ من العارفاتِ

جُدودٌ توليتَ أحسابَها

Your ancestors enabled you to take care of such matters,

When you assumed responsibility for its accounts.

فلا تنسيَنَّ عِداتٍ مضتْ

فقِدماً تلبَّستَ أثوابَها

So do not forget enemies now past,

When you donned its robes long ago.