مَرحَباً بِالبَدر يَسرِي

مِن نُجُومٍ فِي وُفُودِ

Welcome, O full moon, moving along

Amongst stars in procession

فِي بُرُوجٍ مِن سُرُوجٍ

وَظِلاَلٍ مِن بُنُودِ

In constellations with armored horses

And shadows of spearmen

وَخُيُولٍ كَسُيُولٍ

وَجُنُودٍ كَالأُسُودِ

And horses like torrents

And soldiers like lions

بَعدَ لأيٍ وَتَنَاءٍ

وَظُنُونٍ مِن حَسُودِ

After nights of anxiety and longing

And doubts from the envious

يَا سُلَيمَانَ أبنَ عَبدِ

اللهِ هَذَا يَومُ عِيدٍ

O Sulaiman, son of Abdullah

This is a day of celebration

فأَنَا أُنشِدُ فِيهِ

بَعضَ غَصب مِن قَصِيدِ

So I recite in it

Some of an unfinished poem

مَرحَباً بِالمَلِكِ

القَادِمِ بِالجَدِّ السَّعِيدِ

Welcome to the king

Who comes with good news

دُم وَعِش فِي ظِلِّ أَمنٍ

خَالِدٍ بَاقٍ جَدِيدِ

Live in peace under the shade of eternal security

Your enemies have become

فَلَقَد أَصبَحَ أَعدَاؤُكَ

كالزَّرعِ الحَصِيدِ

Like harvested crops

Then they returned anew

ثُمَّ قَد عَادُوا حَدِيثاً

مِثلَ عَادٍ وَثَمُودِ

Like 'Aad and Thamud