أيا شرف الإسلام دُمْتَ مُشرَّفاً

ولا زال ذا فخرٍ برتبتك الفخرُ

O glory of Islam, may you remain glorious,

And may you continue to take pride in your eminent rank.

ألَمْ تَرَ أنّ المجد أتلَعَ جيدَه

لمجدِك إذ أضْحَى وأنت له صدرُ

Do you not see that glory has adorned its neck for your glory,

As it has become a breastplate for you.

وأصبحَ منك الجود حَاليَ نَحْرِهِ

فَلا مَرّ عصر أنتَ فيه ولا دَهْرُ

And generosity has become devoted to you,

So no era has passed in which you were not there.

حليتَ أزالاً إذ حَلَلْتَ بسوحها

ففي أَنفها شِنفٌ وفي أذنِها شذرُ

You have adorned the Azaals as you frequented their plains,

With scorn in their nostrils and arrogance in their ears.

وصُغْتَ عقود النّظمِ والنثر يافِعاً

فعادَ إلى رَيعانه مِنهما العُمرُ

You have strung the pearls of prose and verse, O youth,

So their lifetime has returned to its prime.

وقلّدتَ أجياد القريض لآلِئاً

ولا عجبٌ فالدرُّ معدِنُه البَحرُ

And you have bestowed the stallions of poetry with necklaces,

And no wonder, for pearls come from the sea.

وقد عَمَّ منك الجود نجداً وغورَه

وأصْبحَ سَهْلاً مِنْ هواطِله الوعرُ

Your generosity has encompassed Najd and its valleys,

Making its rugged cliffs into plains.

فجُد لي بهاتيك الوريقات عَاجِلاً

لأَفْعَلَ فيها مثلما يفْعَل الهِرُّ

So provide me with those sheets swiftly,

That I may do to them what rats do.

ولا غرو يا مولاي إن قُرئتْ بأن

تداولَ سمعَ المرء أنملُه العشرُ

And no wonder, my lord, if it is recited that,

What a person hears makes his toes itch.