فَرضٌ عَلَيَّ عَزيزُ وُدِّكَ

فَلَقَد عَلِمتُ كَيانَ جَدِّكَ

Your precious affection is an obligation upon me

Thus I have come to know your noble lineage

وَعَشِقتُ ظَرفَ سَجِيَّةٍ

تَختالُ إِعجاباً بِمَجدِكَ

And I fell for the charm of an elegant gait

That sways with admiration for your glory

وَشَرِبتُ حَلوَ رَوِيَّةٍ

مُزِجَت بِصافي شَهدِ وُدِّكَ

I sipped the sweetness of a refreshing draught

Mixed with the pure honey of your affection

ماذا أَقولُ وَقَد بَدَت

كُلُّ المَحاسِنِ تَحتَ بَندِكَ

What can I say, when all graces stand revealed

Beneath your rule, beneath your governance

أَنتَ المُرَشَّحُ لِلعُلا

بِفَضائِلَ أَدَّت لِحَمدِكَ

You who are marked for the heights

Through merits that have brought you acclaim

بِالأَزهَرِ المَعمورِ قَد

نَشَأتُ جِواري يُمنَ سَعدِكَ

In the thriving Azhar I grew up

Under the auspices of your felicity

وَأَتَت لَنا مَشحونَةً

بِنَفائِسَ مِن صُنعِ رُشدِكَ

And there came to us, fully loaded

With the finest works of your wisdom

مِن بَحرِ فِكرِكَ أَخرَجَت

وَتَنَظَّمَت بِجَميلِ سَردِكَ

From the ocean of your thoughts you brought forth

Arranged with the beauty of your composition

وَتَقَلَّدتَ أَعناقَنا

أَطواقَها مِن نَظمِ عِقدِكَ

And adorned our necks with necklaces

Woven by the string of your verses

فَكَأَنَّ لُطفِكَ زانَها

وَكَأَنَّها التَحَفَت بِبَردِكَ

As if your kindness had decorated them

As if they were refined by your touch

فَاللَهُ يَحفَظُ ذا السَنا

وَيوثِقُ الذِكرى بِعَهدِكَ

So God preserve that brilliance

And fortify the bond through your promise