هلال ولكن السعود منازلُهْ

ونهرٌ ولكن البحارَ جَدَاوِلُه

A crescent, but his dwellings are the lands of Saudi

A river, but the seas are his streams

بدا فاستضَاءَ الآملونَ بضوئِه

لمورِده الصَّافي عليهم مناهِلُه

He started shining so the hopeful were illuminated by his light

For his pure spring they have sources

سيرجعُ بدراً ليس يُخْشى أُفولُه

ويرجُع بحراً ليس يُعْرف سَاحِلُه

He will return a full moon that will not be feared to set

And he will return a sea which shores are not known

تخطَّى وتوفيقُ الإِله دليلُه

إِلى بيتِ عِزٍّ شَيَّدتْه أَوائِلُه

He went beyond and the success of God was his guide

To the house of might which his early days built

وصدَّق قولَ الواصفينَ فإِنهم

إِذا وصَفوه صدَّقَتْهم شمائلُه

And he proved true the words of the describers, for if

They describe him, his attributes prove them right

ولو كَتَم الحسَّادُ بعضَ خِلالِه

وأَوصافَه نمَّت عليها مخائِلهْ

And if the envious conceal some of his merits

And descriptions, their camps grow over them

فكاد يُرى وسْط النديِّ سريرُه

وكاد يُرى في سُدَّةِ البابِ سَائِلُهُ

That his throne was almost seen amidst the carpet

And that his asker was almost seen in the threshold of the door

وتُتْلى بِشَرقِ الأَرضِ والغربِ كُتْبُه

وتَنْفُذُ فيها رُسْلُه ورسائِلُه

And that his books are read in the east and west of earth

And his messages and envoys reach it

وما قلتُ إِلا ما الحسودُ مُوافِقي

عليه وقد صحَّت لديه دلائلُه

I only said what the envious agree upon

And for him, the evidence has been proven right

فبشراكَ يا مولَى الأَنامِ بقادمٍ

إِلى قمةِ العلياءِ تُطْوَى مراحِلُه

So glad tidings O Master of people, of one coming

To the highest summit, his stages folded

أَتاك كريمَ النفسِ والصَّحب فالعُلا

تُسايِره والمكرماتُ تُعَادِلُه

He came generous, kind companion, so the heights

Accompany him and gifts match him

قضى اللهُ أَن يبقَى وتبْقَى وقد قَضَى

لقالِيَ إِنِّي قائلٌ وهو فاعلُه

God has decreed that he remains and remains, and he decreed

To say: I say and He does

وأَنك مولىً لا يُرَدُّ مُرادُه

وإِنِّيَ عبدٌ لا تُردُ وسائِلُه

And you are a master whose desire is not rejected

And I am a slave whose means are not rejected

دعوتُ بما قد كان قبلَ كِتَابِه

وأَيقنتُ أَنَّ اللهَ لا شكَّ قائِلُه

I called with what was before His book

And I was certain that God undoubtedly said it

ستَبْلُغُ منه كلَّ شَيءٍ تريدُه

وتبلغُ نفْسي منكُما ما تحاوِلُه

You will attain from Him all that you want

And my soul will attain from you both what it aspires

فما أَنا إِلا مُشمِسٌ أَنتَ ظِلُّهُ

وما أَنا إِلاَّ مُجْدِب أَنت وابِلُه

I am but a sun-basker and you are its shade

I am but barren land and you are its rain

وما الدَّهرُ إِلا خادِمٌ أَنْتَ رَبُّه

وما الخلقُ إِلاَّ عالَمٌ أَنت فاضِلُه

And existence is but a servant you are its lord

And creation is but a world you are its supreme