عَبْدَ العَزِيزِ لَقَدْ جَزِعْتَ

وَلَسْتَ بِالرَّجُلِ الجَزُوعِ

Abd al-Aziz, grief has truly overcome you,

though you are not a man given to despair.

تَبْكِي شَقِيقاً مُجْتَبَى

قَمِيناً بِحُبِّكَ وَالوَلُوعِ

You weep for a cherished brother,

worthy of your love and ardent devotion.

مَنْ لِي بِأَنْ تَرْقَى دُمُوعُكَ

وَالفِدَاءُ لَهَا دُمُوعِي

Would that your tears might be lifted away,

and my tears be their ransom.

بِي لاَ بِكَ البَرَحُ الَّذي

تَشْكُوهُ مِنْ حَرِّ الضُّلُوعِ

May the consuming anguish be mine, not yours—

the pain you lament from the burning beneath your ribs.

مَا كَانَ أَيْسَرَ كُل بَذْلٍ

مِنْ جِمَامٍ أَوْ هُجُوعِ

How easy it would be to sacrifice

all repose and sleep,

لَو كَانَ ذَاكَ الرَّاحِلُ

المَبْكِيُّ مَأْمُولَ الرُّجُوعِ

if that departed one, so deeply mourned,

could be hoped to return.

وَيْحَ النَّوَى صَدَعَتْ فُؤَاداً

دَأْبُهُ رَأْبُ الصُّدُوعِ

Alas for separation! It has split a heart

whose constant work was mending fractures.

لَكِنَّهُ حُكْمُ القَضَاءِ فَهَلْ

لَنَا غَيْرَ الخضُوعِ

But it is fate's decree—have we

anything other than submission?

عِشْ أَيُّهَا الأَصْلُ الكَرِيمُ

لِخَيْرِ فَرْعٍ فِي الفُرُوعِ

Live on, O noble root,

for the finest branch among all branches.

وَاسْلمْ لإِخْوانٍ هُمُ فِي

الفَضْلِ آحَادُ الجُّمُوعِ

And remain safe for brothers who, in

virtue, stand peerless amid the multitudes,

وَلأُمَّةٍ أَعْزَزْتَ شَأْنَ

رُبُوعِهَا بَيْنَ الرُّبُوعِ

and for a nation whose standing you have exalted—

its lands distinguished among all lands.