وَاليَوْمَ رَاعَ البِلادَ مُصْرَعُ

إِسْمَعِيلَ فَالحُزْنُ شَامِلُ عَمَمُ

Today the country mourns the death

Of Ismail, so grief prevails

مَاتَ كَرِيمُ الحَالَيْنِ يَعْرِفُهُ

فِي المَوْقِفَيْنِ الحَيَاءُ وَالكَرَمُ

The generous man in both states died

In both situations, modesty and nobility

لَبَّاقَةٌ فِي سُلُوكِ مُحْتَشِمِ

مَا كُلُّ عَالِي الجَنَابِ مُحْتَشِمُ

Eloquence in the conduct of the modest

Not every eminent man is modest

عِزَّةُ نَفْسٍ يُرَى لَهَا أَثَرٌ

فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ يَأْتِيهِ مُرْتَطَمُ

The dignity of a soul that has an effect

In every matter that befalls crushed

لَطَافةٌ مَا تَكَادُ تَشْبهُهَا

مِنْ رشقَّةٍ فِي الشَّمَائِلِ النُّسَمُ

A subtlety that can barely resemble

The gentleness in traits like a soft breeze

شَجَاعَةٌ تَغْلُبُ الخُطُوبَ وَمَا

تَغْلبُهَا إِنْ تَوَالَتِ الأُزَمُ

Courage that overcomes disasters, and nothing

Defeats it if crises continue

مَهْمَا تَصِبْ فِي السُّعُودِ مِنْ نِعَمٍ

مَا رَفَّعَتْهُ عَنْ حَدِّهِ النِّعَمُ

No matter how much good fortune pours upon Al Saud

It did not make him transgress the limit

مَاتَ مُحِبُّ البِلادِ خَادِمُهَا

بِالمَالِ وَالرُّوحِ حِينَ تُحتَدَمُ

The lover of the country who served it

With money and soul when war flares up, died

فِي ذِمَّةِ اللهِ خَيْرِ مُعْتَزِمٍ

لِخَيْرِ مَا يَبْتَغِيهِ مُعْتَزِمُ

In the safekeeping of God, the best intent

For the best of what the intent wants

صَارَ إِلَى اللهِ وَهْوَ أَرْحَمُ مَنْ

يَأْوِي إِلَى فَضْلِهِ الأُلَى رَحَمُوا

He went to God, and He is more merciful

Than the first to seek His grace. Have mercy!