إلَى الدِّرْعِيَّةِ الْغَرَّاءِ تَسْري

فَتُخْبِرُها بِمَا فَعْلَ الْجُنُودُ

To ad-Dir'iyah the splendid it flows

To tell it what the soldiers have done

وتَصَرُخُ في رُبا نَجْدٍ جِهاراً

فَيَسْمَعُها إذا صَرَخَتْ سُعودُ

And it screams loudly in the expanse of Najd

So when it screams, Sa'oud hears it

وأَبْنا مُقْرنٍ وهُمُ لُيوثٌ

إذَا الْحَرْبُ الْعَوانُ لَها وَقُودُ

And the sons of Muqrin, they are lions

When war calls, they are its fuel

ويَسْأَلُ كُلُّ ذي فَهْمٍ وعِلْمٍ

سُؤَالاً عِنْدَ مُعْضِلَةٍ تَؤُودُ

And everyone of wisdom and knowledge asks

When faced with quandary, oppressing

فَفِي أَبْناءِ شَيْخِ الْفَضْلِ فَضْلٌ

إلى الإنصاف فضلهم يقود

Thus, in the sons of the Sheikh of Virtue, virtue

To fairness, their virtue leads

كذاك بقية الأقوام طراً

وكُلُّ مُسَوَّدٍ مِنْهُمُ يَسُودُ

And so are the rest of the peoples, excellent

And every one of them that is renowned, excels

أَلمّا تَعْلَموا أَنّا وأَنْتُمُ

عَلَى صَوْبِ الصَّوابِ لَنا قُعُودُ

Do you not know that we and you

Are on the path of truth we dwell

ونَهْجُ الْحَقِّ لا نَبْغي سِواهُ

إليْهِ جُلُّ مَقْصِدِنا يَعُودُ

And we do not desire any path but the path of truth

To it our every pursuit returns

وأَنّا نَجْعَلُ الْقُرآنَ جِسْراً

فَمَصْدَرُنا عَلَيْهِ والْوُرُودُ

We make the Qur'an our bridge

To it, our source, and pilgrimage

نَرُدُّ إلى الْكِتابِ إذا اخْتَلَفْنا

مَقَالَتَنا ولَيْسَ لَنا جُحُودُ

When we differ, we refer to the Book

Our discourse, we do not reject

كَذاكَ إلى مَقال الطُّهْر طَهَ

نَرُدُّ وفِي الْكِتابِ لِذَا شُهُودُ

Likewise to the words of the Pure (Prophet) we refer

In the Book, witness to this endures

وكُلُّ مُخَالِفٍ ما كانَ قِدْماً

عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ تَطْرُقُهُ الرُّدُودُ

And all who differed in generations past

Are subject to refutation without pause

وَمَا في قَالَ زَيْدٌ قال عَمْرٌو

مَفَادٌ إنْ تَزَاحَمَتِ الْوُفُودُ

In what Zayd said and what 'Amr said

No benefit, if crowds amass

مَضَى خَيْرُ الْقُرونِ ومَنْ تَلاهُ

وَلاَ قِيلٌ ولا قَالٌ ولُودُ

The best of eras has passed and those after

No saying or talks endure

وَمَشْرَبُ دينِنَا عَذْبٌ فُراتٌ

وَوِرْدٌ لا يُكِّدرهُ الْوُرودُ

And our religion's draught is sweet Euphrates

An unending stream, no pollution endures

لَهُمْ مِنْ حِلْيَةِ الإنْصافِ حَلْيٌ

وَمِنْ لُبْسِ الْهُدَى لَهُمُ بُرودُ

In the garb of justice, a garment they don

And in the mantle of guidance, a cloak immaculate

وعُودُ الْحَقِّ مُخْضَرٌّ بَهِيٌّ

سَوِيٌّ حَبَّذا هَذَاكَ عُودُ

The wood of truth is verdant and pristine

Undeviating, excellent this wood endures

يَمُرّونَ الصَّفاةَ كما أَتَيْنا

ولا لَغَطٌ هُناكَ ولا جُحُودُ

They pass through tranquility as we have passed

No turmoil there, and no rejection occurs

وقَوْلُهُمُ وفِعْلُهُمُ بِنَصٍّ

صَحيحٍ لا تُعاوِرُهُ الردُودُ

By text, their sayings and deeds stand

No refutations can make them obscure

ولَمْ يَتَلاعَبِ الأَقْوامُ يَوْماً

بآراءٍ إِلى بِدَعٍ تَقُودُ

And people have never played in any time

With opinions to innovations lead

ورِيحُ الرَّأْي والتَّقْلِيدِ فيهمْ

بِذَاكَ الْعَصْرِ كانَ لَهَا رُكُودُ

And the wind of opinion and taqlid among them

In that time, stillness endured

ولَوْ هَبَّتْ لَهَبَّ لَها أُناسٌ

يَضِيقُ بها المنافِذُ والنُّجودُ

Had it blown, people would have opposed

Straitness occurs, passages cannot pass

وَمَا قَالُوا بِتَكْفِيرٍ لِقَوْمٍ

لَهُمْ بِدَعٌ عَلَى الإسْلامِ سُودُ

And they did not make takfir of a people

Having innovations over Islam, darkness spreads

كَما كانَ الْخَوارِجُ في ابْتِداعٍ

يَشِيبُ لَها مِنَ الإسْلامِ فَودُ

As did the Khawarij in innovations

Causing Islam's wounds, no cure endures

وَمَا قالُوا بأنَّ الرَّفَضَ كُفْرٌ

وبِدْعَتَهُ تُشَقُّ لَها الْجُلودُ

Nor did they say the Rafidha are blasphemers

Ripping their skins, their innovation assured

فكَيْفَ يُقالُ قَدْ كَفَرَتْ أُناسٌ

يُرَى لِقُبُورِهِمْ حَجَرٌ وعُودُ

Then how can it be said people disbelieved

Their graves are marked by stone and wood?

فإنْ قَالُوا أَتَى أَمْرٌ صحيحٌ

بِتَسْوِيَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَلاَ جُحُودُ

If they say a correct order came

To level graves, no denial endures

ولكنْ ذاكَ ذَنْبٌ لَيْسَ كُفراً

ولا فسْقاً فَهَلْ في ذَا رُدودُ

But that is a sin, not blasphemy

Nor immorality, can this be refuted?

وإلا كان من يَعصي بذنبٍ

كفوراً إنَّ ذا قول شرودُ

Or else the one disobeying a sin

Would be a blasphemer, an aimless claim for sure

وقدْ ذَهَبَ الخوارِجُ نَحْوَ هَذا

وما مِثلُ الخوارِجِ من يَقُود

The Khawarij ventured towards this

And none emulate the Khawarij, they obscure

وَقَدْ خَرَقُوا بِذَا الإجماعِ حَقّاً

وكُلُّ العالَمينَ بهِ شُهُودُ

They have breached the consensus, it is true

Witnessed by all scholars secured

فإنْ قُلْتُمْ قَدِ اعْتَقَدوا قُبُوراً

فلَيْسَ لِذا بأرْضِينا وُجودُ

If you say they hold graves as sanctuaries

None exist in our lands, this we assure

ومَنْ يأتي إلى عَبْد حَقيرٍ

فَيَزعُمُ أَنَّهُ الرَّبُّ الوَدُودُ

Whoever comes to a lowly slave

Claiming he is the Affectionate Lord

فَهَذا الكُفْرُ لَيسَ بِهِ خَفَاءٌ

وَلاَ رَدٌّ لِذاكَ ولا جُحودُ

This is the blasphemy with no doubt

No rebuttal or denial can endure

ولَسْتُ بِمُنْكِرٍ هَدْماً لِقَبْرٍ

إذَا لَعِبَتْ بِجَانِبِه القُرودُ

I do not reject demolition of a grave

When monkeys around it dance and lure

وقَالُوا إنَّ رَبَّ القَبْرِ يَقْضي

لَنَا حَاجاً فَتأتِيهِ الوُفودُ

And say this grave's lord grants our needs

So crowds to him pilgrimage endure

كَذَبْتُمْ ذاكَ رَبُّ العَرْشِ حَقّاً

تَعالى أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ نُدودُ

You lie, The Lord of the Throne in truth

Exalted, no equals He endures

وَمَنْ يَقْصِدْ إلى قَبْرٍ لأَمْرٍ

بِغَيْرِ تَوَسُّلٍ فَهُوَ الكَنُودُ

Whoever visits a grave for a matter

Without tawassul, he is the churl

ويَبْقَى الأَمْرُ فيمَنْ قَالَ جَهْلاً

مَقالاً مَالَهُ فيهِ قُصُودُ

The issue remains with him who says in ignorance

Words without purpose he endures

ولَوْ قُلْنَا لَهُ هَلْ ذاكَ رَبٌّ

تُنادِيه لَظَلَّ بِذَا يَمودُ

Had we asked: Is this truly a lord

You call out to? He would remain still

وقَالَ الرَّبُّ رَبُّ العَرْشِ فَرْدٌ

وهَذَا عِنْدَهُ عَبْدٌ وَدُودُ

And say: the Lord is the Lord of the Throne Alone

This is but a slave, a friend endures

ولَيْسَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَشْياءِ شَيْءٌ

فَقِيرٌ لا يُنيلُ ولا يَجُودُ

He owns none of creation's affairs

Poor, grants naught, nor gentleness endures

ولكِنْ كانَ ذَا عَمَلٍ وعِلْمٍ

وما عِنْدِي لِذا أَبَداً وُجُودُ

But he was of knowledge and deeds

I do not posses this, forever ensure

فَرُمْتُ تَوَسُّلاً يَوْماً بعَبْدٍ

إلى رَبٍّ يَحِقُّ لَهُ السُّجُودُ

So I sought means one day through a slave

To a Lord worthy of prostration immaculate

أَفِيدوُنا وَإِلاّ فاسْتَفِيدوا

وعُودُوا نَحْوَنا فِيمَنْ يَعُودُ

Inform us, else be informed

And return to us, he who returns

وَلِي في ذَا كِتابٌ قُمْتُ فِيهِ

مَقاماً لَيْسَ يُنْكِرُهُ الحَسودُ

I have a book I stood with

A stand none resenting endures

إذَا وَرَدَتْهُ أَعْلامُ البَرايا

عَلَى ظَمَأٍ يَطيبُ لَها الوُرودُ

If the learned ones of the land come upon it

Thirsty, the stream pleases and endures

وقَدْ سارَتْ بِهِ الرُّكْبانُ شَرْقاً

وَغَرْباً لم تَردْ فيه رُدودُ

The caravans have traversed with it East and West

No refutations in it endure

وَأَنَّ الحَقَّ مَقْبولٌ لَدَيْنا

وَفينا ما لَنَا عَنْهُ رُدودُ

Truth is accepted among us

In us is that we do not refute

كِتابُ اللهِ قَدْوَتُنا وَمَا في

كَلامِ الْمُصْطَفَى وَهما العمُودُ

Allah's Book is our role model

As are the Prophet's words, the pillars endure

وَهَدْيُ الصّحْبِ أَفْضَلُ كُلِّ هَدْيٍ

وَأَشْرَفُهُ وإنْ جَحَدَ الجَحُودُ

The guidance of the Companions most virtuous

Noblest, though the spiteful ignore

فَهَلْ لكُمُ إلى هَذَا رُجُوعٌ

فإنْ عُدْتُمْ فَنَحْنُ كَذا نَعُودُ

Is there for you return to this?

If you return, so shall we endure

نُقَوِّمُ دِينَنا فَنَنالُ أجْراً

كما قَدْ نَالَهُ مِنّا جُدودُ

We will correct our faith and gain reward

As our forefathers gained in their towers

مَعَ المخْتار صَلَّى ذو الْمَعالي

عَلَيْهِ ما تَقَهْقَهَتِ الرّعودُ

With Al-Mukhtar blessings and peace

Upon him when lightnings strike and roar

وجَادَتْ عِنْدَ مَبعَثِهِ سُيوفٌ

وفي التّحديدِ إن سُلّتْ تَجودُ

And swords unsheathe at his advent

Gushing forth when unsheathed they endure

فَيا أَهْلَ الجَزيرَةِ مِنْ مَعَدٍّ

وقَحْطانٍ إلى الْمَعْهودِ عُودوا

O people of the Peninsula, of Ma'add and Qahtan

To the known, return

وَقَدْ آنَ الوِفاقُ فَلا تَكُونوا

عَلَى الإسْلامِ فاقِرَةً تَؤودُ

And reconciliation is due, so be not

Upon Islam, destructive in towers

وذُودُوا مَنْ أتَى مِنْكُمْ بِنُكْرٍ

فَخَيْرُ الْمُسْلِمينَ فَتىً يَذُودُ

Repel those among you who deny

For best of Muslims is one protective in towers

وذَا نُصْحٌ صَحيحٌ منْ نَصيحٍ

فساعِدْني عَلَيْهِ يا سعودُ

This is sincere advice from a sincere advisor

So assist me O Sa'oud