1. فَضلُكَ لا أنسَاهُ

    أدامَك الإلَه

    Your kindness I shall not forget.

    May God preserve you.

  2. عظَمتَ قَدرَ أدبِي

    عُظِّمَ مَنكَ الجَاهُ

    You exalted the worth of my verse;

    through you, honor was exalted.

  3. لمَّا زمَاني عضَّنِي

    وصِحتُ آهُ آهُ

    When my times bit me,

    and I cried, "Ah! Ah!"

  4. بعَثتُه كِتَابا

    حمَاك مُبتَغَاه

    I sent it as a letter,

    your sanctuary its goal.

  5. وبَقِي القَلبُ علَى

    أَحرَّ مِن لَظَاهُ

    And the heart remained upon

    a heat fiercer than its own blaze.

  6. وكَان عندِي نُخبَةٌ

    مِمَّن بِكُم تَباهَوا

    And with me was a select company

    of those who took pride in you.

  7. في حِفظِ أمدَاحِكَ هُم

    لِبَعضِهم أشبَاهُ

    In memorizing praises of you, they

    were the equals of one another.

  8. وردَّدُوا في سِرِّهِم

    علَّهُ أو عَسَاه

    And inwardly they repeated:

    Perhaps it will—or perhaps it may—

  9. إذا جَوابُكَ أتَى

    لِدَائِنَا دَوَاهُ

    when your reply arrives,

    be the cure for our affliction.

  10. كالصُّبح في إِثرِ الدُّجَى

    يَزِينُه سَنَاه

    Like dawn in the wake of darkness,

    its radiance adorns it.

  11. فلَو رأيتَ سيدي

    ما بِه طُرًّا فاهُوا

    If only you had seen, my lord,

    what they all said of it!

  12. هاجُوا وماجُوا طَرَبا

    وكبَّرُوا وتَاهُوا

    They stirred and surged with delight,

    and cried "God is great!" and exulted.

  13. فصِحتُ فِيهِم إسمَعُوا

    مِن مَنطِقِي فَحوَاه

    So I cried among them: Listen

    to the import of my words:

  14. لا تعجَبُوا مِن التِّها

    مِيِّ ومِن نَدَاه

    Do not marvel at al-Tihami

    or at his generosity,

  15. وكلِّ صَانِغٍ وما

    قد صَنَعت يَداه

    nor at any craftsman and what

    his hands have fashioned.

  16. والمجدُ والجودُ مَعاً

    لَم يَعرِفَا إِلاَّه

    And glory and generosity together

    have known no one but him.

  17. فليسَ بِدعا أن يُصَب

    بَ القَطرُ مِن سَمَاه

    So it is no wonder that there should be poured

    rain from his sky,

  18. وأن يَضُوعَ مِن عَبِي

    ر عَابقٍ شَذَاهُ

    and that there should waft from perfume

    rich in fragrance, its sweet scent,

  19. وأن تَعِزَّ لِلتها

    مي في الورَى أشبَاه

    and that al-Tihami should have few

    peers among mankind.

  20. وهوَ الذِي إذا بَدَا

    تَعنُو له الجِبَاه

    And he is the one before whom, when he appears,

    foreheads bow.

  21. ومَغربٌ لِمَشرقٍ

    يقولُ فَخرا هَاهُو

    And the West to the East

    proudly declares: "Here he is!"

  22. أللهُ قد فضَّلهُ

    واللهُ قد أعطَاه

    God has favored him,

    and God has given to him.

  23. سُبحَانَه تعَالى

    أدرَى بمَا دَرَاه

    Glory be to Him, exalted is He:

    He knows best what He knows.

  24. قَد اصطفَى مَنِ اصطَفى

    في الخَلقِ واجتَبَاه

    He has chosen whom He has chosen

    among creation, and selected him,

  25. كَما اصطَفانِي شَاعِرا

    مُرَدِّدا ثنَاه

    just as he chose me as a poet,

    repeating his praise.

  26. أنا أنَا شاعِرُه

    أذودُ عن حِمَاه

    I—I am his poet;

    I defend his sanctuary.

  27. أنا حُسَامُه إذا

    تَشهَرُنِي يُمنَاه

    I am his sword when

    his right hand unsheathes me,

  28. كَما أنا خادِمُه

    أسعَى إِلى رِضَاه

    just as I am his servant,

    striving to win his approval.

  29. وكلُّ خادِم فأَم

    رُهُ إلى مَولاه

    And every servant's affair

    rests with his master.

  30. لِذَاكَ إنِّي صَارِخٌ

    ربَّاه يَا ربَّاه

    For that reason I cry out:

    My Lord! O my Lord!

  31. أبقِ التِّهامَى لنا

    وارزُقهُ مُبتَغَاه

    Keep al-Tihami alive for us,

    and grant him what he seeks,

  32. وما تمَنَّاهُ نعم

    ضَاعِف لَه مُنَاه

    and what he has wished for—yes,

    double for him what he desires,

  33. وذاك يَا إلهُ فِي

    دُنيَاه مَع اُخرَاه

    and this, O God, in

    his worldly life and his hereafter,

  34. بجَاه ذا الشهر الذِي

    عمَّ الورَى هُدَاه

    by the honor of this month whose

    guidance has encompassed all mankind.

  35. وبسَنَاه إنَّنِي

    مُهَنِّىٌ إيَّاه

    And by its radiance, I indeed

    offer him my congratulations.