1. مقدمُ القائدِ الأعَزِّ نَظيرَا

    فاحَ مِسكا ما بينَنا وعَبيرا

    The arrival of the peerless commander

    has wafted musk and perfume among us.

  2. مقدَمُ القائدِ العَيادي سُرورٌ

    أكسَبَ الناسَ نَشوةً وسُرورا

    The arrival of Commander al-Ayadi is a joy;

    it has brought the people elation and delight.

  3. فوُفودٌ من كلِّ قُطرٍ تَباهت

    بِقُدومٍ لَه تُلَبِّي البَشيرا

    So delegations from every land have taken pride

    in his arrival, answering the bearer of good tidings.

  4. لا تَرى إذ ترَى منَ القومِ إلا

    سيِّداً أو مُهَذباً مَشهورا

    When you look among the people, you see none but

    a lord or a renowned man of refinement,

  5. أو وَجيهاً أو قاضِياً أو صَديقاً

    أو أديباً أو عالماً نِحريرا

    or a notable, or a judge, or a friend,

    or a man of letters, or a consummate scholar.

  6. قد حَباهُ المَولى تَعالى بِمَجدٍ

    قَدَّرَ الناسُ حَقَّهُ تَقديرا

    The Lord, exalted be He, has endowed him with glory;

    the people have duly acknowledged his worth.

  7. كيف لا وهو من بني العَرَبِ العر

    باءِ مَن مَجدُهُم ملاَ المَعمورا

    How could it be otherwise, when he is a son of the pure-blooded

    Arabs, whose glory has filled the inhabited world,

  8. من صميمِ الأمجادِ آلِ سُلَيمٍ

    بِهِمُ الدهرُ لا يزَالُ فَخورا

    from the pure stock of the illustrious House of Sulaym,

    in whom Time never ceases to take pride?

  9. إن أرُم وصفَ مَجدٍ عُربٍ بِشِعري

    ضاقَ عنهُ قَوافياً وبُحورا

    If I seek to describe Arab glory in my poetry,

    its rhymes and meters cannot encompass it.

  10. أيُّ معَنى يَفي بكُنهِهِ لو أف

    نيتُ في وصفِه قَريضي الغَزيرا

    What expression could do justice to its essence, even were I to

    exhaust my abundant verse in describing it?

  11. همُ كالشمسِ كلُّ طَرفٍ رآها ار

    تَدَّمِن نورِها كَليلاً حَسيرا

    They are like the sun: every eye that sees it

    recoils from its light, dimmed and weary.

  12. وأتى القائد العِيادىُ مِنهُم

    والنَّميرُ الزلالُ يَمضِي نَميرا

    And Commander al-Ayadi came from among them,

    and sweet, limpid water remains sweet as it flows.

  13. سيِّدُ إن رأيتَهُ يومَ جِدٍّ

    ترَ بَحراً يُدعى وقَاراً ثَبيرا

    A lord: if you see him on a day of serious business,

    you see an ocean, called Mount Thabir for his dignity.

  14. قد حباهُ المولى تَعالى بِعِزٍّ

    قدَّرَ الناسُ حَقَّهُ تَقديرا

    The Lord, exalted be He, has endowed him with honor;

    the people have duly acknowledged his worth.

  15. وإذا ما أبصرتَهُ يومَ حَربٍ

    تُبصِرُ البدرَ صارَ لَيثاً هَصورا

    And when you behold him on a day of battle,

    you behold the full moon turned into a fierce lion.

  16. أنتَ لِلمَجدِ قد خُلِقتَ وهذي

    آيةُ المَجدِ في الجَبينِ سُطورا

    You were indeed created for glory, and this

    is glory’s sign, inscribed in lines upon your brow.

  17. ولتَدُم للأنجالِ كَنزاً وذُخراً

    جابِراً مِنهمُ الجَناحَ الكَسيرا

    And may you remain a treasure and a reserve for your children,

    mending the broken wing of any among them.

  18. زانَهم منكمُ حَنانٌ وعَطفٌ

    مثلمَا زانت العُقودَ النُّحورا

    Your tenderness and compassion have adorned them,

    just as necklaces adorn necks.

  19. قَرَّ عَيناً بهم كما المَجدُ أضحى

    الطَّرفُ منهُ بهم دَواماً قَريرا

    Take delight in them, just as Glory’s

    eye has become forever gladdened by them,

  20. رافعاً للِمولى أكُفَّ ابتهالٍ

    أن ترَى في الأحفادِ عَداًّ وَفيرا

    raising your palms in supplication to the Lord,

    that you may see a great many grandchildren.