يا بن فَهْدِ وأَنْتَ من ما نرانا

يا بن فَهْدِ وأَنْتَ من ما نرانا

في المَعالي نَرى لَهُ مِنْ ضَريبِ

في المَعالي نَرى لَهُ مِنْ ضَريبِ

O son of Fahd—you are one beside whom we do not see ourselves

O son of Fahd, you are one whose equal

deemed any sort of peer in lofty virtue.

we do not think we see in the heights of honor.

زعم الزَّهْرُ أَنَّهُ كَسَجايا

زعم الزَّهْرُ أَنَّهُ كَسَجايا

كَ شَبيهٌ في حسن حالٍ وطيبِ

كَ شَبيهٌ في حسن حالٍ وطيبِ

The blossoms claimed that they were like the noble traits

The blossoms claimed that to the virtues

that are yours—alike in beauty of aspect and fragrance.

of yours they were akin in beauty and fragrance.

فأَرَيْناهُ أَنَّهُ يَكْذِبُ الدَّعْ

فأَرَيْناهُ أَنَّهُ يَكْذِبُ الدَّعْ

وى فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إلى التَكْذيبِ

وى فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إلى التَكْذيبِ

So we showed them that they were lying in their claim;

So we showed them that they were lying in their

but they paid no heed to the refutation.

claim, but they paid no heed to the refutation.

فَبَعثْنا بِهِ إليْكَ لِتَلْقا

فَبَعثْنا بِهِ إليْكَ لِتَلْقا

هُ بِتَصْديقِ قَوْلنا مِنْ قَريبِ

هُ بِتَصْديقِ قَوْلنا مِنْ قَريبِ

So we sent them to you, that you might receive

So we sent them to you, that you might receive

them as close-at-hand confirmation of our words.

them and confirm our words at close range.