1. فَخرَت بِباهِر مَجدِكَ الأَقطارُ

    وَتَزَّيَنَت بِوُجُودِكَ الأَمصارُ

    The lands have taken pride in your dazzling glory.

    And the cities have adorned themselves with your presence.

  2. ظَهَرَت بِسَعدِكَ أُمَّةُ الإِقبالِ وَانـ

    ـتَعَشَ الوُجُودُ وَزالَتِ الأَكدارُ

    Through your good fortune, the nation of prosperity arose, and

    existence revived, and troubles vanished.

  3. ما سَيفُكَ المَسلُولُ إِلا المَوتُ قَد

    أَردَى الكُماةَ وَإِنَّهُ البَتّارُ

    Your unsheathed sword is nothing but death; it has

    felled the armored champions; indeed, it is the cleaving blade.

  4. صَقَعَ البُغاةَ فَأَصبَحَت فُرسانُهُم

    صَرعَى كَزَرعٍ صابَهُ إِعصارُ

    It smote the rebels, and their horsemen were left

    slain, like crops struck by a whirlwind.

  5. وَأَطاعَكَ الجَمُّ الغَفِيرُ مَخافَةً

    وَتَباعَدَت عَن خَطِّنا الأَشرارُ

    And the vast multitude obeyed you out of fear,

    and evildoers kept far from our Khatt.

  6. وَبَلَغتَ غايَةَ كلِّ مَجدٍ إِنَّما الـ

    ـإِقبالُ خَيلُكَ وَالعُلا مِضمارُ

    And you have attained the height of every glory; indeed,

    prosperity is your steeds, and eminence your racecourse.

  7. ماذا تَقُولُ الشاعِرونَ وَأَنتَ لِلـ

    ـعَلياءِ وَالمَجدِ الأَثِيلِ شِعارُ

    What can the poets say, when you are, for

    lofty honor and deep-rooted glory, an emblem?

  8. كَفٌّ وَوَجهٌ لا يَزالا مِنهُما

    تَتَهَلَّلُ الأَنواءُ وَالأَنوارُ

    A hand and a face—from both, unceasingly,

    rain clouds and lights shine forth.

  9. فلتسعَدِ الفُقَراءُ مِنكَ لَها يَدٌ

    تُجلَى بِغُرَّةِ سَعدِها الأَكدارُ

    So let the poor rejoice: from you they have a helping hand,

    by whose radiant good fortune troubles are dispelled.

  10. فاحكُم عَلى رَغمِ الحَسودِ فإِنَّما

    صَفوٌ لَكَ الإِيرادُ والإِصدارُ

    So rule despite the envious, for indeed

    bringing in and sending out are untroubled for you.

  11. وَالعيشُ رَغدٌ وَالعَدُوُّ لَعاثِرٌ

    وَالنَجمُ سَعدٌ وَالسُرُورُ جِوارُ

    And life is easeful, and the enemy surely stumbles;

    and the star is auspicious, and joy is near.

  12. بُشرى لكُم أهلَ الحِساءِ أَتاكُمُ

    لَيثُ الوَغى وَلِكَسرِكُم جَبّارُ

    Good tidings to you, people of al-Hisa: there has come to you

    the lion of battle, and a mender of your brokenness.

  13. شَهمٌ لهُ في آلِ هاشِم نِسبَةٌ

    وَأَبُوهُ ذاكَ الضَيغمُ الكَرّارُ

    A gallant man with kinship ties to the House of Hashim,

    and his father is that lion who charges again and again.

  14. يا سَيِّداً قد حازَ مِن بَينِ المَلا

    شَرَفاً بِهِ غَنّى الحُداةُ وَسارُوا

    O master, who has won, from among the people,

    an honor the camel-drivers sang of as they journeyed.

  15. فانعَم وَجُد فيما تُحِبُّ فَإِنَّما

    إِقلالُ نَيلِكَ لِلوَرى إِكثارُ

    So live in bliss and give generously as you wish, for indeed

    even a little of your bounty is abundance to humankind.

  16. لا زِلتَ في هَذا الزَّمانِ مُنعَّماً

    تَفدِيكَ مِن جَمعِ العِدا أَعمارُ

    May you ever remain blessed with comfort in this age;

    may lives from the host of foes ransom you.