أيا سيداً حازَ المكارم واللطفا

أيا سيداً حازَ المكارم واللطفا

ومن شأوه في حَلبة الفضل لا يخفى

ومن شأوه في حَلبة الفضل لا يخفى

O master who has attained noble virtues and graciousness,

O noble one, endowed with virtues and kindness

And whose reach in the arena of excellence is plain to see.

Whose excellence in the arena of merit is not hidden

لمثلك يعنو القول نظَّمْت عقده

لمثلك يعنو القول نظَّمْت عقده

وقرطتُ آذان الحسان به شَنْفا

وقرطتُ آذان الحسان به شَنْفا

To one like you, speech bows; I have strung its necklace,

For the likes of you, I compose this ode

And adorned beauties' ears with it as an earring.

And adorn the ears of benevolence with it as ornament

وكم لك في نهج البلاغة من يد

وكم لك في نهج البلاغة من يد

هصرت بها غصن الوداد مع الأكفا

هصرت بها غصن الوداد مع الأكفا

And how many a hand you have upon eloquence's path,

How much sway do you have in the path of eloquence

With which you bent affection's bough alongside your peers.

With which you have bent the branch of amity along with palms

فداً لك قد أقررت بالفضل أعيناً

فداً لك قد أقررت بالفضل أعيناً

فشارف ذرا العلياء وامدد لها كفا

فشارف ذرا العلياء وامدد لها كفا

May I be your ransom! You have gladdened eyes through your excellence.

To you I sacrifice, you who with merit made eyes certain

So approach glory's summits and stretch a hand toward it.

So join the highest company and extend to it a palm

ستحظى بها نعمى عليك مُفَاضَة

ستحظى بها نعمى عليك مُفَاضَة

وترشف معسولَ الأماني بها رشفا

وترشف معسولَ الأماني بها رشفا

You shall gain through it a blessing lavished upon you,

With it you will enjoy blessings showered upon you

And through it sip the honeyed sweetness of hopes, sip by sip.

And sip the sweetest of wishes with it as a draft

وهاك بها إنسان عين زمانه

وهاك بها إنسان عين زمانه

ألوكة أشواقٍ من الأخلص الأصفا

ألوكة أشواقٍ من الأخلص الأصفا

And herewith receive, O pupil of your age's eye,

And here is a man, the eye of his time

A message of longing from one most sincere and pure.

Yearning desires from the most sincere and pure

تهاديكم عَرْفَ الرياض تحيةً

تهاديكم عَرْفَ الرياض تحيةً

وتنشر من صفو الوداد لكم صُفْحَا

وتنشر من صفو الوداد لكم صُفْحَا

It offers you the fragrance of gardens as a greeting,

They bid you, the fragrance of the gardens in greeting

And unfolds for you a page of pure affection.

And spread for you from the essence of amity, serenity