مرحباً بالحيا لكلِّ جديبٍ

مرحباً بالحيا لكلِّ جديبٍ

لا عدمنا نواله وظلاله

لا عدمنا نواله وظلاله

Welcome, life-giving rain for every barren land!

Greetings of life to every pasture

May we never lack his bounty and his shade.

May we never lack its prosperity and shade

ملك الجود والثنا والمعالي

ملك الجود والثنا والمعالي

والسجيَّات كلها والأصاله

والسجيَّات كلها والأصاله

A king of generosity, praise, and high honors,

The king of generosity, praise, and glories

and of all virtues and nobility of birth.

And all noble qualities and origins

رقمت حلة الرياض فخلنا

رقمت حلة الرياض فخلنا

أن روضاً قد استعار خلاله

أن روضاً قد استعار خلاله

The gardens' robe was embroidered, and we imagined

The gown of the gardens has been embroidered

that a meadow had borrowed his virtues.

As if a meadow borrowed its textures

وابْتغى الأفق للعلى فحسبنا

وابْتغى الأفق للعلى فحسبنا

أنه يفعل الجواد هلاله

أنه يفعل الجواد هلاله

And the horizon sought the heights, so we supposed

And the horizon sought the heights, so we reckoned

that the steed was fashioning its crescent.

That it mimics the noble crescent

هو أزكى الأنام لا شكَّ فيه

هو أزكى الأنام لا شكَّ فيه

يوم فخر وخيرهم لا محاله

يوم فخر وخيرهم لا محاله

He is the purest of mankind, beyond all doubt,

He is the most righteous of people, no doubt

on a day of boasting, and certainly their best.

The day of pride and the best of them, no question

جاءَ من صيده السعيد كبدرٍ

جاءَ من صيده السعيد كبدرٍ

ما رأى الطرف في السناء مثاله

ما رأى الطرف في السناء مثاله

He came from his successful hunt like a full moon;

He came from his blessed hunt like a full moon

no eye had seen his equal in radiance.

That no eye has seen the like in glory

كم غزال رمى فلو أمكن الشم

كم غزال رمى فلو أمكن الشم

س من الخوف ما تسمَّمت غزاله

س من الخوف ما تسمَّمت غزاله

How many a gazelle he shot! Had the sun been able,

How many gazelles he shot, if possible to perceive

from fear, it would not have been named 'Gazelle' [text uncertain].

The scent, the gazelles would have been poisoned by fear

ولعمري لو اسْتجار به الوح

ولعمري لو اسْتجار به الوح

ش ثنى بعد ما اسْتقلت نباله

ش ثنى بعد ما اسْتقلت نباله

And by my life, had the wild beasts sought refuge with him,

And by my life if the deer sought refuge in him

he would have turned back his arrows even after they had flown.

It would relax after the arrows lost their zeal

أيد الله ملكهُ ووقاه

أيد الله ملكهُ ووقاه

وحمى سربه وصان جلاله

وحمى سربه وصان جلاله

May God strengthen his kingdom and protect him,

May God support his reign and protect him

and guard his household and preserve his majesty.

And guard his herd and preserve his majesty