1. هي دولةٌ موصولةُ الإقبالِ

    محفوظةٌ بترادُفِ الإجلالِ

    It is a reign of unbroken good fortune,

    safeguarded by successive honors.

  2. طلعتْ عليها للسعود طوالعٌ

    وصلتْ ضياءَ أواخرٍ بأوالي

    Stars of good fortune have risen over it,

    joining the light of the later ones to the first.

  3. وازدادتِ الدنيا جمالاً باهراً

    ببهائها المتضاعفِ المُتوالي

    And the world has grown in dazzling beauty

    through its ever-growing, unbroken splendor.

  4. أوَ ما ترى حُسْنَ الزمانِ وبشرَهُ

    في زُهْرِ أيامٍ وعشرِ ليالِ

    And do you not see time's beauty and its gladness

    in radiant days and ten nights?

  5. والعصرُ من إشراقِ دولةِ ياسرٍ

    متشعشع الغَدواتِ والآصالِ

    And the age, through the radiance of Yasir's reign,

    is aglow in its mornings and evenings.

  6. شمِلَتْه من مُلْكِ السعيدِ سعادةٌ

    وصلتْ جمالاً باهراً بجمالِ

    Good fortune from al-Sa'id's rule has embraced it,

    joining dazzling beauty to beauty.

  7. مَنْ طالَ أبناءَ الزمان بهمّةٍ

    شرُفَتْ عن النَظراءِ والأمثالِ

    He who surpassed the sons of the age with an ambition

    exalted above peers and equals.

  8. واختالتِ العلياءُ منهُ بأوحدٍ

    في الجودِ ليس بمُعجَبٍ مختالِ

    And lofty glory exulted in him, a man unrivaled

    in generosity, yet neither conceited nor arrogant.

  9. وسِعَ الأنامَ بأنعُمٍ لو أنها

    ديمٌ لأعوزَ موضعُ الإمحالِ

    He embraced humankind with blessings which, were they

    steady rains, would leave no place for drought.

  10. وأقامَ بنيانَ الفَخارِ مشيَّداً

    ما بينَ بِيضِ ظُبىً وسُمرِ عَوال

    And he raised the edifice of glory high,

    between white sword-edges and tall brown spears.

  11. وأبانَ عن سعيٍ شريفٍ ناظمٍ

    منهُ عقودَ مآثرٍ ومَعالِ

    And he displayed noble striving, stringing

    from it necklaces of noble deeds and lofty honors.

  12. وأفاضَ في أبنائه من نُورِه

    ما شفّ عن إشراقِه المُتلالي

    And he poured into his sons some of his light,

    revealing his glittering radiance.

  13. واختارَ أسرارَ الفَخارِ بأسرةٍ

    لمُفضَّلِ بن الياسرِ بن بلالِ

    And he chose glory's secrets in the lineaments

    of al-Mufaddal ibn al-Yasir ibn Bilal,

  14. للبابِ منصبِه الزكيّ ونجلِه

    وشبيهِه في الفضلِ والأفعالِ

    the choicest of his pure stock, his son,

    and his equal in excellence and deeds.

  15. من أشرقتْ للمجدِ منه شواهدٌ

    غنيَ العِيانُ بها عن استِدلالِ

    He from whom proofs of glory shone forth,

    sparing the eye all need of inference.

  16. وتهللتْ صفحاتُ غُرّةِ وجهِه

    عن بِشْره في ساعة الإهلالِ

    And the planes of his radiant face beamed,

    revealing his cheer at the hour of his birth.

  17. يَفِعُ الصِبا كهلُ الرَجاحةِ والحِجى

    متفرعٌ أعلى الفَخارِ العالي

    Young in age, mature in judgment and intellect,

    rising to the summit of lofty glory.

  18. يبدو السعيدُ كأنه في أفْقِه

    بدرٌ يقارَنُ منه نورُ هلالِ

    Al-Sa'id appears as though, in his firmament,

    he were a full moon paired with a crescent's light born of him.

  19. ما استكملَ العشْرَ السنينَ وقد غَدا

    مستكمِلاً غاياتِ كلِّ كمالِ

    He has not yet completed ten years, yet has become

    one who has attained the utmost of every perfection.

  20. متفنّن في النحوِ بين عواملٍ الإ

    عرابِ والأسماءِ والأفعالِ

    Versatile in grammar, in the factors governing

    inflection, and in nouns and verbs;

  21. ومحقّقٌ علمَ الفصيحِ بخاطرٍ

    متصورٌ لغوامضِ الأشكالِ

    and a master of eloquent speech, with a mind

    that grasps the subtleties of forms.

  22. حسنُ الخطابةِ والكتابةِ بارعٌ

    في حُسنِ خطٍّ وارتجالِ مَقالِ

    Excellent in oratory and composition, outstanding

    in fine handwriting and extempore speech.

  23. فكأنما سلبَ المفضَّلَ علمَهُ

    وسبا خليلَ النحوِ حُسْنَ خِلال

    As though he had robbed al-Mufaddal of his learning,

    and plundered grammar's Khalil of his fine qualities.

  24. عُنيَ الخطيبُ به عنايةَ مُخلِصٍ

    وأبانَ خدمةَ ناصحٍ مُتوالِ

    The preacher cared for him with a devoted man's care,

    and rendered the service of a steadfast, sincere adviser.

  25. وأعانَهُ فيه ذكاءٌ مُفرطٌ

    متوقدٌ كالنارِ في الإشعالِ

    And extraordinary intelligence aided him in this,

    blazing like fire at its kindling.

  26. ولئنْ أجادَ وجدّ في تهذيبِه

    متخلّياً فيهِ عن الأشغالِ

    And if indeed he has excelled and labored to refine him,

    freeing himself for this from other occupations,

  27. فليظفرنّ من السعيدِ بأنعمٍ

    تَتْرى وجودٍ فائضٍ ونَوالِ

    then he shall surely win from al-Sa'id blessings

    one after another, and overflowing generosity and gifts.

  28. ويفوزُ منه بالمكافأةِ التي

    تُزْري بصوْبِ العارضِ الهطّالِ

    And gain from him the recompense that

    puts a raincloud's torrential downpour to shame.

  29. وينالُ أشرفَ رفعةٍ في رفعةٍ

    يقضي بها الرأي الشريفُ العالي

    And attain the noblest rank, rank upon rank,

    as noble, exalted judgment decrees.

  30. فليَسْعَدِ الشيخُ السعيدُ ممتّعاً

    من نَسْلِهِ بالسادةِ الأبطالِ

    So may the shaykh al-Sa'id prosper, enjoying

    the heroic lords among his offspring.

  31. وليبْقَ في ظلّ السعادةِ بالغاً

    مما يُحبُّ نهايةَ الآمالِ

    And may he remain in good fortune's shade, attaining

    the utmost of his hopes in what he loves.