ألا يا ابنَ فهدٍ وُقيتَ الرَّدَى

ألا يا ابنَ فهدٍ وُقيتَ الرَّدَى

فأنتَ الجَوادُ الأديبُ الشريفُ

فأنتَ الجَوادُ الأديبُ الشريفُ

Ah, son of Fahd, may you be spared death!

Behold, O son of Fahd, you have been shielded from adversity

For you are generous, cultivated, and noble.

So you are the generous, refined, noble one

صرَفْنا الأعِنَّةَ نَحوَ المُدامِ

صرَفْنا الأعِنَّةَ نَحوَ المُدامِ

وما للزَّمانِ علينا صُروفُ

وما للزَّمانِ علينا صُروفُ

We turned the reins toward wine,

We have turned the cups towards the wine

And Time had no reversals in store for us.

And time has no turns against us

فغابَتْ كواكبُ لَذّاتِنا

فغابَتْ كواكبُ لَذّاتِنا

وأَعجلَ شَمسَ المُدامِ الكُسوفُ

وأَعجلَ شَمسَ المُدامِ الكُسوفُ

Then the stars of our pleasures vanished,

So the stars of our pleasures have disappeared

And eclipse overtook the sun of wine too soon.

And the sun of wine has eclipsed early

فَجُدْ بالتي عندَها للسُّرورِ

فَجُدْ بالتي عندَها للسُّرورِ

حياةٌ ولِلهَمِّ فيها حُتوفُ

حياةٌ ولِلهَمِّ فيها حُتوفُ

So give generously of that in which joy

Be generous with her in whose company there is, for happiness,

Finds life, and sorrow finds its deaths.

Life, and in it worries have hutiefs

فما جادَ بالرَّاحِ إلاّ الجَوادُ

فما جادَ بالرَّاحِ إلاّ الجَوادُ

وما كَبْرَ الظَّرْفَ إلا الظَّريفُ

وما كَبْرَ الظَّرْفَ إلا الظَّريفُ

For none bestows wine but the generous,

None but the generous one was generous with comfort

And none exalts refinement but the refined.

And none but the noble one made the circumstance great