1. يا ابنَ فَهْدٍ وأنتَ بدرُ تَمامِ

    وَحَيَاً صوبُه حياةُ الأنامِ

    O son of Fahd—you are a moon at the full,

    and rain whose downpour is life to humankind.

  2. لَحَظَتْ عَزْمِتَي العِراقَ فَسلَّتْ

    هِمَّتي للرَّحيلِ سيفَ اعتِزامِ

    My resolve looked toward Iraq; then was unsheathed

    by my ambition, for departure, a sword of determination.

  3. فسَلامٌ على جَنابِكَ والمَن

    هَلِ والظَّلِّ والأيادي الجِسامِ

    So peace upon your presence, and upon the

    watering place, the shade, and the great benefactions.

  4. غيرَ أني أريدُ منك كِتاباً

    مُفْرَداً يحتوي فريدَ الكَلامِ

    Yet I want from you a letter,

    a separate one, containing peerless speech:

  5. بين نثر كأنه زهرات الروض

    يضحكن عن بكاء الغمام

    both prose, like the blossoms of the garden,

    laughing in response to the clouds' weeping,

  6. ونِظامٌ فيه الحَلالُ من السِّحْ

    رِ تَعالَى عن كلِّ سِحْرٍ حَرامِ

    and verse whose lawful enchantment

    rises above every forbidden spell.

  7. يَغْتَدي منه سَمْعُ كلِّ لبيبٍ

    في استماع وقلبُه في ابتِسامِ

    Through it, every discerning man's hearing becomes

    intent on listening, while his heart smiles.

  8. فيه من ظاهرِ العِنايةِ ما يُو

    جِبُ حَقِّي على الأميرِ الهُمامِ

    In it is such evident solicitude as will

    make my due binding upon the magnanimous emir.

  9. فاقضِ حَقِّي فيه بساعدِ فِكْرٍ

    تُحْيِ شُكْري بها مَدَى الأيَّامِ

    So fulfill my due in it with an arm of thought;

    through it, you will keep my gratitude alive for all time.