جَفَّ رَوضي مِن الحَوادث لَكن

جَفَّ رَوضي مِن الحَوادث لَكن

أَصبَحَ الآن مُثمِراً مِن هباتك

أَصبَحَ الآن مُثمِراً مِن هباتك

My garden dried up from calamities, but

My garden has withered from adversities, but

now it has become fruitful through your gifts.

It has now become fruitful from your gifts

كانَ ذِكري مِن أَحمَد الذكر قَد ما

كانَ ذِكري مِن أَحمَد الذكر قَد ما

ت فَأَحييتهُ بِبَعض التفاتك

ت فَأَحييتهُ بِبَعض التفاتك

My renown, once among the most praiseworthy, had died—

My remembrance was from Ahmad’s remembrance as if it had died

and you revived it with a little of your regard.

You revived it with some of your attention

حَسَناتي كانَت تَرى سَيِئات

حَسَناتي كانَت تَرى سَيِئات

فَاِستَحالَت وَتِلكَ مِن حَسَناتك

فَاِستَحالَت وَتِلكَ مِن حَسَناتك

My good deeds were regarded as misdeeds;

My good deeds used to see my bad deeds

then they were transformed—and that is one of your good deeds.

So they changed, and that is from your good deeds

لابن عَبد العَزيز وَقت تَقضي

لابن عَبد العَزيز وَقت تَقضي

وَهُوَ وَقت يعد مِن أَوقاتك

وَهُوَ وَقت يعد مِن أَوقاتك

Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz had an age now past,

For Ibn Abd al-Aziz, it is time you spend

and that age is counted among your own.

And it is a time that counts among your times

لَو مَسكَت المِرآة يا أَوحديٌّ

لَو مَسكَت المِرآة يا أَوحديٌّ

لَرَأَيتُ الجَميع في مِرآتك

لَرَأَيتُ الجَميع في مِرآتك

If you held the mirror, O peerless one,

If the mirror held you, O Unique One

I would see everyone in your mirror.

I would have seen everyone in your mirror

كُلُ عَضو مِني بِمَدحك مُغرى

كُلُ عَضو مِني بِمَدحك مُغرى

مُستَهاماً بِحُسن ذِكر صِفاتك

مُستَهاماً بِحُسن ذِكر صِفاتك

Every limb of mine is eager to praise you,

Every part of me is inclined to praise you

enthralled by the beauty of recounting your qualities.

Longingly inspired by the good mention of your attributes

بِأَبيك الحُسام تَسمَع أُذني

بِأَبيك الحُسام تَسمَع أُذني

وَكَأَني أَراهُ مِن سَطواتك

وَكَأَني أَراهُ مِن سَطواتك

My ear hears of your father, al-Ḥusām—the keen sword—

With your father Al-Husam my ears hear

and I seem to see him in your displays of might.

As if I see him among your conquests

قَدَسَ اللَهُ طينَةً أَنتَ مِنها

قَدَسَ اللَهُ طينَةً أَنتَ مِنها

مَتع اللَهُ خَلقُهُ بِحَياتك

مَتع اللَهُ خَلقُهُ بِحَياتك

May God sanctify the clay of which you are made;

May God sanctify the clay which you are from

may God let His creatures enjoy your life.

May God delight His creation with your life