1. كَسا الحَرَمينِ لبسَةَ عَبد شَمسٍ

    وَهاشمَ غُرَّتي نَسلِ الخَليلِ

    He clothed the Two Sanctuaries in the garb of ʿAbd Shams

    and Hāshim, twin glories of the Friend’s line.

  2. وَلِلبَلَدِ الأَمينِ أَجدَّ أَمناً

    تَكَنَّفَ مِثلهُ جَدَثَ الرّسولِ

    And for the secure city he renewed security,

    whose like encompassed the Messenger’s tomb.

  3. عَشيتُم يا وُلاةَ الأَمرِ عَمّا

    أُتيحَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَثرِ الجَميلِ

    You were blind, O holders of authority, to what

    was granted him of noble achievement.

  4. وَطارَ لَها وَأَشفَقتُم فَشدَّ ال

    يَدينِ عَلى عُرى المَجدِ الأَثيلِ

    And he flew to it while you feared, then closed his

    two hands upon the bonds of deep-rooted glory.

  5. بُيوتٌ بِالحِجازِ مُقدَّسات

    رَماها الدَّهْرُ بِالخَطبِ الجَليلِ

    Sacred houses in the Hijaz—

    Time struck them with grievous calamity.

  6. وَكانَ أذَالَهُنَّ فَصابَ صَوناً

    لِمَن آوَتْهُ مِن وَلَدِ البَتولِ

    And it had abased them; then he rained down protection

    for those they sheltered among al-Batūl’s descendants.

  7. مَآثِرُ باقِياتٍ يَومَ يَجني ال

    مَقال يَداه مِن ريفٍ وَنيلِ

    Noble deeds that endure, on the day when

    his two hands reap words from plenty and bounty.

  8. بَرودُ الصّفحِ مُلتَهِبِ الحَواشي

    مَهيبُ البَطشِ فَرّاسُ الدّخولِ

    Cool in pardon, ablaze at the edges,

    fearsome in assault, keen at discerning hidden motives.