هلال ولكن السعود منازلُهْ

هلال ولكن السعود منازلُهْ

ونهرٌ ولكن البحارَ جَدَاوِلُه

ونهرٌ ولكن البحارَ جَدَاوِلُه

A crescent moon, yet auspicious stars are his stations;

A crescent, but his dwellings are the lands of Saudi

And a river, yet the seas are his streams.

A river, but the seas are his streams

بدا فاستضَاءَ الآملونَ بضوئِه

بدا فاستضَاءَ الآملونَ بضوئِه

لمورِده الصَّافي عليهم مناهِلُه

لمورِده الصَّافي عليهم مناهِلُه

He appeared, and the hopeful were illumined by his light.

He started shining so the hopeful were illuminated by his light

At his limpid spring, his watering places are open to them.

For his pure spring they have sources

سيرجعُ بدراً ليس يُخْشى أُفولُه

سيرجعُ بدراً ليس يُخْشى أُفولُه

ويرجُع بحراً ليس يُعْرف سَاحِلُه

ويرجُع بحراً ليس يُعْرف سَاحِلُه

He will become a full moon whose setting is not feared,

He will return a full moon that will not be feared to set

And become a sea whose shore is unknown.

And he will return a sea which shores are not known

تخطَّى وتوفيقُ الإِله دليلُه

تخطَّى وتوفيقُ الإِله دليلُه

إِلى بيتِ عِزٍّ شَيَّدتْه أَوائِلُه

إِلى بيتِ عِزٍّ شَيَّدتْه أَوائِلُه

He strode onward, with God's favor as his guide,

He went beyond and the success of God was his guide

To a house of glory built by his forebears.

To the house of might which his early days built

وصدَّق قولَ الواصفينَ فإِنهم

وصدَّق قولَ الواصفينَ فإِنهم

إِذا وصَفوه صدَّقَتْهم شمائلُه

إِذا وصَفوه صدَّقَتْهم شمائلُه

And he proved his praisers' words true, for they,

And he proved true the words of the describers, for if

Whenever they describe him, are vindicated by his virtues.

They describe him, his attributes prove them right

ولو كَتَم الحسَّادُ بعضَ خِلالِه

ولو كَتَم الحسَّادُ بعضَ خِلالِه

وأَوصافَه نمَّت عليها مخائِلهْ

وأَوصافَه نمَّت عليها مخائِلهْ

And even if the envious concealed some of his qualities

And if the envious conceal some of his merits

And his attributes, his bearing would reveal them.

And descriptions, their camps grow over them

فكاد يُرى وسْط النديِّ سريرُه

فكاد يُرى وسْط النديِّ سريرُه

وكاد يُرى في سُدَّةِ البابِ سَائِلُهُ

وكاد يُرى في سُدَّةِ البابِ سَائِلُهُ

So his throne could almost be seen amid the assembly,

That his throne was almost seen amidst the carpet

And his petitioner could almost be seen at the gate's threshold.

And that his asker was almost seen in the threshold of the door

وتُتْلى بِشَرقِ الأَرضِ والغربِ كُتْبُه

وتُتْلى بِشَرقِ الأَرضِ والغربِ كُتْبُه

وتَنْفُذُ فيها رُسْلُه ورسائِلُه

وتَنْفُذُ فيها رُسْلُه ورسائِلُه

And his writings are read aloud in the earth's east and west,

And that his books are read in the east and west of earth

And his envoys and dispatches travel throughout it.

And his messages and envoys reach it

وما قلتُ إِلا ما الحسودُ مُوافِقي

وما قلتُ إِلا ما الحسودُ مُوافِقي

عليه وقد صحَّت لديه دلائلُه

عليه وقد صحَّت لديه دلائلُه

And I have said only what the envious man agrees with me

I only said what the envious agree upon

On, its proofs having been confirmed in his eyes.

And for him, the evidence has been proven right

فبشراكَ يا مولَى الأَنامِ بقادمٍ

فبشراكَ يا مولَى الأَنامِ بقادمٍ

إِلى قمةِ العلياءِ تُطْوَى مراحِلُه

إِلى قمةِ العلياءِ تُطْوَى مراحِلُه

So glad tidings to you, O lord of humankind, of one arriving,

So glad tidings O Master of people, of one coming

Whose journey's stages toward glory's summit are folded away.

To the highest summit, his stages folded

أَتاك كريمَ النفسِ والصَّحب فالعُلا

أَتاك كريمَ النفسِ والصَّحب فالعُلا

تُسايِره والمكرماتُ تُعَادِلُه

تُسايِره والمكرماتُ تُعَادِلُه

He came to you, noble in soul and company; for glory

He came generous, kind companion, so the heights

Travels alongside him, and noble deeds ride beside him.

Accompany him and gifts match him

قضى اللهُ أَن يبقَى وتبْقَى وقد قَضَى

قضى اللهُ أَن يبقَى وتبْقَى وقد قَضَى

لقالِيَ إِنِّي قائلٌ وهو فاعلُه

لقالِيَ إِنِّي قائلٌ وهو فاعلُه

God decreed that he should live on, and you too; and He decreed

God has decreed that he remains and remains, and he decreed

For my words: I speak them, and He brings them to pass.

To say: I say and He does

وأَنك مولىً لا يُرَدُّ مُرادُه

وأَنك مولىً لا يُرَدُّ مُرادُه

وإِنِّيَ عبدٌ لا تُردُ وسائِلُه

وإِنِّيَ عبدٌ لا تُردُ وسائِلُه

And you are a lord whose will is not denied,

And you are a master whose desire is not rejected

And I am a servant whose entreaties are not refused.

And I am a slave whose means are not rejected

دعوتُ بما قد كان قبلَ كِتَابِه

دعوتُ بما قد كان قبلَ كِتَابِه

وأَيقنتُ أَنَّ اللهَ لا شكَّ قائِلُه

وأَيقنتُ أَنَّ اللهَ لا شكَّ قائِلُه

I prayed for what had already come to pass before it was written,

I called with what was before His book

And I was certain that God, beyond doubt, was its speaker.

And I was certain that God undoubtedly said it

ستَبْلُغُ منه كلَّ شَيءٍ تريدُه

ستَبْلُغُ منه كلَّ شَيءٍ تريدُه

وتبلغُ نفْسي منكُما ما تحاوِلُه

وتبلغُ نفْسي منكُما ما تحاوِلُه

You will obtain from him everything you desire,

You will attain from Him all that you want

And my soul will obtain from you both what it seeks.

And my soul will attain from you both what it aspires

فما أَنا إِلا مُشمِسٌ أَنتَ ظِلُّهُ

فما أَنا إِلا مُشمِسٌ أَنتَ ظِلُّهُ

وما أَنا إِلاَّ مُجْدِب أَنت وابِلُه

وما أَنا إِلاَّ مُجْدِب أَنت وابِلُه

For I am but one exposed to the sun; you are his shade.

I am but a sun-basker and you are its shade

And I am but one stricken by drought; you are his downpour.

I am but barren land and you are its rain

وما الدَّهرُ إِلا خادِمٌ أَنْتَ رَبُّه

وما الدَّهرُ إِلا خادِمٌ أَنْتَ رَبُّه

وما الخلقُ إِلاَّ عالَمٌ أَنت فاضِلُه

وما الخلقُ إِلاَّ عالَمٌ أَنت فاضِلُه

And time is but a servant; you are its master.

And existence is but a servant you are its lord

And creation is but a world; you are its paragon.

And creation is but a world you are its supreme