1. عَفا نَهيا حَمامَةَ فَالجَواءُ

    لِطولِ تَبايُنٍ جَرَتِ الظِباءُ

    Hamamah’s two pools are effaced, and al-Jawa too,

    Through long separation; gazelles have run there.

  2. فَمِنهُم مَن يَقولُ نَوىً قَذوفٌ

    وَمِنهُم مَن يَقولُ هُوَ الجَلاءُ

    Some of them say, “A far-flung separation,”

    And some of them say, “It is exile.”

  3. أَحِنُّ إِذا نَظَرتُ إِلى سُهَيلٍ

    وَعِندَ اليَأسِ يَنقَطِعُ الرَجاءُ

    I yearn whenever I gaze at Suhayl,

    And in despair, hope is cut off.

  4. يَلوحُ كَأَنَّهُ لَهَقٌ شَبوبٌ

    أَشَذَّتهُ عَنِ البَقَرِ الضِراءُ

    It gleams like a pure-white, full-grown wild bull,

    Which hunting hounds have driven from the wild cattle.

  5. وَبانوا ثُمَّ قيلَ أَلا تَعَزّى

    وَأَنّى يَومَ واقِصَةَ العَزاءُ

    And they departed; then it was said, “Will you not take comfort?”

    And how could there be comfort on the day of Waqisah?

  6. سَنَذكُرُكُم وَلَيسَ إِذا ذُكِرتُم

    بِنا صَبرٌ فَهَل لَكُمُ لِقاءُ

    We shall remember you; and when you are remembered, there is no

    Patience in us—will there be a meeting with you?

  7. وَكَم قَطَعَ القَرينَةَ مِن قَرينٍ

    إِذا اِختَلَفا وَفي القَرنِ اِلتِواءُ

    And how many a yoked companion has cut the tether,

    When the two pulled apart and the yoking-rope was twisted!

  8. فَماذا تَنظُرونَ بِها وَفيكُم

    جُسورٌ بِالعَظائِمِ وَاِعتِلاءُ

    So why do you delay over it, when among you

    Are boldness in great undertakings and ascendancy?

  9. إِلى عَبدِ العَزيزِ سَمَت عُيونُ ال

    رَعِيَّةِ إِن تُخُيِّرَتِ الرِعاءُ

    Toward Abd al-Aziz rose the eyes of the

    Subjects, if the shepherds were to be chosen.

  10. إِلَيهِ دَعَت دَواعيهِ إِذا ما

    عِمادُ المُلكِ خَرَّت وَالسَماءُ

    His compelling qualities called people to him, whenever

    The pillars of kingship fell, and the sky.

  11. وَقالَ أولوا الحُكومَةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

    عَلَينا البَيعُ إِذ بَلَغَ الغَلاءُ

    And those of Quraysh who held authority said:

    “We must sell, now that the price has risen high.”

  12. رَأوا عَبدَ العَزيزِ وَلِيَّ عَهدٍ

    وَما ظَلَموا بِذاكَ وَلا أَساؤوا

    They deemed Abd al-Aziz heir apparent,

    And did no injustice thereby, nor did they do wrong.

  13. فَزَحلِفها بِأَزفُلِها إِلَيهِ

    أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ إِذا تَشاءُ

    So pass it over to him, in its entirety,

    O Commander of the Faithful, if you wish.

  14. فَإِنَّ الناسَ قَد مَدّوا إِلَيهِ

    أَكُفَّهُم وَقَد بَرِحَ الخَفاءُ

    For the people have already stretched toward him

    Their palms, and concealment has vanished.

  15. وَلَو قَد بايَعوكَ وَلِيَّ عَهدٍ

    لَقامَ القِسطُ وَاِعتَدَلَ البِناءُ

    And were they to pledge allegiance to you as heir apparent,

    Justice would be established, and the edifice set straight.